what is a BIBLE? Who is the true author of this?
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How the Word of God came to be written\nOLD TESTAMENT\nThe authors of Hebrew Scriptures are not as identifiable as those of the New Testament. The Books arose in the midst of the law given by Moses and the prophets sent by God to the children of Israel. The first 5 books (The Law) were written by Moses almost entirely. The remainder of the Old Testament is composed of the prophets and writings in the Hebrew canon, whereas the English Bible includes the following categories: historical books, poetic books, and prophetic books. These books include such authors as Samuel, David, Joshua, Solomon, and the Major Prophets such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, and a number of lesser-known figures who wrote smaller books called the Minor Prophets. Each of these authors presents his words as being the Word Of God.\n\nNEW TESTAMENT\nThe New Testament was written by apostles of Jesus Christ and companions of the Apostles, Letters were written to individuals, churches, or larger groups of persons either to conform the truth of Christianity, engender belief in Christ, Correct problems in the local churches, or argue against error. The Book of Revelation also seeks tp present God’s plan for the end of the age.\n\nHOW THE INSPIRED WRITTINGS WERE PASSED DOWN\nOLD TESTAMENT\nThe Old Testament was written between 1440 B.C. and approximately 400 B.C.\nThe Laws of Moses was maintained in the Hebrew community by the priests of the temple. Later books continued to be deposited with these leaders until the destruction of the temple and then found their way into the teaching community begun by Ezra and continued in the synagogues. Trained scribes copied biblical texts by hand until the modern printing press came into use. The copies of the Masoretes of the ninth century A.D. are very close to the recently discovered Dead Sea scrolls, which originated a thousand years earlier.\n\nNEW TESTAMENT\nThe New Testament books were copied by local Christian communities and passed from one to another for decades before an entire collection was made. Since the early letters were written on papyrus, they wore out rapidly and required regular copying. In the early fourth century A.D., fifty copies of the entire Old and New Testament Greek Scriptures were made at the order of the first Christian emperor, Contantine. It is likely that the Vaticanus and Sinaticus codexes, two of the longest early manuscripts to survive, originated from this order.\n\nWHAT IS THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE?\nThe word canon is a word used to indentify the writings of the prophets, the apostles, and their companions, which are inspired by God and authoritative for truth pertaining to doctrine and life. It means “rule” or “standard.” A book is not inspired because it is declared to be conocical but is considered inspired. Therefore, the church discovered the canonicity of the Old Testament books; it did not determine or cause their canonicity.
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the Bible is the only book with absolute truth
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The bible is a book of tales much like Grimms that give you examples on how to live.  It isn't accurate and has been changed, chopped apart and had stuff taken out on the whimp of humans.  It isn't a true accounting of history or something that happened.  See links below to get a small part of what has been removed then judge for yourself.
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Because the Bible was created by people. It is not straight from the lips of God. Therefore it has as many versions as there were people interested in writing about it.
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Many people that believe what is written in the Bible to be true have never read the Bible from cover to cover.\n\nIt's easy to pick them out too.  When they make statements about the bible, they start off by saying:  "my pastor told me".\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThat's some deal, six questions for the price of one.
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Obviously. A bible is like a bubonic plauge virus. As an object, it is nothing. But under the right conditions, it has the power to destoy millions, even billions of lives.
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Yes.  The Bible is an amazing book.  Those who are wise will read it and try to understand it.  The fool simply sits back and says "it all a myth"...
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Definitely a fact.  It's in the Bible and the Bible is truth.  The only absolute truth we have actually.
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Ironically, the bible.\n\nThe entire text of the bible is freely available at the official website of Jehovah's Witnesses, and a personal printed copy can be requested at no charge:\nhttp://watchtower.org/bible/\nhttps://watch002.securesites.net/contact/submit.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/how_to_contact_us.htm\n\n\nJehovah's Witnesses are happy to study the bible with an interested person using any translation the householder may prefer, and in fact Jehovah's Witnesses themselves distribute several translations. Jehovah's Witnesses attach no particular infallibility or inspiration to any one translation.\n\nIt is sad when argumentative persons distract from the bible's clear message of Kingdom "good news".\n\n(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.\n\nIt seems signficant that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are the ones best known for their worldwide preaching work. Yet Jesus commanded that ALL who would call themselves "Christian" perform this public work:\n\n(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And, look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/pr/article_04.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/na/\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20020915/article_01.htm\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/e/20050715/article_02.htm
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you believe the Bible, right?........This is the rest of it.
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I 100% agree. God has authority over all creation and the bible is God's word written by man inspired by God the father and sent to us as a gift of love (just like his son Jesus) to help us understand what he asks of us and as an instruction on how to live. Read it, meditate on it and do not allow the skeptics and unbelief of the world tear you from it. Whether the world wants to accept it or not does not mean it does'nt apply to them. God Bless praying for you Yohanna ramirez
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The Bible teaches God created something from nothing\n\nBig Bang teaches that nothing created something from nothing!\n\nIt's the Bible for me
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No the bible is just a story book that idiots take too seriously.
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It pays here to remember that the Bible is a complex set of individual books, spanning a range of literary genre and purpose: history, civil and religious law, poetry, biography, prophecy, etc. One interpretative lens isn't adequate.\n\nThe best approach in my opinion is to know what type of literature you're reading, and to consider the author's purpose: the Psalms are highly figurative in places, but recount history in others, so weave in and out of the literal/figurative: ultimately, their purpose is to declare God's glory in song. The Proverbs, to encapsulate wisdom in poetic form (highly metaphorical). Then you have more literal books, like the Gospels, i.e., the biographies of Jesus, or the New Testament epistles to the eary Christian churches, both types of writing meant to be taken quite literally. Of course, a book like the Revelation is highly symbolic.\n\nWhen the Bible is reporting history (people, places, events), take it as such; when it's using poetry as its communication medium, look for more embedded truth, etc. Allegorizing everything, and coming to individual interpretations, runs contrary to a religious text that is making specific truth claims; on the other hand, forcing a wooden literal interpretation on every word of the scriptures leads to some contradictory and irrational conclusions (the psalmist declares that God will cover you with his wings, but we should not then conclude that He is a chicken).\n\nAs for recordings of the miraculous, I see no problem. If I can swallow "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth," I shouldn't choke at the comparative child's play of the parting of a sea, etc. A Creator who brought the laws of physics into existence certainly can intervene by temporarily suspending or altering them them for specific purposes. After all, that's exactly why Christ performed miracles: to establish his bona fides as that Creator who actually could suspend the natural order at will.
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The bible is a work of fiction.  It's really that simple.  There is no god.
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There is a Book called the Bible....\n\n\nOne example, Romans 9:13
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Bible from God. Quran from the dark side