Do you believe that the Bible is made up from the imagination of men?

Question

I find that hard to believe. I mean, the Bible is different from any other religious book. It has been written over a period of 1,600 years by over 40 different authors, a fact that sets it apart from other religious writings. Religious writings from other major world religions which claim to be divinely inspired, have indeed been written by, or based upon, the teaching of one person. It is easy for one person to invent a concept and for that concept to be reasonably consistent throughout, for the author only has his own imagination to contend with. But imagine the problems that would arise when dealing with 40 different authors. If it isn't authentic, you would get 40 different gods because each of those authors would have their own idea of the kind of god they want to invent. These authors, most of whom lived at different times in history, from different social backgrounds, and never met, yet all of them have written consistently about the character, nature, purposes and plans of God

"Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. - 2 Peter 1:20 ,21

Answer 1

To answer your question, No. I know that it was divinely inspired by God. As you read it, the great thing to see is that, even with 40 different writers, the same God is present in every line.

Answer 2

ABSOLUTELY NOT! It is the inspired word of God. How else can you explain all the prophecy, especially the Messianic prophecies? The Bible is God's Holy Word, composed by God, and written down by men through the Spirit of God. It is completely accurate. The more you study it, the more you will find this to be true. Many have tried to disprove it, but to no avail.

Answer 3

Perhaps the only authors that were included in this compilation are the ones that wrote in agreement with this particular status quo- ?
What of the books that were left out, what of the historical evidence showing how this book has been altered and edited throughout time to reflect the views of those who had the power and inclination to do so?

This then becomes the word of man, not God.

And the word of man is in a constant state of flux-

Answer 4

I purely want to be conscious of if the atheist can actually furnish the main suitable answer as they are so particular that God did not create life? - i can show that the biblical version is a fantasy. All of genesis exchange into plagiarized from the Sumerian pills having not something to do with deities so "god turning out to be life" is a fantasy. - As to proving the place life got here from, we settle for a organic technique through fact that that has evidence. A deity magically forming life is a fantasy through fact which you have yet to show a deity exists and that what youi use as a evidence is a nicely shown fantasy. - There you have actual information and evidence and no hypothesis.

Answer 5

Yep. The Holy Bible stands on it's own.
God's Living Word.
Truth from Genesis to Revelation.
Alpha & Omega.
No "and's, if's or but's"
Complete and perfect.
What a blessing that the CREATOR of the Universe took the time to write us a beautiful Love Letter (Bible).
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Answer 6

Consistency is not the Bible's strong point. Anyone who says it is needs to read it again with a clearer mind.

There are absolutely two different gods (El and Yah) in Genesis and two authors who have different interests and agendas. And that's just the first few chapters.

It gets worse. Shall I go on?

Answer 7

It's pretty obvious if you read it that it had to have been made up by men. It's a pretty contradictory piece of work. Do you mean to suggest that God didn't know what to inspire them to write? That God made all of the errors in that book? No. Man did. And then man omitted that which he didn't like and translated and re translated until it's pretty much gibberish today.

Answer 8

Yes.

It is nearly all made up from earlier myths and fables. Most of the events cited happened decades to hundreds of years after it happened, if it happened at all. There are many clues in the Bible to it being a fabrication from contradictions, to writing style, to archeology bringing up evidence that shows the stories false.

Answer 9

Since I have never seen anyone rise from the dead, I would have to say a lot of it is made up stories, yes.
That doesn't mean there isn't something of value to be found in the Bible.

Answer 10

Most of it. Some religious texts mainly outline what you can and cannot do accordng to the culture in the context of the times they were written
From what I have read, there were thousands of texts that could have been used but only the one's that conformed to the political and religious agenda of the chosers were used.