How could you know the bible is true? [Spirituality & Religion]

@OogieBoogie Absolutely..But care needs to be taken to decontruct the myth for the seed, rather than accepting it as "gospel". (pardon the pun)😷

@whowasthatmaskedman maybe.
As far as i know/think, its about breakkng down the long concluded assumptions of years of symbolic interpretation from bad and ingnorant/lazy translation, and facing the words as they were originally written - literally.
No Bending of meaning to fit a theology. No adaption or substitution or elimination of any of it.....just accurate translation : word for word .

I imagine many of these stories are literal tellings of experiences. Or handed down ledgends. (as some show evidence to be).

The bible needs to be restored to what it was fully meant to be: a collection of stories from part of our history .

What we have today has been edited, substituted, painted over and rewrapped to an agenda ....and all that needs to be stripped away back to the original truths that lay underneath .

@OogieBoogie I couldnt agree more on all counts. A couple of interesting examples. Noahs great flood actually happened. Of course it wasnt as writ. But the volvanic eruption of the Minoan Empire caused a major Tsumani in the mediteranian sea that inundated the coastal reagions of the known world. The volcanic eruption would also have thrown up ash that blackened the ski and caused storms for days after. People out in fish boats off shore may have ridden out the waves easily enough and returning to shore picked up animals and survivors in the water and this would have seen them the only people left for miles around..
While in term of original texts.. The original source material of the old Testament refers to a single God.. and a Goddess named Ashira , as his wife. She was gradually edited out and is now refered to as a minot tribe someplace.😷

@whowasthatmaskedman ill check your new info out....thanks.

My research has led me to Mauro Biglino - he was a long established bible translator for the vatican.

And his in depth and highly multi-sourced translations are astounding!
Things like:
Elohim. It is a masc plural of El, or Eloah. And modern bibles have jist substituted 'God' in its place.
El, or Eloah (the singular), doesnt even literally mean god....its like 'judge', or 'elevated one' or something like that.

And its why sometimes things get mixed up....then more mixed up.

Things like " and then God made man in his image" ....is such a bad translation.
It was originally " And Elohim said lets us make man in Our image".
....which makes more sense if the identifier is plural...
Ie:" and (the) Gods said, let us make man in Our image".

Which changes EVERYTHING !

And raises so many questions its not funny!

@OogieBoogie I know its just me.. But I read the whole pantheon of religious texts like Aesops Fables. A reasonable set of examples for life, then move on. Intelligent people in my experience tend to make up the rules that work for them and keep quiet about it..😷

@whowasthatmaskedman oh im the kind of person who hasnt made up my mind yet.

My heart is set on something, i just havent found a name for it yet.

And i never thought to read all those fables again as an adult😂

But i am fascinated by religion and ancient cultures. And the more i read and find out, the more i see similarities than differences.