Is the bible mythology?

Whch side of the fence you sit on. Fo non beleivers, it is no more real than the stories of Zeus or Odin.

There is plenty of physical evidence, archaeological evidence, that substantiates a lot of what is in the Bible...the Biblical places and towns are real. Stella (spelling?), that is, large carved stones, prove that the kings of Babylon, Persia, Hatti (the Hittite Kingdom), and most native tribes like the Edomites, Jebusites, etc. existed. There is no reason not to think that Abraham, Moses, Saul, David, Solomon or any of the other main Biblical individuals did not exist. There is archaeological evidence that King David existed - his name is mentioned on a Stella which is kept now in an Israeli archaeological institute. The rubble still exists below the temple mount in Jerusalem from the first building of the Temple of Solomon. And whilst manna was said to have disappeared after the 40 years in the wilderness, there is a plant (which seeds are cardamom) that produces a honey-like tasting manna to this day. So you see, there is a lot of physical, SCIENTIFIC evidence that supports a lot of what is found in the Bible. There is even a layer of MUD in the Caspian Sea area and Mediterranean indicating a huge flood once took place. The remains of the City of Ur, where Abraham originated from, still exists in Southern Iraq today. And the City of Tannis, has been re-discovered in Egypt, in the Delta region - the city which the Pharaoh of Egypt forced the enslaved Israelites to build for him at the time of Moses.

So you see, its all not just myth. What does take FAITH to believe in, are the miraculous parts of the Bible, such as...Noah's collecting all the animals of the world, the Red Sea being parted, God talking to Moses on Mt. Sinai, the original stone tablets with the ten commandments written with the finger of God, the Ark of the Covenant, the pillar of fire at night and the cloud of desert dust during the day which the Israelites followed during their 40 year wandering in the wilderness, etc. The various miracles, contact with God Himself, etc - those are the things which are not so provable by scientific method...but the fact that a substantial amount of what is in the Bible CAN BE scientifically proven, leads me to suspect that a great deal more of it is also true, but unprovable. I think some of the Bible is metaphorical rather then mythological. There are certainly stories in the Bible. I think the Genesis story of Adam and Eve is a metaphorical story, but not a mythology.

In fact, some of Greek mythology is in deed, fact. Homer's Odyssey is true. Troy was discovered by the German archeologist Eric Shlieman. Further archeological digging in the 1960's indicates that Troy was destroyed suddenly in a great fire just as Homer described. So what I am saying here is, you cannot just jump to conclusions and make an overall generalization, even about so called, Greek mythology because there is physical, irrefutable, scientific evidence that does support a lot of what is in Greek mythology. What is myth, is the existence of their gods and the kind of relationship God (as gods) has with man - as seen from the Greek viewpoint, Greek gods were fickle and they liked to toy with an manipulate human beings, just for vicarious pleasure - this was a basic misunderstanding of the true nature of God who is anything but fickle, toying and abusive with humans.

There's absolutely no difference. It's just a a bunch of stories, same a Greek Mythology.

The bible is mythology

The only difference is political correctness -- that is, it's seen as impugning the honor of Christianity by using the term 'mythology.'

Most people* simply don't use the term because they don't want to go through the explanation of how mythology just refers to a body of religious stories -- it's hard to talk to people when they're quacking like Donald Duck.

* -- I did have ONE professor who had the gumption to include Judeo-Christian stories in his mythology class. Mr. McLaughlin, wherever you are, thanks for making college all the more fun :)

Yes it is. There is no meaningful distinction between it and the works of Homer and Hesiod -- except that one has large numbers of living believers.

And before anyone goes for the "fulfilled prophecies" route, the Oracle at Delphi has a better track record.

A bunch of stories half of which are backed up by actual history books, Have you ignoramuses even read the book, or do you read one liners and take that as reading the whole book?

Yeah technically it is

Because it actually and accurate describes people and events. You're one of those people actually! stop being a dick and learn to pay attention.

Faith.