Not ture.
That's not a very good definition of false, especially in a Biblical context. It's the statement of a position of an ideologue, and pun intended, the definition is not true. The word
science means the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation, and the testing of theories against the evidence obtained. The archaic term being propositional
knowledge of any kind. The term
ideology was coined by
Antoine Destutt de Tracy as "the science of ideas" in 1796. As I pointed out in
another thread, Ideologues are people who have taken an idea and made it a part of them and so if you try to alter or remove the idea it's as if you are doing that to a part of them and they will fight it to the death. This is true of believers and unbelievers alike. Biblical study should be scientific, not ideological fixation. In science the investigation seeks what is false, not true. A Bible student should be scientific in their approach.
The Bible is not true in a variety of ways. For example, it says things that aren't true. The illustrations Jesus gave weren't true in that they weren't literal accounts. There was no Lazarus and Rich Man. Abraham hadn't ascended to heaven where Lazarus could be in his bosom (favored) position for Jesus himself later said that no man had ascended to heaven except himself, who had descended from heaven.
The Bible often gives opinions or testimony of people that aren't true. As I pointed out in another thread: You can't read one small portion of the Bible and assume that it means what it says. It gives you the story in other's perspectives. For example, Eve's perspective. She thought the snake talked. The Bible says the snake talked. The snake didn't talk. She was decieved by Satan making it appear as if the snake had talked. (Genesis 3:3-4; 1 Timothy 2:13-14)
Similar examples of the Bible saying something that wasn't true is the ass in the case of Balaam. (Numbers 22:22-30; 2 Peter 2:16) But also in the case where it appears that Samuel's "spirit" is summoned by the
witch of En-dor, where the
cowardly scouts sent out came back and said the Nephilim were in the land. (1 Samuel 28:3–25; Numbers, 13:31-33) Spiritism is prohibited by the Bible due to it's false demonic influence and the Nephilim had all perished in the flood.
Sometimes the Bible even gives details of earlier events using references that didn't exist at that time. For example, at Genesis 3:24 the cherubs use a flaming blade of a sword to prevent Adam and Eve from returning. No such thing existed. At Genesis 2:10-14 the geographical details of Eden are given with reference to one river "to the East of Assyria" when Assyria certainly didn't exist then. But it was familiar to the reader who was reading it much later.
This is why you have to know the entire Bible before you start hacking at it like a blind woodsman.
The Bible has proven itself false and it is fallible. The inspired word of Jehovah God is infallible, but the Bible itself is the imperfect translation of that. So, if you have a good reference Bible, at Mark 16:9-20, John 5:4, John 7:53-8:11 and 1 John 5:7 it will tell you that these verses didn't appear in earlier manuscripts. They are spurious, added on later.
The Bible also warns the reader to test rather than to just believe even the inspired expression (some translations read "spirit") because there are many false teachings or expressions. (1 John 4:1-3)
At 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12, where the KJV uses the term "a strong delusion" other translations use "working of error" (ASV) "a misleading influence, a working of error" (AMP) and "fooled into believing a lie" (CEV). The question is, what does this mean?
In a basic sense it means God will allow them to believe whatever they want, which in that case, was a lie. As it was with King Ahab at 1 Kings 22:1-38 and 2 Chronicles 18. If you prefer the lie there is nothing that God can do to change that except hold you accountable for it. Note that other translations use the term "judged" rather than damned as the KJV uses. Also note that, where most translations, including the KJV, use the term "found pleasure" in unrighteousness literally means in Greek "having thought well." They have given it thought and strive in an intellectual sense to come to the conclusion they desire.
