Is ANYTHING in the Bible true?

Question

I am not asking you to base your belief system on it so please be really really honest. So.........for those of you who say you are non-believers (all categories):

Can you.................. are you willing to.........do you have the guts to ADMIT that ANYTHING in the Bible is true or real? It doesn't matter how small that one thing is (even if it is just based on something historical)

I just beg to know that SOME of you believe something.

Answer 1

well Jesus WAS real, he was a real man in history. Doesn't mean he necessarily was the messiah.

Answer 2

I'm not a Christian...

And I do admit that SOME things in the Bible might be true.

However, like any fiction novel, some things must be derived from reality.

There are many historical novels which mention people, places and things which did actually exist in that time frame. This does NOT, however, support an argument that just because they mention those things the entire volume MUST be true.

This is fallacy. Anyone with thought can figure that out.

Take, for example, the famous book by C.S. Lewis "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe." This book takes place during a war that actually happened. Some of the things in the book actually happened. Does this automatically mean that everything else described by the author is also true?

Of course not.

So why is the Bible any different? Sure, some of it might be true...but that does not mean that every thing in it is.

Answer 3

Hi there. Just to let you know that here in the UK in the British Library there are letters written by King David, Then there's manuscripts written by the scribes of Pilot The Roman Ruler of Israel at the time of Jesus) about Jesus.
Scientists have also discovered that there was a great floor (not one that flooded the whole earth as the bible said, but one that flooded the area that we now call the Mediterranean Sea, but about 5000 years ago as the ice retreated after the ice age the sea levels rose to a point where it broke through a land bridge between Morocco & Spain an so flooding the valley.
Then do not forget that Babylon is an actual place just outside bagdad.
I hope that you like my answer!

Answer 4

There may be some near-accurate reporting of non-significant events, but I doubt if much of it's trustworthy. It's been through so many translations, elisions and redactions; it's largely second-hand reportage from biased observers recalling long-passed events, and the whole thing has a serious agenda.

Relying on such a messed-over book for anything other than a glimpse of Bronze-Age mythology is folly.

Dr. John M. Allegro, a paleo-linguistics expert among the first teams to work on the Dead Sea Scrolls, concluded from his long analysis that 'Jesus' was probably a code word used by a small, long-established cult of psychedelic mushroom eaters - to refer the the Amanita Muscaria mushroom they were all using for their divine visions.

It sounds crazy, I know, but each of his statements is backed up with a careful breakdown of the ancient language used - and he makes a good case.

Consider the Tree of Knowledge: there are very old Christian churches that clearly show Adam & Eve plucking from a mushroom tree. 'Tree of knowledge', eh? What a giveaway.

CD

Uncle Thesis: get a grip. The Earth is neither circular nor hanging at all. The verses you mention are not revelatory: they simply reflect the fuzzy thinking of the time - that earth was a flat disk, and had to be kept up to prevent it falling. Both of these are rubbish.

Answer 5

What a ridiculous question. Seriously.

Sure, some stuff in the Bible is demonstrably true. Some is demonstrably untrue. Some is insusceptible of demonstration at present.

You simply have to understand the difference. Nobody doubts that Herod's Temple existed; besides the historical accounts of it, we have the ruins. But absolutely nothing remains of Solomon's Temple, and the various accounts of it are the stuff of legend. Scholars have therefore reasonably conjectured that it may have never existed, at least in the form portrayed in Scripture.

So much for "demonstrably true" and "presently insusceptible of demonstration." An example of "demonstrably untrue" is the Flood legend. Not enough water in the world - not even close - case closed. You have to invent "God" and then gush "With God all things are possible!" in order to make that one fly; and that's faith, not fact.

Answer 6

As much as I would like to say that there's nothing right in it, BUT I can't be biased. FEW moral guidelines are good and should be followed (Although you can know what's wrong and what's not by common sense). But about the biblical stories, really, not a single one of them is found to be true by archaeological findings. So *MOST* of the bible isn't true for me.

Answer 7

There were real rulers, such as Caesar, Pontius Pilate, Herod, Pharaohs, etc. These people have been proven to be real. The disciples have been proven to be real people. Every culture admits there was a great flood over all the earth, and archeology confirms it.

Why would some parts of it be true and not all of it? The parts that take faith to understand are just as true as the history.

Answer 8

some of the people and places MAY have existed.

but there is no evidence that any of the events in the bible actually happened. biblical events, that is. yes, there were pharos and the like. but i base that on history not on the fact that it's in the bible.

so, no, it's not true.

and i do believe lots of things, just not in the bible.

Answer 9

There are some historically verifiable events and places in the bible.. Just like in any other story of fiction settings can be real even if the story and people aren't...

Answer 10

Why do I have to believe in the veracity of the Bible in order to "believe something"? That's awfully Christian-centric of you.

Besides, there are plenty of truths in the Bible. It talks of love, forgiveness, mercy, charity, humbleness, and lots of other things. Just because I wouldn't use it as a history text doesn't mean it can't convey truths.

Answer 11

Of course. I believe a lot of it is true. It does contain some historically verifiable information. It does an excellent job of conveying to us how the ancients viewed the world. And most importantly, it has much spiritual truth. But I do believe some false ideas have entered into it.