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Regarding the Bible and history......?
Why do you think people so readily accept accounts of history wriiten about Washington or Lincoln, the pioneers, The Civil War, etc., but refute the history wriiten in the greatest history book of all--The Bible--about Jesus?
13 Answers
- 2 decades agoFavorite Answer
they dont want to accept the fact that Jesus was God and dont want to convert or go to mass or do something for God.
they just want to be ignorant and live life according to their will. they dont want to acknowledge Jesus as God or else they will have to give up time and worship Him.
- cjLv 42 decades ago
Because there are several older texts that prove some of the scriptures in the bible are not original and were even taken from what Christians call Pagan religions and changed to fit the authors ideas. Why don't Christians go and discover this for their selves instead of refusing to investigate but just keep insisting it isn't true because that is what they have been told all their lives.
- Anonymous5 years ago
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- DougDoug_Lv 62 decades ago
Your point is valid but you're misunderstanding something.
We all take history for granted and take it with a degree of faith. I don't know if Washington ever existed, I just take it with faith. The difference is that with traditional history, I can verify it for myself.
The other HUGE difference is that with traditional history, there are verifiable claims, and they're not supernatural. No one claims presidents perfromed miracles, or that God told them to do what they do. All of this is heresay. Add to that, the bible makes claims that NO ONE can know. No one was alive during the creation of the earth. No one knows what God wants/says/does...yet the bible makes references to them.
The same arguement could go for Egyptian History. Here we have verifiable history, mixed with the involvement of several gods. Do you take it seriously? Why not? Its just as valid as the bible. Same with much of Greek mythology. We have verifiable history, mixed with involvement from the gods. Do you take it seriously? Its just as valid as well.
- 2 decades ago
well they got a lot of amercan history wrong to.face it israel was conquered at least twice that i know of.do you believe all the history white man wrote about native americans after slaughtering men ,women and children.taking their faith from them ,then 100's of year later saying this is how they worshiped.would you believe a nazi on the history about how jews were treated in concentration camps.jews were conquered by romans 300 b.c. you can find proof of things stricken from the bible after .romans burned christians at the stake for yrs ,then inforce their version of christianity on people,going on crusades slaghtering those that were not the same kind of christian they were,plus peoples of other faiths.Ive seen things go on in my life time and our history doesn't have it straight.blessed
- moLv 52 decades ago
Because there are so many views. And the Bible has been translated so many times, who knows how correct it really is.. I do think however, that God wants us to believe in Him, His powers, and His wisdom. And to treat others with respect and kindness.
- stpolycarp77Lv 62 decades ago
You ARE smart smartgirl! What you have just written is the perfect example of how to defend the historicity of the Bible. Keep it up! May God most certainly bless you and yours.
- Jedi for ChristLv 42 decades ago
Exactly! Daniel 8 is a chapter of pure, prophetic goodness (talks even about Alexandar the Great!!!!!!)
- altruisticLv 62 decades ago
I do not know, but I think the Bible was written by men inspired by God and I have faith that is true. You have to have faith to believe in things unseen. God bless and keep you!
- Anonymous2 decades ago
People are more apt to accept something closer in history to them.