Bible was cheanged many times nobody know original.why people still belive in?

Answer 1

having a belief is not a requirement before or after reading the bible

Answer 2

Why You Can Trust the Bible
Some people say the Bible is unreliable, and their views have gained wide acceptance. Thus many today dismiss what the Bible says as untrustworthy.

On the other hand, what Jesus Christ said in prayer to God promotes trust: "Your word is truth." And the Bible itself claims to be inspired by God.—John 17:17; 2 Timothy 3:16.

What do you think about this? Is there sound basis for trusting the Bible? Or is there really evidence that the Bible is unreliable, that it contradicts itself and is inconsistent?

Does It Contradict Itself?
While some may claim the Bible contradicts itself, has anyone ever shown you an actual example? We have never seen one that could withstand scrutiny. True, there may appear to be discrepancies in certain Bible accounts. But the problem usually is lack of knowledge regarding details and circumstances of the times.

For example, some persons will draw attention to what they consider a discrepancy in the Bible, asking: 'Where did Cain get his wife?' The assumption is that Cain and Abel were the only children of Adam and Eve. But the assumption is based on a misunderstanding of what the Bible says. The Bible explains that Adam "became father to sons and daughters." (Genesis 5:4) Thus Cain married one of his sisters or possibly a niece.

Often critics are just looking for contradictions and so may declare: 'The Bible writer Matthew says that an army officer came to ask Jesus a favor, while Luke says that representatives were sent to ask. Which one is correct?' (Matthew 8:5, 6; Luke 7:2, 3) But is this really a contradiction?

When the activity or work of people is credited to the one who is actually responsible for it, a reasonable person does not claim a discrepancy. For example, do you consider a report to be in error that says a mayor built a road even though the actual building of the road was done by his engineers and laborers? Of course not! Similarly, it is not inconsistent for Matthew to say that the army officer made a request of Jesus but, as Luke writes, that such a request was made through certain representatives.

As more details are known, apparent discrepancies in the Bible disappear.

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Answer 3

How can we be sure the Bible has not been changed?

“In the number of ancient MSS. [manuscripts] attesting a writing, and in the number of years that had elapsed between the original and the attesting MSS., the Bible enjoys a decided advantage over classical writings [those of Homer, Plato, and others]. . . . Altogether classical MSS. are but a handful compared with Biblical. No ancient book is so well attested as the Bible.”—The Bible From the Beginning (New York, 1929), P. Marion Simms, pp. 74, 76.

A report published in 1971 shows that there are possibly 6,000 handwritten copies containing all or part of the Hebrew Scriptures; the oldest dates back to the third century B.C.E. Of the Christian Greek Scriptures, there are some 5,000 in Greek, the oldest dating back to the beginning of the second century C.E. There are also many copies of early translations into other languages.

In the introduction to his seven volumes on The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri, Sir Frederic Kenyon wrote: “The first and most important conclusion derived from the examination of them [the papyri] is the satisfactory one that they confirm the essential soundness of the existing texts. No striking or fundamental variation is shown either in the Old or the New Testament. There are no important omissions or additions of passages, and no variations which affect vital facts or doctrines. The variations of text affect minor matters, such as the order of words or the precise words used . . . But their essential importance is their confirmation, by evidence of an earlier date than was hitherto available, of the integrity of our existing texts.”—(London, 1933), p. 15.

It is true that some translations of the Bible adhere more closely to what is in the original languages than others do. Modern paraphrase Bibles have taken liberties that at times alter the original meaning. Some translators have allowed personal beliefs to color their renderings. But these weaknesses can be identified by comparison of a variety of translations.

Answer 4

Translations have changed over the years. Taking Hebrew or Greek or Latin and putting it into English is hard. I prefer the old King James Version. The first edition of it was 1611. Its a little different today that then but the Power is still there. The bible says that the Word is Powerful, sharper than a two edged sword. The Old Authorized King James Version is Powerfull, I can feel it when I read it. I know its the truth. Now if you are not looking for the truth and you just want an excuse you can find one, is that you. When you read it or hear someone quoting the Bible does it bother you. If it does, obviously that Power of God is speaking to you telling you that the word is true. If what I am saying makes sense to you maybe its time you made a decision about Christ. Jesus died on a cross for me an you. For all our sins. If you would like to get saved and start over in life I can show you how. If you feel the Power of the Holy Spirit right now touching your heart say this Prayer, Dear Jesus, I believe you are the son of God, I believe you came to earth to die on a cross for me to be a perfect sacrifice for my sins and rose from the grave the third day, I know and confess that I am a sinner in need of your salvation. I ask you to come into my heart now and save me, in Jesus name I Pray, Amen... If you just Prayed that Pray with a sincere heart you are now saved and Jesus lives inside your heart. Find a church, get you a Bible and start reading. Its a wonderfull world being a born again Christian. If you have questions please feel free to send me an email. Good luck to you and God Bless YOU!!

Answer 5

Something that is astonishing about the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls that Atheists often fail to remark on, is that while there are crazy Jewish books ands Gnostic "gospels", the books that are canonical in the collection are word for word identical to their biblical counterpart. This is amazing when you consider the time lapse between the scripting of the books. The Bible has been changed, but it has evolved from a politically, racially, and sexually bias book with the Word mixed in, to a book that is honed in the Spirit. The older the book it seems, often the more accurate.

