How many of you trust the bible?

Question

No need to diss, just say yes or no and why

Answer 1

I believe the Bible is based on truth, but it is not word for word the truth.

Since the Bible back talks itself, was written well after the things actually happened, was written by man, has been altered by man, ect. ect. it can not be 100% factual.

But since science and history has backed up many things in the Bible you can't exactly deny it either.

Answer 2

Yes, I believe the Holy Bible to be the true and inerrant Word of the Living God.

I believe it because, as I read it, truth is revealed and confirmed.

Historically, the 40 or so human writers of the Bible, separated by 1600 years, all wrote essentially the same thing and each book of the Bible lines up categorically with each other book. That one fact alone should give any rational human pause to consider that something might power full is going on here!

More than 300 prophecies concerning the Messiah in the Old Testament were fulfilled by Jesus of Nazareth in the New Testament.

Jesus birth, life and death, even His resurrection from death, are historical facts, facts that for generations were taught in every school in the United States of America.

These are just a few of the reasons I trust in the Bible.

Answer 3

How do you trust a book?
It's the people I don't trust. Anyone who picks and choses the rules in a book to their liking, then claims they are the only correct religion doesn't deserve trust.

Exodus Chapter 21, verse 20:

If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property.

Isn't this the word of GOD? Can I beat the **** out of my slaves as long as I don't kill them?

Here is another simple example. On the day Moses comes down from Mount Sinai with the stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments, he discovers that the Israelites have created a golden calf. To punish the people, Moses gathers a group of men and takes the following action in the book of Exodus, Chapter 32:

Then he [Moses] said to them, "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.' " The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died.

What about "Thou Shalt Not Kill?"

What a joke. Anyone who regards this as the word of God is a chump.

Answer 4

Yes I most definately do bit it is a:
A Book That Is Misrepresented
“The doctrine of the double motion of the earth about its axis and about the sun is false, and entirely contrary to Holy Scripture.” So stated the Congregation of the Index of the Roman Catholic Church in a decree in 1616.1 Does the Bible really disagree with scientific facts? Or has it been misrepresented?
IN THE winter of 1609/10, Galileo Galilei turned his newly developed telescope toward the heavens and discovered four moons circling the planet Jupiter. What he saw shattered the prevailing notion that all heavenly bodies must orbit the earth. Earlier, in 1543, the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus had theorized that the planets revolve around the sun. Galileo verified that this was scientific truth.
To Catholic theologians, however, this was heresy. The church had long held that the earth was the center of the universe.2 This view was based on a literal interpretation of scriptures that pictured the earth as being fixed “on its foundations, unshakable for ever and ever.” (Psalm 104:5, The Jerusalem Bible) Summoned to Rome, Galileo appeared before the Inquisition. Subjected to rigorous examination, he was forced to recant his findings, and he spent the rest of his life under house arrest.
In 1992, some 350 years after Galileo’s death, the Catholic Church finally acknowledged that he was right after all.3 But if Galileo was right, then was the Bible wrong?
Finding the True Sense of Biblical Passages
Galileo believed the Bible to be true. When his scientific discoveries contradicted the prevailing interpretation of certain Bible verses, he reasoned that theologians were missing the true sense of the passages. After all, “two truths can never contradict one another,” he wrote.4 He suggested that the precise terms of science do not contradict the everyday words of the Bible. But theologians would not let themselves be persuaded. They insisted that all Biblical statements about the earth are to be taken literally. As a result, not only did they reject Galileo’s discoveries but they also missed the true sense of such Scriptural expressions.
Really, common sense should tell us that when the Bible refers to “the four corners of the earth,” it does not mean that the Bible writers understood the earth to be literally square. (Revelation 7:1) The Bible is written in the language of ordinary people, often using vivid figures of speech. So when it speaks of the earth as having “four corners,” a durable “foundation,” “pedestals,” and a “cornerstone,” the Bible is not offering a scientific description of the earth; obviously it is speaking metaphorically, as we often do in daily speech.—Isaiah 51:13; Job 38:6.
In his book Galileo Galilei, biographer L. Geymonat noted: “Narrow-minded theologians who wanted to limit science on the basis of biblical reasoning would do nothing but cast discredit upon the Bible itself.”5 That they did. Actually, it was the theologians’ interpretation of the Bible—not the Bible itself—that put unreasonable constraints on science.
Similarly, religious fundamentalists today distort the Bible when they insist that the earth was created in six 24-hour days. (Genesis 1:3-31) Such a view agrees neither with science nor with the Bible. In the Bible, as in everyday speech, the word “day” is a flexible term, expressing units of time of varying lengths. At Genesis 2:4, all six creative days are referred to as one all-embracing “day.” The Hebrew word translated “day” in the Bible can simply mean “a long time.”6 So, there is no Biblical reason to insist that the days of creation were 24 hours each. By teaching otherwise, fundamentalists misrepresent the Bible.—See also 2 Peter 3:8.
Throughout history, theologians have often distorted the Bible. Consider some other ways in which the religions of Christendom have misrepresented what the Bible says.
Misrepresented by Religion
The actions of those who say they follow the Bible often besmear the reputation of the book they claim to revere. So-called Christians have shed one another’s blood in the name of God. Yet, the Bible admonishes followers of Christ to “love one another.”—John 13:34, 35; Matthew 26:52.
Some clergymen fleece their flocks, wheedling hard-earned money from them—a far cry from the Scriptural instruction: “You received free, give free.”—Matthew 10:8; 1 Peter 5:2, 3.
Clearly, the Bible cannot be judged according to the words and actions of those who simply quote it or claim to live by it. An open-minded person may therefore want to discover for himself what the Bible is all about and why it is such a remarkable book.

