02-18-2005, 12:10 PM
Quote:There is not almost one Christian today that say that the Bible is the 100 percent words of God. So a very LOGICAL question drawn from this knowledge is, 'then how do they know what is what?'
I'm not sure that you can actually produce a statistic which proves this statement. Almost no Christians believe this?? I would find that very difficult to believe. I mean, did someone conduct a survey of the majority of the Christians in every country, nation and tribe on earth, getting a representative sample, and thus come to this conclusion?
I seriously doubt it.
And any Christian who does not believe the Bible is the Word of God, is frankly... not a Christian. I would actually consider them in danger of not even making it to heaven if their beliefs are faulty like that... of course, it's not for me to judge.
Every Christian that I KNOW, whether here locally, or brothers and sisters around the world believe and know that we hold God's revealed words in our hands. What *SOME* people think is of no consequence to me. Just as the fact that there are Muslims out there who are "liberal" or "progressive", as they call themselves, is of no consequence to you.
Umm_Zachariah, I actually appreciate the Muslim scholars and teachers out there who have "challenged" the Bible and make claims against it's originality, accuracy, etc. <b>These challenges against the Bible have actually increased my knowledge about the Book and with this knowledge, I have learned how many LIES are perpetrated against the Bible. Now, knowing much more about my own Book than I did before, my faith in it has GREATLY increased.</b>
I now know about all the discoveries in archaeology, history, science, prophecy, textual history of the Bible.... and it's actually proven the Bible even more strongly to me than ever before. I took time to study out each of the so-called "challenges" but unlike most Muslims, I didn't stop there. I looked for possible answers and FOUND THEM.
<b>SO LIKEWISE,</b> when I read about challenges against the Quran or hadith or history of Islam.... I looked at <b>BOTH</b> sides of the story. I know where people embellish or even lie (knowingly or unknowingly) about Islam... I know where they don't lie about it.
To any and everyone.... you don't have to bother trying to say anything negative about the Bible, it's authenticity, this "Christian" or that... all of that will have no effect upon me, because I've heard it all before and studied it all before.
And like I said, my faith has grown in what I believe (although, my faith was already strong just based upon the Word of God showing itself true in my own life and the lives of others around me). But now, I have more KNOWLEDGE to add to that faith.
Anytime something is said against the Bible, my faith is only renewed, so it's probably better for you to say nothing against it at all.