It must be true because everybody just knows it's true. How can the whole world be wrong?"
"The Bible is true because it is the word of God."
"It's true because it is the most perfect moral guide ever produced. Nothing written by humans approaches its perfection."
"Its writings span 1,500 years, written by 40 authors, and there are no errors, contradictions or difficulties. No book written by mere humans could be so flawless."
2007-11-28 02:27:55 · 14 answers · asked by TSIRHC 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I guess some people need to be enlightend with the failed prophecy of the bible that will be next.
2007-11-28 02:32:58 · update #1
Very good Gorgeous Texas Woman you have used you brain for an intelligent answer!
2007-11-28 02:34:05 · update #2
Damn I have missed you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The supposed "historical facts" don’t even line up. Like the wrong prophet with the wrong king at the wrong battle and it was first written down years after the fact. That’s is historical fiction. The setting maybe a historical fact, but what they said happened is fiction. We don’t know who wrote the gospel, The first one Mark was written at least 30 to 60 years after Jesus died. Matthew and Luke had a copy of Mark with them when they wrote their books. John was deliberately written to fill in the gaps and the arguments that the new christian faith was having. These are stories passed on for years and years before written down. None of these are first hand accounts even though they are written that way.
Every religion has their spin on it, but try to find the facts. The conclusion is that there is little in the bible old or new that is fact. It mentions places that are real, but that’s about it. You can walk the streets where Jesus carried his cross, but did he really carry a cross? I try to find sources out side the bible that mention the same thing the bible does. Like the census that was talked and why Joseph went to Bethlehem. No record of it ever happening outside the bible. This is not the stone age. There was all kinds of trading with other countries. Something should have been mention somewhere about this massive disruption of the economy. Anyhow, we base our faith on the stories of Jesus in the gospels. It they can not be proven as fact, even by the Roman empire, then faith is based on fiction?
What is the foundation? Well, I learned that my foundation is not on a book, but in a feeling I have. No one can know that mind of God, so why try. The only thing true in the bible is that we should love one another as (fill in the blank with any loving divinity) has loved us.
2007-11-28 02:32:22 · answer #1 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
There is none. All the "fulfilled prophecies" were written after the fact and have never been verified outside the Bible. There is no archaeological evidence for much of the early parts of the Bible (Adam & Eve, Noah, etc.). It has become an axiom for believers: they know it is "true" because they have "faith". One also has to have "faith" to see the "proof" of this "Truth".
2007-11-28 10:33:23 · answer #2 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Based on the inconsistencies found when compared to the Dead Sea Scrolls it becomes clear that the bible has been dramatically changed to create doctrine.
If Christians would spend the time to read about the lives of the men who canonized the bible, they would see this is truth.
2007-11-28 10:33:22 · answer #3 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Fulfilled prophecy, textual evidences, lack of counter-evidence produced by non-Christians alive at the time of Christ, and historical accuracy for starters...
http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/b_proof.shtml
Dr. Nelson Glueck, perhaps the utmost modern authority on Israeli archeology, said: "No archeological discovery has ever controverted a Biblical reference. Scores of archeological findings have been made which confirm in clear outline or in exact detail historical statements in the Bible. And, by the same token, proper evaluation of Biblical descriptions has often led to amazing discoveries." http://www.allabouttruth.org/bible-is-true-faq.htm
2007-11-28 10:32:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
The Roman Catholic Church propagated the notion that the New Testament is an inspired work by the Nicaean Council. If they didn't say it was inspired, it would have continued to divide the church.
The Council was brought together to unify Christendom and its doctrine.
2007-11-28 10:34:12 · answer #5 · answered by Mickey P 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It is a bit ridiculous to think that any sacred text doesn't have errors, problems, contradictions. No one knows if it is true or not. It is accepted on faith. I don't agree with it but I know that that is how people view it. I was just wondering what happened to you.
2007-11-28 10:34:44 · answer #6 · answered by Yogini 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
With modern computer technology people have discovered the underlying Bible code that even computer scientists say cannot be duplicated even with the best computers.
2007-11-28 10:36:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Faith nothing more nothing less
all things you mentioned are true but with out faith in those tings being true it makes no difference
2007-11-28 10:34:31 · answer #8 · answered by working together 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I agree with Anthony. Fulfilled prophesy! Read the Book and see for yourself! It's AMAZING!!
God bless!
2007-11-28 10:35:26 · answer #9 · answered by Devoted1 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Bueller? Bueller?
Anyone?
ANYONE?
2007-11-28 10:31:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