2006-09-24 11:41:12 · 21 answers · asked by JJ 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Somone with a wild imagination and nothing better to do with the time. Story has been passed down and embelished over the years.
2006-09-24 11:44:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Non believers who have studied the issue are more or less in agreement with biblical scholars on that account. By and large we have no clue, and neither do you. We know something of the traditions that have kept the Tenach ("Old Testament") in more or less the same form for many centuries. We also know a bit about how the Romans created the committee that cobbled together the "New Testament."
But again, aside from a few sources, e.g., Paul, very little is known about the real authors - even of the "New Testament."
2006-09-24 18:49:38 · answer #2 · answered by JAT 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has been proven that Men wrote the Bible from stories handed down threw the centuries. then some were around the 4th Century, Constantine convened The council of Nicene and they pretty much decided what books were going to be in the Bible and that's pretty much the Bible of today
2006-09-24 18:52:51 · answer #3 · answered by Belladonna 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The 4 gospels were arbitrarily chosen because they represented the most popular interpretations of Jesus' message. I think the apostles got much of their interpretation wrong and their respective camps just added to the misinterpretation. Note that we see the gnostic gospels at the same time but that view was discarded and then later -- arbitrarily -- dismissed as heresy. Much of the New Testament has Paul (Saul of Tarsus) experessing his thoughts on the theology of early christianity in his letters to the early christian communities. He never even met Jesus yet because he was charismatic, his thoughts made it in. If you then look at the development of christianity, a bunch of other theologians added to defining the beliefs of christianity.
2006-09-24 18:48:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Church scholars about 300 A.D. They put in what they thought should be believed and left a lot of other books of the Bible out.
2006-09-24 18:45:03 · answer #5 · answered by Boogerman 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
centuries and centuries of people. Basically, each time it was written/published, there were new changes made. Certain quotes were misinterpreted and reinterpreted. Ideas changed. Probably why there are more than 20K different versions of Christianity and Jesus-based religions
2006-09-24 19:08:57 · answer #6 · answered by ~*Prodigious*~ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i am a Muslim that believe on GOD and his angles , his books , his prophets , the next life and destiny whether good or bad .
we believe that Bible is the word of god but it get changed and rewrite by some people so we believe in qur'an that come after it .
2006-09-24 18:49:37 · answer #7 · answered by Alone 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It has little to do with being a believer or non-beliviever. It was written and re-written by many men in many places and times.
2006-09-24 19:02:07 · answer #8 · answered by will.hunter 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
uhhh i am sorry to be the one to tell you but nobody has any doubts about who wrote the bible. some was written by solomon, a lot by moses, some by david and so on. there is no mystery or debate between christians and atheists about this. nobody thinks it was actually written by "god", not even christians unless they are uninformed idiots.
2006-09-24 18:44:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Even if you are a believer, you should know that it was written by Jewish Priests, Judges, etc. and Christian scholars after Jesus' death.
2006-09-24 19:37:37 · answer #10 · answered by Michael M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