Here's Why You CAN Trust the Bible
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2022
- Greg Koukl and Amy Hall answer the question, "How can we make the case that the Bible is the Word of God?"
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Simply put, the Bible is objectively the best way to explain our current reality.
Well said!
Dang!You hit it!👊🤠
No it isn't.
Donkeys, snakes and bushes can't talk.
Unicorns, dragons, giants, witches and necromancers don't exist.
Humans aren't the incestious descendents of Adam and Eve.
I Gould go on all day, the bible gets little to nothing right about reality.
But it’s not ;-;
No offense but the scientific method has had a way better track record than the Bible at finding out about reality.
Unless you mean like, the Bible is the best way to find out how we got here?
@@azophi Jesus Christ is the highest possible moral ethic in all of human history. In the Bible is the only place to go to find out what he said, what he did, and where he is now. What is amazing is that through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ, he is now in heaven and has sent down his Holy Spirit to live inside of the people who believe him. The radical transformation that I see not only in myself, but also in prisons, people that were addicted to drugs, and people who are self righteous religious hypocrites, is undeniably supernatural. I serve a mighty God who is also my father in the purest essence of the word “father “. The scientific method has absolutely nothing when it comes to the character of human beings that I see in others that truly have this relationship with their creator. That is undeniable in the 15 years i have known this God.👊
Glory to God!
3:38 I agree 100% ... but I'll add that when one sees the "defeaters" or "biases" of why they really believe the Bible is the Word of God, those 6 reasons Greg gives, starts to be doubted very quickly.
Could you rephrase that? By people who believe the Bible is the Word of God, do you mean KJV-Only? And are you saying that they have valid criticisms of Greg’s reasons for believing modern Bibles are accurate?
Great video, great mnemonic device!! Thank you.
I like Voddie Baucham’s quote, answering the question “Why do you choose to believe the Bible?”:
(In the Bible) “We have a reliable collection of historical documents, written by eyewitnesses during the lifetime of other eyewitnesses. They report supernatural events that took place in fulfillment of specific prophecies, and they claim that their writings are Divine, rather than human in origin.”
This is one if my favourites too! So much so it's written in my bible so I have it with me to remind me and others! 👌
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One interesting issue is what the inspiration ('breathed by God') of the Bible actually involves or means given that it was written by men. No one worth listening to would say it was dictated. I'm open to it being inspired in different ways, but what is the range of these ways? Thanks
The Bible, viewed objectively, is unique among the works of literature. Whether or not we believe that it is Divinely inspired, we must still marvel at it. As Koukl remarks at 1:40, the writings of 40 or more writers, over 1500 years or more, all mesh nicely into a single coherent narrative. That such a collection of writings should be internally consistent is, in and of itself, remarkable and unique.
The effect of the Bible on people, as Koukl points out at 4:20 ff, is also unique. People who read the Bible have experienced life-changing transformations. I would point the curious to David Wood, as one example. Find the video within which he describes why he is a Christian. He was a diagnosed psychopath, in prison for beating his father with a hammer in an attempt to kill him in his sleep. As he read the Bible, specifically the book of John, with the intent to use it against a Christian inmate, David began to feel that he was in a dialog with the book. The Bible literally seemed to be speaking to him and to his specific circumstances. He became a Christian as a result of what he read, and is now a sane (though still psychopathic), law-abiding, father of five children, and a model citizen. That such a man could be so changed by a book is, in and of itself, reason to consider this book to be more than mere writings.
The scope of the book, addressing the human condition in all its aspects, in all its emotions, with wisdom and clear guidance in matters of mental health and good reason, is another reason to consider it a remarkable book among books. The sermon on the mount, in chapters 5-7 of Matthew, has been called one of the best essays on good mental hygiene ever written.
That such a book exists is good reason to consider it carefully and analytically. You need not believe it to find it remarkable, but if you find it remarkable and read it, you are likely to find it transforming you. I invite the curious to consider it carefully; I recommend John 1:1 as a good place to begin. There are online bibles in which you may read John's gospel easily. It is a short book, and will not take up much of your time -- unless it lays claim to all of it.
