what makes you think the bible is so true....?

Question

evidence please

Answer 1

I don't

Answer 2

Cara,

There are so many things.
a) It's historical accuracy
b) It's scientific accuracy (when it touches on scientific things)
c) fulfilled prophecy

Now about scientific accuracy. Thousands of years before Columbus ever sailed the ocean blue, the prophet Isaiah wrote about the "one who is dwelling above the circle of the earth" (Isaiah 40:22) Now many will say that a circle is not a globe. That a circle can be flat. This is true. Except for the fact that the hebrew word for "circle" also may be translated “sphere.” (A Concordance of the Hebrew and Chaldee Scriptures, by B. Davidson) Interestingly, regarding “circle” in this verse, the Scoffeld Reference Bible says in a marginal note: “A remarkable reference to the sphericity of the earth.” Moffatt’s translation reads: “He sits over the round earth,”

How did Isaiah knows this at time.

Job also wrote of the one who is hanging the earth upon nothing, this at a time when the exact opposite was the accepted "scientific" truth.

Those are just a couple of things for you to consider. I'm happy to discuss further.

Answer 3

I don't think I know it is true. I have a relationship with Jesus, so I know that what happened in the new testement is true. And the Holy Spirit lives and breaths in me and does amazing things that were promised in the bible. Things like casting out demons, healing the sick, prophecing truths no one knows but the person I am speaking too. speaking in languages I don't understand like japanees while praying. Yes the "stuff" in the bible is real. Including Heaven and Hell.
How ever there are opinions in the bible such as the time when the Apostle Paul says stuff like..."It seemed good to me and the Spirit..." Those are opinions of the church in its early time not nessacarily fact.

Answer 4

I used to think that it was "true" until I started to research the evidence. The best thing that can be said is that it is fairly accurate about locations and civilizations. For things like creation, the flood, and the exodus, there is no evidence to support them.

Answer 5

Fulfilled Prophecies
Prophecies from the Old and New Testaments that have been fulfilled also add credibility to the Bible. The Scriptures predicted the rise and fall of great empires like Greece and Rome (Daniel 2:39, 40), and foretold the destruction of cities like Tyre and Sidon (Isaiah 23). Tyre’s demise is recorded by ancient historians, who tell how Alexander the Great lay siege to the city for seven months. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had failed in a 13-year attempt to capture the seacoast city and completely destroy its inhabitants. During the siege of 573 B.C., much of the population of Tyre moved to its new island home approximately half a mile from the land city. Here it remained surrounded by walls as high as 150 feet until judgment fell in 332 B.C. with the arrival of Alexander the Great. In the seven-month siege, he fulfilled the remainder of the prophecies (Zechariah 9:4; Ezekiel 26:12) concerning the city at sea by completely destroying Tyre, killing 8,000 of its inhabitants and selling 30,000 of its population into slavery. To reach the island, he scraped up the dust and rubble of the old land city of Tyre, just like the Bible predicted, and cast them into the sea, building a 200-footwide causeway out to the island. Alexander’s death and the murder of his two sons was also foretold in the Scripture. Another startling prophecy was Jesus’ detailed prediction of Jerusalem’s destruction, and the further spreading of the Jewish diaspora throughout the world, which is recorded in Luke 21. In A.D. 70, not only was Jerusalem destroyed by Titus, the future emperor of Rome, but another prediction of Jesus Christ in Matthew 24:1,2 came to pass—the complete destruction of the temple of God.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22060312-2,00.html
Quote: 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.


In the Book of Daniel, the Bible prophesied the coming of the one and only Jewish Messiah prior to the temple’s demise. The Old Testament declared He would be rejected by His own (Isaiah 53:3. Matthew 21:42; Mark 8:31, 12:10; Luke 9:22, 17:25. ) , born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2) to a virgin (Isaiah 7:14), be betrayed for thirty pieces of silver (Zechariah 11:12,13), die by crucifixion (Psalm 22), and be buried in a rich man’s tomb (Isaiah 53:9). There was only one person who fits all of the messianic prophecies of the Old Testament who lived before A.D. 70: Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Mary. Yes, the Bible is an amazing book. (See also 1 Peter 1:25).

Answer 6

Because the words that are in the Bible are inspired by God and His word gives life .... Power follows the Words of God.... That is what makes it so different from the Bible being just any other book. And if you open your heart and mind to God He will change you....

Answer 7

Archeology for one...
The bible is not based on incomplete information for two..
The bible is phrophetic ..three
Myths and fairy tales don't contain such boring details such as pages of geneology and such...four..
The bible is not self seeking ...five...
And lastly it would not have lasted this long thru all of the bannings, burnings and being outlawed, and it certainly would not change peoples lives...or contain any kind of truth...
Have you read it ?
Good question........Here is some more info..
http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/bible.asp

Answer 8

fulfilled prophesy: Matthew 24, Isaiah 53, many more-read the Bible.

Answer 9

"True" does not equate with "empirical proof."

They are not the same.

There is much "truth" in the Bible. But it is not necessary to have "empirical proof" in order to find it a valuble document and to take it seriously.

It is not necessary to take the Bible literally at all.

Answer 10

Don't you think that it is just a little unfair of you to ask for some actual evidence before they alter their entire life beliefs?

Answer 11

i dont mean to offend because everyone has a right to believe in whatever they want but anyone who has any religious beliefs is a moron! the main point to my arguement is that the bible says that god created all life on earth and that he created man in his own image but its proven that earth evolved and all creatures evolved into what they are and man evolved from ape like creatures. as we know our ancestors were cavemen who looked very different from us so how does that work out then? evolution is proven but religion is just faith