When people say they have no reason to question the Bible?

Question

I don't understand this. Why? I mean, besides the Bible, what do you have to tell you that this book is of any more importance that my copy of Gilgamesh? If you read the book without someone telling you it was the word of God, would you even make it past Genesis?

That's okay, Mr. Penguin... it made me laugh! ;-)

Answer 1

I have had plenty of reason to question the Bible. And did for many years. But over 50 years of studying the book has convinced me that is it a very special book.

I have learn to read enough of the original languages to be able to see that the translations we have today are accurate and reliable translations of the original texts.

I have studied enough archeology and history to know that the Bible is historically sound in the events it records.

I have studied enough theology to understand the themes and doctrines which run through the books of the Bible. Here are over 40 authors written across a 2500+ year span that somehow many to stay consistent in their images, ideas, doctrines and themes. If you read any theology at all, you know that takes a miracle.

But beyond that, I have seen the affect that the Bible has had within my own life and that of my family and others around me. I have witnessed too many miracles, too many answered prayers, too many transformed lives, and had too many encounters with God himself to "doubt" the Bible anymore.

But I still "question" it regularly, to be sure that I am reading it carefully and correctly, understanding it, and get it from it all the life and truth it has to offer.

Answer 2

It's a lot easier to just believe something blindly then to allow all the unanswered questions to crowd in. Many people don't question what the bible says at all because that is how much they want it to be true.

My husband started off right. When he came to learn about God he thought that Jesus wasn't the answer. He couldn't find a real reason to have Jesus - since Jesus didn't acomplish anything that humans didn't already have. He would have ended up being Jewish.

Unfortunately my husband was befriended by some Christians to help him 'understand' the prophecies in the bible. And taught him not to question these things that don't make sense. Like why Judas died twice in two distinctly seperate ways.

My husband say the bible in a whole different light until it was slowly worked into him that it was the only truth and that there are no contridictions. Only people who could not see the truth because they do not have the Holy Spirit.

So right there - this tells me that unless you already have the view, or are being influenced slowly over time by Christians, you aren't going to reach the same conclusions. You aren't going to see it as the literal word of God with no mistakes and no problems.

Their are some good things in the Old Testament though - that were way ahead of their times. Such as being sanitary, washing food, keeping things clean. That helped to stop disease and infection.

Answer 3

If you read the entire Bible with a good
teacher, who was knowledgeable in all three
Biblical languages and you found out the
real Plan of God, along with some of the
profound "mysteries of God" that are revealed, you would see that there was never, ever in the history of mankind, ever
a Book like the Bible. It is the only Book that includes prophecies whose dates written are completely undisputed, and yet
were fulfilled a thousand years later. Not a good quess, but I mean exactly as written.
Check out Psalms 22 to see the account of
the Crucifiction in complete detail, a thousand years before the fact. The Bible
is full of these. There isn't any reason whatsoever to believe the rest of them
won't come to pass as well.
Believe it when you see it, fair enough?

Answer 4

U have A point, and in the bible the lord tells U 2 prove all things. U can prove the bible through history and what's happening in the world today. The prophets called it , and its coming to pass. Just keep reading your bible. Peace

Answer 5

If you read with the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit, yes. But that's something you can't understand until you give your life to Christ. Read 1 Corinthians 2:14 where it tells you that the natural (or carnal) that is, the unsaved man doesn't understand the things that are of the Spirit of God.

Answer 6

I agree. People need to make informed decisions based on facts. that means reading about the entire history and not just what one culture believes. come on people. don't be deceived into believing a thing just because someone said so. check it out for yourself.

Answer 7

to tell u the truth..u have made a point. if i didnt know that it was the word of God....i dont think i would have made it past Genesis. but thats why i believe it! because with God...anything is possible. and i KNOW its His word...and thats why i believe it...because everything that happened in Genesis now seems to make sense....God did it all...and its becuase He can do anything. thats why i make it past Genesis.

Answer 8

I agree. Everyday we make rational decisions based upon the information we receive. For some reason, that rationality doesn't seem to apply for many when it comes to the bible.

Religion was designed with a built-in argument for anything a non-believer could come up with. "You just have to have faith". For some of us, that can't overcome what we see as complete rubbish. I mean really, it contradicts itself all over the place. When you find a contradiction, which verse do you choose to believe? The one that suits your purposes on that day.

Answer 9

Ask any archaeologist. Or any decent historian. You can't dismiss a Book like the Bible out of hand simply out of your own ignorance.

Answer 10

The bible is very boring...very repetitive and not very interesting.... I love reading the Hindu epics, especially The Ramayana....

Jai Ganesha!

Yes boring is in the eye of the beholder but at least I can claim I've read something from almost all spiritual paths, so I can compare. I bet you haven't!!