(September 4, 2019 at 2:27 pm)Macoleco Wrote: The Bible, or any other holy book, is a translation of scriptures written thousands of years ago, and even in different tongues.
How can theists confirm these translations are 100%, or even somewhat, accurate?
One would think that if God wants to deliver such an important message, it would be translation and time proof. But I am sure that the Bible is different even in modern bibles of different languages, and even of the same language.
In short the bible (not religion) is a map to find God. How is any map vetted/proven to be true? by whether or not it takes you where you want to go.
The bible promises to place us in the presences of God in this life one on one. 2.18 billion people have found this to be true to one degree or another.
So if the bible delivers on the promises then we can look to the bible for other truths. the fact that there are over 25,000 copies of the bible hand written and preserved over 2000 years makes it the single most copied manuscript we have of the ancient world. nothing comes close. Therefore to question the bible authenticity is to question every other document in history of that time period. So again not just the facts of thousands of copies, but the truth in the directions people are still finding.
