Why Christians say that their bible is not corrupted?

Question

We must know that the Bible can not be trusted. Let us look at what the Theologians and Historians of the NIV Bible wrote about the Book of Song of Songs:

* Please be advised that the Bibliography of the NIV Bible that I used is listed at the end of this article. I used the latest version of the NIV Bible.

About the book of Song of Songs: "Verse 1 appears to ascribe authorship to Solomon. Solomon is referred to seven times, and several verses speak of the 'king', but whether he was the author remains an open question. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 997)"

As we clearly see, no one knows who wrote the porn-full book of Song of Songs. How can you claim that the books were indeed all revealed by GOD Almighty? If you're not sure, and you still insist on your claim, then you are committing a crime against GOD Almighty's Revelations.

(www.answering-christianity.com/authors_gospels.htm)

The NIV Bible Theologians and Historians also commented on other books of the Bible to be corrupted by the scribes:

"...portions of the book were probably added by scribes or editors from later periods of Israel's history... (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 183)"

The Jewish scribes had very badly corrupted the Bible and turned it into a big lie. That is why GOD Almighty said:

"`How can you say, "We [the Jews] are wise, for we have the law of the LORD," when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?' (From the NIV Bible, Jeremiah 8:8)"

"How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us'? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie. (From the RSV Bible, Jeremiah 8:8)"

In either translation above, we clearly see that the Bible has too many narrated stories and man-made cultural laws that were inserted into it that were not Divine Revelations from GOD Almighty
It's quite obvious that the Bible is more like a man made cultural book than a divine book that is meant to be for all times and all places. Anyway, the Bible was not even written by its original authors. That is why you see things such as "And Moses went up to the mountain...." instead of "And I [Moses] went up to the mountain....", or "And Jesus said to Matthew...." instead of "And Jesus said to me [Matthew]...." Most of the Books and Gospels of the Bible were written by third party people that were not even chosen by GOD, which makes the Bible just a cultural history book rather than a divine book from GOD Almighty.

Answer 1

Where to begin? While I could take the time and tell you why the Bible is inspired, I do not believe or feel that it really matters what I say, you will believe what ever you want to believe. If you are really interested in finding answers to why Christians believe the Bible is inspired, there are many good books you can study. Now I say this not because I disagree with you, I say this sort of to call your bluff so to speak. You see, you write pretending that you want an answer but you don't. You've already made up your mind

However, let me explain my position. I love the Bible. But, the Bible does not have the last word for me. I believe it is inspired and it may even be infallible but I don't need a book to tell me how to have a relationship with God. It is a good guide book but at the end of the day, it's between God and me. Just like a book on marriage, I can use it as a guide but my relationship is between my wife and me - not my wife, a book, and me.

In addition, no matter how infalliable the Bible is, our interpretation of it may not be. So, just because some one shows a scripture doesn't mean that it is interpreted correctly.

A problem I see within Christianity is that a lot of them will say believe on the Lord Jesus but one cannot just believe and everything be everything. No. Most people want you to believe what it is they say to believe. That's why there are so many different denominations, each one with its 'pet' doctrine. Each one interpreting the Bible differently.

My brother, for some reason I am assuming you are a man, we need to show love. Do you have some thing to prove. Prove it with love. If you really want to get some answers, I have a news letter that you can subscribe to at
www.GetConnectedToGod.com. If you are really looking for answer, this may help.

Peace be to you. Know that you are loved.

Answer 2

It's good to see you are informed on your subject. Think about this though; if people have found corruptions in the texts, that must mean that there was something to gauge the original source. In other words, to find that something has been falsified you would have to know what the true copy said.

This is a good point because when the dead sea scrolls were unearthed, the translator found that VERY LITTLE had changed over the thousand or so years and hundreds of different copies. Back in those days there weren't any photocopiers or printers (obvious I know) so the scribes had to copy each text letter by letter and word by word and then count out the number at the end. This was a surprisingly accurate way of doing it, and lent no way of changing anything in the process.

Where texts have been changed, however, is more recently. Some bible scholars in the past have changed translated texts to suit their own ends. These have been discovered and changed back.

Think about this though: how did the bible survive all these years intact. The dead sea scrolls showed that the Greek accounts of the New Testament (they were originally written in Greek) and the Greek translations of the Torah (originally written, and still readable, in Hebrew) were THE SAME as the ones available to modern scholars for translation today. How could a single book, let alone an extensive collection of books, survive all the changes of government, state religion etc that has happened since the 1st century? The Torah has survived intact now for over SIX thousand years! Doesn't that make you think?

If you are really interested in reading those texts to see for yourself whether they contain the word of God, find a translation that has been tested, re-printed and fully qualified before doing so. There are such publications available, and in them you will find paragraphs that have been disputed over the years and will be asked to consider this before applying them to your knowledge and worship of the Creator. After that there is only faith. If you don't have that, then there is nothing else.

Answer 3

the bible was written by the disciples of jesus who were inspired by God, they wrote in scripts and scrolls, these were found by the early missionaries who interpreted it to seven different languages in which english was one. i thiink u should read the king james version of the bible which was actually one of the first versions that was published, the other versions were made for pple who have difficulty in understanding the king james version.

