Is there proof outside the Bible, that testify that the Bible trully is the word of God?

Question

Is it possible to get proof somewhere else that prove the Bible is the word of God? This proof must be outside the Bible and must exclude fulfilled prophecies.

Answer 1

The Koran

Answer 2

It would be nice, but there seems to be a complete and total lack of it. You'd think that major events would have impacted or would have been observed by some portions of the rest of the world but it appears not to be the case.

For example:
1. The exodus, surely 1 million slaves leaving Egypt and the death of the firstborn would have left an identifiable mark. Even Christian archeologists admit that there is no proof for this.
2. Flood -- there are archelogical records of continued human existance in many parts of the world for the last 40,000 years. Consider Australia, it's been occupied by the aboriginies since around 40K years ago with no major changes in the occupants (i.e. they didn't leave and come back).
3. The Star of Bethleham was not recorded by any other source than the NT but was seen by wise men from a distant land...

I'd challenge "fullfilled" prophecies as well. The only record of the Temple curtain being destroyed is when the Romans destroyed the temple some 40 to 70 years after the death of Christ.

Answer 3

Why must it excluded fulfilled prophecy? Isn't that proof enough for you? Yeah, let's not use that because it can actually prove something.
Well, how about archaeology? There have been many, many finds that coincide with the Bible. How about that?

Answer 4

In order for proof to be verified, there would have to be a standard upon which it is measured. In the court of Law there has to be witnesses in order to convict a criminal. That witness can be another person, circumstantial or physical evidence. The same system would go for proving that the Bible is the Word of God. You must first come up with a standard that you would accept it to be true and then examine the evidence against your standard.

Answer 5

No. There are the so-called lost books of the Bible, that were deliberately excluded from the Bible. The church elders picked and chose what they wanted and discarded all the rest. Needless to say, those lost books contain contradictions to the Bible.

Even within the Bible, there are lots of contradictions, because the Bible has many unnamed authors. The contradictions simply prove the opposite.

Answer 6

Once a year at the Passover Seder, Jews all over the world retell the account of the exodus from Egypt and the receiving of the Torah (the Jewish scriptures) from G-d at Mount Sinai. We know that this is a fact because millions of Jews in our day accept it as such, because they received it as such from their own parents. These millions in turn received the evidence from the previous generation, and so on, in an uninterrupted chain of evidence from millions to millions of witnesses, generation after generation, back to the original millions of witnesses who saw the event with their own eyes. Among the original witnesses were surely many initiated in the sciences of Ancient Egypt, some achievements of which baffle even modern scientists. Also included were thinkers and artisans of all kinds, as well as the uneducated; and men, women, and children of all ages. Yet they all reported the exact same event.

In science, any event or phenomenon testified to by witnesses is considered a fact. This is especially so where the evidence is identical and comes from witnesses of various interests, education, and social background. If such evidence exists, it is considered an undeniable fact, even if it does not fit into current scientific theory.

Answer 7

Dee wrote an miraculous answer and that i say ditto. Shine made great factors to which a Christian might respond that the writers have been below the effect of the holy spirit whilst they wrote it. And bunnies might have had chewed their cud, Shine. EVOLUTION! yet it takes slightly longer than 6,000 years to evolve those kinds of adjustments. Or, what they noted as a rabbit develop into honestly a cow. maybe their bugs grew extra legs! Evolution. Angels in 4 corners of universe. i'm optimistic there are nevertheless a huge style of Christians who believe technological know-how has produced optical illusions to tempt them into unbelief.. maximum who have not been challenged will say they suspect the bible actually, each be conscious. if so, they're terrible, violent people who might additionally be an exceptionally elementary mark for brainwashing.

Answer 8

You have to read the whole thing, decide if the message resonates with you, and go from there.

Religion isn't about facts. It's about meaning.

CS Lewis makes the same point, but much better in MERE CHRISTIANITY, as does Archbishop Shelby Spong in SINS OF SCRIPTURE among other books.

I'd love to get 6 hardcore atheists, and 6 true believers in the same book club and discuss those books some day. My hunch is that 4 people would switch sides, the rest would feel the same only more so.

Answer 9

Nope, and in fact, there is plenty of evidence that the Bible gets a lot of things wrong. Most attempts at historical details in the Bible are flawed at best and outright wrong at worst. Even taking into account the fables not intended to be taken literally (much of Genesis, Job, Jonah, Ruth, etc.), you are still left with stuff you're supposed to take at face value despite it not happening. Examples include most of the Gospels, the story of Moses, and most of the history of Israel.

It's pretty hard to find good proof of a false statement.

I suppose you could split hairs and say that the Bible may contain a lot of falsehoods, but that doesn't prove it's not the Word of God. Maybe God is just screwing with us. I'd counter that Christians tend to claim that God is honest, and they accept a lot of screwy history as dogma.

Answer 10

Yes, Many scientists all over the world that are Christian are studying things and giving reports about them. Most Scientists that arent Christian dont get into that, as they wont accept it, and dont want it published, either. Besides there are stories told by astronauts that were never Chrstian, till they saw things on missions that were proove. Ever see the picture called the EYE OF GOD taken by an astronaut? Its incredible. Plus , as God tells us things in His word, once you know and obey Him, He will reveal more things to you with proof. Divine revelation. Comes to His obedient ppl that love Him enough to Obey Him. God is good. And, yes there are prophecies being fullfilled all the time,but you have to know them to see them come to fuirition. PPL usually dont know the Bible and still mock GOd and His word. Sad as Jesus died for all of us. BUt, when we know God, and His word, He shows us things and yes there is evidecne. Its not just blind faith. Its faith we see in action. Pray that you find Jesus before you die or HE comes to take us home, as then its too late. No other way to salvation than thru believe in Jesus, turning from sin, repentence, and then living like Jesus, in obedience to the example He gave to us all thru His word.
Jesus saves. Faith still moves mountains today.

Answer 11

Scifi guy tells how the census didn't happen until King Herod's death showing that the Bible is false. Caesar Augustus was the type of leader who ordered many censuses in his day. Records exist to show that Roman-controlled Egypt had begun a census as early as 10 B.C. and it was repeated every 14 years. And Augustus himself notes in his Res Gestae (The Deeds of Augustus) that he ordered three wide-spread censuses of Roman citizens, one in 28B.C., one in 8 B.C. and one in 14 A.D.2 In between there are several other censuses that happened locally across Rome. Luke's account corroborates the idea of multiple censuses for Judea when he writes "This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria." Certainly, the word "first" implies that where was more than one census happened.

On another occasion, an enrollment of all the people of the empire happened to swear an oath of allegiance to Caesar. In Chapter 34 of Res Gestae Augustus also notes, "When I administered my thirteenth consulate (2 B.C.E.), the senate and Equestrian order and Roman people all called me father of the country, and voted that the same be inscribed in the vestibule of my temple".
Josephus also mentions a time "When all good people gave assurance of their good will to Caesar". These types of tributes would also require an enrollment of individuals from across the empire. Orosius, a fifth century Christian, links this registration with the birth of Jesus saying that "all of the peoples of the great nations were to take an oath".
Taking all of this together, we have at least three censuses in the area of Judea - one in 8 B.C., one starting around 2 B.C. and one in 6 A.D.