Personally I don't buy it. I do know there's something bigger out there but to read a bible which there's no proof about who wrotte it. I just don't buy it.
2006-11-27 09:50:15 · 13 answers · asked by Shadow 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The first book written has been dated to somewhere around 50-60 AD and is attributed to the apostle Paul. There is non secular writings dating from 150-170 AD that mention the first four gospels. The rest were most likely written, compiled and organized by the church from 170-325 AD when the Emperor Constantine ordered the 300 Bishops convened at the Council of Nicaea to close the Canon and deliver a definitive version of the Bible.
2006-11-27 09:51:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually, there is proof of who wrote the Bible, and when.
Certain events in the Bible (such as kings mentioned, and other larger events) were recorded in history, and dated from that. Also, they have found that EVERY SINGLE person who wrote a book in the Bible really DID live.
The only two stories there is any doubt of is Jonah, and Job.
Another thing that proves when the Bible was written is which materials were used to write it, and what it was written on. There is also plentiful archeological evidence to support things in the Bible (the fall of Jericho, Sodom and Gomorrah, et cetera).
The New Testament was written between about 45 AD and about 75 AD. The earliest known copies were from about 25 years after the fact.
It seems like a large gap, but it really isn't. The only ancient manuscript that comes CLOSE to that is Homer's writings, and the earliest known copies of his works were around 400 years after they were written. There are also fewer surviving copies of Homer's original manuscripts than there are of the Bible (compare a few hundred to twenty-four THOUSAND!).
Try reading Evidence That Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell. You won't regret it. He was an atheist who set out to prove the Bible wrong. Now he's a Christian.
The Bible was written over three continents, in three different languages, by over forty different authors (ranging from kings to peasants), over about 1500 years.
ANY other book with so many different factors involved would be a conglameration...and yet the Bible follows nearly the same theme throughout. Coincidence? I think not.
It's also not a coincidence that the Bible has survived CENTURIES of persecution.
2006-11-27 17:58:12 · answer #2 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shadow,
I buy every word of it and these were inspired by God to keep this record of man from
Eden and all perfect LOST to the reign of Christ for 1000 years and all is SAVED.
OLD TESTAMENT
The Old Testament with Genesis and Job information collected and compiled by Moses and company along with Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers 33:38,39 Aaron died 40th year, and Deuteronomy 34:7 Moses died 40th year, the six books were complete 1513 before Christ.
Joshua 5:6,10,12 The 40 years ends, & Judges 11:26 is 300 years to 1212 BCE.
Ruth 4:18-22 is king David's family. 1Samuel 25:1 dies 1083 BCE. 2Samuel 5:4,5; by Gad, Nathan & Davids king 1077 to 1037 Book of Psalms. Solomon & Shemiah 1037 to
997 BCE Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon & 1King 6:1; 11:42; 2 kings. 18 kings of Judah after Solomon.1 & 2 Chronicles 36:20-23 Promised Land is desolate 606 BCE. THERE WILL BE NO KING UNTIL KING JESUS AT HIS SECOND COMING
From 997 to 606 16 Prophets wrote, 12 prophets have books and Lamentations:
606 to 443 BCE:
Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther & Mordecai, Haggai & Zechariah write. 39 O.T. Books.
NEW TESTAMENT
27 book written from 50 to about 100 after Jesus.
2006-11-27 18:12:13 · answer #3 · answered by jeni 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Old Testament was written before Christ, they are the scriptures He reffered to.. the New Testament was written between the time He lived until aprox 90 AD but they were not all put in book form until about 200 AD
2006-11-27 17:53:20 · answer #4 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different writers- The Old Testament came before Christ- the first Gospel was about 10-12 years after Jesus rose.
2006-11-27 17:53:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nahh.. nor do I ..
The first bible was written 50 years or so after Jesus's death.. and then the walls came tumbling thereafter.. with Jewish versions surfacing years later.. and the Islamic version some 300 years later..
To me.. the bible is the worlds first law book..
The fact we now fight wars over it.. goes to show how ridiculous the law is..
The fact some hijack religion to conquer and control the masses proves how diabolical some humans are..
Maybe it's time we finally listen to the real ancestors of humanity.. lets talk to our islanders and indiginous people.. they never had the problems we have.. like diseases, like food shortages, polluted water.. and worst of all chemical warefare.. it just never occured to them.. and they lived in paradise..
Maybe it's time we abandon religion and the bibles.. and work on a new future for humanity.. where we clean and fix the planet and make it our God from now on.. like indiginous people do.. then we can all live in paradise.. free of violence and stress..
Then we won't need religion to brainwash people..
2006-11-27 17:57:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
GOD wrote the bible.....now whether you buy or not is not a matter, our mind is so tiny to understand the nature of GOD .....there is only one way to know this answers reading the bible....... its God's way he is the Creator so he chose how to spread messages - i strongly suggest you to read the bible and pray for understanding remember everything comes out of price, so you can try against your will sometimes but you cant do it if not GOD motivation....good Lucky.
2006-11-27 18:34:16 · answer #7 · answered by Joshua a 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was edited and compiled (and partially written) by a PAGAN Roman Emperor, Constantine, in 325-AD. (reason #1 why it is not reliable).
most of its stories were handed over by word of mouth, and none were written until at least 30-40 years after the cult-myth figure, christ, died and rotted(roughly 60-70 AD). many were written much later. this is why they are not reliable stories, and why they contradict each other.
2006-11-27 17:52:15 · answer #8 · answered by Jeebus is my Rectum 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Shadow,
You've got it backwards.
Pick up the bible, read it, think about it, put your own interpretation on it. Figure out what YOU believe.
YOU write the bible.
2006-11-27 18:17:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
theres supposedely 60 authors, ranging from hundreds of years before christ to hundreds years after him.
2006-11-27 17:51:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