When God wrote the Bible...?
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He never wrote it. He stole it from Mithras. Mithras stole it from Zeus. Zeus stole it from Thor...etc, etc...
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There are (at least) three attitudes about the writing of the Bible:\n\n1. Many believers think that the writers received the words directly from God, as in a vision, and wrote them word-for-word the way you would transcribe a tape recording. In this case the words are literally "God's Words".  Since most of these writers wrote in languages that most of us can't read directly, there are lots of arguments about what they really meant. \n\n2. Other believers think that the writers were inspired by experiences they had and felt that God would want them to write a book about it. In this case, it would be "Inspired by God", which is  a bit different from a word-for-word transcription. It could still be accurate history and very useful and helpful.\n\n3. Non-believers seem to think that the whole Bible is merely a group of fictional works that come out of various writer's imaginations.\n\nThe best thing to do is read the Bible for yourself and decide what you think. Don't let other people tell you what to think or believe.
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We're made in the spiritual image of God, but that doesn't mean we ARE God; we make mistakes.  The Bible does have some internal inconsistancies, but it's also about 4000 years old.  You can't expect a story to be reproduced perfectly all throughout that time.  And I don't think it really matters anyway, since the creation story is more meant to be a parable than a factual history.  The message is more important than the individual details.
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Good questions! Here are my answers:\n\n1. God created... No. a 1,000 days  to man is LIKE  a day to Jah. Indifinite time is indicated, otherwise it is ridiculous\n\n2. It was the earth that stood still not the sun. The verse was written from the perspective of  the writer who was obviously here on earth.\n\n3. Yes in ancient Israel. No, to Christians. According to Col 2:14, and Romans 7:6 . Christians no longer under the letters of the law but spirit (intent) of the law.\n\n4.Cut your hands. No. obviously ridiculous. Restrain your self well is likely meaning\n\n5. Eat my body… No to cannibalism. It was meant to listen and live by his words. (John 6:68)\n\n6. 144 K. Yes, not ridiculous. They rule the earth subjects are humans on earth ( Rev 5:9, etc )\n\n7. New Jerusalem. No, symbolic of God’s kingdom. Ancient Davidic line of kingdoms had Jerusalem as their capital\n\n8. Beast w/ multiple head. Symbolic. Of human kingdoms according to Chap 17 & 18 of Revelations, also Daniel chap 8.
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Because men wrote the bible.
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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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Open your Bible to the very first page (not the title page).  There, it says on the 6th day of creation.
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I DID NOT FIND ONE [SOME YEARS AGO], SO HERE IS MINE AS THIS KIND OF INFORMATION AND BIBLE TIME LINE IS WHAT I HAVE TO KNOW AS I DO BELIEVE THE AUTHORS [GOD AND JESUS], OF THE BIBLE KNOWS IT ALL AND CAN GIVE US WHAT HE WANTS US TO KNOW.\n\n01. Enoch born 622 after Adam lived 365 years died 987 and Adam had died in 930.\n02. Noah born 1056 after Adam lived 600 = 1656 to come through flood and 350 after the flood to 2006 after Adam.\nGen.7:6; 9:28,29;\n03. Shem born 1558, age 100 two years after the flood lived another 500 years to die  2158 after Adam and 25 years to: 04. Abraham born 2008 dies age 175 in 2183 after Adam.\nGen.25:7;\n05. Isaac born 2108 died age 180 in 2288 after Adam.\nGen.35:28,29;\n05. Jacob born when Isaac is age 60 in 2168 is age 147 at death after 17 years in Egypt where Son Joseph at his death is age 57. Gen.47:9,28;\n06. Joseph born when Jacob is age 90 in 2258 is age 110 at death in Gen.50:26; this ends the book of Genesis.\n07. Job born 2293 is age 140 at death and age 75 to 140 after death of Joseph to be the most upright man on earth.\nJob 2:1-4; he died the year Moses is born.\n08. Moses 2433-40-2473-40-2513 Exodus and 2553 dies at age\n120 Deut.34:7,10;\n09. Deborah [and all the judges down to Samuel, Saul and]:\n10. Samuel born 2883 after Adam, dies at age 100 = 2983.\n11. David born 2959 after Adam died at age 70 = 3029.\n12. Solomon is king 4th year 480th year after death of Moses\nhe begans the temple 1KI.6:1; in the year 3033 + 36 years to his death in 3069. He was born when David was age 41 in the year 3000 after Adam, he died at age 69 = 3069.\n3069 + 391 years of Judah kings and 19 prophets:\n3069 + {17-3-41-23-8-1-6-40-29-52-16-16-29-55-2-31-11-11=]\n391 = 3460 after Adam and 606 years to Jesus in Rome #6.\n\n3460 to 40. Daniel, 41. Jeremiah and 42. Ezekiel and the\nwhole Promised Land is captive to Babylon #3 Empire to Jesus\nwill come as Daniel 9:24-27; tells Matt.4:1-11[Satan and Jesus];\nRevelations 17:1-6,10-14[ #1 to #6 Satan's world that Jesus came into in #6 and John was on Patmos to write Revelations\nin #6, we will get the bible near the end of #7, we did and\nRev.12:6-7-11,12[Dan.12:1-13; Matt.24:3,14,15]; begans in the 8th where Jesus second coming will be].\n\nAfter Daniel 3460 + 70 = 3530 to Cyrus in #4 as told by Isaiah 44:28; 45:1; about 3352 after Adam. Isaiah was in Assyria #2 of Rev.17:1-14[Satan's world of Empires];\n\nEzra, Nehemiah, Mordecia, Haggai, Zechariah are after Daniel to about 450 years before Jesus and Jerusalem and the temple are rebuilt. Matt.1:1-17; After Cyrus in #4 and the others, Greece will be #5 and 14 generations are from Babylon #3 to Jesus in Rome #6.\n\nI hope this will help you pull your info together on the prophets.
