the Bible (NT) was written by people who walked with Jesus. if that's not enough, if we still have doubts, then there are the writings of the church fathers, from which 90% of the New Testament can be gleaned. Now these were historical people, and some of them were contemporaries of the apostles. Anyone who has some common sense will find it difficult to assume that they knowingly supported these "fables" (if indeed the NT was a fable).
2007-12-15 16:14:48
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answered by chris_muriel007 4
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The book we know of now as "the Bible" is actually a collection of books, written by many different authors, over a period of about 2,000-3,000 years. It is many things: poetry, lyrics for songs, history, prophecy, personal letters, and the like.
There has been a lot of historical research done on the Bible, just as on many ancient texts (like the "Iliad" or the "Odessey" or the "I-Ching", for example). The Bible has more than withstood its critics.
We know about Jesus' life because of the records kept about His life, just as we know about the Buddah's life or Julius Caeser's life or Socrates' life or Abraham Lincoln's life. We don't discount the existence of any of these other men, simply because they have no contemporaries alive today. We should not do that to Jesus, either. He had plenty of people around Him during His time on the Earth; these men wrote down what they knew of Him, what they had seen and heard.
If you are curious about Jesus' appearance, then consider this: Jesus was born to a Jewish girl in the first century, in what is now Isreal. We have a record of her geneology, so we know she was Jewish! Look at anyone of true Middle Eastern descent, and you can get a fair idea of what Jesus looked like: dark brown to black hair, dark brown eyes, medium-brown skin, and perhaps a trimmed mustache and beard. Jesus was raised by a carpenter (Joseph) and would have had the muscles and callouses to show it.
Old age is no reason to doubt someone or something, especially a record!
2007-12-16 00:35:19
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answered by MamaBear 6
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The Bible is 98 percent textually pure. Through all the copying of the Biblical manuscripts of the entire Bible, only 1% has any question about it. Nothing in all of the ancient writings of the entire world approaches the accuracy of the biblical documents.
The 1 percent that is in question does not affect doctrine. The areas of interest are called variants and they consist mainly in variations of wording and spelling.
The NT has over 5000 supporting Greek manuscripts existing today with another 20,000 manuscripts in other languages. Some of the manuscript evidence dates to within 100 years of the original writing. There is less than a 1% textual variation in the NT manuscripts.
2007-12-16 00:17:03
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answered by Molly 6
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You know, there's the Dead Sea Scrolls in museums like now, they are on balboa park of San Diego. The bible was written by the Twelve Apostles who they where told by god to write the bible http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Apostles
Can you believe there are bibles with the same words and meanings in almost any language?! I believe Jesus was a Jew. And I don't think who ever wrote the bible was drunk! Cause if you really read the bible carefully it's like if you where reading something really valuable.
2007-12-16 01:00:54
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answered by life 2
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even common history agrees the jesus existed. do your homework!!
go on youtube and look up "bible and book of mormonism" it shows that there research done in the bible is all real. there is archeological proof, plus the jews are real even today, and alll the landmarks, they are still real
obviously no one on earth here has seen jesus because they are all dead.
jesus or hell my friend! i hope God will send the Holy Spirit unto you so you can seek the truth. the real truth.
its funny to believe a history book from school taht is about ancient mayans and whatever civilization, but when one reads the bible, its super contraversial.
2007-12-16 00:18:32
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answered by ptlims 2
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The Bible is the only true writing from God based upon one criterium: 100% prophesy accuracy. Study this subject of the Bible (there are good books that help if you want help). 100% accurate predictions of future events was how God said to the world we would know who was a true Prophet of God and who was not. Who was giving a message from God and who was falsely representing him.
2007-12-16 00:15:19
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answered by Anonymous
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I think I don't have any idea what you are trying to say. Not only does your language make no sense, what you are trying to put together makes no sense. If YOU would read YOUR Bible and try to understand it for yourself, you would probably find that it makes much more sense than if you listen to a thousand fools trying to explain something they don't understand any better than you do.
2007-12-16 00:12:00
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answered by Que bella 3
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God used 40 humans(men)secretaries over a period of 16centuries to record it, but God himself actively directed the writing by his holy spirit. Thus it is inspired by God. A large portion of the record is made up of actual pronouncements made by God, and details as to teachings and activities of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. In these we find statements of God's requirements for his servants, and what he will do to bring his grand purpose for us and the earth to completion. To deepen our appreciation for these things God also in the Bible a record demonstrating
what happens when individuals and nations listen to God and work in harmony with his purpose, as well as the outcome when they go their own way. By means of this reliable historical record God acquaints us with his dealings with humankind and thus with his own marvelous personality.
We would expect God's message to all mankind to be available around the globe and accurate in it's message to us, God has protected it from destruction numerous times in history, and we can expect that he would protect his message in it to us also.
2007-12-16 04:44:16
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answered by I speak Truth 6
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Anyone can know Jesus just as well as if he were here physically today. And many do.
2007-12-16 00:11:00
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answered by Anonymous
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Sounds like another stupid question from Yahoo monitors.
2007-12-16 00:26:54
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answered by rickster 3
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