questions for christians?

Question

how do you know that God is there? Since there is no proof?
also, the bible was written 70 YEARS AFTER jesus died. how do you know that it all isnt made up? i mean, they told the stories of jesus for 70 years, it was basicly a game of telephone.. so how do you know that that is what happened??


when a group of 10 people play this game the story gets alternated completely. could you imagine telling this story for 70 years.. it would change drasticly.

Answer 1

THERE HAS BEEN SCIENTIFIC PROOF OF EVERYTHING, THERE IS NO GOD, NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN HIM, EXCEPT FOR ONE THAT CLAIMS TO SEE HIM AND HAS NO PROOF, OOOOHH BELIEVE ME, I HAVE 50 NINTENDO WIIS, THE BIBLE IS A PIECE OF MONKEY ****.

Answer 2

The first book of the New Testament was written about 40 years after the resurrection, by one of the men who followed Jesus. The one thing with legends, as you accuse, is that they usually are built (from actual events) after about 150 years after the events.

There are no writings of that day's contemporaries which refute the claims of the Bible. This includes Josephus, a Jewish Historian who was not a Chrisitian.

You should also understand how stories and facts were passed on - not like telephone, at all. Accuracy was paramount. Also, many people did write down things, like any writer, and compile the facts later.

You would likely not accept what I believe to be proof of God's existence. But, you have no proof that He does not exist. Just in nature alone, science proves the idea of an Intelligent Designer.

Answer 3

Jesus was crucified around 30-34 a.d. and rose on the third day. The New Testament wasn't written 70 years after Jesus, in fact, the Pauline epistles were written within 10-15 years after Jesus, from about 40-60 a.d. The 4 gospels were written from 50-90 a.d. By faith, I believe that The Holy Spirit inspired the writers to write everything down perfectly God bless!

Answer 4

I sorry you've been mis-informed.

The New Testament was written by eye witnesses of events within 40 years at most, away from the events.

A gospel of Matthew has been found dated within 5 years of the lifetime of Jesus.

The Revelation to John might have occured 70 years later, since John was the youngest of the disciples, he might have been only 20 years old when Jesus died and the Revelation occured when he was perhaps 90 years old.

All of the rest of the books of the New Testament were written before 70 AD and most likely before 62 AD since that's when we know a couple of them were killed by Rome.

So your assumptions of how we got the Bible are totally incorrect.

Pastor Art

Answer 5

“The 66 books of the Bible were written on three continents? In three languages. By about 40 different people (kings, shepherds, fishermen, priests, and a physician). Over a period of about 1500 years. On the most controversial subjects. By people who in most cases had never met. By authors whose education and background varied greatly. Yet all 66 books maintain harmony with each other…as if written by one great mind. And indeed it was.” 2 Peter 1 verse 21 “Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy spirit” Critics of the Bible have tried to say that certain “historical statements” in the Bible are not accurate but archaeologists have uncovered many discoveries that have proven the history of the Bible as accurate. The principles and the prophecies of the old testament as well as its history holds for us today as much relevance as it did for the Israelites in Jesus day and it blends perfectly with the new testament.

Answer 6

how do you know George Washington existed? That was over 200 years ago. We have his image on a quarter, so how did this all happen?

Everyone has different views. Matthew was a taxman, Luke was a physician. Simon was a fisherman. Different views of the same person.

Picture yourself writing on parchment in those days. How long would it take to write a letter as Paul did in Romans? Did you think Paul typed it on his computer? Sorry, it takes quite a while to get everything together, examine it, make sure there are correct translations.
Also figure that Koines Greek no longer exists. The translation needed to be thoroughly researched.

Answer 7

I liked this way of explaining...

How do I know you have a brain?

I can't see it!

BUT, the way you are able to think... We believe a brain is there. I trust, and have faith...That you have a brain, even If I cannot see it. I can see what you are able to do.

Same with the air... We can't see it but we feel it when it blows.

For christians... Or for me.. I see God in my everyday life. I see what he does for me and my family, and I see it can be nothing other then God. I put my trust, in something I can not see. Quite simple, and you do the same just you do it with different things...

Did that make since? If so could you put what you think in the additional details? I will respond back!~


In Him,
Megan

p.s. as for when the bible was written go here...
http://www.ibs.org/bibles/about/3.php

And like the person above me... You can see his fingerprints EVERYWHERE and we know he is there, but some people just refuse to believe,,,Why...IDK.

Answer 8

Rachel,

sadly you are mis informed, the bible was mostly oral tradition and subject to repeated changed until the 1400's when gutenburg invented the printing press, ever heard of the "king James" bible well good old knig james was a mid evil British king hmmmm mid evil well that's over a thousand years after Jesus. Yes the bible is terrible inaccurate to say the least but what the hey it's still the backbone of a multi billion dollar a year industry not to mention the hundreds of millions of people that have been slain in its name.