AWESOME!Thanks for taking the time to write that out,that was right on point.👊
Well said that you for writing this God bless
It is fascinating but . Of course as a non-believer I don’t think it is internally consistent lol.
I can see that you can interpret it that way (as I once did), but I find that trying to harmonize stuff like Judas’ death or the flood/creation accounts gives you a shallower understanding about what the authors intended to say and their literature whatever.
But I understand what you mean that you can definitely harmonize the Bible contradictions if you squint hard enough.
@@azophi It's not a question of harmonizing the contradictions. If we're viewing it as literature - well, have you read Mark Twain's essay on the literary abuses of James Finnemore Cooper? But on the other hand, _The Leatherstocking Tales,_ for all their literary issues, are nonetheless the epitome of early frontier writing.
Do they read like history? Would I try to make TLT match up to exact events and historical records? Well, they're not meant for that. So we have to read all literature as it was meant to be read.
The two accounts for Judas' death merge quite well -- people don't often trip and burst open, do they? But if they fall from a noose after several weeks, they might well.
In each case, the writer assumes that you know the whole story, and need only to be reminded of the detail that he wishes to emphasize. Understanding that, most "Bible contradictions" dry up and blow away.
ALAN WATTS:
Why does one come to the opinion that the Bible, literally understood, is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Usually because one’s "elders and betters," or an impressively large group of ones peers, have this opinion. But this is to go along with the Bandar-log, or monkey tribe, in Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Books , who periodically get together and shout, "We all say so, so it must be true!" Having been a grandfather for a number of years, I am not particularly impressed with patriarchal authority. I am of an age with my own formerly impressive grandfathers (one of whom was a fervent fundamentalist, or literal believer in the Bible) and I realize that my opinions are as fallible as theirs.
But many people never grow up. They stay all their lives with a passionate need for eternal authority and guidance, pretending not to trust their own judgment. Nevertheless, it is their own judgment, willy-nilly, that there exists some authority greater than their own. The fervent fundamentalist whether Protestant or Catholic, Jew or Moslem is closed to reason and even communication for fear of losing the security of childish dependence. He would suffer extreme emotional heebie jeebies if he didn’t have the feeling that there was some external and infallible guide in which he could trust absolutely and without which his very identity would dissolve.
This attitude is not faith. It is pure idolatry. The more deceptive idols are not images of wood and stone but are constructed of words and ideas and mental images of God. Faith is an openness and trusting attitude to truth and reality, whatever it may turn out to be. This is a risky and adventurous state of mind. Belief, in the religious sense, is the opposite of faith because it is a fervent wishing or hope, a compulsive clinging to the idea that the universe is arranged and governed in such and such a way. Belief is holding to a rock; faith is learning how to swim and this whole universe swims in boundless space.
fun fact: prophecy is rated by young christians as the number one hair-stands-up-on-the-back-of-the-neck factor that makes the bible convincing. but academics generally rate prophecy as perhaps the weakest of all apologetic tactics. and when apologists debate competent academics, they very rarely bring up these amazing fulfilled bible prophecies ... because they know what will happen to them. it's a topic that christians use on other christians
What are the stats behind that which make it a fact?
these are things you're going to find out about if you try to impress people with prophecy outside of your cosy world of youth ministry. which i can totally tell you haven't done as you ignore all the difficult issues your claims skip over. or maybe you know them, and you don't care that your audience doesn't know that you're not using valid arguments, secure in the knowledge that most people won't wander outside their church environment to discover these arguments don't actually work; that they'll just use them to impress their own children. most "apologetics" is consumed internally ... a myth of battling competent opponents that is preached to believers. and if a few white lies [like your pretense that the problem with daniel is that it might be written by someone else] keep those restless youth in the pews a little bit longer, then the "apologetic argument" is overall a moral good, right?
None then?
so. no integrity then? you're in good company. i never met an honest apologist
@@5naxalotl as you couldn't answer then it's not my integrity which is in question.
