How can scripture possibly be used as proof of something?

Question

I keep seeing people quoting scripture (the Bible, Quran) as some sort of proof that something happened.

How can you just assume that something is true just because it is written in a book when there is no other evidence to back it up?

I also keep seeing people saying that the Bible has been proven 100% to be true but I have yet to see any of this 100% proof. Why do people continue to say this?

Note that I do have an open mind and am willing to change my opinion based on evidence so long as it is backed up. One source of apparent truth means nothing unless another source provides the same information.

If there IS proof of something then logically it would be better to quote the proof as it is more likely to be taken seriously.

insane illusions: my opinion is that your name suits you well. No offense.

EyesLoveJesus: Not relevant to the question - dictionaries aren't religious scripture, see my email.

Faith Walker: Religious scripture dictates that any science that contradicts it is wrong, now tell me why they cannot coexist. They can only exist if you discount certain parts of one or the other.

Also "Human awareness is actually the goal and reason for creating universe in the first place" - that's incredibly arrogant of you. Again you're going back to scripture. I'd ask what purpose distant planets and non-visible suns are to human development but I expect you'd say that God's plan is a mystery to us all.

Another thing, plants don't grow simply to feed other species. Some use tasty fruit to use other animals as a medium for transporting seeds to other locations but other plants use deterants like thorns to protect their seeds and use non-animal methods of seed transportation (eg. wind dispersal). You're ignoring facts to support your own side of things, this is exactly what I meant about cherry-picking the parts that support your side and ignore the rest.

Answer 1

It can't be used as proof. People who quote the Bible do so because they can't come up with any other answer on their own. So their automatic reaction is to quote a Bible verse whether it is relevant or not.

The Bible was written by men and translated time and again. Certain words and phrases simply do not translate well at all from one language to another so adjustments have to be made which strays from the original. Even with the English translations, there are no two that agree with each other. Alot of that has to do with the evolution of the English language. What words meant back then and today are not necessarily the same.

Answer 2

scientist have found that the people and place es in the bible really did exist like Jericho, Sodom and Gomorrah and many many more. just as the people in the bible have been proof that they did really exist and did have an impact on there community as it was in the bible . carbon 14 dating has proven that the gospels and other parts of the bible were written during that time period along with the kind of writing that was used for that time period that correlated with the history the author was talking about and many out side sources that back the bible authenticity and some more advice that i can give ya is to type in your address bar( how do i know that the bible is real ) and another reason that people know that the bible is real is there faith in it .

Answer 3

There are actually a lot of Biblical referrences that have been proven. There are other, non biblical histories, to back up a lot of things written in the Bible. I have a terrible memory, so I can't quote much to prove my statement, but I have read a book titled '' A Case For Christ " written by Lee Strobel, that adds light to a lot. He was a non believer, and on a quest to prove his BELIEVING wife wrong, stubbled on a lot of histories and writings that went hand in hand with the Bible. The book was an easy read. I found it to be hard to put down. I am a skeptic, one to never believe until I see more evidence. I learned a lot from the book. I believe in my heart, but also from what I have read in the Bible. I also see a lot in the book of Revelations, and other books of the Bible, that point to modern times. I wont give too much detail here, just that some of the things revealed in dreams to the prophets , make sense now, but then, could only be described like they were. Specifically the locusts, the armoured bugs and scorpians with stingers in their tails and the noises they heard. It sounds very much like military helicopters with missles. Lastly, the mark of the beast, in your forehead or wrist, that without it you wouldn't be able to buy or sell. Sounds to me like it is upon us, with credit and debit cards being the norm, and not the exception anymore, a cash free society may not be far behind. What better way to stop or slow fraud, then to implant the card in YOU ? They are doing it in dogs a lot now. When these visions happened, these things would have been unimaginable, they couldn't have known what they were seeing. But now, it seems like a lot of it makes perfect sense, for the first time in history. I believe ! Not for facts, but for the love I feel from GOD.

