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The bible is from God It's just a book
Debate Score:143
Arguments:148
Total Votes:172
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The Bible: Truth or Fiction?

How can we verify that the bible is a credible source?  Is there any evidence confirming that God is behind it?  Whenever somebody throws a bible quote in a debate, why should we acknowledge it?

The bible is from God

Side Score: 87
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It's just a book

Side Score: 56
3 points

Making a Case for the Bible ........ The Bible is under attack! We live in an age when the very idea of clear, objective, knowable truth is being assaulted—even from within the visible church ... A growing number of pastors claim it’s impossible to know exactly what Scripture means by what it says .... They say the Bible is simply not clear—rather, it’s filled with mystery and ambiguity .... Does that mean every doctrine you and I find precious is subject to new interpretation, doubt, and even wholesale rejection? .. Is the Bible really infallible and inerrant? Can we really know what God’s Word means? .... In Making a Case for the Bible, John MacArthur makes the case that God’s truth hasn’t changed. It isn’t mysterious or veiled—He revealed it with sufficient clarity .... This study will help you know why you believe what you believe, and instill in you a deeper confidence in the truth of God as revealed in His Word ........... gty.org

Side: The bible is from God
NowASaint(1380) Clarified
0 points

The Bible speaks for itself, John MacArthur is a heretic.

Side: The bible is from God
6 points

Whew. I can name 10 commands in the Bible that you just broke just off of the top of my head. Ready to burn for eternity Saint?

Side: It's just a book
3 points

It is a fact that there is more document evidence for the New Testament than for any other ancient writings. It consists of eyewitness accounts. You can believe that those accounts are not factual, but the fact remains that they exist. There is also the fact that several of the Apostles died rather than deny that Christ rose from the dead. Now, I ask you. Who would die for something they knew was a lie? The Bible is the word of God. Believe it.

Side: The bible is from God
wisdumb(77) Disputed
1 point

This is actually the best case for the bible I have ever heard. I have never considered why the Martyrs have died before. I will have to look into that.

Side: It's just a book
3 points

All of the disciples but one were crucified. Peter was hung upside down from a cross. And John, the one who wasn't crucified, spent the rest of his life in prison.

Notice that even with Christians being slaughtered like animals in Colliseums the religion grew.

Side: The bible is from God
NowASaint(1380) Clarified
1 point

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Side: The bible is from God
1 point

Asking a question isn't whining, so answer the question as if you're on a debate site.

Side: The bible is from God
2 points

This may sound rough, but you need a wake up call......

Just wait until the whole word, both rich and poor, small and great, free and bond.....all are forced to take a mark on their right hand or on their forehead or they are unable to buy anything anywhere....and wait until the man of perdition, the Anti-Christ, sits in Israel proclaiming himself to be God and forcing all to worship him...wait until the whole world gathers in battle over Israel, then ask if the Bible is the word of God.

Also, if you want to wait until you find yourself unable to get out of the fire of Hell, you can at that time also ask if the Bible is the word of God.

Side: The bible is from God
wisdumb(77) Disputed
1 point

I'm waiting................................

Who told you the bible was written by god? People. Why should you think it comes from god?

Side: It's just a book
3 points

Because those who knew him face to face were cowards according to their own stories about themselves and each other. After they claimed he was risen from the dead, they grew balls of steel and dared people to try to kill them.

Side: The bible is from God
Tsunami(3) Disputed
1 point

who are we to say who the Bible is from?

(P.S.if you are talking about the One True God, God is uppercase)

Side: The bible is from God
NowASaint(1380) Clarified
1 point

Who told you that you have the right to exist outside of Hell, and why do you believe them?

Side: The bible is from God
Grugore(856) Disputed
1 point

"Who told you the bible was written by god? People. Why should you think it comes from god?"

Prophecy.

http://www.apologeticspress.org/APContent.aspx?category=13&article;=1790

Side: The bible is from God
outlaw60(15368) Clarified
0 points

There could not be any martyrs for the Religion of Islam is that right ?

Side: The bible is from God
1 point

The New Testament was constructed/written by the Emperor Constantine who cobbled together a bunch of relics and rumors from camel jockeys and mystics who believed in "miracles" and myths. Some were tiring of Neptune, Hercules, Mercury and a bunch of other "gods" that never showed up. This new guy has stuck around for centuries, like THEY did, and never showed up either! Will humans EVER learn?? WE, have to control our destiny! The politician that, last week, said that "GOD will take care of climate change." (paraphrasing), shouldn't be in office! (Most of those above him should not be either!)

Side: It's just a book
1 point

The NT books predate Constantine by a long time. Your claim is also refuted by the many writings of nonChristians about Jesus from the first century and pre Constantine. Constantine wrote none of the NT.

Side: The bible is from God
AlofRI(3294) Clarified
1 point

Again, you don't read well. I did NOT say he wrote anything. He gathered together a bunch of myths and scrolls, etc. and made a book out of them. Of course they existed long before him, that's what myths ARE! You have refuted NONE of my claim. He was the EDITOR of the NT and "GOD" was NOT the author!

Oh, I DID say "written". I used an incorrect term, but, like Trump says, you can't take my words literally, you have to consider the MEANING. Consider this like a "Presidential tweet". ;-)

Side: The bible is from God
PGA1(7) Disputed
1 point

I find the argument that Constantine wrote and constructed the NT to be extremely far fetched and unsupported.

