OK I asked is the Bible fact or fiction?

Question

So to clarify this in my own mind can Any believer , give me one Fact that is undissputable , from the bible one thing that can be verified with modern technology today or indeed from any other means of valid verification not being theoretical .

Answer 1

The Bible's accuracy and reliability have been proved and verified over and over again by archaeological finds produced by both believing and no believing scholars and scientists. This included verification for numerous customs, places, names, and events mentioned in the Bible.
One among many examples is the fact that for many years the existence of the Hittites (a powerful people who lived during the time of Abraham) was questioned because no archaeological digs had uncovered anything about them. Critics claimed the Hittites were pure myth. But today the critics are silenced. Abundant archaeological evidence for the existence of the Hittites during the time of Abraham has been uncovered.
Bible scholar Donald J. Wiseman notes, "The geography of Bible lands and visible remains of antiquity were gradually recorded until today more than 23,000 sites within this region and dating to Old Testament times, in their broadest sense, have been located." Nelson Glueck, a specialist in ancient literature, did an exhaustive study and concluded: "It can be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverter a biblical reference." Well-known scholar William F. Albright, following a comprehensive studies, wrote: "Discovery after discovery has established the accuracy of innumerable details, and has brought increased recognition of the value of the Bible as a source of History."

There are more than 24,000 partial and complete manuscript copies of the New Testament. These manuscript copies are very ancient and they are available for inspection NOW. there are also some 86,000 quotations from the early church fathers and several thousand lectionaries (church-service books containing Scripture quotations used in the early centuries of Christianity). In fact, there are enough quotations from the early church fathers that even if we did not have a single copy of the Bible, scholars could still reconstruct all but 11 verses of the entire New Testament from material written within 150 to 200 years from the time of Christ. Bottom line: The New Testament has an overwhelming amount of evidence supporting its reliability.

Answer 2

I am not sure what your question is seeking. Of course there are references in the bible to places and events that can be verified by history, archaeology etc.

But you cannot then extend that verification to include the existence of god.

Answer 3

Hi,

How about this? Only a short time ago in our history, people were dying because doctors would not wash their hands to examine a patient even after handling a corpse. But the bible gave instructions 3000 years ago to prevent this. Jewish people held out longer in the plague because they stuck to old testament hygiene laws.

Answer 4

there have been many archeology finds recently that have proven the Ark, the pool of Bethsada, etc. But, the most important thing is this- "without faith, it is impossible to please God." Jesus told Thomas when he needed to touch the nail holes in His hands- "Blessed are those who have not seen and believe". What proof is there that the Bible is fiction? My question to you is, what will happen to you when it is too late and you realize it is truth? Without Christ you will be eternally separated from God, and then you will have wished you believed.

Answer 5

i've got self belief that something that befell from the time of Noah and in the previous are thoroughly unfaithful. and a large type of the flaws that befell from the time of his dying till the delivery of Christ have been additionally unfaithful, considering that they have been written via adult men writing for prophets (changing thoughts as they went alongside or basically outright deleting them). i've got no longer examine the recent testomony, so i won't be in a position to declare. i do no longer think the writers of the bible got down to pen the bible to furnish "superb thoughts". i've got self belief the thoughts have been given to coach human beings how they felt they might desire to stay their lives, and instilling the phobia in them of what might ensue in the event that they did no longer. and you made the indisputable fact that folk did no longer have lots time to sit down down around conversing approximately meaningless fantasies, yet once you think of roughly it, the individuals with those fantasies have been prophets. i'm uncertain, yet i do no longer think of they have been workers like lots of the inhabitants, so it would be obtainable that they had extra time to fantasize.

Answer 6

Like most works of fiction it has some factual city names, etc mixed into the stories. But all in all it is still a man made work of fiction.

Answer 7

There are three good reasons to believe the bibles authenticity: Archeology, Manuscripts and fulfilled Prophecy.

Archeology:

The bible has never been contradicted by any archeological finding. In many cases archeology lags behind what we already know of history from the bible. For example the archeological world discredited the bible for a very long time over the Hittites. Over many years of archeological research there had never been found any reference, outside of the bible, of a people called the Hittites. Then in 1884 a monument was uncovered by Archeologist William Wright referencing the Hittite people.

