You can try to prove it to someone else, but ultimatley it's their choice to exersize their faith and accept it has the inspired word of the only almighty God.
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The message of the bible is correct,but a person has to desire truth,for God reveal truth to them.
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People who are always looking for fault,can find it easily all they have to do,is look into their mirror.
There they can find plenty of fault.
I have always shown someone the scientific descriptions, and references to proven science, that is referred to in the Bible. Example is air having weight, the hydrologic cycle, dinosaurs, etc.
From there I refer to when the books were written, and compare that to when science even proposed it for the first time. Example: the Bible predates Airistotles thought of air having weight by about 300 years or more.
Then I refer to the type of material that knowledge was stored on. That the Bible would have been written on. Then you look at the effects of mold, decay, war, persecution, etc. without having the power of a printing press.
I sum it all up with the discovery of the dead sea scrolls, and how ACCURATE they coincided with the current Holy Bible of the 1960's. Even though they had been in a cave for centuries....
After that there is no doubt (in my mind anyhow), that the Holy Bible as we know it are ancient writings of biblical truth that have been protected by God Almighty!
I have always shown someone the scientific descriptions, and references to proven science, that is referred to in the Bible. Example is air having weight, the hydrologic cycle, dinosaurs, etc.
From there I refer to when the books were written, and compare that to when science even proposed it for the first time. Example: the Bible predates Airistotles thought of air having weight by about 300 years or more.
Then I refer to the type of material that knowledge was stored on. That the Bible would have been written on. Then you look at the effects of mold, decay, war, persecution, etc. without having the power of a printing press.
I sum it all up with the discovery of the dead sea scrolls, and how ACCURATE they coincided with the current Holy Bible of the 1960's. Even though they had been in a cave for centuries....
After that there is no doubt (in my mind anyhow), that the Holy Bible as we know it are ancient writings of biblical truth that have been protected by God Almighty!
wouldnt you thiink that after all the things that scientists have found out,likehow our plannet spins perfectly on its axis and not moving to far or to close to the sun,and all the plannets are in perfect alignment and this has been going on for thousands upon thousands of years? What about the gig bang theory,how does one figure that life came from inatimate objects.You cant grow lungs from a rock and it will start to braeth,and then there is life forms that cannot be seen with the naked eye you have to look under a microscope to see them.When a human being is first concieved there are only two cells and then those cells devide thus the creation of the human body.How does those cell know what they are supposed to belong to?Some has to become the heart while others has to become the stomach,while others has to become the brain and so on.isnt the disease of cancer difined as a bunch of run away cells from other body parts and get mixed up with other body parts wich I call the devil desease because he likes to pervert any thing God created.If God did not control this plannet and everything on it there would be no order.What im getting at is science still turn thier backs on creation,so if someone doesnt want to believe in the word they have made thier choice at this time not to believe and there will be no proof other wise unless God opens thier eyes.
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Then everyone who doesn't believe the Bible is God's word doesn't have a desire for truth. OK, got it.
When someone believes that the Bible contains the Truth-with-a-capital-T, the logical conclusion is that if one does not believe so they are either deceived, or spiritually apathetic.
I personally believe that one can take the Bible seriously, even if they don't take it literally.
I believe that the Bible has importance, and has value, even though I may not believe it to be the absolute authoritative WORD OF GOD.
There is merit in saying that you have to take the Bible by Faith that it is indeed God's Word. However, I believe there are things as one listed to "prove" this is indeed God's Word.
I think one of the most interesting points to me is that 69 (I believe that is right) different writers write with the same theme and no contractions. You can't find two doctors to write on a medical subject without having difference of opinions.
But again, what would you tell someone to try and convince them that the Bible is indeed the Word of God?
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Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
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On another board (now defunct), I participated in a discussion of this topic. I said that if the Bible is God's word, it would actually be true. One example:
John 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Is that true? Does God keep this promise? The response was, essentially, that it would be absurd to think God should be my magic genie, doing whatever I want Him to.
I agreed. It certainly is absurd to think that Jesus would do anything I (or anyone else) ask Him to do. Yes, John 14:14 and all the similar promises are absurd.
But no, we can't let that deter our faith! We must have faith that it's God's Word! So it is true! God will do whatever we ask in the name of Jesus .... we just have to add all the right caveats and qualifiers to make it true! They're not there in John 14, but we have no choice. We have to add things like "as long as it lines up with His will" (in other words, it happens to be something God wants to do anyway), or "if we have enough faith" (so if it doesn't happen, guess whose fault it was).
Maybe it's just a matter of absurdity tolerance. Some people can see an absurdity and it doesn't bother them. Actually, they may see it as an opportunity to exercise their faith. The more absurd it is, the more faith is needed to believe it! The more faith, the more you please God! So bring on the absurdities!
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[QUOTE=Michlow;744191]When someone believes that the Bible contains the Truth-with-a-capital-T, the logical conclusion is that if one does not believe so they are either deceived, or spiritually apathetic.
I personally believe that one can take the Bible seriously, even if they don't take it literally.
I believe that the Bible has importance, and has value, even though I may not believe it to be the absolute authoritative WORD OF GOD.[/QUOTE]
Why not?
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Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.
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