Why because 'it says so in the bible', that makes it proof?

Question

It says otherwise in other religious text, does that mean they are right too? Then if all are right, who is wrong?

Answer 1

It is proof to people who have been steeped in that brainwashing their entire lives.

Answer 2

The statement "because it says so in the Bible" usually is made by people that are not very familiar with the Bible. These same persons often tend to ignore the fact that if you take the Bible literally that it contradicts itself in many places, so it can't be true in BOTH ways. It says in the last gospel that Jesus cried out in the last minutes of his crucifixion, but modern studies have proven that crucifixion is a form of suffocation so that it wouldn't have been possible for Jesus to talk, and this contradicts the three other gospels! The people that say "because it says so in the Bible" need to read a lot more biblical history - it will open their eyes. One of my favorites - that women shouldn't have sex with women - except there isn't a mention of that ANYWHERE in the Bible - only men with men. If you understand the history behind the Bible, it actually makes it a lot more interesting, because it gives details that you make what is being said more detailed in what it is saying.

Answer 3

I believe there are 2 knee-jerk comments in that cliche. First, there is the image of a God who literally, physically, wrote the bible, as well as our American Christian-centric (but often misguided) assumptions. After all, how many quotes from Ben Franklin have been credited as being from the bible because they sounded as though they could come from there? As our world comes closer with the internet (etc..) hopefully and perhaps we will realize our multiple faith expressions (Scripture, ritual, practices, ..) are all ultimately the same concepts of the essential abstract through different expressions.

Answer 4

It depends on your worldview. If you are a Christian, then what the Bible says is right to you (and it might be right for everyone), but if you are not, it makes sense to question it. All religious books and teachings can not be correct since they contradict each other. The trick is-which one is right?

But, what ever is "right" then, is right because it is right, and not because someone believes it to be right. If something is true, it is true because it is true-regardless of what anyone may think or believe.

Answer 5

The Bible says many things that cannot be right. It says Judas died by hanging one place and by falling another place. God and Devil are both said to have inspired David's census. There are many such contradictions in the Bible. There are many scientific errors too. Revelation says stars fell unto Earth, and the sky rolled up like a scroll. A primitive belief is that the sky is a dome a few miles overhead, and that is seen in Revelation. Even my 8 year old nephew knows better than that, as did many Greeek thinkers. Kings indicates that pi is 3.00, but it is 3.14159---.

Answer 6

A predictable Christian response will be:

Faith = Accept it on mere say so. Form a powerful conviction without any testable evidence. Believe even though it is completely unmerited, for to do so is virtuous and blessed by baby Jesus, but to use your brain and critically examine our mere assertions is evil. Of course when you examine the other religious guy's conflicting mere asssertions, like Islam, you must apply the most stringent critical analysis and most strident skepticism to all it's claims because we "just know" our mere asssertions are true and their's must obviously be false.

Answer 7

Well, obviously the *insert some locally produced translation of a translation of a 2000 year old latin text spliced on the end of a really badly translated english version of a badly translated latin version of an even more poorly translated greek version of an ancient Hebrew text* is 100% TRUE (if you yell, it's more true) and nothing else can ever be more TRUE, and you believe it, even if you don't...


/sarcasm

Answer 8

The Bible is the only 'religious' writing that contains prophecy. The fact that many of the prophecies foretold have come to pass, is the proof that it is the word of the only living God.

This proof can be found by checking it against history.

Answer 9

Quoting an authority is one way to establish a truth.
Ask any lawyer.
Of course, if the listener does not accept said authority AS an authority, there is a problem.
Then again, just because the listener doesn't accept, does NOT mean the authority isn't an authority.
Sometimes the authority is mis-quoted.
It all works quite well when everyone plays fair.

Answer 10

Sure. The sun rises and sets and revolves around the Earth with the rest of the planets. Only heathens and heretics think otherwise.

Answer 11

No.

It's only proof that it says so in the Bible. And it's a good bet that it says just the opposite on another page in that very same book!