Why is it men today ,and throughout the ages,?

Question

have been prone to bias, lies, corruption, insecurity, ego issues and treachery?....but these traits just happened to 'miss out' on the men who wrote the bible?
Strange also how all men are sinful by nature-apart from those who wrote the bible...Can anyone explain this?

If the authors weren't infallible then how can you trust it?! In science we can reference other poeple's booka to back up a theory, for example.

Phoenix (:=E)',
"No one claims the authors of the Bible were infallible. They just claim they were right on about the Bible. "

That's a joke right?

The delusion just makes people say anything...

fruitcake
By your reasoning we should not trust any scientists since they also have a sinful nature. God speaks to sinful men all the time. Jesus bridged the gap between sinful man and God.

No! I am challenging your reasoning, I'm not brainwashed, I don't think all men are sinful. And in reference to scientists, we can test their theories and look at other scientists for a back up.

Answer 1

"Christianity...[has become] the most perverted system that ever shone on man....Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and importers led by Paul, the first great corrupter of the teaching of Jesus." --- Thomas Jefferson

“There is strong reason to believe that St. Paul fabricated the belief system of Christianity from Zoroastrian mythology. In order to hide Paul’s plaigerism… Christians burned the library of Alexandria in 390 A.D. Books in that library kept Mithra’s original story of what Pauline Doctrine is an almost exact copy. (George Sarton , Introduction to History of Sciences) ,

The Christian Trinity is a copy of the Pagan religion of Rome called Mithraism. Mithra was a half man half god who died for the sins of his followers. Guess what date the SUN god Mithra was born on ? - Thats right ...December 25th

The concept of God having a son is the basis of most Polytheistic religions and the exact opposite of the Abrahamic message of Monotheism. Your Lord is ONE – no partner, no Son , No God incarnate.

“The son-ship of Jesus Christ is the greatest fiction of human history.” (Lord Bishop of Canterbury Commission, the Spiritual Head of England, 1910.)

“The son-ship of Jesus Christ, the Trinity, the blood sacrifice of the lamb of God, atonement are not the teachings of Jesus. These are all inventions of Saint Paul who never really met Jesus.” (Hastings Rashdall, The Theory of Good and Evil)

“In the Christian world, you do not talk about God, when talking of god. Every Christian talks about his or her own conception of God “ (Nicholas Berdyeau, Destiny of Man.)

"The New Testament is mysteriously silent about Jesus between twelve and thirty years. I wonder what the Son of God had been doing on God's earth during that time ! " (Max Marshall, The Great Fiction)

“I counted 30,000 contradictions in the New Testament. (Dr. Maile, Confessions of a Sceptic)

"Initially there were 34 gospels that were compiled by word of mouth. Four were chosen for unclear reasons and 30 were left behind [burned]. (Encyclopedia Britannica)

"Jesus and his disciples spoke Aramaic but the gospels were written in Greek ! A man in Jerusalem wrote Messiah's Biography on hearsay. That is what the gospel is. (Martin Springler, A Quest for Truth)

“Few scholars can disagree that the fourth gospel was written by some nameless mystic between 95 to 125 C.E. “ (Dr. W.R. Inge, The Fall of Idols)

"All the gospels - Matthew, Luke and John openly contradict each other. ( Earnest Renan, Essay on Nationality)


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Answer 2

This would take a long time to answer. But, here are a couple of things you may not have known. None of the men who wrote down the scriptures ever claimed to be infallible - they simply recorded events as they happened to preserve them for us. God spoke to and through his prophets - and they wrote it down - they also lived various lives. Some were totally righteous and rarely, if ever, sinned. Some weren't.
For instance - King David wrote the majority of the Psalms - read about his life sometime - he loved God but was a real "stinker" in many ways. Paul, whose letters comprise much of the New Testament, was a persecutor (and killer) of Christians before his conversion on the road to Damascus. Even Moses, tried to talk God out of using him and ended up not being allowed into the promised land for his disobedience.

You are right all men (read: human beings) have a sinful nature - the ones who wrote the Bible - especially the ones with the gift of prophesy, dictated what they saw, heard, and understood to be from God to scribes who recorded it so that we have the word of God and the works of Jesus to guide our lives. Isn't that great?

I am assuming that your question is sincere, so I hope that you can see that, really, everyone sins, no exceptions save Jesus Christ. The men who wrote down what has become the modern Bible were as human as you and I - but they wrote the truth, and the truth is the Word of God through his people.

Sorry if this is too "preachy" but that's the truth of it.

One more thought - are you very good at your job - do you tell the truth when you are working? Have you ever told a lie, made a mistake, gotten angry and said hateful things? If you have, how can you still be trusted to be competent at your profession? (don't get angry, just using your logic for why the writers of the Bible can't be trusted) Just think about it.

God Bless - keep on asking!

Answer 3

The men (and women) who wrote the Bible had had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ or had been touched by God and/or the Holy Spirit in some way. Yes, they were still men and prone to sin, but they were chosen by God and fillled with his spirit. They did not "miss out" on bad traits, they were converted by he power of God. The Bible says that "if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away, and behold all things are become new."

Answer 4

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, revisors, 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 5

By your reasoning we should not trust any scientists since they also have a sinful nature. God speaks to sinful men all the time. Jesus bridged the gap between sinful man and God.

Answer 6

Says who? the prophets were sinful men the same as we are sinful. The only difference in any man is the difference God makes and he made this difference through Jesus Christ.
We are by faith made new but have yet to be reborn litterally ...this promise we have by faith.

Answer 7

No one claims the authors of the Bible were infallible. They just claim they were right on about the Bible.

Answer 8

What makes you think that the people that wrote the bible weren't sinful?

Answer 9

Jesus was without sin and he didn't write the Bible.

Answer 10

Well, God wrote the Bible, and He's sinless. But the men who scribed it -- inspired by the Holy Spirit -- were not sinless by any stretch, and they themselves admitted it!