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Question: How do we know if the bible is even real!?
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There is allot of good History in that book believe it or not, if one is careful to remove all the inferences to god!. Here is the secret to the Bible my friend!.!.!.!.!.!.it's not about GOD or Jesus!.


It's about us!.

I just blew my own mind!!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

There are no physical evidence linking to the existence of the bible, which answers your question, does the bible exist!? or is the bible real!? there are even no physical evidence linking to God!. However, our perceptions sense that there are what is considered the ''unexplained''

could that be God!?

possibly!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We know that the stories in the bible have been written down a long time ago, some of them date back to before the alleged time of Moses!.

Now we observe that almost none of the stories within the bible are attributed to someone who actually witnessed the events described!. We can assume that the stories were told and retold verbally in most cases, until those who wrote them down did not really know who if anyone claimed to have seen or heard anything directly!. There is not even a claim to have received a story from any particular person or persons!.

This would not be considered good journalism today, and even by the times of Muhammad there had been developed a firm practice of documenting the sources of stories!. They at least tried very hard to avoid including stories that had not been witnessed by several known witnesses!.

Having known witnesses that say Muhammad said this does not imply that Muhammad was right, merely that he said it!.
But then scholars checked alleged stories against what Muhammad was known to have said!. By known I mean that many witnesses had observed, that Muhammad was known to have reviewed the text and confirmed he said that and intended to say that!.

This practice gave a lot of confidence that the books contained reliable quotations, reliable only to the extent that Muhammad said it, not that the statements were true!.

The bible predates the development of those standards of documentation!. Not only do we not know whether the story is true, we also do not know where the story came from!.
There are stories in Genesis and Exodus that could not have been witnessed by the alleged authors!. But we do know that very similar stories had been in circulation a long time, wherever they originated!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We dont!. The bible is a book written by PEOPLE!. I could write a book divulging the mysteries of the universe (although Id be guessing), hide it for centuries, and when it was found many years later, people would believe it was the real thing!. Time is a big factor in this!. People believe with time comes authority, wisdom, knowledge, etc!. about these topics of origin!. The more ancient something it is, the closer it is to the beginning of time and therefore more credible!. If I were to publish this book right after I made it, no one would take its contents seriously because it is lacking age, and therefore authority!.

!.!.!.The Bible COULD be true, however, we just have no way of knowing whether or not it is or it was just a fictional story written by someone who died before showing it to the public!. You never know!.

I do know that the bible has been edited and censored greatly over the centuries!. I remember going to a website one time whose aim was to prove the existence of hell!. They quoted a verse from, I believe if I remember correctly, Luke 9:46 or something like that!. I opened up my bible, but only found that Luk4 9:45 went straight on to 9:47, skipping 46!. I then did some research and found out that the bible had been edited, parts had been taken out to fit what religious authorites wanted the public to believe!. There are also even different versions of the bible, such as the King James and two other different kinds!. Isnt it suspicious that the secrets of the universe are supposedly revealed in three, different, yet supposedly true versions!?

We don't know that the bible is real!. It could be, or it could not, but we have no way of telling for sure!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We don't!. We don't even know if anything is real!. It is impossible for us to define reality without using examples from our own reality!. To me, the Bible is an excellent tool for keeping humanity sane, and good!. Does it matter if it actually is the word of god if it keeps people from killing each other!? No, not really!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Take out the religion or the belief in God or Jesus, and read the bible as a life guidebook!. There is a lot of good ideas to live your life by, as written in the bible!. I know the wording is dated, but many things that were written even thousands of years ago, can be easily applied to life today!.

I am not a religious man but I have read a lot of good suggestions and ideas on how to live, in the Bible!.

Do I follow everything written 100%!? No!. I like to read all ideas and make my own decisions!. The bible is one source of many!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, though it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of man, he humbled himself, and came obedient
unto death, even the death of the cross!. Wherefore God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things in earth, and things under the earth: and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is lord, to the glory of God the Father!.

Christ found me, and God inputed faith!. Within me!.

Pee - Wee!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

we simply test it's claims with modern science and see if they hold up to what they claim!. if you could cut out every area of the Bible that was false with respect to science and the way we determine truth in this world, there would be so much cut out from it, in the end you'd just have the hardcover with no pages inside!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's there isn't it!?
It's been preserved for so long because many have found
wisdom there!.
Do you mean: is it the literal truth!?
There are clues within it that tell us that it's not!.
When you find them and figure them out, you're free to begin
thinking for yourself!.
By then you'll be wise enough to understand the deeper truths
that are to be found in it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

LOl at robbies answer!!

Anyway, there is no way to prove that the bible is real!. Just like there is no way to prove God himself is actually real!. Its all just based on years and years of talk and faith!. Its all fairytales, in my opinion!. i bet the people who wrote those stories are rolling in their graves at us wishing they could say, "We wrote that stuff to keep our kids from disobeying us!!" Just like santa clause!.

Hell, maybe one of my journals will end up standing the test of time and someone will think I am God when they find it a thousand years later!

All Hail Jenna the Great! We must now thrive on donuts and pizza and play video games and hate our exes!

Sounds good to me!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well, hundreds of years ago a group of people decided that everything can't be proved by science!. So they put all the faith into god and wrote a book about it!. To answer your question we will never know!. Like the people in that group said everything is not proven by science!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Christians *believe* that it is the word of God!.

Those who reject faith in favor of evidence *know* that it is the work of many normal men over a very long period of time!.

There is no evidence of holy intervention!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If you believe in it, then it is REAL!.
If you don't, you're agnostic!.
Don't be agnostic because you'll never know if it is real!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We don't!. We do know that Jesus Christ was a real historical character as there are numerous records proving this, but we may never know if he performed miracles, was a prophet or the son of God!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't believe its real, i believe its possible superior beings influenced human development!. But to me the bible is no more then a really old book!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We don't!.
Christians believe it's real because they believe it's the word of the god!.

I on the other hand am an Agnostic, meaning: I don't knowWww@QuestionHome@Com

The bible IS real!.!.!.I have one by my side!.
As to the content!.!.!.!.!? that's another story!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

try reading it and make your own decisions about what it says, then you will be able to answer this question yourself!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

how do we know if any of this is real!? So it's (the bible) as real as we areWww@QuestionHome@Com

faith!.Www@QuestionHome@Com