Why should books of religion be called"holy"?

Question

They are often badly written by wholly unemployable people and are just sheaves of paper . If you removed them from the world the loss wont be missed! It seems there is nothing holy about any book, howerver elegantly printed they are. And they do not provide any insight the way Darwin, Einstein, Marx or any such books do>

Answer 1

Darwins theroies has flaws

Since many people ascribe holy to God, but never ask why is God holy, let alone the Bible, we will define the word holy first.

The word holy in the Hebrew is kodesh. Kodesh signifies a consecrated thing, a sacred place or dedicated to a sanctified purpose. (Strong's Concordance #6944). In the Greek its meaning becomes even clearer. The word holy in the Greek is Hagios (Greek: agioV, Strong's Concordance #40), which means pure or blameless.

Being holy can be a being, place, God or anything else that is dedicated or sanctified to be pure or blameless. To be pure or blameless, therefore, is to be perfect, without flaw, and complete within itself. A holy item would, therefore, be without any mistakes. Obviously, God is holy and pure and perfect. Anything God sanctifies or dedicates would, therefore, be holy.

God Bless You

Answer 2

Don't you see? Thats the beauty of it - you DON'T have to call them holy, in fact, you could call them books so often badly written, by wholly unemployable people, and simply sheaves of paper. You could even suggest they be removed from the world.
God wants you to make a choice, and it looks like you've made yours. Even God himself wouldn't want it any other way. Good for you!!

Answer 3

The word "holy" means set apart. Most people take it to mean something divine.

Actually the Holy Bible is fascinating volumes of literature from an academic standpoint and the source of salvation for those who believe form a faithful standpoint. They only provide insight for people that believe, have faith, and want to be saved. For the rest of the people that hate God and the church, yes, stick to worldly writings- they will benefit and comfort you in this world until you go to judgment.

Answer 4

The books aren't holy, the ideas in them are. And the works of Darwin, Einstein, and Marx cannot be holy since they deal with earthly affairs.

Answer 5

If you don't like them, why are you asking about them? I believe they were written by someone inspired by God and, therefore, they contain the word of God. I consider the word of God holy, so that makes the books holy. It has nothing to do with how they were written, by whom they were written and what they are made of. If you think that they contain no insight, you haven't read one very seriously.

Answer 6

The concept of that which is "holy" only makes sense in the context of religion. We do not dub books "holy" that are not treated with religious reverence towards their divinely ineffible origin - that's what "holy" has come to mean.

Now you could certainly refer to the Origin of Species as holy if you wanted to. That would imply, however, that the book has itself become an item of untouchable reverence towards its conceptual content; in effect, deeming it the scripture of its own religion.

That's why books of religion are called holy; there is no kind of book that could be called holy that wouldn't itself be a kind of religious text.

Answer 7

I think that a part of the problem is that people have different definitions of the word 'holy'. Some seem to place a meaning synonymous to 'perfection' that I do not apply to the word axiomatically. To me, 'holy' means 'dedicated.' So the Bible is the 'dedicated' word of God. That's what it means to me anyway!

Answer 8

Well first keep in mind that the word "holy" means to be set apart. And The Bible is definatly that.

The Bible Stands Alone

In 1889 a schoolteacher told a ten-year-old boy, "You will never amount to very much." That boy was Albert Einstein. In 1954 a music manager told a young singer, "You ought to go back to driving a truck." That singer was Elvis Presley. In 1962 a record company told a group of singers, "We don’t like your sound. Groups with guitars are definitely on their way out." They said that to the Beatles. Man is prone to make mistakes. Those who reject the Bible should take the time to look at the evidence before they come to a verdict.

1. It is unique in its continuity.
If just 10 people today were picked who were from the same place, born around the same time, spoke the same language, and made about the same amount of money, and were asked to write on just one controversial subject, they would have trouble agreeing with each other. But the Bible stands alone. It was written over a period of 1,600 years by more than 40 writers from all walks of life. Some were fishermen; some were politicians. Others were generals or kings, shepherds or historians. They were from three different continents, and wrote in three different languages. They wrote on hundreds of controversial subjects yet they wrote with agreement and harmony. They wrote in dungeons, in temples, on beaches, and on hillsides, during peacetime and during war. Yet their words sound like they came from the same source. So even though 10 people today couldn’t write on one controversial subject and agree, God picked 40 different people to write the Bible—and it stands the test of time.

2. It is unique in its circulation.
The invention of the printing press in 1450 made it possible to print books in large quantities. The first book printed was the Bible. Since then, the Bible has been read by more people and printed more times than any other book in history. By 1930, over one billion Bibles had been distributed by Bible societies around the world. By 1977, Bible societies alone were printing over 200 million Bibles each year, and this doesn’t include the rest of the Bible publishing companies. No one who is interested in knowing the truth can ignore such an important book.

3. It is unique in its translation.
The Bible has been translated into over 1,400 languages. No other book even comes close.

4. It is unique in its survival.
In ancient times, books were copied by hand onto manuscripts which were made from parchment and would decay over time. Ancient books are available today only because someone made copies of the originals to preserve them. For example, the original writings of Julius Caesar are no longer around. We know what he wrote only by the copies we have. Only 10 copies still exist, and they were made 1,000 years after he died. Only 600 copies of Homer’s The Iliad exist, made 1,300 years after the originals were written. No other book has as many copies of the ancient manuscripts as the Bible. In fact, there are over 24,000 copies of New Testament manuscripts, some written within 35 years of the writer’s death.

5. It is unique in withstanding attack.
No other book has been so attacked throughout history as the Bible. In A.D. 300 the Roman emperor Diocletian ordered every Bible burned because he thought that by destroying the Scriptures he could destroy Christianity. Anyone caught with a Bible would be executed. But just 25 years later, the Roman emperor Constantine ordered that 50 perfect copies of the Bible be made at government expense. The French philosopher Voltaire, a skeptic who destroyed the faith of many people, boasted that within 100 years of his death, the Bible would disappear from the face of the earth. Voltaire died in 1728, but the Bible lives on. The irony of history is that 50 years after his death, the Geneva Bible Society moved into his former house and used his printing presses to print thousands of Bibles.

The Bible has also survived criticism. No book has been more attacked for its accuracy. And yet archeologists are proving every year that the Bible’s detailed descriptions of historic events are correct.

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Answer 10

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