Answer 6

You are right when you say the the bible has been translated and re-written many times and even distorted to form other ungodly pagonistic religions. But there are some who do in fact truly know what the original Holy scriptures say. They are the teachers, scholars, bible enthusiasts, and people of God who start with the original Hebrew and Greek forms of the books that make up the bible and translate them through consistent study. Besides any good church, preacher, or pastor will tell you to do as the bible Say's and search the scriptures for yourself to see if what they are teaching is true. People who don't do that are subject to any "okie - doke" false teacher who comes along. Its sad, but its because of that fact that when the anti-Christ finally does come on the scene so many people will have a limited, distorted, or completely be ignorant of the bible that he will be able to con all of them into going to hell right with him.

Answer 7

If you take the time to actually check, you will discover that there are over 2,300 copies of the New Testament manuscripts still in existence today that date from the earliest generations of the Christian faith. They predate any of the "councils" or Constantine (who many claim was the first to change the Bible) by 200-300 hundred years. Yet they are word for word the same as the text used today fro translating Bibles.

Some of these manuscripts date to with 20 years of the original writings. Examples would be a manuscipt that has all of Paul's letters that appears to date from the 70's AD (with Paul finishing his later letter in 67 AD). As the manuscript is in fragments, they have been able to reconstruct 75% of the words, with the text we use today fitting perfectly in the missing holes. Or a recently discovered manuscript of the Gospel of John that is dated from the year 117 AD. (John was written between 95 and 100 AD). They have so far been able to reconstruct 809 of the 89 verses of John (and are working on the rest). Again, it matches word for word with the text used today fro translating Bibles.

When you look at other writings from the same time period, we have today only 9 copies of Julius Caesar's autobiography. Or 11 copies of Homer's "Illiad" (from nearly a third is missing). Yet no one questions the reliability of those works. Compare that to over 2,300 copies of the New Testament....

Actually, the New Testament is the best document book from before the time of the printing press (1400's AD). Besides the 2,300 ancient copies, there are over 7,000 later manuscripts from the time of Constantine to the printing press. Besides thousands more manuscripts of a Latin version made by the church in 400AD.

When these manuscripts are compared, they read word for word indentical 99.7% of the time. Of the 0.3% differences, the majority of those are either a different spelling for the same word, or the reversing of the words "Jesus Christ" and "Christ Jesus" in Paul's writings. Of the over 7,000 lines of the NT, there are fewer then 40 about which there is any debate on the original reading. Most of those are over a single word. None affect any Christian doctrine. (Compare that to the Illiad where nearly 1/3 of the work is in question, or even the writings of Shakespeare where every single one of his plays has had to have one or more scenes added by later editors because the originals did not survive.)

If every copy of the NT were to disappear today, it would be possible to recreate the entire thing from quotations in other books, letters, prayer books, litergies, commentaries, and inscriptions all dating within a century of the completion of the NT writings.

So the claim that the Bible has changed "many times" has no scientific, archeological, or historical evidence to support. The NT, as we have it today, is the most support, reliable, and documented writing in existence.

Answer 8

Because organized religion is the most perfect way to brainwash people. Once people have any little fear of God in them they will do anything that their pastor priest rabbi or what have you tells them to do. There was a dude one time that said "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." I think we all know who that was. That little bit of fear that starts as a small seed turns into a massive forest of fear. And once you get one person hooked, it doesn't take long before you start to bring in others. Christ himself never preached of fear and it worked for him, but you know what when you start preaching of love and what really is supposed to be the roots of religion and humanity, you begin to start a revolution. the leaders don't want a revolution, look at John Lennon preach about love and your dead. I think i might be ramble on here but they change the bible because they could. The wrote it hundreds of years after the fact anyways. We don't even know if it was even close to the original stories because of the libraries that burned in ancient Greece and Rome we will never know. Considering the bible was put together by a counsel that decided what to included and omit i think it pretty much does hold any value. But it is one book and it should be left open to individual interpretation. Its not the book that is evil it is the man who interprets it for you that is evil.

Answer 9

Have you ever heard of the "Dead Sea Scrolls"?

This discovery, made in 1946, has forever put your objection to rest.

The single largest and nearly complete text is of the book of Isaiah. It is over 1,000 years old. Side-by-side comparisons of that text and today's book of Isaiah (the largest book in the bible), prove that the text we have today is 99.6% pure. There was only one word that appears in our bible, one time, in the book of Isaiah that did not appear in the Dead Sea Scroll manuscript...the word "light". That word does not change the meaning or context of what the scripture says. The bible has never been revised. It has been translated and errors have been made during that process, I will not deny that. These errors are minor and are known, therefore they can be corrected and are routinely pointed out during bible teaching and study sessions. The bible we have today is 99.6% pure when compared to the earliest manuscript we have. That makes the bible the most accurate book there is. That is why there is no need for revision, because it was not given by man, but by inspiration of God. God is able to keep His Word pure in spite of the failings of men - He IS in control!

Thanks for the opportunity to present the Truth.


God loves you.

Answer 10

The Bible we have today is not original, but the meanings and teachings are still valid today as they were before. True, some of the Bible has changed in and not just in language, but this is a miniscule fraction of the Bible. Are we to toss all of it because of a tiny tiny sliver that is off in meaning? No.

Open up the Bible, read it for yourself. Tell me if you can honestly say that it's rubbish, useless. You will see that it's most useful, you will see that it's inspired by God.

Answer 11

When a very early version of Isaiah was found, that was written centuries before the previous early known version... it was the same except for 2 or 3 words.

Scribes were very careful about writing and rewriting what they considered to be holy scripture.

People believe it because they want to believe in something.