'The Bible Is Fiction: A Collection Of Evidence'

In William C. Placher’s article “Is the Bible True,” he discusses the question of whether the bible is trustworthy or not. He goes about this by taking examples and arguments of other literary work and incorporating them into his article to make or prove a point. The thesis of his essay is, if we believe the bible to be true, then we must put in the work to understand the language. This will enable us to understand the Bible itself. Placher is basically trying to prove to us the Bible is true without turning to modern day themes and arguments to prove this. Hence, why he uses old texts from history and sections of the Bible in his article. He tells us in his article about how some of the topics he brings up from the Bible might not directly correlate with their modern day counterpart. Placher accomplishes this perfectly with his use of examples and the different texts he selects from the bible to prove his point. In all, this is a great article and Placher definitely accomplishes his goal of proving that the Bible is true.

The Bible and the existence of God before man has been a recurring topic of discussion of many in today's society. While I don't have m uch of an understanding of the Bible and religion itself, my understanding of the Bible is that it is a historical artifact with numerous stories by numerous writers. Some of the facts in the Bible have not yet been proven by archeologists but they have

The readings in chapter seven on how the Bible cannot be trusted historically or culturally. Historically speaking it cannot be trusted because it is filled with an unreliable collection of legends and no more than 20 percent of the things that are quoted by jesus are valid.The Bible cannot be trusted culturally because universalizing time any more than the culture is already universalized and looking at the Bible as regressed and seeing it as that would make seem as if the Bible is rejected. Intermission talks about the split between eastern and western churches that later became Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches which occurred in the eleventh century. Christians believe the creation, fall, and redemption are what make sense in

When thinking about the relationship between the authority of scripture and the historical reliability of the Bible, it is important to understand the definitions of the two key words at hand. According to the Oxford Dictionary, authority is defined as “the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.” Reliability is stated as “the quality of being trustworthy or of performing constantly well.” From the beginning of our Christian lives, we are taught, or perhaps told, that the Bible is God’s truthful word and that we should not only trust it, but base our lives around serving Him through what is written in it’s pages. As it says in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching,

William C. Placher states a question about whether to believe the truth of the Bible in “Is the Bible True?” He, in this article, starts by asking a question whether the Bible is true. While reading the paper, readers know that Placher actually believes the Bible is true. However, not like other authors, he does not explain to readers which particular chapter or sentence in the Bible is true, but on the other hand, he looks from the genre, the culture and the language of the Bible. In this way, he helps readers to think the authenticity of the Bible in a different aspect.

Do you ever wonder where you came from or what man kind’s history is? Many scientists have an idea or theory that we came from the Big Bang, or that we evolved from apes. The Bible has been becoming a past time and no one wants to believe that it is our history. But how could you not believe it is our history? The Bible has THE OLDEST manuscripts ever been found, than any other religion.

Many anti-theists point to Genesis to try to discredit the whole Bible. What they dishonestly don 't mention is that Genesis is a book with a unique history. It was passed down by word of mouth for many generations before writing was invented and it was written down. When it was written, different versions were written by different people and those versions were later merged.

The reason that the Bible was created because the stories and books in it was chosen because it taught some sort of lesson that related Christianity and showed examples of what to do and what not to do to please the God. The Bible is a collection of books that were written thru out the ages, it wasn't until (referring back to the first discussion question and my opinion on it) J,P,E,D turned the first five books of the Bible that was could have been verbally and physically written by Moses, into the Pentateuch. This started the creation of the Bible by gathering stories that relate to God, that would teach lessons to help them understand God and Jesus. So the Christian followers could read these philosophical lessons at any point

"You can 't trust the Bible. I 's full of all kinds of contradictions and errors". This is a very common charge made against the Bible today. You may have heard this kind of thing from a friend or coworker. Maybe you have even heard this kind of things stated on TV, but is it true? Is the Bible an unreliable book full of errors and contradictions? To answer this question let us look at some of the more commonly cited proofs for this assertion.

Some questions that teens may be having trouble with the Bible are: Where did it come from? Can it be trusted? This article will answer all those questions and set you on the correct path. I will talk about what the Bible is, who wrote it, when were the books of the bible written, what languages are used and the most important question, is it reliable.

Inerrancy refers to being without error. There is no way to prove the Bible false. The Bible in language, speech, pattern, and context is thereby, truthful without falsehood. The Bible is without falsehood, because the Scripture is inspired by God. God is pure, true, wholesome, and righteous therefore; the Bible is accurate and free of falsehood: inerrant. (Grudem, 42).

Is the bible true or not? I believe that the bible is true and I will give you three reasons why I believe that it is the true word of god.

(More to come on prophecy later.) The third way to know that the Bible is true is because of the so many attacks that have gone on the Bible, yet the Bible is still the most sold book, the most translated book, and the most popular book that most people have purchased. The Bible has gone through many attacks as it has been translated through 400 different languages. One well known person is named William Tyndale and he was burned at the stake for translating the Bible to english, but ultimately he was the one who helped the Bible to be translated into english. (CITE WEBSITE) These three things prove that the Bible is true and that whatever is in the Bible, is true. Therefore, if everything in the Bible is true that whatever that Bible says is true. A popular name for the Bible is God’s Word. If it is named God’s Word, then obviously it is written by God and it is his very own

Truth is a fact or belief that is accepted as true. Therefore, we all have different believes or facts that we believe are true. In our secular society we should understand what our truth is in order to know how to defend it when it comes to people asking. For example, people belief in different religions. Many religions claim to have truth but do not always have valid reasons to back up their claims. Therefore, Christianity gives a different view as to how the world works and provides a unique view on how one should go about living. This vision of life and how one should live is found in the Bible. Even though, not everyone believes in the Bible, the Bible proves to be true through its historical accuracy, scientific accuracy, and the fulfillment of prophecies. Although, we can prove truth in the bible we can also prove other

Many people believe that the Bible isn't a reliable source of information. But, the Bible is actually very accurate. Bruce M Metzger PH.D states, "The Iliad today has the second most reliable sources to the Bible at 650 and it is considered fact where the Bible has more than 5,000." Louis S. Lapides M. DIV., TH.M. further proved this statement by saying; "When the gospels were being circulated, there were people living who had been around when all these things happened concerning Jesus, So we can conclude that if there were errors someone would have said to Matthew, "You know it didn't happen that way." Basically, someone would have corrected the writer's mistakes if they knew that really wasn't how the event that was being written about happened. Finally, the times, places and names mentioned in the Bible have all been found in other documents outside of the Bible. For example, the names of 40 different kings from different countries that were mentioned in the Bible are also talked about in other writings and are consistent with what we know about those kings. In conclusion, the Bible is a reliable