No bible pushers please, is this possible?

Question

Is it really possible that a person wrote the bible as just an ordinary fiction book and someone found it and percieved it to be true events? Is it really possible that a book could stand the test of time as the bible is claimed to have done? Why arent there any other books?

This isnt a matter of believing in Jesus...I guess this was a dumb question, it didnt cross my mind that back then they wouldnt have been able to write anyway....lol Say I tell my kids a made up story and have them believe then they pass it on to generation to genration and so on, we may have a new testament huh?

Answer 1

The KJV of the bible was written as an attempt to control the amount of education serfs and slaves got. The only people who had bibles were priests and the elite - the people they were preaching to for the most part could not read. The story of exodus, for instance, shows how if you're good and believe, you'll be delivered from the bondage of your oppressor. It's a big theme throughout the book - you'll get a reward one day, in heaven, if you're subservient and quiet about it. The thing is, the stories passed around from person to person, perpetuated by the church on it's members of course, and viola! Religion. The rich got richer by their tithes, the poor stayed poor and oppressed, and men were allowed to be kings because of "divine right to rule." They said God chose them, so everyone better just deal with all the injustices and serve quietly. One king even started his own church because he was not allowed to divorce. The reward would come later on. For some of us, the entire thing IS fiction - nothing more. And there are other books, but they didn't have the ability to mass produce them then like we have now. It has endured so long, in my opinion, because people have an inherent need to believe that no matter how bad things get, someone is looking out for them. Even if that someone is an invisible man, and it'll only get better if you make it to heaven.

Answer 2

Well, more likely Mac and Jack did sit in a shack and write the bible to control the masses. It borders on hostile toward women, which often sounds like a group of men rebelling against a female oriented religion, to me.

We must, of course, remember that the bible was reproduced by hand untiil the printing press was invented - and at one point I think most of the churches books were destroyed and they were fortunate enough to have near copies in another country at the time - so the bible has been corrupted over the years. It is simply not possible that it is word for word the same as the original.

There are not other books because the folks who did the bible reproductions were largely monks in the religion. Though I think the Mayan calendar and maybe other things have been preserved through time as well as Egyptian hyroglyphics, etc. I mean there are some other things around that are equally old, or older I believe.

Peace!

Answer 3

There are many good answers out there, good job folks!

There are/were many other books written over the centuries about a great deal of things, some long before the 'Bible' collection was put together. Homer's Iliad and The Odessy come to mind. Unfortunately christinsanity has become such a powerful force that we rarely hear about any others, as well as the fact that christians over the centuries destroyed almost every other book they got their grubby hands on because it wasn't 'written by god' as they claim theirs was.

Truth is there were at least 17 gospels floating around when chtistianity was invented, during the first and second centuries CE, and they were whittled down to 4 by a group of men of the priesthood by vote. And we're only talking about the gospels here, there are many other books in the bible too. (BTW the word 'bible' simply means 'book', originally ' ta biblia' = the books.) In that meeting one of the bishops was kicked to death by another bishop during their arguments. This was 'round about the 3rd century CE in the city of Nicaea (ever heard of the Nicaean or Nicene Creed?) where the conference was held to decide which books were truly the 'inspired word of gawd'.

Besides, none of the factions or sects of christinsanity agrees on what books belong in the collection known as the bible anyway. Catholics have 73 books in their bibles, Protestants 66, Jews only the books of the old testament, Samaritans 5 or maybe 6 (Yes they still exist as a religious group), and none of these groups has had the same number of books over the centuries either. The collection of books called the bible changed depending on which dictator ordered the churches to redefine the bible according to some of his preferences.

That's enough for now, sorry about the long history lesson. It is all very fascinating actually. It's too bad more christians don't bother to actually read their bibles or read about their own church history!

Answer 4

I don't think so, since a lot of it occured before there were really good ways of writing things down, a lot of it was passed from generation to generation. the first two or three books of the bible span like 1000 or more years. Do I think it was changed just a little, yes. I do believe in Jesus and accepted him, (before anyone says anything) I believe what the bible tells us because a lot of it is common sense, as in how to treat one another and what not to do.

Answer 5

well i'm no expert, but i woulds say that since there aren't any other books that have stood the test of time, one would conclude that there is something different about it. but i would also say that i have heard that the bible lines up with other hitorical documents, like ancient writings in egypt and writings from ancient greek and roman cultures. some roman documents even note about jesus and his crucifixion. it is possible that it was made up by someone, but it has predicted some things that have come to actually happen...not sure what those are. there are lots of false things that people find and believe in, but i'd venture to say it is true just because of how well it has survived time. that's just how i think about it.

Answer 6

No the Bible was definitely not written as a book of fiction. (That doesn't mean you should believe everything literally.) And there ARE other books. Many other religions have their own books as Christians have the Bible.

Answer 7

The Bible claims to be the book of life for those who seek it. Someone higher than man has to set the standard for man to live by, or else hitler was completely justified in what he did. After all, he was simply doing what he thought was right. Something higher must set the standard for living and that standard must be made available to all man equally. This is what the Bible claims to do.

Answer 8

Interesting facts you may not be aware of:

"More than 25,000 sites have been excavated verifying the existence of cities, kings, kingdoms, events, officials, etc. proving the historicity and incredible accuracy of thousands of Biblical references. Archaeologist Nelson Glueck has said, ''It may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a biblical reference."

Fantastic! . . . in a book thousands of years old! Since we can trust the Bible in the things we can see, we know we can trust it in the things we cannot see. "

Answer 9

i'm not sure it has stood the test of time. this is why so many translations and versions of one bible. with so many different versions how could they possible all be the same? this is why with the quran.... in the original arabic not one single word or period is ever change. christians know about the canonization and yet they still accept the current version of their book as authentic. i dont understand that?

*** i apologize if i offended anyone this is only my opinion which i am well within my rights to state.

peace to all

Answer 10

not likely

you have to remember that 2,000+ years ago writing a book was hard work. All of it was done by hand. The concept of fiction stories being written down did not exist.

the only things that were written down were of Religious, Economic or Military significance.