Atheists and non-believers where do you think the bible came from?

Question

How doyou u think the bible came into existance...and when? I am a believer just wondering.

halo: You can never know too much.

Nor is this a question of my faith sister bonnie. Do u think its a siin to learn about other religons. I mean if nobodys knows how can they debate it.

Answer 1

Do not question your faith... the bible is gods living word and was written after christ died and rose again... Be strong in your faith.

Your Sister,
Bonnie

Answer 2

Is the Bible the sole "teaching from God?" No. The Bible Itself states that their are "oral" teachings and traditions that are to be carried on to the present-day (2 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Corinthians 11:2; 2 Timothy 2:2; Romans 10:17; 1 Peter 1:24-25). These teachings are what the Catholic Church considers "Sacred Apostolic Tradition." This type of "Tradition" never changes because it was passed down by the Apostles themselves. It is not the same as the man-made traditions condemned in Scripture. The man-made traditions condemned in Scripture were those of the Jewish Pharisees. In fact, as Christians, we are suppose to disassociate ourselves from persons who do not follow Apostolic Tradition (2 Thessalonians 3:6). If oral tradition is not to be followed, why did St. Paul state Christ said something that is not recorded in the Gospels (Acts 20:35)? St. Paul must have "heard" this saying, not read it from any Gospel or "Scripture," thereby, proving that some things Christ said were not recorded in the Gospels (John 21:25) and were passed on orally among His disciples instead, but were just as valid as anything written since St. Paul himself used one of these oral passages in one of his own epistles.

Did the early Christians have the Bible as we know it? No. The Bible as a whole was not compiled until the late 4th century and then it was compiled by a Catholic saint (St. Jerome) at the request of a Catholic pope (St. Damasus I).

The Catholic Church was the first Christian denomination to commission a mass printing of the Bible by asking Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press, to do so in 1447. Non-Catholic Christians may accuse the Catholic Church of not allowing the common people to read the Bible before the Reformation, but what good would it have done for the Catholic Church to widely distribute the Bible to "the masses" when over 90% of the common people were illiterate and couldn't read anyway? The Catholic Mass has always included Scriptural readings from both the Old and New Testaments and Catholic priests have always "preached" the written Word of God to the common people throughout history.

"Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ." - St. Jerome (4th century A.D.)

Answer 3

Peace and blessings of God Upon you.

I am a Muslim and Muslims believe that the Bible was a message sent by God through his Messenger Jesus (peace be upon him) but over time and through translation and editing it has been corrupted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea
This is a very Nicey nice Christianize. version of the story of how a bunch of very powerful religious men with the same basic belief had a council and decided what of Gods books they had a right to trash or edit. Then they threw out any information in the Bible that did not support their particular belief.

The Bible still contains some of Gods work. But it is not as easy to tell from the editing and translation. The Bible not originaly written in English of course. Jesus (peace be upon him) Spoke aramaic. And as I understand it the bible was written in Hebrew. So first Jesus words were translated from Aramaic to Hebrew then it was edited and books were tossed in the trash. Then the bible was put together. Then it was translated to many languages. Then the Versions started showing up. King James and many others had to make a version that met with their political ideas and then people started making versions form the versions. Now it is hard to find two Bibles that are exactly alike.

We believe Gods message is still in there and we respect it as we do our own beloved Quran. And we take it as a strong lesson and never allow our Quran to be corrupted in that way and therefor the original Arabic Text(word for word as it has always been) is the only thing we will call a Quran. Everything else is clearly labled a translation. But if there is a question between the bible or the Quran we will always refer to the uncorrupted copy of the message.

Answer 4

Its hard to answer a question like that in such a brief forum, but I will try. The bible is a series of "books" that were passed down in a very liquid form. There was not agreement on what constituted the canon of scripture until about 300 BCE, when the council of Nicea took place. There were numerous gospels floating around until that point. Church doctrine was not set and there were many sects of Christianity. Even the Jewish canon was not set in stone until fairly recent times. This is why the Catholic church has some books that the protestant churches dont recognize, so called apochraphyl books in the old testament. These books were considered scripture until the reformation, when the protestants decided they didnt fit their ideas so out they went.

There is not an original bible. There are no original manuscripts. God didnt announce that these books were his word. He didnt take over the pen of whoever wrote them. There are inconsistancies in the gospels. They were not eye witness accounts.

Do some study on your own. Read some serious books on this topic, not just from your point of view.

Answer 5

Hi tyliah!

I'm an atheist and we see the bible as a collection of books written from different periods of time that have been influenced by the Jewish religion(the old testament) and Jesus' cult(new testament) called Christianity.

The new testament had been written by 4 people 4 decades after Jesus' time, the existence of Jesus is also questionable because the theme of his story is very common at that time. After a few years, the Roman Catholic church selected those books which are believable, dumped those that are obviously superstitious(jesus' childhood, the gospel of judas, the dead see scrolls) and made them into one religion - Catholicism, to unite the pagan religions and the small cult called Christianity which was winning lots of converts at that time. Of course, there are still many superstitious stuff found on this collection, and there had been many pagan holidays and beliefs imported into this whole mass of books and Catholicism in general. ex. Do you know it was common at that time for heroes to be convert water into winem, etc? More on the documentary below.

Once upon a time the church did not even reveal the Bible to the people and it was written in a different language than what was common at the time. Some translators bravely tried to translate it, but according to the story, they were slain by the church. Anyway, when the bible was actually fully translated, it revealed how immoral the church at that time was, and how superstitious most beliefs in Christianity seemed to be.

Take care!

Answer 6

The old testament is a collection of stories, religious law books and copies from royal diaries, edited by the servants in the Hebrew temple in Jerusalem, near the end of the Judea kingdom, in the 7-6 centuries B.C. and continued in the rebuilt temple in Jerusalem, the 5 century B.C.
the new testament was compiled by the early Christians, in several Cristian communities, the Centuries 1-3 A.D. and was modified slightly later.

Answer 7

its simply came from someone wanting to make money from it.think about it 90 percent of the people back when the bible was suppose to be made couldnt even write. the dead sea scrolls where found in a cave.it came into existance simply to make money.look how rich the churhes are while homeless sleep at the steps. they clame to be holy.preachers and pastors are doing drugs and hireing hookers.90 percent of the no cost medical care comes from the free masons and shriners with the burn clinic. ive never had a freemason or shriner ask for one dime. the churches are nothing but a money makeing machine that does nothing.even st judes gets more private funds

Answer 8

The Bible is a work of schizophrenia...part history, part legal document, part poetry, part philosophy, etc.. Its words range from paralyzingly boring to exaltingly beautiful. It was obviously multi-authored. Most scholars trace the earliest chapters to several hundred years after Jesus' death. The book is such a mess (part of its charm) that I have trouble fathoming how an Intelligent Designer could explain things in such a muddled and inconcise fashion.

Answer 9

It's a historical record of the Israelites that started out much the same as the epic of Gilgamesh and other ancient myths and then took on a whole new meaning.

Answer 10

People wrote it, much like every other compilation.
It came into existence after the Council of Nicea convened in 325.

To this day, some authors of the books in the Bible are still unknown.

You mean you didn't know this?