Answer 4

How can you assume that science & scripture can not co-exist as evidence to one another? Consider the changing color of the leaves in the fall.Neither science or religiion is as stiff and boxed-in as many think Essentially science is concerned with how the world works,while religion addresses why the world works that way.
many volumes have been published on the molecular intricacies of photosynthesis,it is among the best documented of chemical processes.The mechanism is also quite well agreed upon by the experts. thus it is reasonable to expect that here we could find out why leaves are green. But, with all the details of hundreds of different molecules and chain reaction, biochemistry has still not explained one bit, why only wavelengths are usable, therefore we have not answered the question of why chlorophyll is green or why leaves are green. So, we still don't have an explanation of why leaves change color. In addition to this, there remains a mystery of visual perception altogether,which leaves unanswered how vision takes place in a tight box of a skull where light neither penetrates nor is generated.The entire biochemical system involed photosynthesis is an incredible ORDERED process. Hundreds of chemical types,each comprised of a multitude of atoms, are matched & linked together with remarkable precision, and all these parts continually interact in a non-random way. In fact, only is the bio-chemical system not random, but is obviously all geared toward a single function- the transformation of light energy into chemical energy in the form of sugar. The question is who organized this system, what is keeping all these parts working together? is it sugar,obviously not,Is it light? impossible.
It is unreasonable to think that any single part of the system can organize the behavior of all other parts. For awhile scientists thought to explain the control of cells and organs in terms of DNA. This view is changing & is les popular as leading biologists continue to discover more basic life processes that that are quite beyond the control of the cell nucleus.The chemical componets are by nature independent, without power over each other, and quite unaware of their role in manufacturing sugar. However it must be that the contolling factor is outside of the the chemical system & quite poweful than any of its parts, since it guides the behavior of each part. The greatness of the mystery factor controlling photosynthesis is emphasized when one considers that the chemistry of photosynthesis in a leaf is just one aspect of a much larger, intergated picture. the behavior of these molecules is interwoven with the rest of the plant as well as with sunlight,air,water,soil, other plants, animals, and people. Photosynthesis provides food for virtually all life on this plant.
The Bible perception, the answer is quite obvious. There is only one factor that can be beyond every system & yet control all the parts. Scientist keep searching,hoping that maybe, when molecules apart, the answer to all these questions will surface. but they do not.
Paul Davis is a promient physicist who is a self avowed atheist,remarked in a new scientist article that physics seems to demand some guiding influence located, as in nature, sustaining all of existence. Here is where science & religion converge, there is a DIVINE Providence that continually sustains and orders the entire universe,not cosmic level or on a grand general scale. Human awareness is actually the goal and reason for creating universe in the first place. This awarness enhances our appreciation of the Creator. Science & the Bible are both leading us to Creator God.
Sorry this is long, but it dispels the notation I hope, that science & religion does not co-exist. This awarness enhances an appreciation of the Creator.

Answer 5

are you questing the fact that Jesus was hung on a cross? there were witness there to prove that this actually happened. John, Mary his mother and Mary of Magdalene, to name a few, so in this light how would one question the validity of the Bible. its all in there, and the words are not always spoken by man. do some research and the truth will be revealed to you. at times the obvious is true, but when questioned, we become confused in resolving the answers. You have to remember, the bible is full of stories that may or may not have happened as written. but they are actually a representation of the situation. its called a colloquy

Answer 6

Hello Puppy.. :)

I have answered some of your questions before..

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsRPX5nxWubw5XbHfsXMQmPsy6IX?qid=20061025033303AA0fyAt

You quoted this, yet you yourself did not have anything other than the quote to back you up..I am not trying to belittle or try to find fault..I just am showing you.. :)

We as believers in Christ, quote the Bible, because it is our way of lives..we live, sleep and eat by the word of God... :)

In Jesus Most Precious Name..
With Love..In Christ.. :)


ADDITONAL: As I emailed you back..you got your info from the dictionary..as we as Christians get our info from the Bible..it too is readily available to all online..

What make one right and the other one wrong.. :(

Your source comes from a dictionary:

Bible

n. 1. One of a small number of fundamental source books

While ours comes from a different source..the Bible.. :)

In Jesus Most Precious Name..
With Love..In Christ.. :)

Answer 7

God is truth; therefore his Word is truth and proof enough. You must believe in something, and all believe, regardless of the proff or evidence is based on faith. Even atheism is based on faith. To say that you have no faith would be a silly statement because people who say that they have no have have faith that that statement.is true.

Answer 8

People like Ahmad there think that their holy book is infalable, but if you compare them, there isn't much difference. They both make for terrible toilet paper though, especially the dark streaks the ink leaves in your shorts.

Answer 9

Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.

Answer 10

how can fairy tales be proof of something thay are man made to control lives thay are a con