If the bible is the word of god than why?

Question

If the Bible is word of god than why does history show that the pope and the kings in history have changed the bible.. doesnt that make the bible impure

Answer 1

Of course the bible has been changed unless you are reading it in aramaic or greek or hebrew. just from translation alone the bible has been changed. also there are many gosples that were not included in the bible. the First council of Nicaea in 325 ad where the first bible was formed rejected hundreds of gospels that most outside of researchers with acess to the vatican library will never read because either they have never been translated or release to the public. ie: look how long it took for the public to have acsess to the dead sea scrolls

Answer 2

There wasn`t a Bible before the Popes and Kings made one.First there were scrolls and letters that were in the church.There were 50 books made and in these books were so many of the scrolls and letters so that the priest would be able to preach without having to worry about which one of the scripts to pick out.These books were sent to the 50 churches.An appointed few picked out the scrolls they thought would be right for the book.Then King James decided to make a book That all people could have not just priest.There again a couple of the main letters andscrolls were removed and you have the Bible that we have today.

Answer 3

The Lord promised to preserve His Word forever.
He did this with the Authorised King James Bible.

Answer 4

The Word of God will never be proven to be God's inspired Word, not the word of man TO THOSE THAT DO NOT WANT TO ACCEPT IT. But those that believe it is God's Word and not the imagination of men, those people have the power to become more and more divine as they become more and more like Him and less selfish as human nature is.

Growth in the knowledge of Jesus Christ that is dependent on His interaction brings a person to a place of higher wisdom and power than can be attained outside of a relationship with Him.

But a person that will not believe the Bible is His Word will never be able to comprehend that. So it would be a waste of time to try and explain it to them. They will not understand. A carnal mind is not able to comprehend spiritual things. Only if they are willing to ponder the possibility that it could be true and if they would ask Him and be open to His response, that is the only way that it could ever make any sense to them. And that is only if they honestly ask Him. God has to reveal Himself. No person can ever prove Him to another person. He reveals Himself to those that really want Him. And He is able to tell who is sincere. He knows us better that we know our self.

Answer 5

Jesus confirmed the Old Testament and promised the New Testament. The Bible in your hand is God talking to you. Give it try with the help of Holy Spirit and you know His Word is the truth. :)

Answer 6

--NO THEY HAVE TRIED VERY hard but because of the many manuscripts found the mother load of the Bible , so to speak, can and has been established.

--The Hebr. Scriptures (ot)have several thousand verifires in the form of manuscripts, papari, codex, scrolls etc. to correct any religious trickery!
--In the Grk. Scriptures(nt) have thousands that also verify that the original text was and is sound.

*** si p. 319 pars. 28-29 Study Number 6—The Christian Greek Text of the Holy Scriptures ***

Note the evaluation that the former director and librarian of the British Museum, Sir Frederic Kenyon, put on this matter:

29 “The interval then between the dates of original composition and the earliest extant evidence becomes so small as to be in fact negligible, and the last foundation for any doubt that the Scriptures have come down to us substantially as they were written has now been removed. Both the authenticity and the general integrity of the books of the New Testament may be regarded as finally established. General integrity, however, is one thing, and certainty as to details is anothe

31 Study Number 6—The Christian Greek Text of the Holy Scriptures ***

31 Of further interest are the comments of Sir Frederic Kenyon in his book Our Bible and the Ancient Manuscripts, 1962, on page 249: “We must be content to know that the general authenticity of the New Testament text has been remarkably supported by the modern discoveries which have so greatly reduced the interval between the original autographs and our earliest extant manuscripts, and that the differences of reading, interesting as they are, do not affect the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith.”

--MORE EVIDENCE to the fact that no humans, false religions etc. could succeed in ruining the truth in the Bible--NO MATTER how devious they have been!

*** w98 4/1 pp. 11-12 A Book for All People ***

A Unique Record of Preservation

6 There is another reason why the Bible deserves examination. It has survived both natural and human obstacles. The record of how it was preserved despite tremendous challenges is truly unique among ancient writings.

