Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: palmer@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Grant E. Palmer) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Is the Bible God's Word? Message-ID:Date: 27 Sep 89 08:36:10 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 21 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Why is it that Christians believe the Bible is the word of God? Many Christians lead their lives according to passages of the Bible and formulate opinions on issues by referencing the Scripture as God's will. I mean is this purely a matter of faith, are they taught this from their parents, is there some physical proof that this is so. I am not bashing the Bible or the Christian faith. This question has always puzzled me. The Bible was written by several human, mortal authors in the first few centuries after the death of Christ, was it not? So why are these writings accepted as the word of God? This may be a blasphemous thing to say, but what if John and Luke and the others made the whole thing up? So why do you believe the Bible is literally the word of God? please, no flames, educate me on this grant