christians think the bible is fact because of its vintage therefore r all ancient texts true and accurate?

Question

ancient egypt, greece, for eg.
and other mythologies

Answer 1

Argumentum ad antiquitatem (Appeal to tradition)

This is a logical fallacy of asserting that something is right or good simply because it's old, or because "that's the way it's always been."

"For thousands of years Christians have believed in Jesus Christ. Christianity must be true, to have persisted so long even in the face of persecution."

For hundreds of years man had slaves. Slavery must be ok to have gone on for so long.

For hundreds of years women could not vote. It's always been that way and should remain that way.

For thousands of years man thought the earth was flat. The earth must really be flat.

All silly stuff huh.

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Answer 2

Christians don't believe that or teach that. Christians believe the Bible is true because it meets all the tests of authenticity. In over 2,000 places it claims to be the Word of God. Since God is faithful, reliable, infallible, inerrant, so HIs word must be. What are these tests?
Literary Style - the Bible says, in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Not "once upon a time in a land far away..." The Bible is written in historical narrative, not legend or myth. There are real cities, places, countries, people, leaders, nations, etc.
Internal Consistency - the Bible was written over 1400 years by over 40 human authors claiming to be writing under the inspiration of the Spirit of God. These authors do not contradict one another in any place. There is an amazing unity to the Bible despite the authors writing independently of each other.
Archaeolgical Evidence - archaeology shows that ancient cities like Jericho, the Hittite people were in fact real, not made up. Jerusalem, Rome, Damascus obvioulsly still survive today.
Manuscript Evidence - there is more extant manuscript evidence for the Bible that any other piece of literature in antiquity. Over 5500 manuscripts or pieces of manuscripts verifying the authenticity of the New Testament documents.
Fulfillment of Prophecy - in hundreds of places Jesus Christ fulfilled what was foretold concerning Him. Even in the Old Testamant, what God had promised concerning a ruler or a nation, came to pass. The destruction of Tyre, Babylon, and even the nation of Israel.
There is value in studying the ancient texts, there is history there, knowledge there. But we don't mindlessly believe every ancient text is true and accurate. Especially in the realm of mysticism, and the accounting of acting with the gods.

Answer 3

If you look at ancient texts of ancient Egypt and Greece you will find that they are written in a way to entertain--to impress. However the Bible abstains from using adjectives and story telling techniques. Look at how it is written. Just barely the facts of the story are there, and never what a person looked like (which was very important to story tellers back then). But the Bible is considered a fact due to the prophesies that have come true--archaeology can testify to that.

Answer 4

No. The thing you have to remember about ancient texts is that the story has been told and retold, then written down and copied numerous times through the centuries. Stories which are told over and over are embellished upon each time they're told. The old story morphs into a new story which is much more exciting in the details. Like a fisherman who talks about the biggest fish he ever caught. That fish just gets bigger and bigger.

Answer 5

There might be some truth in them also. There is usually always some truth in mythology.

Do also remember if the only books that remain from our era is Dr. Fred Hoyle's book on Astronomy men in the future are going to paint a rather dim-witted picture of 20th century Science considering how many inaccuracies are on that scholarly work once used as a college text book.

Answer 6

Most ancient writings are more accurate than inaccurate. I'm sure some of the mythological writings contain some truth. Noah and his family knew another life before the flood. Noah knew the one true God. All writers of the Bible knew God and they wrote what God wanted them to write and when God gave them visions of the future they wrote what they saw.

Answer 7

I am a christian but I am intelligent enough to realize that one can not except the entire Bible as been factual after all it was written by men who inevitably put their own interpretation on events that(quite often )happened many years before they were written down and thus were wide open to error, misinterpretation,and in many cases poor translations.as regards the mythologies of Greece ,Rome etc.that's all they are entertaining fairy stories.

Answer 8

Hi
No not all text because the bible recorded the defeats of the Jews and their victories most like the Egyptains ommitted their defeats and only recoreded events that made them look better.
Lammy

Answer 9

I follow the wall-carvings of cave-men drawn many thousands of years before the "bible" was even thought of....

... Therefore my beliefs are vastly more valid than anything written in such a juvenile book.

In the beginning there was Crude Mammoth.... and Crude Mammoth made Squiggly Thing. From that Squiggly Thing formed the first handprint, and thence the first hand.... and it held a spear....

Answer 10

Mythologies are mythologies. The bible is a fact. Take a tour of Israel and visit many of the sites mentioned in the bible. It has nothing to do with being vintage. Egyptian, greek, asian histories, they are all facts as well.