How can one realistically remain unconvinced that the Bible is of Divine origin?

Question

Since absolutely no Bible prophecy has ever failed (and there are hundreds), how can one realistically remain unconvinced that the Bible is of Divine origin?
What????

Answer 1

You can't be serious can you?

Here are the first four false prophecies right out of Genesis

God says that if Adam eats from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, then the day that he does so, he will die. But later Adam eats the forbidden fruit (3:6) and yet lives for another 930 years (5:5). 2:17

As a punishment for killing Abel, God says Cain will be "a fugitive and a vagabond." Yet in just a few verses (4:16-17) Cain will settle down, marry, have a son, and build a city. This is not the activity one would expect from a fugitive and a vagabond. 4:12

God promises Abram and his descendants all of the land of Canaan. But both history and the bible (Acts 7:5 and Heb.11:13) show that God's promise to Abram was not fulfilled. 13:15, 15:18, 17:8, 28:13-14

"In the fourth generation they [Abraham's descendants] shall come hither again." But, if we count Abraham, then their return occurred after seven generations: Abraham, Isaac (Gen.21:1-3), Jacob (Gen.25:19-26), Levi (Gen.35:22-23), Kohath (Ex.6:16), Amramn (Ex.6:18), and Moses (Ex.6:20). 15:16

Answer 2

Well lets see here:

Each individual book was written by a person, not a diety (but some would say there is divine inspiration).

All the books were put together by people, and it wasn't made all at once and even changed slightly over time (but some would say this was also all in the divine plan).

With all the loose language in the Bible and the infinite numbers of similies and metaphors is it no surprise that you couldn't say all the prophecies never fail (yet some would say again this is all in the grand master plan)

So in conclusion it comes down to the point of if there is this grand master plan and it never fails then why would a diety have to write stuff down for us to follow? Why not just write down the grand master plan itself, or better yet not give us anything and let the plan pass along with no one even realizing it is there!

Answer 3

Have you never considered that the writers of the New Testament books (written from 50-200 AD) used passages from the Old Testament (written from 500-100 BC) to create stories about Jesus that didn't really happen?

After all, most of them were Jews, they had (and knew) the Old Testament, and many of their potential converts were Jews and might accept "prophecies" like that. They lived in a society based on the Old Testament! They knew it very well (except for the author of Mark, who misquotes it).

If you read those Old Testament prophecies, you'll find that many of them were taken out of context. They really talked about something completely different from Jesus.

People will tell you that "no Bible prophecy has ever failed" to keep you (and themselves) believing. After all, they invested years in a Bible education and church career. And their paycheck depends on having paying members. How many ministers want to work during the week to make ends meet?

Look at the other answers here. Many people know more about the Bible than you do, and many of them stopped believing in the Bible when they learned about its many flaws.

Answer 4

Um...because to me it's just a storybook? I don't see it any different then any novel. Even if people feel that prophecies have come true, it has had how long for people to find SOMETHING that would fit a prophecy? A lot goes on in the world, it's unlikely that just nothing that could fit would ever happen, and humans have a way of interpreting things so they can fit what they want it to. (Same as how people are just so sure they've seen the Loch Ness monster and generally recollect the typical believed depiction of what they know it's supposed to look like.)

Answer 5

Jesus explains why in Matthew 13:10-17. additionally see one million Timothy 4:one million-2, James 4:4, and Romans one million:20. the 1st 3 Scriptures clarify why some do no longer extremely comprehend the observe of God the way Christians do. The 4th Scripture explains that inspite of what they do or have not got self belief, they're without excuse and could nonetheless be held to blame interior the top. Our interest is to instruct the Gospel (Matthew 28:20)... and that is their option to have self belief or no longer have self belief.

Answer 6

Prophecy is very open ended, and self fulfilling. Since none of the prophacies have a date, it's easy to say none have failed because "it hasn't happend yet"

Answer 7

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Lots of reasons that I dont feel like mentioning right now. Blessed be.

Answer 8

If you take some time to study the Bible, It takes more faith to NOT believe than to believe.

Answer 9

Have you ever herd of King James?

Answer 10

Do you even know where the bible came from? Who scribe it, who assembled it or who financed it?