If the Bible is true, why would it need to be ‘inspired’?

Question

Inspiration is customarily applied to fiction, such as a great novel being said to have been ‘inspired’ by an event or impression experienced by the author, or his admiration for a certain personality or achievement. How is the biblical use of the term ‘inspired’ different from that applied to works of fiction, and please explain why truth claims would require this ‘inspiration’. Please offer a means of testing your explanation

Answer 1

It's a common Christian tactic... redefining words to suit a particular agenda.

I'm seeing rehashings of the argument that says "The Bible is true because the Bible says that it is true... and we know this because it's in the Bible."

Circular reasoning at its finest.

Answer 2

Calling the Bible inspired is an insult to Jesus and God and its heresy.

Because it means:

1. Anyone can get the message of God
2. Jesus and God did not speak..Jesus just felt God, theres a big different between speak and feel. One is a fact, the other is relative.

However, the only reason they say the Bible was inspired because in Christianity they dont teach the concept of revealance. i.e how a message is revealed. They think its all about a man / couple of men getting some inspiration whereas, it was much more than just inspiration, it was a message that was given directly to Jesus.

By the way, if Jesus was the son of God , why didnt he make sure the divine message was given when he was around ? why would men after him need to write the message he was trusted to give?

And to peeps here who think that Im wrong think about it. God choses messengers for the sole purpose that human kind can lie, and cheat. He needs pure clean people to reveal His message to the world. And no one can be purer than the messenger. This means no one had the right to reveal the Bible but Jesus.

Answer 3

Inspiration to a higher and better notion is not confined only to fiction. It can be experienced and applied to many common situations in life. So, with that said; Biblical inspiration? Lots of good words and idealism can be written by learned men of those days. A lot of good words expressing Christian idealism are not necessarily from hard, cold inspiration. A dose full of common reasoning and logic played a big part. Where Christianity get the term inspired regarding the Bible, I don't know. I guess it's an excuse to make it sound divinely mystical. *shrug*

Answer 4

"Inspired" is a word which has been somewhat de-valued in modern usage, now often meaning "original" "clever" or "impressive" or, in the case you describe, "prompted by"
The older use comes from "breathed in" suggesting the ideas and possibly the very words of the poet, author... were given by some higher source. In Greek mythology, this was the role of the Muses.

The issue with the bible is reasonably straightforward. If it is man's attempt to describe God, and man's encounters with the divine, it may be useful but it is going to suffer the natural flaws and distortions of any human literature. Only if it were divinely given, "inspired" in a much fuller sense than "prompted by" can it be held to be utterly reliable. And if not that, then the question of how much of it is true, and in what sense it is true becomes a major and problematic issue.

Answer 5

Inspired means spirit breathed. And in the case of the Holy Bible, God breathed.

In the case of fiction, inspired by many different ways. Imaginations many times come from spiritual sources.

The Holy Bible is True because God revealed Truth & Prophecy to the LORD Gods prophets and they wrote the books that are in the bible. The true Prophets wrote truth that was inspired of the LORD God.

Test the Prophets to see if they heard from the LORD God. One test is that if what they prophecied came to pass? If not, then they didn't hear from the Lord. Do they tempt you to follow after other gods? Then they are not from the LORD God who doesn't tempt us to go after other gods.

The books of the bible have been tested and found true. Also, God doesn't contradict His message. The old testament books prophecy of the promised Messiah and Jesus Christ. Jesus fulfilled these prophecies. In Genesis 3:15 the Savior was prophecied. In Isaiah, the virgin birth.

Answer 6

HOW MANY THINGS CAN BE INSPIRED?

Man can think I sure would like to record all I know and leave it for history. He may think it is no use, he will die and it will be thrown away.

If he is inspired to do it by the one source that is able to keep it forever, then it can, and was done and is here. From 1,110 years O.T. done, 443 before Christ, and N. T.
50 to 100 after Christ.

REALITY CHECK:

KJV Bible 1611 after Christ published plus 303 years to 1914 after Christ and an excepted translation by law of man and God. For the end time days.
ABOSLUTELY AMAZING.
SO FEW PEOPLE EVEN BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND IT AND IT IS WRITTEN SO SIMPLE.

Answer 7

Inspiration by God in giving revelation to the apostles and prophets to write the bible is totally different from a creative person being inspired in their work.
The Bible defines it as "God breathed" or Holy men of God wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. Not the same thing at all. One comes directly from God, the other out of a creative person's abilities.

Answer 8

To say that it was "inspired" is to say that it was written by many different human individuals, but one Holy Spirit guided them to write what they did. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth, so He would inspire men to write nothing else.

Answer 9

I think the idea is that it's true because it's inspired by god, not that it needs to be inspired because it's true. In any case we only have the bible to suggest that the bible is the inspired word of god, so to believe it would be pretty stupid.

Answer 10

Inspired by the very thought/words of GOD so that this holy men could put them into writing not the thought of this holy men.