I honestly believe that it is really God’s Word, preserved for us to give us all that we need to survive and to thrive in today’s world.

I read it every day.

It is the Inspired Word of God.

God's truth. (let the negging begin!)

Its what I base my life on. Its God's Word. I believe it with my whole heart.

I treasure this book and highly recommend it everyone.

At the end of 2008 I will have read through the entire Bible ten times.


Like the Psalmist David, I feel that
“Your word is a lamp to my foot, and a light to my roadway.” (Psalm 119:105)

God’s statements and reminders are found in the Bible, and they can help us to overcome obstacles that we may encounter on our path through life.

When we read the Bible and let it guide us, we are experiencing firsthand what is described at Isaiah 30:21: “Your own ears will hear a word behind you saying: ‘This is the way. Walk in it, you people.’”

It is something to behold.

It's the word of God, a guide book for life and a way to get to know Jesus and his plan of salvation for us all.

My honest opinion was and still is, its something to behold. Now my more honest opinion of the answers this question is receiving, literally makes myself wonder why I continue to waste so much of my own time and can only assume others feeling the same way, of wasted days and wasted nights, time spent here on answerbag. Hey, didn't they write about this?

OK. I know I'm setting myself up for big time DRing but as this is an opinion question I feel compelled to put my opinion out there. This is in no way intended to convert anyone or to offend anyone, just how I view it based on my experiences and learning.

I believe that man began believing in a god as far back a Cro-Magnon man. It was never put on paper, just passed verbally from the elders to the children. as we reached a point several thousand years ago it had been refined and was written in text with the invention of writing. The old testament is very black and white in a literal, physical sense. I think for the civilizations that believed in the religion (surely there were many that had never even heard of it) it felt very real and in fact was probably very uniform.

I think many religions developed at the same time and many of those competing religions exist today. I don't trust humanity enough to believe that religion hasn't been manipulated throughout human history in order to control populations and justify actions of political and religious leaders. I think that the Roman empire saw an opportunity to keep people in check and began to use religion to it's advantage utilizing what at the time was a breaking religion which embraced God and a man who many claimed to be a messiah (Jesus). It was convenient and easily manipulated into a method of insuring control and power for those who lead it.

I think the bible was created using previous writings and current writings which were beneficial to the ruling government ("Give to Caesar what is his"). What we have today in the bible is a compilation of those actions. The old testament is very rigid and regulates physical action while the new testament is a radical step into regulating not just physical acts but also thought and reason. I just find the timing and the extreme change of direction to throw red flags in a major way.

Religion has been used by leaders, religious and political as a motivator against other religions, even those who share the same basic beliefs (Christian and Muslim are a good example). Then there is the fact that the early christian church was one singular unit. Today there are roughly 39,000 denominations, each with their own specific beliefs. The bible has been read differently so many times that Christianity has splintered an insane amount of times, often based on power trips by church leaders. If there is only one true god and only one factual history then what about all these competing religions and denominations. They certainly all can't be true. So reason dictates that there are many who are being misled, not by malice but by competing beliefs.

The bible? It can't be trusted in my eyes. I don't know what the truth is and the bible can't help me find it so I'm forced to say that until there is something compelling that leads me to believe in the actual existence of a god that there is not one but I keep an open mind should that not be the case. I don't think humanity will ever prove either the existence or non-existence of a god. The answer will never be given. In the meanwhile we'll bicker incessantly but never be able to prove anyone either right or wrong. I don't think we will ever know the truth. It would be nice if we could all accept that and move on but it simply isn't the case. I for my own part have accepted it

The greatest Book ever written, it has stood the test of time and it suits every situation. It has withstood attack after attack by those who want it destroyed, even those who have sought to kill those printing it. Many have sought to have it taken from the common man in times past yet it remains.

Archaeologists have tried to prove it wrong, and have been unsuccessful. Historians have tried to say it is all a lie, but historians of the day are ignored if they testified of it. Josephus tells the story of Christ's death, yet his writings are only seen in Christian circles.

Throughout history men have looked to the Bible for lessons in life and have found the answers they seek. The problem many have is they cannot see the forest for the trees. The Bible is the Word of God, and those who reject it, refuse it because of what it says to their hearts about the sin in their life, rather than any error they think they have found. The problem is most aren't honest enough to admit that.

The Bible stands as a testimony to the fact it IS the Word of the True and Living God.