by Shayne Connolly

Created on: May 22, 2009   Last Updated: May 23, 2009

No book can be considered absolute truth. Why? They are written by a person who has interpreted the information and used a language that is open to interpretation itself. You have probably experienced it yourself: two people can look at the same thing and give two very different explanations. Two people can read the same thing and can have very different interpretations. We all do this it is the nature of our world, truth is a very personal aspect of life and can never be universal. I should add at this point that it is my opinion that it does not need to be universal and trying to impose your truth onto another is a futile excercise, if you have had children you will understand this better than most. We all have our own personal truth which we must discover on our own, it is one of the cornerstones of having a fulfilling life.

So how does this make the Bible Mythical? Well lets assume that everything in the Bible is fact (just for now), it's fact according to those who wrote it. It may be truth according to them but is it truth according to you or to others that were there? We are talking about a book that in it's current form isn't even correct according to the original gospels. They have been rewritten and edited and interpreted many times to get to the version we see today. The truth is that no one can tell what is truthful and what isn't anymore, perhaps there is a more original version deep in the Vatican that would make for interesting reading. Is it true that God created the Universe in a week? Big job is he did perhaps it was nothing for him, maybe he didn't even take that long? The whole Bible is littered with examples of what could only be called exageration of the facts, to put it mildly. Is there truth in there somewhere? No doubt there is, the best fiction is littered with truth.

So the Bible cannot be Truthful but then it was never designed to be Truthful. The Bible is written as an example or an interpretation of the values of the religion is belongs to, a study guide if you will. So there is no real value in holding up this book that brings millions hope to the test of Truth. The real truth is it has played an important part in shaping the human race and is an important stepping stone to the future. Religion as a whole was and is an important part of our evolution to a more spiritual existance, truth or no truth.

Perhaps someday soon more will realise that it is not about the Religion, it's about the spiritual journey to enlightenment, your own personal truth about the universe.

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