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Is the Bible God's Word?

David T

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
Is the Bible God's Word?
Is the Bible God's Word?
42,000 year old flutes. Sorry books are way new and tend to manifest self importance. Music is old old old, books are new new new!!! So what exactly is the word of god 42,000 years ago? Btw Nietzsche sucks he was a classicalist.
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Aldrnari

Active Member
Yet the one country with historically the most religious freedom, also became one of the most Christian, many fled religious oppression elsewhere for this freedom

in contrast the countries with the most atheism, USSR, North Korea, Communist China, required extreme totalitarian oppression of every other belief to achieve it ..

If you want to talk about the problems of politics getting involved in belief systems, as in the Catholic church or communism, we would have much to agree on, I think we can agree that freedom of religion and separation of church & state are good ideas?

Tell that to the people belonging to tribes here who were forced to grow up in christian boarding schools, and were punished whenever they spoke of the spirits, or any other such "pagan" things. Many of their traditions are lost forever because of it, but hey, at least all those reservations are full of churches now!

As for atheism as a forced belief, ok. I agree that forcing people on their beliefs is terrible no matter who is doing it. Let's not pretend they come anywhere CLOSE to the amount of people subjugated under the banner of christianity, though. THAT is how Christianity has prospered as it has.

The religious freedom we see now certainly wouldn't exist under a christian theocracy- no matter if it was Catholic or evangelical. Hell, evangelicals want to force people to include god in everything we do (such as the pledge of allegiance, which originally didn't include god), whether we want it or not.

Edit: That said, to your point, I agree state enforced belief structures are an an evil thing; secular, or religious.
 
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QuestioningMind

Well-Known Member
Of course it is.

But it was only written to specific people. God, being omnipotent and all, has the ability to compose words in such a way that only certain people can get any meaning from them.

These people can understand it clearly and know it is directly from God, and also know that it was specifically written for their personal use.

The remainder cannot make sense of it.

How conveniently delusional for them.
 

anonymous9887

bible reader
Yes the bible is god's word
Evidence
#1 It has the best principals to live by. If god is the creator of all things he should know everything about everything, he should know and does know how humans can have the best possible life now, and a better future later.

# 2 the bible is in harmony with science. the creator of the universe should be able to provide facts we did not or do not have access to obtaining on our own. A few examples:
- Isaiah 40:22 earth is a sphere
- Job 26:7 earth is suspended upon nothing
-Leviticus 13 and 14 Isolating sick people
- Numbers 19:11,19 washing after touching a dead body
- Genesis 9:4 life is in the blood

There is several more, the point being is these writers contradicted popular ideas at the time, and they were correct. so they had to have divine assistance

#3 Fulfilled Prophecy
- Tyre
- Babylon
- Nineveh
- Cyrus the great

Tons of prophecies that are very precise

# 4 is the availability of scripture. If god has a book that he inspired, it doesnt matter how much people try to stop its distribution god would not allow it to fail. this book has withstood massive amounts of persecution and yet today it is the most widely distributed and translated book in the world. coincidence? I dont think so.
 

Skwim

Veteran Member
The most popular, widely read and influential book in the history of humanity?

I'd say that is certainly consistent with a divine work!
Ah yes, popularity, the true measure of verity, which is why the flat earth theory and geocentrism are as strong as ever.

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Skwim

Veteran Member
"In the beginning is the word..." It is all the word of God.
Meaning what, that the Bible existed back in ol' early Genesis days?


No. It contains God's word but there are sections which aren't God's word.
Which, I imagine, is all the stuff that doesn't line up with your theology.


yes, and it was dictated by the Holy Spirit.
Which you know to be a fact because ________________________________________________________________ .


Of course it is.
But it was only written to specific people. God, being omnipotent and all, has the ability to compose words in such a way that only certain people can get any meaning from them.
These people can understand it clearly and know it is directly from God, and also know that it was specifically written for their personal use.
The remainder cannot make sense of it.
One of the chosen people being you, I take it.


Everything is God's word.
Even all those "wash your mouth out with soap words"?