Prophecy is a sure sign that the Bible is God's revelation. It is most reasonable to believe every canonized NT book was written before A.D. 70 for any number of reasons. The most obvious reason is the promised coming Messiah in fulfillment of OT prophecy. He was prophesied to come to an OT people. Thus, the audience of address focuses on an OT people, and the fulfillment of prophecy is directed at them, of which the destruction of Jerusalem plays a key role in their covenant relationship with God. There is not ONE mention in the entire NT of an already destroyed temple. The significance of this is that the whole OT community builds around their relationship to God which centered itself around temple worship. The Law that was necessary to meet the obligation of the OT covenant in atoning for their sins could not be fulfilled after A.D. 70. It required animal sacrifice to atone for sin, a priesthood, and a temple. It also expected a Messiah to come to an OT people, to rescue some and judge others. His coming cannot find fulfillment after A.D. 70 since the covenant no longer exists - no more animal sacrifices, or priesthood to represent the people before God, or a temple.

The entire Mosaic Old Covenant is based upon an if/then relationship with God. If the people obeyed His commands and decrees, they would be blessed by God. If they did not, they would be cursed by God. Deuteronomy 28 lays out these blessings and curses. The Old Covenant people failed to live by the covenant they agreed to (Exodus 24:3). He sent them prophets and teachers to warn them of the curses of breaking the covenant. They refused to turn back, killing His prophets. He sends His Son as a final warning to them (Hebrews 1:1-2). They refuse to repent and turn back to Him, crucifying the Son, so He abolishes the covenant in a judgment of them, and in the process created a new and better covenant.

Everything prophesied to these OT people is fulfilled in the time-frame of A.D. 70. The unity and accomplishment of all God said in hundreds of yet unfulfilled prophecy came to pass by A.D. 70. This fulfillment can be adequately demonstrated. Thus, it is most reasonable to believe the Bible is His revelation and it was not written or edited by Constantine centuries later.

Peter

Side: The bible is from God
AlofRI(3294) Clarified
1 point

I appreciate your belief. However, they are based on the book you are trying to defend. I defend YOUR right to believe what you wish.

Mine come from thinking "outside the box" as they say. From my own observances and from a friend that studied for the clergy. He was well into his studies but was often asking questions that he had trouble getting answers for that, also, didn't come from "the Book". Things just didn't ring true to him. He was eventually asked to stop asking them in class, or outside of class, and eventually asked to leave the university. I find it easier to follow HIS documented facts than the "dictated facts" of one religion. I also don't agree with the WE are the only "right" ones with the ONLY "right God" ... because our no-show author says it is so. I don't like, never have liked, being inside a "box" and being told what to think.

Obviously, my friend didn't join the clergy. He became quite successful outside the box.

Side: The bible is from God
1 point

Morons breeding morons breeding morons interbreeding with morons hating women killing people acting like idiots.

Fuck off to another planet

Side: It's just a book
2 points

Uh huh. Talk to us when you're in the dirt.

Side: The bible is from God
PGA1(7) Disputed
0 points

Brilliant! Genius! Wow, your command of the English language is remarkable!

Side: The bible is from God
1 point

I think that it's a book that is capable of both. There are some stories in there that seem a bit more .....dramatized for the story, but there is also history, lessons and culture.

Side: It's just a book
1 point

Whatever anyone says, it's impossible to know for sure and we are all biased.

However, the Bible is not just a book; it's a collection of writings by many different authors at different times. Some of the original books of the Bible have been taken out and while some are present in the Apocrypha, some have been lost altogether.

You can take from that what you will.

A lot of Christians believe that the Bible is essentially truth at its "kernel", but its "husk" is the fiction which surrounds it. For example, its many allegories and parables.

And of course anybody who wasn't a Christian would reject the claim that the Bible was absolute truth from God.

Side: It's just a book
1 point

It is just a book. The bible was written by people. It is a book filled with contradictions, logical fallacies and claims with no proof to support them.

If you say:

The bible is God's word.

Why?

Because it is written by God.

And how do you know that?

Because the bible says so.

That is ignorant, illogical and completely unreasonable.

Side: It's just a book
0 points

None whatsoever. There is more evidence that Romeo and Juliet was written by Edward de Vere than there is of a God. In fact, there is more evidence that my arsecrack can conjure thunderstorms than there is evidence of god.

Side: It's just a book
wisdumb(77) Disputed
1 point

Showing science that you don't understand doesn't say anything about God. Classic "God of the Gaps" argument. If science can't explain it, it must be God. FALSE.

Side: It's just a book

It's probably a little of both. Parts of it are definitely fiction. Genesis 30:25-43 tells us that you can make striped and spotted animals just by having them look at striped and spotted things while they're mating. Anyone with even the most basic understanding of biology knows that what you look at while mating doesn't determine what your baby will look like. If that were the case, everyone would be looking at photos of Chris Hemsworth or Kate Beckinsale while making babies, and make sure the TV isn't on, because they might accidentally see Donald Trump or Steve Buscemi.

Side: It's just a book
Tsunami(3) Disputed
2 points

Since WHEN does it say that?!

really, people, the Bible is a Holy Object.

Side: The bible is from God