Divinely inspired men wrote the bible?

Question

How do we know that they weren't just nuts? And why should I be stressed over a book that was written by HUMANS. Its not like God sat down and wrote the thing himself and then gave it to us to publish. I believe in the divine. I don't believe in man.

Answer 1

Wow, I have a pretty good answer for you 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! For all sixty-six or so versions of the bible, money is an inevitable thing to be easily made--and with so many different bibles, it is hard to know which one to go by and which different “interpretation” to follow.

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, that’s 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.

The Bible was once beautiful, but it was changed and adulterated, and therefore lost all its beauty to the greedy “converters” who wanted to win converts or strengthen weak followers by releasing new editions and versions of the Bible that sounded appealing or adhered to the potential convert’s or weak follower’s likes, and get as many converts by any means--even if it means lying or taking advantage of the situation and circumstances.

Answer 2

Well, they could have been nuts...but then again I'm guessing there are many authors who are nuts. And as far as I know every book ever written was written by humans. Should you stress about any of them? Why do we read? To learn? Entertainment? To give us perspective and direction? Whether or not you believe the writers were inspired I still think the Bible can be valued as reading material for all of those reasons.

I think your question could be: If there is a God could he work through humans who are less than perfect? (often nuts, have agendas, get distracted etc...) What does "divinely inspired" mean in practical reality?

Maybe God attempts to inspire all of us all of the time. Maybe the signal gets lost or altered amongst all of the rest of the noise in our lives. Maybe those who seem truly inspired are the ones who quiet the outside noise the best.

Perhaps its not a black and white answer. Maybe our job is not to quickly excuse it as either but to really search it and it's history to try and sort the truth from the noise.

Answer 3

But you have seen men have others write what they said and put in the proper language, salutations and closings. While it is true monkeys, given enough time, with a typewriter could make a complete sentence. They could not do a whole book.

With the Bible is 66 books by 39 writers over 1,500 years. All of them not only agree and make sense, but also follow the overall theme of God's purpose for the earth and how it will be returned, in spite of man's efforts, to that purpose. No other collection of individual books could agree so well without contradictions as the Bible.

It also reveals the best Human Owner's Manual ever written. How we can have the best personal, family, and community life possible. All the self-help books written are really based on what the Bible said 2,000 to 4,000 years ago.

Answer 4

Yes I believe that they were divinely inspired but not divinely translated. The King James Version and the Catholic Version have many differences. King James even had several books omitted from the Bible because they supported Catholic beliefs. And it's completely absurd for people to assume that there is a Bible code in any of the translated versions in the Bible. Meaning, if there was a slight possibility that the bible code were real it would only be in the original Hebrew.

Most of the writers of the Bible (The Old Testament) were prophets. While their messages are inspired their record of military happenings is greatly exaggerated.

Being that I am Catholic I find it totally hilarious that people believe that the Bible is infallible but the Pope isn't.

Answer 5

The only way you will know the answer is to study the Bible. The answer is in the message they give us. For comparison, have you ever checked out the Mormons? They claim Joseph Smith wrote "a new testament of JesusChrist" from gold plates he discovered through the divine guidance of God and Jesus, or an angel. Even old Joseph came up with different versions. The book of Mormon is just 90% plagiarism from the original King James version! (not from the original "word of God" text) All I can say is to realize that your faith is an individual thing.. When you believe, you are content; when you question, you grow unsure of your future. Why don't you write your beliefs down and try to become inspired? Don't be so quick to condemn noble efforts. Do you believe God created us humans? The Bible is long and full of examples or lessons than touch each and every one of us. It's really not for the masses, but for the individual soul. Don't shoot the messenger. We will all die; some bitter and still questioning, and others, content in the knowledge that we have done our best. Peace be with you. You have to let go and let God, so to speak.

Answer 6

Divinely inspired men certainly did write the Bible.

Probably more than 40 men wrote the books of the Bible over a time span of thousands of years, but the theme is always the same: Come back to God because God loves you and wants to bless you for the rest of your life.

Answer 7

If as you say the men who wrote the bible were divinely inspired, it would be as if the hand of God had written it, as it would be his will that would be moving the hand of the author.

Regardless the bible should not bring you stress. The Bible like all religious writing exist to bring you peace. They are a guide to leading a good, healthy and productive life. You are right not to let the interpretation of men cloud your mind and vex your spirit.

Read what you like or read nothing at all the choice is your own to make. In the end your heart is your compass to the truth. Find your own way and you will find your own peace.

Answer 8

2 Peter 1:20-21 says:

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.

How could anyone just "make up" the profound and prophetic words of the Bible and what the heck would they have to gain by doing so?????

Answer 9

Yes it's divinely inspired. Men who wrote it were used by God

Answer 10

I believe in Man. Mainly because I see Man everyday. I haven't ever seen the divine. There is no way to tell who wrote the bible only speculations and assumptions can be made by Man. Saying you don't believe in Man is kind of odd. That's what you are. You typed out your question. That's writing.

Answer 11

I think most of us are at least a little nuts. It's part of the earth experience. :-)

I believe the Bible to be divinely inspired. It came to us through imperfect prophets, printers, translators,..., but still contains a great deal of information that's very valuable in our search for truth.

One of the purposes of earth life is to learn how to discern truth, wherever we find it.