7 The Bible writers evidently recorded their words with ink on papyrus (made from the Egyptian plant of the same name) and parchment (made from the skins of animals). (Job 8:11) Such writing materials, however, have natural enemies. Explains scholar Oscar Paret: “Both of these writing mediums are in the same strong measure endangered by humidity, by mold, and by various maggots. We know from daily experience how easily paper, and even strong leather, deteriorates in the open air or in a damp room.” So it is not surprising that none of the originals are known to exist; they probably disintegrated long ago. But if the originals succumbed to natural foes, how did the Bible survive?

8 Soon after the originals were written, handwritten copies began to be produced. In fact, copying the Law and other portions of the Holy Scriptures became a profession in ancient Israel. The priest Ezra, for example, is described as “a skilled copyist in the law of Moses.” (Ezra 7:6, 11; compare Psalm 45:1.) But the copies produced were also perishable; eventually they had to be replaced by still other handwritten copies. This process of copying the copies went on for centuries. Since humans are not perfect, did copyists’ mistakes substantially change the Bible text? The overwhelming evidence says no!

9 Not only were the copyists very skilled but they also had a deep respect for the words they copied. The Hebrew word for “copyist” has reference to counting and recording. To illustrate the extreme care and accuracy of the copyists, consider the Masoretes, copyists of the Hebrew Scriptures who lived between the sixth and the tenth centuries C.E. According to scholar Thomas Hartwell Horne, they reckoned “how many times each letter of the [Hebrew] alphabet occurs in all the Hebrew Scriptures.” Think what that means! To avoid omitting even a single letter, these devoted copyists counted not just the words they copied but the letters as well. Why, according to one scholar’s count, they reportedly kept track of 815,140 individual letters in the Hebrew Scriptures! Such diligent effort ensured a high degree of accuracy.

10 There is, in fact, compelling evidence that the Hebrew and Greek texts on which modern translations are based represent with remarkable fidelity the words of the original writers. The evidence consists of thousands of handwritten copies of Bible manuscripts—an estimated 6,000 of all or portions of the Hebrew Scriptures and some 5,000 of the Christian Scriptures in Greek—that have survived to our day. A careful, comparative analysis of the many existing manuscripts has enabled textual scholars to detect any copyists’ errors and determine the original reading. Commenting on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, scholar William H. Green could thus state: “It may be safely said that no other work of antiquity has been so accurately transmitted.” Similar confidence can be placed in the text of the Christian Greek Scriptures.

11 How easily the Bible could have perished were it not for the handwritten copies that replaced the originals, with their precious message! There is only one reason for its survival—Jehovah is the Preserver and Protector of his Word. As the Bible itself says, at 1 Peter 1:24, 25: “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like a blossom of grass; the grass becomes withered, and the flower falls off, but the saying of Jehovah endures forever.”

Answer 7

The Bible is a human collection of human writings. I give scripture authority, but that doesn't mean it is perfect or without error. Even different religious groups have different "Bibles," or different collections of books that they believe authoritative.

Answer 8

Um, since the First Council of Nicaea edited and organized the bible to agree with the NICENE CREED, and the Council was LED by the emperor Constantine and church bishops, don't you think the entire book is a fraud?

"The First Council of Nicaea, held in Nicea in Bithynia (in present-day Turkey), convoked by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in 325, was the first ecumenical[1] conference of bishops of the Catholic Church, and most significantly resulted in the first uniform Christian doctrine, called the Nicene Creed. With the creation of the creed, a precedent was established for subsequent 'general (ecumenical) councils of Bishops' (Synods) to create statements of belief and canons of doctrinal orthodoxy— the intent being to define unity of beliefs for the whole of Christendom."

Answer 9

Changed the Bible? How? Archeology evidence shows from the earliest manuscripts that what we have is accurate.

Answer 10

it probably has, but no big deal. the gospel(good news)is there if anyone needs it. If you miss that and hang on all the bylines as being all important your'e missing the whole point anyway.