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When bible passages quote the word of God, did anyone check if he actually spoke to these people?

I got the impression that God was aloof even to Jesus, so when did he become so chatty?

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If people believe that their holy-book is the word of God, what do they think of other religious writings?

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  • 8 years ago
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    That is not what the Word of God in the Bible means.

  • 8 years ago

    It's a person's faith and personal conviction that draws that person closer to what they find to be right and truly correct. One religion might say that their way is the true and correct way and every other religion is holding some form of false doctrine and so likewise another might say the same about the next. The fact is no human being can bear his or her own testimony on their idea or belief and expect everyone to agree. There is opposition in all things and by opposition, things are brought about. What I'm saying is a person believe's in what they believe in and it doesn't matter if what they believe in contradicts your own personal belief. We all have to respect one anothers convictions because of how personal it is. That's how I feel and that's what I continue to exercise throughout my life but sadly it doesn't seem like the world understands that simple piece of humility and respect.

    Source(s): My own conviction
  • Grace
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    I see him as the old style father. Not like the ones who try to be friends to their children but like those who teach and love and correct and care for. We wasn't aloof to Jesus. He was a demanding father. But the pain of the cross was as bad for him as for Jesus.

    Of course, this happened quite a while ago. So that people have continued to believe what was said and written then is a miracle in itself. If it did not hold universal truths, it would have gone into obscurity long ago.

  • 8 years ago

    You ever stop to wonder if these people who wrote the bible were high? Like seriously, if I wrote a bunch of bullshit down and claimed God told me to write it, you'd think I'm crazy or on some shrooms.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    We know God is who He claims to be because He’s done what He said He would do. That’s the whole point of prophecy and why studying it is so important to us. It’s God authenticating Himself.

    For 6000 years He’s been describing things before they happened, so when they did His people would know that He was telling us the truth. Everything He said would happen in the past has happened, so it makes sense to believe that everything He said would happen in the future will happen.

    There are over 135 historically verified, fulfilled prophecies in the first 35 verses of Daniel chapter 11 alone. God called King Cyrus of Persia by name in Isaiah 44:24-45:6 as His agent for freeing the Israelites from Babylon 150 years before the event. Daniel 9:25 prophesied Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on what would be the first Palm Sunday, 483 years to the day after the decree to rebuild Jerusalem was given by King Artaxerxes Longimanus of Persia. The decree was given in 445BC. The prophecy was given in 535BC, 90 years earlier.

    There are over 300 Old Testament prophecies, all of them a matter of public record hundreds of years before the fact, predicting the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus the Christ. The abundance and specificity of these prophecies demolish any notion of chance, exceed the requirements of statistical analysis, and prove more conclusively than any other fact of history that Jesus is the Son of God. In fact there is more hard evidence to prove that He is Who He claims to be, than there is that you are who you claim to be.

    This is the unique and truly beautiful thing about the Bible. It stands alone among the so-called Holy Writings of the world, in its self-validating ability. Only the Bible tells the future with 100% accuracy. God knew we would be skeptical, unbelieving children. So early on, He began telling us things in advance of their occurrence so when what He said came true, we would be willing to believe Him. In this way we can be assured that our faith is justified.

    In fact in Isaiah 44:6-8 God challenged anyone who claimed to be like Him to a two part test.  Part 1 is to accurately recount the past and part two is to accurately proclaim the future. Only God, who knows the end from the beginning  can do this.

    Anyone who will put aside their pre-conceived notions and undertake an unbiased study of Old Testament prophecy can prove God’s existence beyond a shadow of doubt within a few hours. As God had Isaiah write, “I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.   I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come.” (Isaiah 46:9-10)  No other so-called deity can make that claim.

    When you study Bible Prophecy and World History side by side it doesn’t require much faith at all to believe the Bible. The evidence in fulfilled prophecy is just too overwhelming. But don’t take my word for this, try it for yourself. The truth converts emotion to logic, adds knowledge to zeal, and makes your faith unshakable. Someday soon that kind of faith might well come in handy.

  • 8 years ago

    your impressions are wrong god spoke to all those who wrote the scriptures in the bible

  • 8 years ago

    Yes, of course.

  • yyyyyy
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    apparently he spoke English

  • Clint
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    Oh, you're asking if the Bible was verified, and or is verifiable. No it wasn't, and isn't.

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