Why do you believe the Bible is the Word of God?

Because they say it is...

 

Haha what are they?!

 

chrsitians, and the many authors of the book. I was being facetious. Hence the picture of the robot with the cross in its hand.

 

Yeah, I didn't click that robots with a cross would be christians. Makes a chance though

 

The problem with that is there are scads of other scriptures from other religions and lots of false prophets making the same claims. What is it about the Bible that would persuade you to believe it rather than the others? Most of the reasons given here for believing in the Bible are reasons that have convinced others over the ages to believe in it. The great antiquity was a source of great prestige that impressed the Romans, who revered things old. I don't think age necessarily means merit, although for something to speak to so many generations of humans over so many centuries would suggest it is functional in a remarkable way. I might add that unlike a lot of pagan religious writings describing gods, the emphasis on morality was an attraction. Of course there are so many moving passages that speak to our hearts and minds in a profoundly moving way. And also many that simply record events and viewpoints of a remarkable nation and an often all too human people. To me, some of the most moving, meaningful parts of the Bible, like Genesis, but also Job and Ecclesiastes, would be robbed of their meaning if taken literally. Does anybody believe God made a bet with the Devil? Was the point of Jonah that a human could survive in the belly of a fish for three days and three nights? Is it necessary or important for a Christian to believe that he did? And (sorry to bring this up again) do we have to try to justify the killing of those Midianite kids or the mauling of those other 42 kids by she bears near Bethel for making fun of Elisha's bald head?

As I've mentioned many times, I'm a Progressive Christian who takes a non-literal view of the Bible, but the Bible continues to play a central role in my faith in ways that secular-minded people might (and have) explained as delusional. I'll be sitting in a chair, or taking out the trash or otherwise going about my daily activities and a passage from the Bible will pop into my head--one that I'd read before but suddenly see in a new light that sometimes transforms the rest of my life. I'm a Christian today because of a passage in Genesis, and Genesis continues to keep popping up with new answers. Anybody who has been following my rants knows that I don't take Genesis literally, but I do take it very seriously. There are other passages as well that have spoken to me in this way. I would call these insights. They have a compelling quality that rings true with me, even though I couldn't begin to prove them. And I go with them because intuitively they feel right, and they fit together with a God-centered world view which gives my life meaning and focus, makes me helpful to others, and is consistent with reason and science.

 

This thread is for people to explain why they believe the Bible is the word of God, not for you to go off on whether the Bible should be taken literally or not.

 

this has nothing to do with the thread.

 

*thumbs down* from me too

 

'because the bible said so'
'because the Koran said so'
'because the Torah said so'
'because the bhagavad Gita said so'
'because the bardo thodol said so'
'becase the guru granth Sahib said so'.

Edit:

I was a bit harsh, so edited this post.
Ignorance still disturbs me though, as does poor logic, circular arguments and non-thinking

'The bible is the word of god because the bible said so' isn't a good enough reason.

With so many holy books and scripture, how can you be convinced that one is right and all others are wrong.

Condoms in africa, witch burnings, murder and maltreatment of the LGBT people, the never ending war in gaza, the hinderance of stem cell research, oppression of females, teaching children creationism instead of thinking about things with logic and reason.

I want it all to stop.

 

I think I explained why I believe the Bible is inspired. Apparently that isn't good enough for you. Interesting how you "True Believers" will let people who obviously reject the Bible post, but not those who take it seriously but not literally.
Continue preaching to the choir.

 

Et tu, ol' Buddy?

 

I don't care whether you take the Bible literally or not but this thread is for why you believe the Bible is inspired of God.

Your post was 90% railing against taking the Bible literally and maybe
1% why you believe the Bible is inspired of God.

Please stop trying to hijack threads by filling your posts with off topic stuff.

 

Enjoy your soap box. Does your status as OP also mean that we can't challenge the factual inaccuracies you've been serving up in large quantities--seemingly copied from some unidentified source(s)? For example, that the Bible is the oldest book in the world, parts of it written 3500 years ago, and similar fabrications. I'll address these on another site to avoid being accused of hijacking this one, and let you all preach to yourselves.

 

What's et tu?

 

Not to be annoying, or snotty, but can't you create a thread about why it's silly to take the Bible literally? I mean, you could have addressed why you believe the Bible to be the word of God, but you addressed more on why it's silly to take it literally. Is that staying on topic?

A Catholic for example may say that evolution is creation and that it coincides with the Church's interpretation of scripture, specifically genesis, and would give this reason.

I liked your comment on how the Bible speaks to you, maybe sticking with that would have kept with the threads topic.

 

G-d speaks when people listen with their hearts..

 

Trans. "and you"

 

Thanks.

 

Here you go, I fabricated this just for you.

Artifact suggests Bible written centuries earlier

Writing indicates Kingdom of Israel already existed in the 10th century

University of Haifa
The ancient text shown in this drawing was discovered on a shard of pottery in Israel, and turned out to be the earliest known example of Hebrew writing.


By Clara Moskowitz
updated 11:06 a.m. MT, Fri., Jan. 15, 2010

Scientists have discovered the earliest known Hebrew writing — an inscription dating from the 10th century B.C., during the period of King David's reign.
The breakthrough could mean that portions of the Bible were written centuries earlier than previously thought. (The Bible's Old Testament is thought to have been first written down in an ancient form of Hebrew.)
Until now, many scholars have held that the Hebrew Bible originated in the 6th century B.C., because Hebrew writing was thought to stretch back no further. But the newly deciphered Hebrew text is about four centuries older, scientists announced this month.

 

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