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28
30
yes it is no its not
Debate Score:58
Arguments:81
Total Votes:58
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 yes it is (26)
 
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is the bible truly from GOD?

yes it is

Side Score: 28
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no its not

Side Score: 30
1 point

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. - 2 Timothy 3:16

Side: yes it is
Cuaroc(8829) Clarified
3 points

if I wrote a book then put that sentence somewhere in said book would that make my book from god? *

Side: yes it is
Srom(12206) Clarified
1 point

I would have to see what your book is all about. I mean if you put sentence in just put it there I wouldn't believe it was from God.

Side: yes it is
2 points

Quoting the Bible as an argument that the Bible "is God" is valid because... ?

Side: no its not

It is not valid in the realm of argumentation. At leas I don't see it as being valid. It's just something we believe in.

Side: no its not
Srom(12206) Disputed
1 point

It answers the question.

Side: yes it is
1 point

People believe in God, and religion is a construct based upon belief and faith so in the belief it is the word of God, so it is from God.

Basically it is a book written and printed by people with many contradictions because there have been so many versions over the centuries that it is quite impossible for a lay person to understand what it means unless they can read and understand the language of the original version.

Side: yes it is
1 point

Yes, except for the parts that aren't (which is probably all of it).

Side: yes it is
1 point

The Bible is the word of GOD. People now a days are more secular than ever due to the fact that they believe that truth is relative. The Bible doesn't just communicate the word of GOD, it also helps humans live a better life. Many people who are secular today had ancestors that were religious. Modern society in general prefers individual pleasure to the point that they have taken the place of GOD, meaning that they believe that they can do whatever they like. During the Medieval ages, GOD was in the center of our life. Today in Modern society, man has taken over that place, which has made man more selfish, Narcissistic, and individualistic.

Side: yes it is
GenericName(3430) Clarified
1 point

People now a days are more secular than ever due to the fact that they believe that truth is relative.

Do you have any source to back this claim up?

Today in Modern society, man has taken over that place, which has made man more selfish, Narcissistic, and individualistic.

During the Medieval Age, man struggled to survive, and therefore had little to no time for self realization. Once there became an abundance of food, self realization became a bigger thing in society. I find it hard to claim that religion alone would be the cause for the changes you are referring to.

Side: yes it is
1 point

Why would God let men mistranslate his book for billions to read? That just doesn't make much sense to me.

Side: yes it is

Skeptical because man wrote the Bible, hence, it is prone to human error and mistranslation.

Side: no its not
Foxglove(205) Disputed
1 point

Man may have physically written the Bible, but that does not necessarily mean they are man's words. They are God's words, hence why scripture is described as having been inspired by God (2 Timothy 3:16)

Side: yes it is
4 points

If you accept that man wrote it (even if they say that they are inspired by God) what suggests that they are not lying? To say 'it comes from God because it says it comes from God' is circular reasoning and fallacious. Is there anything else?

Side: no its not
14giraffes(87) Disputed
1 point

The author of 2 Timothy was writing a letter in a time when there was no official cannon of scripture for either Jews or Christians, so he is speaking about Scriptures floating around in the first century, not the modernized version of the Bible exclusively.

Side: no its not
2 points

When I get my signed copy I'll be happy to believe. Been waiting now for 78 years...still waiting. Anyone have HIS website?? I'd really like some verification, then I'll join the party.

Side: no its not
2 points

No, next question!

Side: no its not
1 point

I mean not really. When I was back in Sunday School days, they always told me that Jesus' speakings where highlighted in red and I don't see much of that.

Side: no its not

Well whatever's been written in bible isn't divine as men texted it so maybe the writings have something worth emulating but in no sense it's from GOD

Side: no its not
1 point

Technically, no. Only certain parts of the bible are directly from God.

Side: no its not
Foxglove(205) Disputed
2 points

Only certain parts of the bible are directly from God.

What makes you conclude that?

Side: yes it is
flewk(1193) Clarified
1 point

Disputes generally provide a counter. A question would be a clarification.

What makes you conclude that?

The Bible itself notes direct messages from God like in Exodus 31:18.

Basically, my conclusion is based on reading comprehension.

Side: yes it is
1 point

If you rephrase your question Was the bible truly from GOD? than I will be on other side of the table. Bible in its present versions is absolutely not the word of GOD, there are so many changes carried out in every ages in the old and new testament by human being that the bible is not truly from GOD.

Side: no its not
GenericName(3430) Clarified
1 point

So do you think there was a time when it was? If so, when?

Side: yes it is
Troy8(2433) Disputed
1 point

Are you familiar with the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Side: yes it is
1 point

Man invented god, and man also wrote the bible... so.. I guess if you consider that man IS god.. (since he created him..) then yes, but as the question is asking, no.. it is not "from god".

Side: no its not