Anyone can reject any proof. It happens quite often. People usually prefer to believe what they wish to be true rather than what really is true. But, to the individual who seeks to know the truth, even if it runs contrary to what he wants to believe, then that person will be open to the things which prove the Bible to be true. But that is also true in the other direction. The person who already knows the Bible is true need not be afraid of things that supposedly disprove the Bible. Those things always crumble upon thorough examination. Ultimately, those who don't care about the truth will reject God and the Bible. Those who want the truth will embrace them.
I agree that there are people who reject obvious truths.
I disagree that the Bible is clearly the truth to everyone though, and anyone who rejects it is not seeking truth.
You might think we’re all lying or something, but I do think there are people who would become Christians if God gave them a clear sign, and just are not convinced that YHWH exists. Namely…. Me 😅
@@azophi, that its a well reasoned response. But it makes no difference what I think, nor what you think. What matters are the facts. One fact that matters is that the theory of evolution has never been proven (which is why it is still called a "theory"), and never will be. The so-called science of evolution is actually a pseudo science that blatantly contradicts real science. The universe (nor its occupants) could possibly have happened by chance (as is attested by real science), which means that it could only have happened by design, which is evidenced just about everywhere we look. Another fact that matters is that the Bible has been proven to have come from a source outside of time. And the only being that can exist outside of the dimension of time (and all throughout it simultaneously) is the creator of time. These are just 2 of the many facts that matter. These are just 2 of the proofs that God is real and that he created the cosmos. One more fact that matters is that everyone is aware of the most important facts, and will not be able to deny that they knew God was real. The Bible says this. Nobody will have any excuse, not even the ones who pretend they don't know (not even those who fool themselves into actually thinking they don't know). Get right with God before you miss your very last chance.
@@rafaelshumaker1883 … well yeah, it’s a theory since we will never fully prove it… like the theory of gravity. Or germ theory.
But a really well evidenced one! There’s so many things that have confirmed evolution, like take for example Chromosome 2. We have 46 chromosomes, and other apes have 48. Since we’re related, we’d expect a chromosome to have fused at some point. And chromosome 2 did! It’s so cool since we didn’t have the technology to find that out at the time but then we discovered our hypothesis was true!
With the constants, that’s an “I’m not sure.” Maybe a multiverse as to why it’s a thing, but I’m not putting any stock in that. Perhaps it is necessary that they’re like that. Who knows lol.
that we happen to be on a planet that happens to support life , that’s easily explainable of course- literally an est. 300 million planets in the Milky Way that are habitable.
But yeah evolution is not chance 😅 it’s guided, but guided by natural selection.
And I know the Bible says everyone is without excuse for God but uh … I don’t believe in the Bible is the word of God so.
..The fact that it says it’s the word of God is meaningless to me.
@@azophi you have bought into the assumption that we're related to apes. That has never been proven, and the evidence actually runs contrary, except when you take the thinnest slices of the evidence so that it aligns with your premise. But that's called cherry picking, which is not real science. The bulk of the evidence contradicts the theory of evolution. To claim that it is well evidenced, you have to be very selective in which evidences you allow, and must reject the rest. But that's not real science. It is a pseudo science. The Bible is meaningless to you because that's the way you want it. You don't want to know the truth about it, or you WOULD know.
I’m in a weird place with it all. I want there to be a God and a heaven and I wanna be saved. But I don’t want to devote my life and do things i don’t wanna do or else God will burn me. I can’t love anyone like that I’m
Sorry , irrespective of whether this is true ir not. I had to confess to God that I didn’t like him Very much if the Bible is his word. And asked him to help me change my perspective becasue i refuse to lie out of fear and say hey “God your great n all. “ I wanna ask him what the heck is going on and no I’m not getting it out of the bible as I can’t fully trust it yet
I think believing in a god is alright, but I disagree with the manipulation that people do to force religion on others, and use churches as revenue. good intentions can have an opposite reaction, and sometimes bad things had humble beginnings. I refuse to participate in being manipulated and live in ignorance.
