Five Ways Skeptics Often Misread The Bible

Scripture Twisting: 20 Ways the Cults Misread the Bible (1980) 

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Inaccurate Quotation

This is how Satan tricked Eve.

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” (Genesis 3:1, NIV)  

And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” (Genesis 2:16–17, NIV) 

Inaccurate Translation

NWT (Jehovah’s Witnesses) “The Word was in the beginning with God and was a god.” (John 1:1)

NRSV Update: “Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, men who engage in illicit sex,” (1 Corinthians 6:9).

Inaccurate Context

Worldview - progressives reading their values back into an ancient text.

Biblical narrative - critics don’t know the story arc of the Bible, so they focus on smaller distractions

Ancient culture and language - the meaning of words are decided by their culture, not ours (e.g. baptism).

Inaccurate Emphasis

Parables have multiple meanings

Proverbs are promises

Inaccurate Genre

Confusing figurative and literal 

Misreading genres by applying the interpretive rules of a different genre