Is the Bible True? Randall Niles discusses the evidence for Biblical inspiration, trustworthiness, and authenticity.
The Bible is a phenomenal account of history, comprised of 66 separate books, ...
Is the Bible True? Randall Niles discusses the evidence for Biblical inspiration, trustworthiness, and authenticity.
The Bible is a phenomenal account of history, comprised of 66 separate books, written over approximately 1,600 years, by at least 40 distinct authors. The Old Testament contains 39 books written from approximately 1500 to 400 BC, and the New Testament contains 27 books written from approximately 40 to 90 AD. The texts were penned in different languages, locations and cultures. The authors covered the spectrum of life -- from kings to fishermen, scribes to shepherds. Unlike other books of religion, philosophy or mythology, the biblical accounts were written by totally different people in totally different contexts.
Remarkably, when the Bible is read as a whole, it is a perfectly integrated message system! From Genesis to Revelation, there is a systematic structure that boggles the mind. Even with todays computers, scholars have a hard time understanding how the various models, types, codes, themes, symbols and predictions all came together without material error or inconsistency.
Some scriptures may appear obscure in their original context. However, when read in the light of texts written hundreds of years later, the message becomes dramatically clear. For instance, in Genesis 3:15, God is speaking to Satan when He says, I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." This language is hard to understand until we see the scripture fulfilled in the New Testament. There, the writers view Satan as striking at Christs heel through the crucifixion, until Christ crushes Satans head (sin) through the power of the resurrection. There are numerous models, types and symbols used throughout the Old Testament scriptures that are fully explained in the New Testament texts. Often, Jesus Christ himself acts as the full explanation that ties the Old and New Testament concepts together.
Dig in and explore the integrated design of the biblical texts for yourself! Is it possible that 40 authors writing separately over hundreds of years could have planned the amazing integration that we now see in the completed collection of 66 books?
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the bible in it's context that's what a good educated person does. Read with understanding not jump to conclusions spout off go back read the information again and the say, Oops I guess I should have read the text properly it actually says God was sorry that he had made man and despite the rejection he still loves us and were he made us a people he did not recognise we now have the chance to be at one with him. Go back and this time ask for guidance you won't understand .
You have that wrong you just have to look at society today and in every conceivable era there are evil that do evil to each other and others, what is good about people in general today. Every race fights itself and others, white people rob others and their kill their own. Black people rob each other and kill their own, Asian , Chinese, Japanese's. The gospel story say's love one another you have buried your head in the wrong part of the bible that accounted for Jews not us. It pays to read
would i get angry at a judge for doing his job. yes. if he does a poor job, and is unjust.
punishing people for things they did not do is not just. god supposedly brought death into the world (and to all people, animals and plants) as punishment for adam and eve's sin. is that just? is it just to condemn everyone and everything to death for the sins of two people?
is it 'just' for the severity of punishment to not fit a crime? 'the wages of all sin is DEATH'. so if i steal a pack of gum, i deserve to die? isn't this the same deity who said 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth?'
in 1Chronicles 21:1-14 god kills 70,000 israelites with plague. why? because their king committed the horrible, unforgivable act of taking a census. the people had nothing to do with it, yet were slaughtered by your 'just' god.
he made us with the capacity, and acknowledged bent towards what is defined as 'sin', yet is mad at us for being what he made us to be.
he expects us to believe in him (and will punish us for not), yet provides little if any reliable evidence. and why is it important to believe 'by faith', rather than by evidence? what difference does that make? seems like a rigged game to me. i'm going to hide from you; but you better believe in me or else! wtf@god. make sense you nutter!
these scientists didn't get together like a bunch of kids and 'decide' to 'create' the big bang theory. the experimental evidence increasingly pointed in that direction, and so that's what model was widely adopted, other models then became outdated. progress of scientific knowledge is not evidence of its inefficacy; it proves its effectiveness as a means of knowledge generation.
so because two human beings made a mistake, EVERYONE FOR ALL TIME...THOSE NOT EVEN BORN, AND ALL ANIMALS AND PLANTS WERE PUNISHED.
makes sense. what kind of 'good' judge would enact a sentence like that? because you stole something, i'll punish your whole species, and all other species everywhere. that's fucking stupid.
LMAO! Randall Niles describes the bible as storytelling in a tight and cohesive format???? Are you kidding me? Has he even read the bible?
The bible contradicts itself on the day when Jesus was crucified! Mark 14:12, 15:25 and John 19:14. The bible is great fiction my friends. If you take a few solid life lessons from it, then great! But, do not take it literally or you will be foolish and immoral. Mr. Niles is either incredibly ignorant or a good manipulator.Think critically my friends! Peace
how convenient that you totally change the message written because of the way in which you interpret "his message would be preached to all of the earth"
i guess you can just take the word generation right out... might as well since your ignoring it...
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the bible in it's context that's what a good educated person does. Read with understanding not jump to conclusions spout off go back read the information again and the say, Oops I guess I should have read the text properly it actually says God was sorry that he had made man and despite the rejection he still loves us and were he made us a people he did not recognise we now have the chance to be at one with him. Go back and this time ask for guidance you won't understand .
punishing people for things they did not do is not just. god supposedly brought death into the world (and to all people, animals and plants) as punishment for adam and eve's sin. is that just? is it just to condemn everyone and everything to death for the sins of two people?
in 1Chronicles 21:1-14 god kills 70,000 israelites with plague. why? because their king committed the horrible, unforgivable act of taking a census. the people had nothing to do with it, yet were slaughtered by your 'just' god.
he expects us to believe in him (and will punish us for not), yet provides little if any reliable evidence. and why is it important to believe 'by faith', rather than by evidence? what difference does that make? seems like a rigged game to me. i'm going to hide from you; but you better believe in me or else! wtf@god. make sense you nutter!
makes sense. what kind of 'good' judge would enact a sentence like that?
because you stole something, i'll punish your whole species, and all other species everywhere. that's fucking stupid.
Randall Niles describes the bible as storytelling in a tight and cohesive format???? Are you kidding me? Has he even read the bible?
The bible contradicts itself on the day when Jesus was crucified! Mark 14:12, 15:25 and John 19:14. The bible is great fiction my friends. If you take a few solid life lessons from it, then great! But, do not take it literally or you will be foolish and immoral.
Mr. Niles is either incredibly ignorant or a good manipulator.Think critically my friends!
Peace
how convenient that you totally change the message written because of the way in which you interpret "his message would be preached to all of the earth"
i guess you can just take the word generation right out... might as well since your ignoring it...