Answer 9

The OT was not written after Christ, it was written before. And it was not 70 years, and not all of it was written at the same time. And to answer your question, yes I do know that He is there. He has answered my prayers before. What more proof do I need?

Answer 10

Is Our Copy of the Bible a Reliable Copy of the Original?
by Rich Deem

Old Testament - How do we know the Bible has been kept in tact for over 2,000 years of copying? Before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, our earliest Hebrew copy of the Old Testament was the Masoretic text, dating around 800 A.D. The Dead Sea Scrolls date to the time of Jesus and were copied by the Qumran community, a Jewish sect living around the Dead Sea. We also have the Septuagint which is a Greek translation of the Old Testament dating in the second century B.C. When we compare these texts which have an 800-1000 years gap between them we are amazed that 95% of the texts are identical with only minor variations and a few discrepancies.

New Testament - In considering the New Testament we have tens of thousands of manuscripts of the New Testament in part or in whole, dating from the second century A.D. to the late fifteenth century, when the printing press was invented. These manuscripts have been found in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and Italy, making collusion unlikely. The oldest manuscript, the John Rylands manuscript, has been dated to 125 A.D. and was found in Egypt, some distance from where the New Testament was originally composed in Asia Minor). Many early Christian papyri, discovered in 1935, have been dated to 150 A.D., and include the four gospels. The Papyrus Bodmer II, discovered in 1956, has been dated to 200 A.D., and contains 14 chapters and portions of the last seven chapters of the gospel of John. The Chester Beatty biblical papyri, discovered in 1931, has been dated to 200-250 A.D. and contains the Gospels, Acts, Paul's Epistles, and Revelation. The number of manuscripts is extensive compared to other ancient historical writings, such as Caesar's "Gallic Wars" (10 Greek manuscripts, the earliest 950 years after the original), the "Annals" of Tacitus (2 manuscripts, the earliest 950 years after the original), Livy (20 manuscripts, the earliest 350 years after the original), and Plato (7 manuscripts).

Thousands of early Christian writings and lexionaries (first and second century) cite verses from the New Testament. In fact, it is nearly possible to put together the entire New Testament just from early Christian writings. For example, the Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians (dated 95 A.D.) cites verses from the Gospels, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, Titus, Hebrews, and 1 Peter. The letters of Ignatius (dated 115 A.D.) were written to several churches in Asia Minor and cites verses from Matthew, John, Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus. These letters indicate that the entire New Testament was written in the first century A.D. In addition, there is internal evidence for a first century date for the writing of the New Testament. The book of Acts ends abruptly with Paul in prison, awaiting trial (Acts 28:30-31 (1)). It is likely that Luke wrote Acts during this time, before Paul finally appeared before Nero. This would be about 62-63 A.D., meaning that Acts and Luke were written within thirty years of ministry and death of Jesus. Another internal evidence is that there is no mention of the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. Although Matthew, Mark and Luke record Jesus' prophecy that the temple and city would be destroyed within that generation (Matthew 24:1-2 (2),Mark 13:1-2 (3), Luke 21:5-9,20-24,32(4)), no New Testament book refers to this event as having happened. If they had been written after 70 A.D., it is likely that letters written after 70 A.D. would have mentioned the fulfillment of Jesus' prophecy. As stated by Nelson Glueck, former president of the Jewish Theological Seminary in the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, and renowned Jewish archaeologist, "In my opinion, every book of the New Testament was written between the forties and eighties of the first century A.D."

With all of the massive manuscript evidence you would think there would be massive discrepancies - just the opposite is true. New Testament manuscripts agree in 99.5% (5) of the text (compared to only 95% for the Iliad). Most of the discrepancies are in spelling and word order. A few words have been changed or added. There are two passages that are disputed but no discrepancy is of any doctrinal significance (i.e., none would alter basic Christian doctrine). Most Bibles include the options as footnotes when there are discrepancies. How could there be such accuracy over a period of 1,400 years of copying? Two reasons: The scribes that did the copying had meticulous methods for checking their copies for errors. 2) The Holy Spirit made sure we would have an accurate copy of God's word so we would not be deceived. The Mormons, theological liberals as well as other cults and false religions such as Islam that claim the Bible has been tampered with are completely proven false by the extensive, historical manuscript evidence.

Answer 11

God inspired man to write the word of God.He new what he was doing,it would be a better place if people would spend their time searching for the truth of Gods word instead of searching for ways to make yourself believe there is no God.God is real search all you want ,He is real