According to what Qur'an says, original form of Bible was Word of God
And one should believe the Qur'an because ________________________________________________________________ .


It's indestructible.
Nice non sequitur.


Let's hope not. If it is, it indicates that God is a horribly incompetent communicator.
And who's to say this isn't what god is?................Well, I guess there are plenty, but they're not god so why should they be believed?

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Skwim

Veteran Member
Yes the bible is god's word
Evidence
#1 It has the best principals to live by.
Like, "but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also."

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Yeah, good advice.​

OR the principle of acquired invulnerability through belief.

"And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."

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Yeah, good advice.

# 2 the bible is in harmony with science. the creator of the universe should be able to provide facts we did not or do not have access to obtaining on our own. A few examples:

- Isaiah 40:22 earth is a sphere[/quote]

Hate to break it to you but a circle (the description given in the verse) is not a sphere.

- Job 26:7 earth is suspended upon nothing
Actually, the Earth is suspended, held in place, by the gravitational force of the Sun in conjunction with the earth's centrifugal force.

-Leviticus 13 and 14 Isolating sick people
So what? Isolating people with leprosy, the affliction mentioned in Leviticus, isn't a product of some privileged understanding, but arose out of the simple observation that it's communicable. No more a result of special knowledge than realizing that rocks thrown into the air always fall back to earth.

- Numbers 19:11,19 washing after touching a dead body
And the reason? Because one would be spiritually unclean. Not a thing to do with physical cleanliness: "That clean person must do this for anyone who touches a dead body, its bones, or even a grave." (Try reading Numbers 19:1-10)

- Genesis 9:4 life is in the blood
Like tossing rocks into the air, this was all too obvious. People who lost too much blood died. Simple as that. People back then weren't dolts, you know.

There is several more, the point being is these writers contradicted popular ideas at the time, and they were correct. so they had to have divine assistance
From what I've explained to you, obviously not.


Thing is, just because science determines the whys and wherefores of some circumstance doesn't mean that circumstance had to have been unknowable. Just because science can tell us how maple sap becomes sweet and is good for us doesn't mean it should be surprising that prior to this primitive people found it sweet and good for them. And, as far as the harmony of the Bible and science goes, it's considerable disharmony speaks far louder.


#3 Fulfilled Prophecy
"Here God explicitly states that Nebuchadnezzar would completely sack and destroy the city of Tyre and that Tyre's land would never be built upon again. However, this never occurred. After a 13-year siege, Tyre compromised with Nebuchadnezzar and accepted his authority without being destroyed. Despite being conquered and razed by Alexander the Great 240 years later, Tyre still exists."
Source: Wikipedia

- Babylon
Just what prophecy are you talking about, its destruction? If so you'll have to come up with chapter and verse that specifically prophesizes it.

- Nineveh
- Cyrus the great
Addressing these will likely prove just as fruitless so I'm not going to bother.


# 4 is the availability of scripture. If god has a book that he inspired, it doesnt matter how much people try to stop its distribution god would not allow it to fail. this book has withstood massive amounts of persecution and yet today it is the most widely distributed and translated book in the world. coincidence? I dont think so.
A purely subjective standard, which doesn't mean bupkis. Although, because you bring up god's desire that the Bible not fail, it might be well to consider how many have rejected Christianity because of the Bible's faults, real or imagined. The book failed god in its purpose to bring these prospective people into the fold, and, in fact, helped drive them away.
 
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Axe Elf

Prophet
If an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, omnibenevolent God exists, then yes, one can make a pretty good case that the Bible is a book of spiritual truths inspired by that God for the enlightenment of those who seek Him.

If no such God exists, then no, of course not, what, are you crazy?
 

WalterTrull

Godfella
Meaning what, that the Bible existed back in ol' early Genesis days?

The word of God is what creates everything that is. Nothing to do with time or when the bible existed. If the bible is, the word of God creates it.

Even all those "wash your mouth out with soap words"?
Uhmm... yup.

We're kind of talking at cross purposes here. You're talking about a very powerful being of some sort. I'm talking about the structure of the universe, why and how it is.
 
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