Christians: Why do you believe the bible is the infallible word of God?

Answer 1

Because it is......

It has been proven by secular sources to be reliable....
And the Holy Spirit of God confirms it to every believer.

Answer 2

I don't and I'm a Christian. I believe in certain books but the majority of the bible I don't believe. I think the gospels and scriptures that were discovered in 1945 in the Nag Hammadi desert hold more weight. Five of the writings are written in "Jesus own words." Keep in mind these writings were translated by teams of experts after 1945. These are recent translations and they haven't been corrupted by any one religion. You can't get more accurate then that.

To Primoa: What about nonsecular sources?

Answer 3

I'm a Muslim, and I just want to comment your question, and others answers:

They have no proof, for the infallibility of the Bible. The doubtful textual history of the Bible, internal contradictions of diverse nature - logical, mathematical, physical, biological...There are so many of them, that it's a job only mentioning them, not to mention commenting, and mentioning almost silly and obvious hopeless answers.

Answer 4

Because the Bible tells me so.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

We also have a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day star arise in your hearts:
Knowing this first, that no scripture is of any private interpretation.
For the prophecy came not of old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

You need to read the first 3 verses of the next chapter.

Answer 5

That is something that you can not know. Born again Christians can know it because they are "spiritually discerned" as the Bible puts it. In John 3:3, Jesus says why.

Answer 6

I believe that every word in the bible is truth,

but did god write the bible? or did man?
I say man did, God told Moses "lots of stuff" Moses wrote down what God told him.
the only thing that god wrote down was the 10 commandments, on stone, not in a book.

Now, did God tell that "stuff" to Moses, for him to write down so I would read it?
No, he told Moses that "stuff" for Moses to do, so him and his people would be closer to God. I read Bible to try to understand the History of God, to better understand my future with God, and to also move myself closer to God.

Answer 7

. For those who would say the Bible is not the Word of God, or that the Bible contains numerous errors I would say this: Paul could say in 2nd Timothy 3:16, "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God." That's the Greek word, "theopneustos" meaning "God-Breathed." Every single word was given from God to 40 different men, and 2nd Peter 1:21 adds: "for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God." Now that was the Old Testament. The New Testament wasn't in existence when Paul used these verses. He was telling the churches in his letters what had happened in the past, but in John 16:12-13, Jesus talked about the coming of the New Testament. He says, "I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. But when He, the Spirit of Truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come."
That's the New Testamant. And we can say with John 17:17, "Your Word is Truth." Today, we have 66 books written by 40 different individuals on 3 continents covering a period of 1,500 years and there's not one mistake, regardless of what some of the critics say. They haven't studied God's Word enough to know the truth. Among the writers we had kings, poets, philosophers, prophets, scholars and fisherman. And I want you to know we have all of the Word of God today. Someone says, "Yes, but we don't have the original manuscripts" Who said so?
We have copies totalling 24,800. Now, how do we know that they're right? Well, if you take 20 items and you compare them and 19 state one thing and one doesn't, then the one is in error. We've got 24,800 manuscripts that exist today to compare one against another and we have another 80,000 quotations from the church fathers, enough to put the entire Bible together with the exception of 11 verses. Take the 80,000 quotations from the church fathers and the 24,800 manuscripts for a total of 104,800 and you have all of God's Word dozens and hundreds of times. This is so because God's Word is literally flawless. After computers have compared millions, or even billions, of letters in analyzing the 104,800 manuscripts the texts are basically flawless. So, don't listen to the critics.

Answer 8

The bible is NOT the word of any god much less the God that created our souls.

Answer 9

I don't believe the Bible was meant to be taken literally. I think it was written by the followers of Jesus Christ who believed he was the son of God, but that doesn't make it true. Too many Christians take every word literally and I think that's incorrect, but I am not judging, because I used to be a Christian as well.

Answer 10

thats because it IS infallible..