Do you believe in the Bible through faith alone or because you have evidence that it is in some way authentic?

Question

But not only authentic but also true...although how it could be either is beyond me to be honest...

Answer 1

Biblical scholars have concluded that the Bible is the product of a purely human endeavor, that the identity of the authors is forever lost and that their work has been largely obliterated by centuries of translation and editing. In other words, the Bible simply can not be believed.

Answer 2

You need to know the difference between faith and opinions.

Opinions change daily or monthly, whenever it suits, and whenever something new and magical comes along to eject the previous flavor of the month.

Faith is a confidence in something unseen. For example, if you're holding a pencil in your hand, you have faith that if you let go it's going to hit the ground.

Opinions are affected by emotional response, faith is strengthened by education. The more you know, the stronger your faith, and the better your ability to see things in the future (yet unseen) or to see things by the signs they've left behind (like being able to tell if a deer was walking or running just from the foot prints--the prints are farther apart when running).

So the more we learn about the Bible, the better (or worse) our faith based on what we learn. My own faith is fairly strong because I've studied extensively, and I've come to the point where I will accept only the best of sources from non-believers or those disinterested in the religious aspects of the Bible, sources that offer the strongest of challenges.

(By "best of sources" I mean primary historic sources--mostly ancient documents but archaeology is useful, as well.)

Answer 3

There are many things in the Bible that are true and are generally accepted For example, most historians do beleive that there was an exodus of Jewish people out of Egypt, also no one is disputing that Jesus Christ lived, and many of the stories in the Bible, talk about REAL things that happened during that time.

Answer 4

To say I believe in the Bible through faith alone,while true is incomplete man does not often understand what faith is. Through faith comes revelation.of God while it is still faith it is revealed to us as true by a living God and this revelation comes by way of faith which is a gift from God.
God reveals his truth to those who love the truth and seek it wiht all of their heart.

Answer 5

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE BIBLE IS JESUS BEFORE AND AFTER

JESUS GENEALOGY AND 2007 CALENDAR TIME

~~~~ Gen.1:1,2 All Exist. 1:3-25 Earth prepared. Space Job 38:30-32; John 17:3,5,24;
~~~~ Col.1:15-17; Rev.3:14; Jesus first creation created in image of God.
0130 Adam Gen.5:3; Gen.1:26,"Let us make man in our image, after our likeness."
0105 Seth Gen.5:6
0090 Enos Gen.5:9
0070 Cainan Gen.5:12
0065 Mahalaleel Gen.5:15
0162 Jared Gen.5:18
0065 Enoch Gen.5:21
0187 Methusalen Gen.5:25
0182 Lamech Gen.5:28; 1056 Noah born.
0600 age of Noah, Flood Gen.7:6; 1656 flood year at 1656 after Adam.
0000 Noah 350 years Gen.9:28,29; Shem 502 years Gen.11:10,11,
0222 Gen.11:10,11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22,24 is Terah at, 222 years.
0205 427 Gen.11:32 [ 205 dies ]; Gen.12:4; Abraham age 75. Matt.1:1-17;
0430 857 Exo.7,7; 12:40,41; Gal.3:16-18 [ Abraham & 430 to law ];
0040 897 Num.33:38,39 [ Deut.34:7 Aaron & Moses die ];
0000 898th after flood. Josh.5:6,10,12; 14th day of New Year.
0000 Judges 11:26; 300 & 898 after flood, is 1198. 1212 BC
0000 Acts 13:20 450 & 857 is 1307 after flood. 1103 BC
0000 1Ki.2:10,11 David [ 1037 BC ]. Ruth 4:18-22; 1Chr.3:1-17;
0480 1Ki.6:1; Promised Land 897 to 1377 after flood. 1033 BC
0036 1Ki.11:42 Solomon dies 1413 after flood. 997BC
3069 & 997 & 2007 is 6073 after Adam as LOST to SAVED.
0000 Rev.20:6; 1000 year reign of Jesus. 1000 is 7072 years accounted for.

Eph.2:7; 3:21; The world with Jesus is without end. John 3:16; 2Pet.3:13 All made new.

THIS IS NOT THE AGE OF THE EARTH.

Answer 6

I believe that the Bible is true because of my faith in God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The Bible tells about them No one can prove to someone else, that the Bible is true. No one can prove that it isn't. I believe because of my personal relationship with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

I prayed and ask God to show me how to love Him before I did love Him. He answered. He ask me to know His Son, Jesus, I invited Jesus into my heart and life. Jesus gave me His Holy Spirit to lead and comfort me. That's how I know that the Bible is God's written word..

Answer 7

I am a Christian when you are taught your whole life about the Bible than you look at it differently and the New Testament is true because of the Dead Sea Scrolls I'm not going to explain them look them up

Answer 8

I don't believe in the bible as a whole. Some parts of it are evidenced through other histories, but that's about it.

Answer 9

If you demanded what you call "evidence", Faith would be irrelevant. They only people who keep trying to discredit the Bible are those who are afraid of what it has to say.

Answer 10

Jesus was proved to be a real person but so was St. Nick.