How do you know God wrote the Bible?

Question

For those of you who believe God literally wrote the Bible, working through human beings, of course, how do you *know* that? Just because the Bible tells you that? If another book claimed it was written by God, would you believe that, too?

Again: If you say, the Bible says it was written by God, would you believe another book was written by God, simply because it said it was written by God?

Isn't this circular reasoning? Who wrote the Bible? God did. How do you know he wrote it? Because the Bible says? How can you believe the Bible? Because God wrote it? How do you know? Because the Bible says so.

Do you not see how that doesn't answer the question and doesn't offer any evidence that God wrote the Bible?

So how can you expect non-believers to be convinced of your arguments?

I have to note that many/most of the people answering in defense of the Bible being written by God are not answering the question I actually asked. "Because the Bible says so" is clearly not an answer to my question, but repeating part of my question. My point is that "because the Bible says so" is not an answer to the question of "How do you know God wrote the Bible." It's a cop-out.

Answer 1

There are many reasons why I do NOT believe the Bible is the word of God.

The main reason is that if God decided to write a book, there would be no misunderstandings, no questions, no confusion, no differences in interpretation. Every single person who read God's book would understand it COMPLETELY because God would be able to make himself understood. The fact that everyone has different interpretations of this book is the best evidence that it wasn't authored by God... unless he was deliberately trying to be confusing, in which case he isn't worthy of worship anyhow.

(and I hear you on the circular reasoning too... drives me insane... they do the same thing regarding the Bible being true... 'The Bible SAYS it's true'... hell, I could write a book that SAYS it's true... anyhow sheep will be sheep.)

Answer 2

There is much proof that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. There is WAY more proof than reason to doubt!! To begin with the very fact that this book....the Bible is still around after all these years is proof. What other book has stood the test of time? What other book has EVER had wars fought over it, people tortured because of it, ever been copied and translated to all languages? What other book has had so many authors writing at different times in history and yet all come together like the Bible? There is NO OTHER book that has the prophecies of the whole history of the world in it. No other book has 100% accuracy about cities falling and never being rebuilt..Tyre, Sidon, Babylon....etc.
The book of Daniel has the history of the whole world represented by the image. The rest of Daniel repeats the world's history in more detail. Revelation has prophecies that have been fulfilled and some still to come. BUT the biggest "proof" of the Bible is that when studying it and putting it to the test it changes people's lives for the better!! If you do not believe me then put God to the test yourself!

Answer 3

honestly, there's no different e book like the Bible. moreover, the Bible “is inspired of God.” (2 Timothy 3:sixteen) In what way? The Bible itself solutions: “adult males spoke from God as they have been borne alongside by employing holy spirit.” (2 Peter a million:21) for instance: A businessman might have a secretary write a letter. That letter includes the businessman’s strategies and classes. hence, it particularly is his letter, no longer the secretary’s. in a similar fashion, the Bible includes God’s message, no longer that of the adult males who wrote it down. subsequently, the full Bible actual is “the observe of God.”—a million Thessalonians 2:13. the way

Answer 4

Nobody believes God sat with a pen and wrote the Bible. God spoke to those who he called to write the Bible. How do we know this. It is simple, it is truth. The truth can't be disputed. Many, many facts. You would never understand or believe it no matter what we told you from your standpoint because you want a worldly answer, God is in the divine spirit not in the flesh. To know God, understand God etc you must be in the spirit.You are a lost soul. If you want to find the truth, call out to God with your heart and soul and he will reveal the truth to you. If not you can walk around with the antichrist leading you on a path of self destruction...it is your freewill...by the way...God gave you that freewill.

Answer 5

I agree, people's faith shouldn't depend on the Bible but Atheists rejection of religion, shouldn't be based soley on the Bible either.

The Bible is just a book, written by men not God. You're right, who knows if these guys had it right or not but overall, the book has a simple, good message.

The flaws in the Bible just mean that Christianity and whether or not Jesus was the son of God is questionable. God's existence is never questionable to me and I don't need some book to give me faith.

Answer 6

Jesus spoke of the Bible as the Word of God. He fulfilled OT prophesies.
The Bible is not written by God. The Bible has human authors.

Answer 7

The only thing God actually wrote was the 10 Commandments, & they were written by the finger of God, & today people are crying out don't break the 10 commandments, Well Moses broke it not long after it was written, when he took the tablets & broke them So God re-written Them, Now If there is somethng inside a person that is crying out for something, Then there has to be something that will fulfill that need, If a person feels inside that they know or want to know that there is a higher power, Then in order to fulill that crying out for something, then there has to be something to respond to it, Therefore If Men of old Had something in their soul crying out to write something & also the way they wrote it, then there had to be a response to that crying out. So that response is God. IF you are in a desert & you are crying out for water, Then somewhere there has to be water, if there was never any water then you would not have that crying out for it. Therefore since we have a crying out for truth, Then there has to be a truth somewhere to respond to that crying out, Then if someone comes alone & try to substitude, that truth with a false truth, then our souls will know that it is not the truth.

Answer 8

God did not write the Bible. It was written by people like you and me. It was a word of God but translated in different version.

Answer 9

Nancy D responded to you,"God didn't write it, people did. The words were given to them by God and they wrote them."

For all you who believe like this, please explain why "God" was not giving
"the words" of the Jesus story to scribes in the holy land to write down
during about BC 6 & 40 CE.so alleged events could be responded to by
people living at that time ?

Was he too busy making up all the the multiple versions of that story at
the time? Or, was it a "God" plan for the story to be "oral history" which could not be later be possibly confirmed? At least there is always a chance to work with hard copy for possible verification.

Hold on to your faith. You guys desperately need it.

Answer 10

That's a good question. Well it goes like this, first we obtained a sample of God's handwritting, then using modern forensic science, we comparatively analyzed the handwriting that occurs in the bible. Oddly enough, it was a match. Also, we dusted for fingerprints on those original scrolls, and founds they were from...yeah you guessed it. GOD. We had his prints on file previously because he got in some trouble as a teenager joyriding and everything...anyway, so there you have it.