What is factual about the Bible?

Question

I never have believed things the Bible said. I don't even have a Bible in my house and I have never read the whole thing, but I know it is all a bunch of crap. I mean, come on. Jesus being born from a virgin, Adam and Eve being the first humans, and Moses surviving a global flood on a big boat with two of every animal on earth. Yeah, very realistic. I believed these stories when I was about 5 years old and did not believe them when I got older and smarter. It contains good stories if you are into myths and fairy tales, but it is not a very historical or realistic book. I don't think anything can convince me the Bible is accurate. I don't believe any of the so called Biblical Prophcies because they can be fixed or added after an even happens. None of them are even easy to interpret. You might as well believe Nostradamus than believe the Bible Codes.

Answer 1

well,its made of paper,that is a fact. It's got ink on it ,another fact.It has words in ink on it.And it seems to have the word begat in it alot. Other than that,not much could be even remotely considered fact


oh,and for you "Round earth was in the bible" people...Erastothenes calculated the circumference of the around 240 bc,and he was only 16% off...not too shaby

Answer 2

There is a difference between "factual" and "true". The Bible can fail to be factual, and yet still be quite true.

If by "factual" you mean that the events depicted should be considered *literally* true ... then the Bible doesn't hold up very well to logic. Just a few verses into Chapter 1 of Genesis, you have God creating Light before He creates the Sun; or for that matter, there is day and night and evening and morning before there is a sun to rise and set; and in fact creates plants bearing fruit and seeds before He creates the sun. And by the time you get past the talking snake to Noah, things really get illogical.

No, to read the Bible as a *literal* description of *factual* events that happened 6,000 years ago, is to read the Bible as a child would.

But this does not affect whether the Bible is *true*. If you stop reading it like a newspaper of relatively mundane events, and more like an amazing allegory through which we can derive (and answer) really *profound* mysteries. Then the Bible can tell you things that no mundane description of events can.

In other words, to focus on the everyday mundane details (like how many cubits of gopherwood went into the Ark, or how many generations there were from Seth to Abraham) is to miss the really *important* truths.

So don't be so quick to dismiss the Bible. Read correctly, it can speak incredible Truths (with a capital 'T'), even if it is not "factual."

Answer 3

Well, for starters, it would be a good idea if you understood the actual stories in the Bible. Moses wasn't in a global flood. (A typo, I'm sure -- just had to poke a little fun!! =^D)

It does take an open mind and willingness to seek the real truth. If your mind is made up, your mind is made up. All I can tell you is that I've searched, researched, read, prayed, asked questions, and doubted just like the rest of us. As a believer, I really believe the truth has been revealed to me through that process. I have peace in my heart that is unmistakeable and unshakeable because of it. But, if in the end I find out I was wrong, I've lost nothing and frankly, it would have been worth it all for the promise alone. If YOU are wrong, you've lost everything. Are you so certain that you're right that you'd be willing to bet your life?

Answer 4

OKAY Mr. anything that's not solvable by calculator and bogus theories must be wrong .then how do you explain people with negative 3% chance to live walking out of the hospital 2 weeks later or bumble bees or brains or the fact you sat in your chair without thinking twice or the infinite universe or the earth or humans themselves or EVERYTHING ON EARTH AND BEYOND can you answer all those i don't think so so pick up a bible do some research that doesn't involve theories and evolution then after 5 years of actual research tell me it's not true

Answer 5

No need to answer this. You hit it right on the head. Grimm's fairy tales is easier reading and just as factual. Only one person, Moses, claims to have seen god. More people than that claims to have seen Big Foot or the Loch Ness monster yet nobody believes them. By the way, it was Noah on the boat not Moses. And we're supposed to believe that all the diversity in mankind came from Noah's 3 sons and wives.

Answer 6

um many scientists throughout the ages have tried to prove the Bible wrong but have failed. Why? Because its all fact. All the places are accounted for and most of the people (they are still researching). There are historical documents of hundreds of people throughout the Bible including Jesus, and the documents line up with facts found in the Bible. The Bible is not just a story--its a "life guide". A road guide to the phenomena called life. and important information on how to keep living even after death. You will not find a site that can prove people and places wrong because you can't. and I dont think people would make a story with real people and real places but fake stories :(. It just doesnt happen. Plus, even though it was written over thousands of years, the whole Bible stresses the same points: Jesus is the son of God yet is God along with the Holy Spirit. To get to Heaven we must believe in Him and live a life in Christ's footsteps.

Answer 7

okay, but then how did Jesus rise from the dead. about 500 or so people have recorded seeing him. how come every single prophecy told came true the exact way the bible said it would. o and honey, moses didn't survive a global fload, it was Noah. When Moses parted the red sea, and the egyptians drowned in it when the jews crossed it... they found egyptian charriots in the floor of it. and if you say that is not a miracle idk what is. oh, yes i do... if you said that the part of the red sea that they found the charriots in it was only like 2 feet, it is a miracle that the whole army drowned in 2 feet of water.
God Bless and i'm sorry that you have so many problems .

Answer 8

Let’s see, you don’t even have a Bible and you have never read it (or I assume studied anything about it) have never believed the things in that Bible that you have never read and you KNOW it is all a bunch of crap. Very interesting and I would add very telling as to the level of YOUR creditability regarding the Scriptures.

Answer 9

dze: The Bible says insects have four legs, that whales are fish, and that rabbits chew cud, to name just a few. Those are all not true. Have you _really_ read your Bible?

There are some facts in the Bible, mostly the names of places that actually exist, like Israel. But 'rudimentary' stuff like that is about it.

Answer 10

I think we'll never know because no one was around back then so eh, why worry about it? As far as that Bible Code and all that junk, yeah. You can find anything if you look for it. Sometimes I think we don't have enough time to think about it so we just hang on to it. I'm not saying it's wrong but eh...people have a right to believe what they did. Just as we have a right to believe what we don't.