Who really wrote the damn Bible?

Answer 1

You want to learn where everything that was written in the old and new testaments come from? Read some segments from the link below- or read the whole thing from the link. History IS repeating itself!!!

Josiah was now backed by the only priesthood left in the game as he tried to retake the land of the northern kingdom. He apparently had some success because by 609 BCE he fought a battle at Meggido half way into the territory of the northern kingdom and 40 miles north of his original border. Unfortunately the Egyptian Pharaoh Neco had made an alliance with what was left of the Assyrians and they killed Josiah in the battle and sent Judah's fortunes tumbling downward for the last time. Judah remained a vassal state of Egypt for the next 22 years, finally falling to a Babylonian army in 587 BCE.

The people of the southern kingdom suffered the same fate as their northern brothers and were exiled in several waves to Babylon about 900 miles to the east. They were eventually allowed to return when the Persian King Cyrus captured Babylon but they had been changed by the experience. The post-exilic Hebrews could no longer claim that Yahweh was a great war god, or that he would protect them no matter what. They had also been taught the lesson of monotheism by Zoroaster. When they arrived back home they took their example from Josiah and Hilkiah and completely rewrote "the book of the law" adding large sections into Exodus and Numbers as well as the entire book of Leviticus. By the time they were finished, the Torah was in a form that would be recognizable to any Jewish rabbi today
But when the priests began writing down the holy stories, things started to get harder to edit. At first only the fragments of stories where written down. The main narrative in the Book of Samuel is probably the oldest more or less continuous narrative in the current version of the Old Testament. Then someone starting linking up the old stories that existed in Judah into one continuous tale. Finally, when the Northern Kingdom fell, the priests got nervous about loosing texts and combined the Judean narrative with the fragments from the north, in order to preserve the law of the faithful.
The bottom line? I hate to be the one to point out the obvious but this kind of analysis indicates very strongly that there is nothing whatever truly sacred about these works, and by association, any of the other holy books based on them. The only thing timeless about these writings, is their picture of men fighting each other for power and position in a very earthly kingdom. To the men and women involved in these petty intrigues nothing was sacred, not even the word of god.
There have been many such forgeries produced in order to control people's behavior through their belief system. The only thing that makes the Hebrew books of the Old Testament unusual is that they survived the epoch for which they were designed. They come down to us today as the foundation stones of the canon of the belief systems of nearly half the people on earth. It should be a joke, but nobody's laughing.

It's not just about the bible- it's about every religion in the world!
Let's start opening some eyes.
PS: It doesn't mean there is no God- just means men manipulate the masses.

Answer 2

"Who wrote the damn bible?"
Are you talking about Das Kapital? Karl Marx authored that one.
The Satanic Bible? that was written by Anton Szandor LaVey.

I notice J.T. claims that the "HOLY Bible" was written by Satan, if it's true. That seems an odd claim for an atheist to make!

The HOLY Bible's answer about how it was written is: holy men wrote it under the inspiration of God. Individuals whom God used in this way included Moses, prophets associated with their eponymous books, King David, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Peter.

The HOLY Bible is the God-breathed book that is living and active and sharper than any two edged sword. If you'd like to learn more about how the Canon of the HOLY Bible was agreed upon by the early Christians, please visit the following link:

http://blueletterbible.org/faq/canon.html#66

And please, pick up a copy of the HOLY Bible, and learn about its treasures for yourself! Have a good day!

Answer 3

Ignoring your cursing.

The bible contains 66 books written by 40 different authors. Next time you are in a bookstore (if that is a place you would ever frequent)....find a study bible. Open it to each book. It will tell you who the author is, when it was written, where it was written, and for whom it was written.

Then beginning reading. That will be the most useful of all.

Answer 4

All religious books are authored by secret societies for purposes
of control over the ignorant masses.
the bible is no exception.
look into it with an open mind.
I suggest reading the David Ilke book
The Worlds Greatest Secret.
mythology is more interesting anyway.
Try Joseph Cambell

Answer 5

If the bible was evenly remotely true, it was inspired by Satan.

But, it is a book of mythology written by unknown people at unknown times. It was consolidated as the "bible" in 325 CE by Roman Emperor Constantine from many different available myths.

Answer 6

Wow, I've never seen a curse word and bible used before in the same sentence.
To answer you, 66 books written by 40 divinely inspired writers from all walks of life. ex: kings to fisherman. Spanning over a period of 1,500 + years.

Answer 7

You have been noted for asking really stupid questions. I am now going to follow you and try to educate you until you stop asking dumb questions.

Many men over the years have written and added to the Bible. There is no single author and im sure it has changed much since the original version.

Answer 8

lots of different people . It is a collection of stories passed by word of mouth from generation to generation . And if you line up 10 people and pass one simple line down from person to person , it changes from time to time . So the bible is only a part of the truth of a story that has been passed down. then one day king James and the catholic church took it upon them selves to collect the stories and put in what they thought should be and leave out what they did not like .......And know you know

Answer 9

Jehovah is the one who told the people that wrote in it what to write so basically he did but he had many others write down his words.

Answer 10

It was a hunchback dude named Iggy. He was schizophrenic and a manic depressive who was taught to write by Noah after being picked up swimming in the world ocean.