Rexpi,
Thanks for not being bashful about your beliefs. If the Bible could interpret itself then we could all read it and garner the same meaning. Obviously this is not the case. The Bible contains written words translated and transliterated from ancient languages spoken in a different culture at a different time. There is the rub. Who can be an authentic interpreter? As a Catholic, I believe that there is only one authentic interpreter and that is not me, but the magesterium of the Catholic Church.
As you are no doubt aware the Bible is a Catholic document, the canon of which was determined by Catholic bishops at several councils and finalized at the Council of Carthage. It was the Catholic Church who gave the Bible to the world.
If I may ask a simple question. On what do you base your belief that the Bible is the inspired word of God?
Just one other thing for now. There is no such thing as the “Roman Catholic System”. It is the Church, the Body of Christ, not a system. Within that Church lives the Tradition passed on by the apostles which was the determining factor in choosing the books to be included in the Bible on which you say your beliefs are based. If the Catholic Church is wrong, how do you place any credence in the Bible?
Thanks and God bless.
Steve
Hi Steve
I’m just being sincere with my anwsers, I am not trying to make anyone feel bad, just wanted to let you guys know what we believe so no one speculate about it.
I have to say that the idea that the Bible comes from the Catholic church is not an odvious thing to think, since history and archeology teaches something different.
The Bible was mainly written in Hebrew and Greek… If you study those languages, you will be able to understand the real manuscripts without the help of a translator or several counsils. Moreover, archeology and history teaches for example:
That there are more than 14,000 existing Old Testament manuscripts and fragments copied throughout the Middle East, Mediterranean and European regions that agree dramatically with each other. In addition, these texts agree with the Septuagint version of the Old Testament, which was translated from Hebrew to Greek some time during the 3rd century BC. The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in Israel in the 1940’s and 50’s, also provide phenomenal evidence for the reliability of the ancient transmission of the Jewish Scriptures (Old Testament) before the arrival of Jesus Christ. The Hebrew scribes who copied the Jewish Scriptures dedicated their lives to preserving the accuracy of the holy books. These scribes went to phenomenal lengths to insure manuscript reliability. They were highly trained and meticulously observed, counting every letter, word and paragraph against master scrolls. A single error would require the immediate destruction of the entire text.
The manuscript evidence for the New Testament is also dramatic, with over 5,300 known copies and fragments in the original Greek, nearly 800 of which were copied before 1000 AD. Some manuscript texts date to the early second and third centuries, with the time between the original autographs and our earliest existing copies being a remarkably short 60 years. Interestingly, this manuscript evidence far surpasses the manuscript reliability of other ancient writings that we trust as authentic every day. Look at these comparisons: Julius Caesar’s “The Gallic Wars” (10 manuscripts remain, with the earliest one dating to 1,000 years after the original autograph); Pliny the Younger’s “History” (7 manuscripts; 750 years elapsed); Thucydides’ “History” (8 manuscripts; 1,300 years elapsed); Herodotus’ “History” (8 manuscripts; 1,300 years elapsed); Sophocles (193 manuscripts; 1,400 years); Euripides (9 manuscripts; 1,500 years); and Aristotle (49 manuscripts; 1,400 years).
Homer’s “Iliad”, the most renowned book of ancient Greece, has 643 copies of manuscript support. In those copies, there are 764 disputed lines of text, as compared to 40 lines in all the New Testament manuscripts (Norman L. Geisler and William E. Nix, A General Introduction to the Bible, Moody, Chicago, Revised and Expanded 1986, p. 367). In fact, many people are unaware that each of William Shakespeare’s 37 plays (written in the 1600’s) have gaps in the surviving manuscripts, forcing scholars to “fill in the blanks.” This pales in textual comparison with the over 5,300 copies and fragments of the New Testament that, together, assure us that nothing’s been lost. In fact, all of the New Testament except eleven verses can be reconstructed from the writings of the early church fathers in the second and third centuries. (A General Introduction to the Bible, Ch. 24.)
Now, regarding why I believe in the Bible? Wow, I can write for ages about it, seriosly, just think on the accuracy of its prophecies, also think of its unity, Historical Statements, Biblical health principles tuned to our days, Scientific statements, Jesus demostrated His confidence and belief in Scripture, What the Bible claims about itself, The fact that It changes lives, the prophecies of Jesus accomplished in the NT…
Sorry about the system thing, I’ll call it religion to avoid future problems, thanks for that.
And I think Bible does interpret itself and its easier than many people think, when someone is looking to know God it doesnt matter how ignorant he could be, God still can show this person Hir word throu the work of the Holy Spirit… who inspired the Bible to the writters.
Have a good one
p.s. i love seventh day adventist. you folks are some of the more intelligent, thought provoking protestants out there, and ive yet to see one of yours get nasty here. its been awhile since weve had a thread like this. Peace
also are you a sda pastor? peace 
Peace 
will send it again tomorrow its a pretty indepth answer. had that problem here before. Peace 
… loose whorish lips? You are a true christian ay… reasonable intelectual capacity? Ok. Do you actually know with the Bible, what is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?