Also, was he just always here? How was he always here? Is the bible just a book of relison, like the Jewish religon? Or did some1 just make up the bible?! HELP ME!
2007-01-27 13:22:36 · 6 answers · asked by Dr.phil with hair™ 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God is a Supreme Being that is all-powerful, all-knowing, and everywhere. God creates just by a thought. We can come to a better understanding of the CREATOR by looking at creatures and creation.
The existence of man: living, human, being.
The essence of man: mind (human), body (living), and soul (being).
The existence of God: All-knowing, All-powerful, and ever present.
The essence of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The Bible is not 100% accurate but, there are some things to take into consideration before declaring the Bible an invalid source to believe in. The DEAD SEA SCROLLS did, however, prove that for as old as the Bible is, it is remarkably accurate.
There are some problems with the Bible and errors. Please remember, the Old Testament was passed down by oral tradition before the technology of writing was available. Compared to the Quran which existed long after the technology for writing was invented. So, yes there are errors.
Secondly, there are different ways to interpret based upon the "literary forms" of writers. Depending whether it is in a historical context, prophetic, poetry, or some other type of literary form. I believe Jesus Christ IS THE WORD of God. The Bible is written by people inspired by God.
If you took a Bible course and discovered what SCRIPTURAL TYPOLOGY is you would be amazed. If you knew what SALVATION HISTORY was in the Bible you would understand. If you recognized DIVINE AUTHORITY you would know that there has to be someone in authority to reveal the "secret" truths God has given. If you research all those phrases you will begin a journey of discovery that will last a life time.
We have a saying in Catholicism: the New Testament is hidden in the Old and the Old is revealed in the New. There are many mysteries contained in the Bible that I have been amazed at discovering for the past 20 years and there is a whole lot more. St. Jerome said: Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. The whole Bible is about our SALVATION: Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ fulfilled over 300 prophesies in the Old Testament about the Messiah you can discover 50 of them in cd's IT IS WRITTEN.
WHEN YOU HAVE BEGUN TO DISCOVER THESE THINGS YOU WILL KNOW IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY MAN. Jesus (a historical figure along with others in the Bible that are not fictitional characters) by fulfilling just 50 prophesies makes the odds of doing that 10X135 power! An astronomical figure that could not have been achieved by human means.
The thing that might shock you and others is that SATAN used scripture to tempt Jesus. So, too Satan will use scripture to trip us up from following the true faith. This is why there has to be DIVINE AUTHORITY that passes from the Old Testament to APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION in the New Testament. This is why someone cannot Authoritatively pick up a Bible and correctly interpret it nor can there be millions of interpretors to HOLY SCRIPTURE. There can only be one!
The Bible is about Jesus Christ. Consider the following:
Jesus Christ only lived 33 years, never went more than 30 miles from his home, never wrote a book, never was on tv, never made a cd or any multimedia source and YET
-- Jesus Christ has influenced the world more than any person;
-- Jesus Christ's existence separates history (ac or bc);
-- Jesus Christ has more books written about him than any person in history;
-- Jesus Christ is the Ruler of the largest religion in the world;
-- Jesus Christ had 11 apostles and numerous martyrs die excruciating deaths believing in the Messiah, the Son of God;
-- Jesus Christ as the promised messiah fulfilled over 300 prophesies in the Old Testament. Just fulfilling 50 makes the odds of doing so 10X135 power, an astronomical number. No human being or religious leader's existence was fortold with such clarity, never fulfilled so many prophesies about them, not even Moses, Muhammad (pbuh), Buddha, Confuscious or anyone!
In short, Jesus Christ has accomplished things NO OTHER HUMAN BEING HAS DONE in the entire history of mankind. If anyone thinks Jesus Christ is JUST A GOOD TEACHER they are very unrealistic by making such a huge understatement.
2007-01-27 13:33:45 · answer #1 · answered by Search4truth 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
God is merely no longer contained in the category of "issues that were created". the second one regulation of Thermodynamics proves that what all of us recognize because the universe has no longer continuously existed. If it become eternal, then it would want to be in a state of entropy, via the undeniable fact that is dropping sensible power. There are in user-friendly words 4 conceivable factors for the life of the universe. a million) It emerged spontaneously out of no longer some thing (won't be able to be authentic, from no longer some thing, no longer some thing comes) 2) that's an phantasm in our minds and we in user-friendly words imagine that's there (the incontrovertible actuality that issues would properly be properly measured and predicted shows that that's no longer an phantasm) 3) It must have continuously been there (no, second regulation of TD signifies that it wasn't continuously right here) 4) someone or some thing outdoors the universe exercised a stress more advantageous than the universe at its maximum second, and further it into life in the adventure that your cousin has an option, enable's listen it. If from no longer some thing, no longer some thing comes, then God (a author) had to be there contained in the starting up. If there become no longer some thing contained in the starting up, then no longer some thing might want to have EVER been created.
2016-12-03 03:22:28 · answer #2 · answered by santella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the bible was just made up - there are hundreds of such religious texts from hundreds of civilizations. The earth formed as all planets do.
Read "The God Delusion". IM or email me if you don't have a copy handy.
2007-01-27 13:30:53 · answer #3 · answered by eldad9 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He wasn't here until some stone-age desert nomads made him up. The Earth came about just like the other planets did...except we got lucky enough to be in the life zone.
2007-01-27 13:33:26 · answer #4 · answered by Scott M 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God made the earth- in 6 days. sounds farfetched right? i know. but it happened. there is no other way to explain life. the bible was written by men, but every single word was inspired and given to them by God. i know it sounds impossible. but it happened. check out the first chapter of the first book of the bible. it'll explain.
2007-01-27 13:45:55 · answer #5 · answered by Mace Face 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, since he was male, I'm sure duct tape was involved somewhere along the line.
2007-01-27 13:29:14 · answer #6 · answered by vik 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