John Piper - Can We Trust The 66 Books Of The Bible?

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[annhalaseh]

Amazing. Praise Jesus

[griever1999]

@SharedViewsNews Actually the Bible should be taken very, very seriously. Yes people have used it for corruption, but that is because they have misunderstood the truth of the gospel. They were not of the spirit, and thus misinterpreted many, many scriptures. The Bible is God's word and thus we can fully rely upon it and put our lives into it.

[SharedViewsNews]

No one should take any of this book seriously folks.......corrupt politicians, and religious organizations have manipulated this book for thousands of years to suit their own fear inspiring purposes. All of the stories in this book cannot be verified by any other text out side of the bible, in other words if a god of infinite wisdom seriously had a hand in this book Red flags should immediately go up in your mind, if there not you have been seriously deceived by cunning religious organizations

[ksartin86]

@victorseay You will have a hard time finding any serious scientist or historian to agree with you. Even the most atheist historians affirm that the people of the NT existed and were dynamic characters, though they doubt the supernatural aspects. There is overwhelming evidence that Jesus of Nazareth did exist, evidence from outside of Christian circles to validate it. You do not have to place your faith in Jesus, but it is only foolish to not believe in him.

[Cousinsjay]

pathetic

[ktokeefe]

Look at how hard Satan works to discount the prophecy of God, even on something like youtube where you have the option to not watch what is stated, he crawls in like the thief he is to seek, steal and destroy. I the Bible isn't to be trusted why does Satan work so hard to keep us from believing it, trusting it and reading it. Judge for yourself read the words with an open heart and mind and see the transformation for yourself.

[imjustsomeguy72]

@max2right ..And in terms of oral tradition (particularly for the gospels), passing on of material was well in the lifetime of eyewitnesses, and as the gospels and period literature make clear, people expected careful stewardship of oral teaching and history, not chaotic communal fiction making. That was just the nature of education at the time - rehearsal of oral and written texts, but in ways to enhance accuracy and recall.

[imjustsomeguy72]

@max2right Sure, many of the books of the New Testament were indeed written (as far as can be demonstrated) decades after Jesus death (Paul's letters, for example, are mostly dated to the 50s AD, so around 20 years post), but that's by no means problematic. Show me any extant copy of a document from antiquity that demonstrably does any better than a couple of decades from the source events.

[max2right]

No. We cannot trust anything in the bible. The books of the new testament were written decades after the death of jeses from oral stories handed down then translated by hand over and over and over again. The books of the old testament are even worse. The god descrobed therein is an evil genocidle blood thirsty megalomaniac that kills thousands of men, women, children and even helpless innocent animals. What a guy!

[sinsionismo]

Great explanation!!...