why do people believe in the Bible, when the Bible is only a book by men about God,not the literal word of God

Answer 1

Did you know the Bible says hundreds of times: "And the Lord said....." ?
It doesn't claim to have its source from men, but from God.


"We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased." We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.
And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 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."

II Peter 1:16-21

Answer 2

The bible in a literal sense is confusing, but in a spiritual sense turns one around. The richness of the book is lost if one takes it as a literal writing, and I do not know why the literal sense seems to be good with many people.

Answer 3

The Bible is God's written Word to us.
It was written by human authors, under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit.

“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. (New International Version)

Breakdown of the Bible
36 human authors inspired entirely by God over 1600 years.
66 separate books

39 Old Testament
Genesis- The creation of the world, sin, flood and birth of Israel
Exodus to Esther- History of the nation of Israel
Job to Proverbs- the books of poetry and wisdom
Isaiah to Malachi- Prophecy or foretelling of the future events to come.

27 New Testament
Matthew to John - Four Gospels representing the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ now with all authority in Heaven and earth.
Acts- Birth of the Church (The Bride of Christ)
Romans to Jude - Letters to the Churches
Revelations - The ultimate future plans for: The Church, Heaven, Hell, a New Heaven and a New Earth.

Here are some Bible Study Resources for anything you may want to look up:
http://www.Biblegateway.com
http://www.Ntgateway.com
http://www.Bible.org
http://www.bible-history.com
http://www.answersingenesis.org/

Answer 4

Well they disagree with you and believe the Bible is the literal word of God.

Answer 5

wow i have a pretty good answer for u actually..my answer is from a similar question that was proposed, so some of it might not make sense:


OMG..don't you all see that having so many different versions of the Bible indicates a corrupt religion? Many authors, editors, revisers, etc. of the Bible only changed/deleted/added verses to appeal to Christians so they would remain faithful (in other words through lies) and to appeal to people who are interested in converting (the same way). Converting through lies and putting in what people WANT to hear is corrupt. For all we know, the all-loving peaceful Bible could have had some ugly verses that were deleted or replaced with more peaceful ones so that Christianity could not look like a culprit or evil religion in the future. CORRUPTION!

An imperfect, flawed religion indicates that it is disqualified as being the true religion.


When you said, "I think people are seeing the question they want to asnwer, not asnwering what has been asked..."

Well, thats kind of like the Christians changing the Bible into what they want their religion to be like (aka allowing more freedoms, making bad deeds seem less impactful, etc.), not seeking the truth or caring about what is really meant for them.

Answer 6

Because they don't care. They have been told it is the word of God, so they believe it is the word of God. And they'll tell you insistently it is the word of God, as if their certitude makes it so.

Their religion can't withstand the simplest, most direct questions, so they just tell you that asking questions in the first place is Satan's work.

God can't be proven or disproven. We can only deal in terms of likelihood. And he isn't likely. He was someone's idea of why thunder happens, and it caught on. And apparently there are huge swaths of people happy to stay stuck in Medieval understanding of how the world works.

Answer 7

Prove it's only "a book by men about God,not the literal word of God".

Answer 8

How do you know it's not the Word of God? Have you ever read it? God used men to give us His Word. The Bible is different from any other "holy book." But you'll never know that until you read it for yourself.

Answer 9

Canon was voted upon by a bunch of old religious guys at the Council of Nicaea in 325. Then, they even voted on things like the deity of Jesus. Remember, Constantine invited nearly 1800 bishops to the council to voteon these issues in order to preserve the peace in his kindgom, not because he was a Christian or thought that Christianity was correct. He did, however, receive Christ on his deathbed. Hmmm.....

Answer 10

Why do people "believe in" Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Homer, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Van Ghoh, Mozart, Freud, or Jung?