Another biblical reference long doubted by archeologists was a king of Babylon named Belshazzar. Eventually in the remains of the city of Ur, carvings were found referencing Belshazzar, the son of the last king of Babylon, who was regent for his father and later was found to have signed many Babylonian documents and treaties. These are just a couple of examples of Archeological accuracy in the bible. There are many more.

Manuscripts:

Manuscripts are used by scholars to determine the accuracy of a modern translation of an ancient text. If a modern translation and its ancient manuscript are in agreement then it is considered a reliable translation.

The oldest surviving manuscript of the Old Testament of the bible (OT) is the Septuagint. It was written somewhere between 250 – 200BC. It is a Greek translation of the Hebrew and was the ‘scripture’ referred to in the New Testament (NT) by Jesus and his Apostles. The Dead Sea Scrolls are another important OT manuscript dating from approximately 200 BC to 68 AD. These scrolls are fragments of the OT text and were found to differ from the Septuagint and modern translations in only very minor ways, i.e. spelling and punctuation. A third important manuscript of the OT was written around 900 AD; it is the Massoretic text. The Massoretic text is written in Hebrew and again only differs from these older manuscripts and modern text in very minor ways; i.e. spelling and punctuation.

The New Testament (NT) was completed by AD 100. This means the NT was written out within 100 years of Christ’s death. In all there are 5300 copies and fragments of original NT manuscripts available today.

The bible has more than 24,000 manuscripts, either partial or whole, that can be compared to the modern texts. In all of the worlds ancient writing the next nearest contender is the Iliad by Homer. The Iliad has only 643 surviving manuscripts.

I also think it is very compelling that a book written over a 1600 year period, by 40 authors, in 3 languages over 3 continents, displays such continuity of message.


Prophecy:

The bible is the only religious text that has specific and detailed prophecy that can be shown to have come off exactly as foretold. The bible itself sets the standard for whether or not prophecy is acceptable. The bible standard for prophecy is 100% accuracy – no less. The OT is full of fulfilled prophecy. For instance there were 60 prophecies foretelling the life and ministry of the messiah. Jesus fulfilled all 60 messianic prophecies foretold centuries earlier in the Old Testament scriptures. The chances that one person might accidentally fulfill just 8 of these prophecies is 1 x 1,000,000,000,000,000.

The City of Tyre
In the OT Ezekiel predicted that the city of Tyre would be destroyed by the Babylonians. Then Ezekiel adds that a future invader would tear down the city and throw it into the sea until its bedrock was exposed and used to dry nets. This prediction took place around 586 BC; secular history records that the Babylonians attacked the city of Tyre from 585 - 573 BC. When the Babylonians broke through the gates of Tyre the city was empty. The people had escaped to an island city just off the coast.
Then in 332 BC Alexander the Great attacked the island city that the people of Tyre had escaped to. Alexander’s army needed to create a bridge to the island, so they tore down the remains of Tyre and scraped them into the sea to create a causeway. To this day the site of the old city of Tyre is barren rock used by fishermen to dry their nets.

Answer 8

The Jews lived in Jerusalem. The Wailing Wall is part of the temple Solmon built. The Romans did take over Israel, Jesus did live, people were crucified. The Dead Sea, Sea of Galillee, etc all exist. Otherwise it is hard to prove that people did or said the things they're supposed to say. Did Julius Caesar really say "et tu Brute"? Or is any other part of history real? Egyptians existed, so did Jews. Jesus existed, so did Cleopatra.

Answer 9

Pool of Bethesda recently found, Pool of Siloam recently found, Hezekiah's tunnel has been unearthed, Jerico and its walls were discovered, Absalom's pillar is found, landmarks of Luke in the book of Acts all match up, even his knowledge of sailing is proven to be accurate, Egyptian records unearthed that verify that the Mesopotamian Kings in the Bible were real, etc etc etc!!!!!!!!!!

Try subscribing to a magazine called B.A.R. (Biblical Archaeological Review) each issue is about the truth of the Bible in archaeological digs and finds.

Answer 10

Did pharoh enslave the Jews?

Was there man named Jesus that walked the earth? Was he crucified?

Was there a missionary named Paul whose travels are depicted and wrote about, not just in the Bible.

Ever heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls?

There are loads of archealogical evidence, read my question from the other day. Other historians and even religions that don't believe Jesus was the son of God admit he was here.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070215163921AAxNucO

See you can't prove the Bible is fiction but want me to prove it is fact. Its here and there is huge amounts of evidence to CONFIRM it. The burden of proof is on you.

The defense rests
God Bless