Why are you blaming the Bible for that it's just a compilation of scrolls written in different timeline you can easily close and open it, you have the freedom to analyze the Bible yourself without the influence of others. It's like you're blaming a kitchen knife not the human who used it because it's used in murder not in cooking. Vigilant> ignorance = most of the victim of manipulation are ignorant people why become like them?
Why are you blaming the Bible for that it's just a compilation of scrolls written in different timeline you can easily close and open it, you have the freedom to analyze the Bible yourself without the influence of others. It's like you're blaming a kitchen knife not the human who used it because it's used in murder not in cooking. Vigilant> ignorance = most of the victim of manipulation are ignorant people why become like them? (Edit my message is not showing wtf?!)
Why are you blaming the Bible for that it's just a compilation of scrolls written in different timeline you can easily close and open it, you have the freedom to analyze the Bible yourself without the influence of others. It's like you're blaming a kitchen knife not the human who used it because it's used in sin and not in cooking. Vigilant> ignorance = most of the victim of manipulation are ignorant people why become like them? (Edit2 my message is not showing weird)
@@-aid4084 I'm not a bot my message is kept getting deleted I have to switch account weird
@@comfycomfy4376 oh
It is a eyewitness report by men on what God did
No it isn't...... At best, some of it is 3rd party claims of people who claim to have been eye witnesses. Most of it was completely made up. Who was the eye witness to all of genius?
@@somerandom3247 wrong science has proven the Genesis creation account is right the Dead sea scrolls has proven the old Testament was first hand account and the New Testament Matthew was right there John was right there Mark was talking to Peter and Luke was talking to EVERYBODY Luke 1:2 so yes it was eyewitnesses account of what men saw God do
@@greatfilmmaker
Science hasn't proven genesis at all. Quite the opposite actually.
And the dead see scrolls don't prove anything of the sorts.
@@somerandom3247 the pattern of the way the universe came to be is the same way the book of Genesis describes so wrong again
@@somerandom3247 the dead sea scrolls has the entire old Testament on it as well as a few other things the same old Testament we see in the Bible now I study Hebrew saw it for myself when the scrolls came to the U.S. and the dead sea scrolls would be at best 2nd generation
The bible is very clearly the words of the human men that wrote it, and not the words of any gods...
Haha I’m glad you proved it beyond all reasonable doubts
@@nullCyborgNinja
Yer, if the talking donkey wasn't enough to do that for you, then you aren't searching for truth, you are searching for comfort.
@@somerandom3247 coming from someone who believes they are a talking ape! Consider me convinced 😉
@@nullCyborgNinja
Lol thanks for proving to everyone that you would rather the fairytale stories of the bible to the science of reality.
Like I said, you are looking for comfort, not truth.
@@somerandom3247 your so called reality of an uncaused cause of a universe from nothing, life from non living rocks, we all related to maggots and mangoes, dna the most complex code writing itself amongst other myths.
For those who possess not the Spirit of God, the Bible will be foolishness.
The Gospel has always been sheep food, using the gospel as goat bait is a fruitless act.
Not really.I’ve always been fascinated by the majesty of the Word.Didn’t get born again til late into my 30’s…..plenty of people think it’s amazing.If you got out and talk to people you’ll understand.😁
@@bjones5791 That is a bible quote, "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
You may be sharing with unaware Spirit filled children of Grace, ready to hear the Good News.
Yeah...this is surprisingly cryptic stuff for a god who allegedly loves his creation. Either god isn't real, or he's an @$$h013.
The spirit of God must make you especially gullible then. That's the only way you could be tricked into thinking the bible is anything close to true. And it takes a special kind of gullibility to take pride in being called a sheep lol.
Follow the flock little sheep, don't ever dare to think for yourself.
@@deanfloyd8931 Romans one tells us that all creation testifies to the glory of God but we choose, remember that, choose to worship the creation rather than the creator. Everyone has divine revelation in this world, whether they choose to receive more revelation or not is up to them. Otherwise you fall into the calvinist clown world of theological gymnastics that leads to the most ridiculous in-fighting I have ever seen in my 15 years as a born-again spirit filled son of God.🙏😉