Is the Bible true?

The world-view of the Bible is not factual.  The earth is not flat and supported by pillars as described, for example, in the book of Job.  Heaven is not a barrier above us, with closed windows preventing the water above it from inundating the earth.  This view was perfectly logical, given what people knew then, but we know much more now. 

So, if the Bible isn’t “true,” then how can I believe in God? 

My response is that belief is not fact.  Belief is metaphor, simile, analogy.  Belief gives value to a fact.  Belief is the music that takes us past the words of factuality.  Belief is the unseen, unconfirmed “what if,” of the cosmos. 

I’m not ashamed of, nor do I have to defend my belief in a God of love, a cosmic force of intelligence.  The shape this God takes in my mind changes daily as the world around me changes and no one, single shape is adequate. 

I think it’s idolatrous and dishonest to demand that the words (in English!) written in a collection of documents bound in a single volume, the Bible, are to be described with the absolute terms inerrant and infallible. 

For my own spiritual health, I must not equate facts with faith when I don’t

even have the ability to see facts clearly.  I color facts with my faith, but I 

also color them with my sinfulness and twist and distort and deny them.  In 

my life there’s only one solid anchor and it’s the principle of love, 

oneness.  It keeps my head above water in a sea of uncertainty.  I am loved, 

and I know that best when I do love.  Jesus said so - and so often he said it 

best.