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As most of the Books of the Bible were written they were real time events. For example Moses wrote the 1st 5 books (the Torah) of the Bible as many of the events were happening (i.e. the Exodus).\n\nBut God is still "writing stories" in the lives of Believers. God is active in my life today, unfortunately many non-believers simply dismiss the idea.\n\nGod is outside time and is always a present reality. He is in the past, present, and future simultaneously. This is why He is YHWH (Jehovah), it means I AM, not that I was or I will be, but I AM.
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The Bible was written by people in the very early stages of mankind's existence, before we understood astronomy and how the planets and heavenly bodies worked.  We didn't get a good understanding of these things until the telescope was invented many centuries later.  There are many things in the Bible that we now understand through science, but at the time of the Bible's writing, it wasn't understood so the authors put down the best explanation they had at the time.  Even God's influence helped them keep it simple, in terms that the people of the time could understand.
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in Genesis 1:1, in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. it is God's nature not mother nature. isn't he wonderful!!
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The Bible never states any dates.  Just situations and world events before it will occur.\n\nI will never stop believing in God.  Too many miracles in my life to ever doubt Him!
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lol because god decided to leave details out... oh wait no this was written by man who had no idea of life on other planets. ... yet another sign that either god is hiding stuff from us or this book is nothing more then written by man.
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my religion is Bible-based, so that is the text that i will be focusing on.\n\nover the years archaeologists have used the Bible to find people, places, kings, kingdoms, and even entire civilizations that were previously thought to not exist.  they were in the Bible, but no one found them until they used the Bible to find them. \n\nthe Bible puts on a timeline a cataclysmic flood about 4500 years ago where everything was destroyed from the face of the earth.  the oldest tree discoevered dates to about 4500 years ago.  coincidence?  read on...\n\nin the late 1990's, the earths population topped 6 billion.  in 1810, it was just over 1 billion.  following the curve that these numbers give us, the human population was at it's beginning about 4500 years ago (where the Bible has 8 living people)\n\nthe first greek translation of the new testament was written 250 years BC (before christ).  it has in it over 300 prophesies pertaining to the life of the messiah; all of which were fullfilled by Jesus.  the odds of this all happening as written are monumental. \n\nGod proved that He surpasses time and space with the prophesies, that He created time and space with the intricacy of His creation, and that He loves time and space with the sacrifice He paid.  maybe the Bible was penned by men, but each and every word written was via divine inspiration from God Himself.  no man could accomplish that.  religion was created by man, as the simple definition of "religion" is "man's quest for God"; however i believe in a different school of thought, and that is one of "God desiring a relationship with His creation; specifically man."  it isn't about being religious, it's about having a relationship with God.
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that's not what he wrote, that's what he said.\n\ni am quite sure we won't know the answer to that. it was probably edited out by those who chose what books they wanted in the bible
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The Bible was written by more than forty different authors.  I could go into the different parts and their function throughout history, but I'll just be short.  Despite the variety of the authors and the many different types of writings in the Bible, Christians believe that "All scripture is God breathed" (2 Timothy 3:16), and a group of believers at one point decided which writings were part of the "canon" of scripture.\n\nMany people believe that the Bible often contradicts itself, and sometimes it seems that it might.  However, closer study and learning of the context reveals the story of the God of creation and his desire to redeem his people throughout history.  It is the written word of God, and through the preaching of the Word people can come to salvation.
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Just like it says in the Bible. God chose the words that, through the Holy Spirit, men were inspired to write and God meant every single one of them to be there.\n\nIt is how God intended that we should understand everthing that He intends for us to know, nothing more, nothing less. Accept it all for what it is, the Word of God.