Why Do People Believe The Bible Actually Comes From God?

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Kathryn Crook Profile
Kathryn Crook answered
Read the history of the Bible and who actually wrote it and your tune may change...you believe a fairy tale.  The bible is not proof of God..it's a story..no better then Jrr Tolkien or Harry Potter.  The technology and superstitions of the age made the bible what it is today and some of you people still fall for it.  It makes me giggle.  What is the bible except what people want to hear?  What people want to fear?  I grew up Christian, even kinda believed in the word of god.  It only took one World Mythology class in college to see that the bible is a hand-me-down of mythologies from thousands of years before the word "God" ever existed.  If your not willing to study the history of religion then you only get half the picture.   Personally?  I don't need a god to save my soul..I am moral...I follow the 10 commandments because they are human morality..not cuz God put the fear of hell in me...and I sleep at night peacefully knowing when I die, I sleep in everlasting blackness with no pain, no fear, no knowledge, and no guilt.
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Anonymous commented
The question was why -not- why not -so what are you contributing besides not answereing
Alexm Mehm
Alexm Mehm commented
I think your right. Completely. I had the same experience with religious bull, and as with you, knowledge opened my eyes. I actually read the Bible, and it struck me as a made up story. And, while i think nobody can fully know just what exactly happens when we die, i think your right about not needing a "god" to save you. The smartest phrase I've ever heard is "Thou art God" because truly, only You can better yourself. Not some man in the sky.
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Anonymous answered
Education is obviously not a requirement. The bible was written by men who were inspired(Hallucinating is my theory, as all humans are known to do) by the christian god. Those who are part of a religious faith need not knowledge whatsoever to believe what they believe. That is why it's called faith.

Very often we humans see things that are not there and believe extraordinary claims without any evidence. It's our job to try our best to cope with such things, learn from our mistakes and correct them to the best of our ability. One of the many things correct in the bible, no man is perfect.

It is not my intention to offend anyone. However if you do love your gods and saints so much, I would encourage you to study them more so that you can have something better to back up your arguments. The common "Just because." defense just makes you look undereducated and ignorant of pretty much anything that you value. If you are willing to defend something  grand like religious faith without any reason(not necessarily proof just your reason for believing). You may want to come up with something. Logically you would have come to such a conclusion prior to choosing a religion.

Once again I'm not trying to offend anyone here. If I have, then I do apologize.
Jane  Snow Profile
Jane Snow answered
God is real the 10 commandments is what he gave to his people in the old testament. Check out creation it did not happen as like they say a big bang things would crazy out of place.But the chose each place for everything he created.look at creation closely like the birds,the cats even look at your self you were created in the very image of God.believe what i tell you.Do you think it rain just rain at a certain time? No it doesn't God does it. And the word of God is his spoken word meaning it is a live.Look a the new testament in red that is Jesus his son talking that died and gave his life for you and the whole world.Read John 3:16.So the word of God is more real then anything.people that don't understand the Bible will say it's not real or that God did not write it.But don't just sell out on what you hear from all these other people but look at for yourself.Even a lot of the lands like Jerusalm it's in the Bible everything that you read in the Bible is in this world.I hope you take a closer look and search the scriptures you will find out that God is real.japeace
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Anonymous
Anonymous commented
First off, you are right read your Bible, in Romans it states the letter killeth only the spirit gives life. Second Jesus instructed that you go within yourself to find the kingdom of Heaven. He always taught outdoors and he taught from the heart. Books are books and they can't prove anything. The idea of God is a great mystery and to reduce it to words or personality is a devilish thing indeed. Do you know how foolish it is to think that the truth needs a fan club? God the ALL IN ALL is to be experienced.
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Anonymous commented
Read your Bible! In Romans it states the letter killeth only the Spirit giveth life. Besides, Jesus said that the Kingdom of heaven is to be found within, not in a book! I feel it is somewhat adolescent to reduce the Great mystery of life and being to words, personality and petty schoolyard arguments? The truth whatever it is, is to be experienced not read. Besides what kind of God would give all the answers and request nothing on your part except belief?
Alexm Mehm
Alexm Mehm commented
Your an ignorant believer, and although it is good you (I'm assuming) adhere to the teachings of the Bible, you just blindly believe whatever is written because your priest tells you to. If you have ANY sense at all, you can acknowledge that evolution, which at this period in time makes the most sense, completely reveals the first part of Genesis to be what it truly is. The first part of a STORY. That's all the Bible is. You can't just "poof" things into existence. It just doesn't happen.
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Wow really? Are u religous ppl blind or retarded? Go to this website...http://godisimaginary.com if u really believe in god then test ur faith cus that's all it is...read all the topics from top to bottom then post back to reply and tell me what u think u ignorant bastards..haha
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brii Grant answered
I think people believe it because somebody followed jesus around and wrote all of this down and past it down from generation to generation getting more information throughout the years will jesus was alive and dead.
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Jane  Snow
Jane Snow commented
In God word its power and wasn't because of people follow Jesus around.Jesus is alive today in those that will except what he did for them on the cross.and He rose from the dead.
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Anonymous answered
Until a few hundred years ago it was common belief the world was flat, while humanity has made great strides: The majority of the masses is just not that intelligent. Kinda like a heard of sheep
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Because some people are gullible. They accept things without using their common sense or doing research. People should be taught to question everything.
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Anonymous answered
Because people are small and weak and scared. Humans are not as smart as their imaginations lead them to believe.
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Alexm Mehm answered
I've read Genesis, and honestly, it's no more believable than the lore behind World of Warcraft. Maybe there was a ton of detail left out, or maybe whoever was writing it just didn't include logic in his story, but either way you cannot just poof things into existence. Look at the birds, fish, cows, even humans. We all evolved to match our environments and surroundings, so we could SURVIVE. Not because some "god" said so. Even if there was a being that we would call God, he has the entirety of the universe to look after. Not just the Earth. Can you blind worshipers honestly deny the existence of outer space? If you actually read about the Big Bang theory, it makes the most sense. More sense than a magical bearded man snapping his fingers and creating the world in only seven days. For all we know, God started the Big Bang, and sat back to watch how it would unfold. You have to be a complete dumb ass to really believe the stories in the Bible. OBVIOUSLY someone was high on something when it was written. Now of course, there are good things in it, like the commandments and the lessons of Jesus, but the majority of it is just an outdated explanation for how we were created, made to be read by uneducated masses of people. In this new age that we live in, the Bible is severely outdated, and anyone who truly wants to live logically cannot fully believe in the Church's version of "god".
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Anonymous answered
I believe if you look  hard enough you will find scripture from before the bible.. Comandments etc that go into detail about the angels and the lord .. It sounds like people who just dont believe even a little bit are the ignorant ones .. Im not a jehovahs witness i wont knock on your door i dont go to church but i still believe. Im not going to tell you youre stupid for listening to rap music maybe someone should lol

you dont understand the concept of religious faith
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Anonymous commented
No offense but, it appears to me that you do not understand what faith is. There is no believing a "little bit". Either you do or do not believe the whole of one religious doctrine. There is nothing wrong with speculating about the afterlife however, religious faith is a claim to have an absolute truth about the afterlife without evidence. It is quite another thing indeed. One could reason a person who claims knowledge of something without evidence, is in fact irrational and a liar.
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Anonymous answered
Check out creation it did not happen as like they say a big bang things would crazy out of place.
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Because it didnt come from NASA or nambla or the fbi or aclu or any other such place

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