Would you be religious, even you had 100% solid proof that the bible was false and fabricated?

Question

Then I challenge you to read a new book out called Misquoting Jesus. It'll open your narrow eyes quick. Then you might grow a brain and your own opinion.

Answer 1

Even though the author of that book is one of the foremost authorities on the life of Jesus in the US, the Christians won't acknowledge his book because it would open their eyes. They'll come up with any number of reasons why it's biased, false, misinterpreted, etc.

I'd like to point out that the author was also a fundamentalist Christian, who changed his ways after discovering these things. He didn't set out to disprove the bible, but to learn all he could about it. The bible simply disproved itself.

You see, this is what happens when you actually research your beliefs, folks. You should try that rather than burning your books, as the eloquent young man above me mentioned...

Answer 2

Yikes! I sense a tad bit of hostility in your question! Ya, think.

Our current Bible was not even compiled until several hundred years after the resurrection of Jesus. Faith still flourished in the your Christian community. So historical evidence proves that Christianity would survive regardless of a banning of the Bible, or some new book.

Authority and authenticity comes from the Church that Jesus directly established. The checks and balances assures us for 2000 years the discernment process of determining what is authentic and what is false.

So your challenge is met through the history of Jewish writers hostile to the new Christian faith, pagan Roman writers who documented the events, heretics with ideas that were proven false thousands of years ago, AND Christian writers throughout the 2000 year history of Christianity. Our sources are from a multitude of various source with different interests of documentation and different time periods.

Your author has a few thousand years to authenticate his position or ideas.

Is your opinion narrow or the wider historical proof? I think Christianity has you on this one.
But good question.

Answer 3

Yes I would be religious. But then again I'm not a Christian.

Anyway, Misquoting Jesus is a very good book. I greatly enjoyed it.

Answer 4

Did you actually read the book all the way through?
The book’s very title is a bit too provocative and misleading though: Almost none of the variants that Ehrman discusses involve sayings by Jesus! The book simply doesn’t deliver what the title promises.

Answer 5

Being religious and being in a relationship with the Creator are two different things. Anyone can be religious about anything. You can be religious about your TV set, or your car, or your job. ALL created beings have a need to worship and ALL created beings worship. Some people worship themselves, other people (movie starts, rappers, rock stars, power mogels) money, fame, power, etc...

Your question is impossible to answer since the Bible is not fabricated. Be aware... there are MANY MANY theories, ideas, and presentations that exist to confuse the mind and distort the image of our Creator as well as to place doubt in the minds of all who indulge and entertain those ideas. "By beholding... we become changed." In other words.. surround yourself with the negative... you will become negative, focus on doubt and you will become doubtful, entertain fools and you will become foolish...etc.

Opening your mind to learn is all good however, be mindful and prayerful about what you expose your mind to. There are evil spiritual agencies at work... and they are REAL and POWERFUL....TRUST! It is VERY unnecessary and down right dangerous to expose yourself to every wind of information or situation. What you do in the physical will ALWAYS effect on the spiritual.. it can be for good as well as evil.

Beware!

Answer 6

No Thanks. I Do fully believe in God and Jesus and the Bible and have no interest in reading anything that some non believers have published and as for a brain I feel mine is adequate since I am a college graduate in the Nursing Field with a solid 4.0 GPA.

Answer 7

Another question with a "what if?"

Why is an Atheist challenge always followed with degrading remarks?
Loss of composure?
No real theory or equivalent?
Any body can write a story against the Bible and make up anything their heart desires.
Waste of time actually.
Can't fight the truth.
Can I get ten for this?

God Bless.

Answer 8

parts of the bible are fabricated but some are real accurate.
no one entity created everything.
tyrant leaders forced people into that blasphemous religion with threats of beheadings and persecutions.
god as satan says true faith is TODD is god but as mortal as emperor ceasar augustus and julius ceasar.
why?
emperor=...transalated numbers...=9
orphan=...=9
emperor was declared a god
so emepror=a god
emperor=orphan
thus orphan=a god
so the orphan TODD=a god
but jealousy seems to have made you hate ME.
so this god says go to hell.
translate this LORD GOD TODD
what does it add up to?
ans: 1
transalated this TRUE.
what does it add up to?
ans; 1
thus ultimitaly LORD GOD TODD=TRUE thus they John of the bible said accurately god is faithfull and true and true=(pictorially stitched=t r=are u=you e=arm) and thats Me so don't fn bother praying to god He can't give you a fn thing except maybe herpes?
hurts the truth of the bible revealed at long last. as for how the stitched looked john said He is pure so ur=your e=arm p=a DI stitched together. and D=IIII.
and god=h so check ceasars calendar for description of H, it says the same thing. so it seems herr Julius Ceasar was another one of My prophets HIT. So if i say piss on you, its understandable. so truthfully i was born poor i will die poor but technically know this i support revolutions whereever they happen but mostly the one that keeps the earth revolving around the LIGHT. also keep Canada free of revolution cause based on treatment of natives they tell me the crown treats natives better that the american government.

Answer 9

Fist off, which bible are we talking about. I am not religious, I am a believer in God and have faith, not religion. There are a bunch of trumped up versions of the Holy Bible. Would you still be political if proved that politicians lie?

Answer 10

Hmmm... Why would I WANT to read a book written by a man when I have a book that is written by Prophets as directed by God?

I will not waste my time with such junk... I went through all of that BEFORE I became a Christian.