What evidence do you have other than faith that the Bible is the Word of God?

Answer 1

zip. nada. zero. zilch. niente.

Answer 2

If you doubt that the Bible is the Word of The Living God, read every last word of Koshkas answer.She gave you a very good answer as to how we have not been called to a blind faith. There is substance to our faith. All you have to do is open your eyes and look for it. Everything she said, and more is right in the Bible for you to see. From the Old Testament alone, more than 2000 specific prophesies have been fulfilled.
No other so called Holy book compares.Most of the 333 prophesies concerning the Messiah were fulfilled by the birth and life of Jesus Christ and the rest will be fulfilled at His second coming. A mathematician, Peter Stoner, had his graduate students calculate what the odds would be of any one person fulfilling just eight of these prophesies. He found the chance was one in 100,000,000,000,000,000 !Only a God who knows the future could have revealed these prophesies to those that He would have record them in His Word.

In spite of what is being taught today, the truth is we can reconstruct most of the life of Jesus Christ through non - Christian writers of the first century. Even Celsus who despised Christianity, never considered claiming that Jesus Christ did not exist.This is what can be learned from the writing of Celsus...

He was born of a virgin in a small village of Judea;
He was adored by wise men;
His birth was followed by the slaughter of infants by order of Herod;
He took flight to Egypt, where Celsus supposed Christ learned the charms of the Magicians;
After returning, He resided in Nazareth;He was baptized and the Holy Spirit descended on Him as a voice was heard from heaven;
He elected disciples;
He was a friend with publicans and other low people;
He cured the lame and blind;
He raised people from the dead;
He was betrayed by Judas;
He was denied by Peter;
In addition Celsus refers to several details of Christ's passion, crucifiction, and resurrection.

Twenty seven books of the New Testament, nineteen Pagan writers, and three Jewish writers testify to Jesus Christ's historical reality. When I hear people say that Jesus or the Bible is just a myth I just realise that they are simply unaware of the facts.I recommend The Case For Christ by Lee Strobel and or Skeptics Answered or The Gate Of Hell Shall Not Prevail by D. James Kennedy, and The Signature of God by Grant R. Jeffrey. Any of these resourses will more than answer your question.May all your thoughts be taken captive by the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Answer 3

Faith is not evidence. It's a tool of self deception made from fear of hell, pressure from friends and family, and promise of heaven.
- The bible is true, beause it has King James' name on it.
- The bible is true because it is old. Other old writing is not true because it is not the bible.
- The bible is true beause it is written in a mystical poetic way. Did you know that Shakesphere helped translate the King James version?
- The bible is true beause there are so many religions that use it. Never mind that they all disagree about what it means.

Answer 4

All of creation points to a Master Designer. Who designed butterfly wings and makes the sun come up? Who hung the stars and placed the planets soo accurately that our calendar is rooted in space?
Can you step outside on a clear night and look up at the sky and believe this happened by chance? Nonbelief takes more faith than belief.
If you're talking about ONLY the Bible and not creation; not one word has ever been disproven in 2000 years of skepticism and men have died to preserve it. The Bible speaks for itself.

Answer 5

There is none period. The prophecy people claims to have come true was added the Bible after the event had happened. Rent or purchase a documentary titled: Who Wrote the Bible from A&E.

Answer 6

The Church is the Pillar of Truth, Not the Bible



1Ti 3:15 if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. (n.b. he did not say that the Bible was the pillar and buylwark of the truth.....but the Church who wrote the Bible.)




The Church wrote the Bible and defined which books were canonical. See:
http://www.call2holiness.org/ScriptureAlone/ScriptureAlone.htmhttp://www.call2holiness.org/ScriptureAlone/ScriptureAlone.htm

Answer 7

Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh. James 3:12

Each created plant or animal can only reproduce after its own kind. Its “seed [is] in itself” (Genesis 1:12), and it can never generate any other kind of seed. “God giveth it a body as it hath pleased Him, and to every seed his own body” (I Corinthians 15:38). This is sound biology as well as Scripture.

Leviticus 19:19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

Agricultural scientists generally agree that cross-pollination detracts from the production of the best crops.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22060312-2,00.html
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The cuneiform inscription in a tablet dating from 595BC has been deciphered for the first time - revealing a reference to an official at the court of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, that proves the historical existence of a figure mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah.

Revelation 13:15-18 (King James Version)

15And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

16And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

17And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

The Verichip corp has a new line of trackable chips called "xMark" see for yourself: http://www.xmark.com/

Answer 8

The bible itself is evidence that God and Jesus Christ existed... If you need evidence then obviously your faith is lacking...

Answer 9

This is probably going to mean absolutely nothing to you.

The Holy Spirit is the evidence. I have experiences with the Holy Spirit daily. He helps me to understand things, and keeps me in His ways. He comforts me any time I turn my heart and mind towards God.

God keeps that evidence for those He wants. I could tell you how to get it, where to look for it, and what to read in order to know the He is promised to us by Jesus. But what I can't do is give it to you. That is what God does. He keeps the Holy Spirit and gives Him to those HE wants to give it to.

Only those who God wants will receive the Holy Spirit.

Answer 10

Atleast the Torah and the Quran were respected enough to be preserved word for word, without little or no changes. The bible is so butchered up. You can't even tell whats original or what was added on along the way.

Answer 11

Because the things that are written in it have been revealed to me in heart changing ways. The Lord has spoken to me through His Word and there is true joy in it.