Answer 4

You arguments are skewed. Not being certain who the actual human author of a particular part of Scripture doesn't negate the fact that the Holy Spirit is the true author of all Scripture. Nor does the rest of your argument disprove these facts.

Old Testament - How do we know the Bible has been kept in tact for over 2,000 years of copying? Before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, our earliest Hebrew copy of the Old Testament was the Masoretic text, dating around 800 A.D. The Dead Sea Scrolls date to the time of Jesus and were copied by the Qumran community, a Jewish sect living around the Dead Sea. We also have the Septuagint which is a Greek translation of the Old Testament dating in the second century B.C. When we compare these texts which have an 800-1000 years gap between them we are amazed that 95% of the texts are identical with only minor variations and a few discrepancies.

New Testament - In considering the New Testament we have tens of thousands of manuscripts of the New Testament in part or in whole, dating from the second century A.D. to the late fifteenth century, when the printing press was invented. These manuscripts have been found in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and Italy, making collusion unlikely. The oldest manuscript, the John Rylands manuscript, has been dated to 125 A.D. and was found in Egypt, some distance from where the New Testament was originally composed in Asia Minor). Many early Christian papyri, discovered in 1935, have been dated to 150 A.D., and include the four gospels. The Papyrus Bodmer II, discovered in 1956, has been dated to 200 A.D., and contains 14 chapters and portions of the last seven chapters of the gospel of John. The Chester Beatty biblical papyri, discovered in 1931, has been dated to 200-250 A.D. and contains the Gospels, Acts, Paul's Epistles, and Revelation. The number of manuscripts is extensive compared to other ancient historical writings, such as Caesar's "Gallic Wars" (10 Greek manuscripts, the earliest 950 years after the original), the "Annals" of Tacitus (2 manuscripts, the earliest 950 years after the original), Livy (20 manuscripts, the earliest 350 years after the original), and Plato (7 manuscripts).

Thousands of early Christian writings and lexionaries (first and second century) cite verses from the New Testament. In fact, it is nearly possible to put together the entire New Testament just from early Christian writings. For example, the Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians (dated 95 A.D.) cites verses from the Gospels, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, Titus, Hebrews, and 1 Peter. The letters of Ignatius (dated 115 A.D.) were written to several churches in Asia Minor and cites verses from Matthew, John, Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus. These letters indicate that the entire New Testament was written in the first century A.D. In addition, there is internal evidence for a first century date for the writing of the New Testament. The book of Acts ends abruptly with Paul in prison, awaiting trial (Acts 28:30-31 (1)). It is likely that Luke wrote Acts during this time, before Paul finally appeared before Nero. This would be about 62-63 A.D., meaning that Acts and Luke were written within thirty years of ministry and death of Jesus. Another internal evidence is that there is no mention of the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. Although Matthew, Mark and Luke record Jesus' prophecy that the temple and city would be destroyed within that generation (Matthew 24:1-2 (2),Mark 13:1-2 (3), Luke 21:5-9,20-24,32(4)), no New Testament book refers to this event as having happened. If they had been written after 70 A.D., it is likely that letters written after 70 A.D. would have mentioned the fulfillment of Jesus' prophecy. As stated by Nelson Glueck, former president of the Jewish Theological Seminary in the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, and renowned Jewish archaeologist, "In my opinion, every book of the New Testament was written between the forties and eighties of the first century A.D."

With all of the massive manuscript evidence you would think there would be massive discrepancies - just the opposite is true. New Testament manuscripts agree in 99.5% of the text (compared to only 95% for the Iliad). Most of the discrepancies are in spelling and word order. A few words have been changed or added. There are two passages that are disputed but no discrepancy is of any doctrinal significance (i.e., none would alter basic Christian doctrine). Most Bibles include the options as footnotes when there are discrepancies. How could there be such accuracy over a period of 1,400 years of copying? Two reasons: The scribes that did the copying had meticulous methods for checking their copies for errors. 2) The Holy Spirit made sure we would have an accurate copy of God's word so we would not be deceived. The Mormons, theological liberals as well as other cults and false religions such as Islam that claim the Bible has been tampered with are completely proven false by the extensive, historical manuscript evidence.

Answer 5

I'm amazed at your head knowledge, but how little understanding you have of the scriptures.

Just because people didn't write it in the perfect words for you, does not mean that it's not Holy and divinely inspired. It looks like you picked and chose your verses to fit your needs.

Very impressive.

Answer 6

I know If I dont think something is right I have the Holy Spirit to guide into truth,,so be not decieved and ask God the questions you long for..

Answer 7

Well you seem very smart. First of all the NIV Bible isnt the right Bible, it has Jesuit teaching in it. The King James Bible is the one you should read, there are no contradiction in it. If you find one, email it to me and I will show you its not.

Answer 8

All Scripture is GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. 2 Tim. 3:16

Answer 9

You're wasting you time - since when did truth and facts mean anything to a Christian?

Could the Christians responding possibly Miss the point any More?

Answer 10

Who is this "we" you are talking about? You are listing a bunch of stuff you have seen or read other people list. Have you taken the time to study the bible for yourself? I think not.

I have studied it for ten years. I have seen the transforming power of God's word in my heart and my life.....no one can take that away from me.

Be careful, do not follow man....try following God instead.