For example, even the most literal-minded astronomers today will speak of the “rising” and “setting” of the sun, stars, and constellations—although, in fact, these only appear to move because of the earth’s rotation.

Two of Galileo’s telescopes

Galileo facing his inquisitors

Answer 5

Yes, I believe the Bible is true, but I don't think God will ever use me like I used to think he would. I used to think God had a specific plan for me and that I was kind of special with my talent to sing, but I've pretty much thrown that idea away. Over and over, opportunities went to everyone else that was up and coming. It was usually because they were related to someone or their daddy knew someone and they got hooked up that way. I could sing very well, but that wasn't enough I guess. So, I assumed God didn't care and neither did his so called people that were supposed to be my "brothers and sisters in Christ." BUT, I do believe the Bible is true, regardless of how I feel about everything that doesn't change the facts. God's still God and the truth is still the truth, I'm just not very important to him apparently. I guess he'd rather have a bunch of fake smile wearing, used car salesmen look-alikes sing his music.

Answer 6

Not sure what you mean by "trust". It is like asking do I "trust" my Math book.

The definition of trust is: Reliance on something in the future; hope. Firm reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing.

Yes, I rely on the Bible for insight, guidance and inspiration. Do I have a firm reliance on the integrity of the book? Yes, in comparing it to older manuscripts and documents, I find much I can believe has been correctly recorded.

Answer 7

Yes I do. I don't have enough space to go into Bibliology (the study of the Bible) but I will say that I trust it because of the historical evidence, the revealed evidence, and the personal evidence I have seen.

Answer 8

I trust EVERY word of the bible, and I do this by Faith!

This is why,

2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
2Ti 3:17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

2Pe 1:20 But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation,
2Pe 1:21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

Answer 9

not to be rude or anything..but no, i don't...because the Bible is illogical..it has scientific errors, obscenities and contradictions...all are things that can't be attributed to God's Word.

The only true religious scripture that is free of contradictions, obscenities and 100% compatible with modern established science is the Holy Qur'an

Watch the video yourself, available for free at:

http://www.aswatalislam.net/DisplayFilesP.aspx?TitleID=50027&TitleName=Zakir_Naik

Look for "Qur'an And Bible In The Light Of Science Vs Campbell" -to see the contradictions and scientific errors in the Bible, and to see the truth about the Qur'an

or...look for " Is The Qur'an God's Word" to see how the Qur'an proves not only the existence of God but also that the Qur'an is the True Word of God

Answer 10

I trust the Bible.