The Holy Bible - fact or fiction?

[chimp3]

"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers," ..etc...

As for exact dates,here is just one scripture that answers that question:
" But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."

This fits the times were in also:
"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."

The Bible predicts that the world as we know it will be destroyed. All will be killed except good Christians. Those Christians will enjoying every second of the destruction. Rejoicing that the world will finally be all theirs.

[brewer]

"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers," ..etc...

As for exact dates,here is just one scripture that answers that question:
" But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."

This fits the times were in also:
"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."

What a wonderful prediction. So precise.

There have been scoffers for centuries. Why didn't the last days happen ages ago? Oh, wait, the last days last for centuries, right? 

Or will this happen in your lifetime because, well, you're special?

[Angrboda]

"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers," ..etc...

“The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.”
― Socrates

As the quote from Socrates demonstrates, there are troubles in all times. Do you know who Celsus was? Christianity has received criticism ("scoffers") from the very beginning. As such, this fails because it's true of many times in the past; it's not specific enough. (10 Ancient Critics Of Christianity)

As for exact dates,here is just one scripture that answers that question:
" But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."

You're trying to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse by quoting excuses for why an exact date isn't given? All that does is reinforce that your "prophecy" isn't sufficiently precise for its fulfillment to mean anything about the predictive powers of the bible. You claim the bible produces amazing predictions and your evidence is a passage saying that it won't produce amazing predictions? Honestly, you must not be right in the head.

This fits the times were in also:
"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."

This is entirely too vague and nonspecific to count as fulfilled prophecy. Are you dense?

[val5662]

Another example:
The whole world was flooded once.
Scientists have proved that.
The Bible tells you that in detail.

[vorlon13]

[Minimalist]

"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers," ..etc...

As for exact dates,here is just one scripture that answers that question:
" But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."

This fits the times were in also:
"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."

The bible is a pile of shit, sonny.  Time to grow up and face the fact that you are on your own.  No sky-daddy is watching out for you.

[Jesster]

Another example:
The whole world was flooded once.
Scientists have proved that.
The Bible tells you that in detail.

False. There is no evidence of a world-wide flood.

[downbeatplumb]

Another example:
The whole world was flooded once.
Scientists have proved that.
The Bible tells you that in detail.

No it wasn't, the facts tell us this in detail.

Where did you go to school? I'm guessing it was mums house and she was quite religious wasn't she?

[Brian37]

Fiction. Just like the Koran and Jewish OT, Buddha and Hindu Vedas. They all have real histories in that people invented them and buy into them still. But fiction in that they were all human inventions started in an age of scientific ignorance. 

I really warn against focusing on one religion. Our species was around long before any written religion or boarders. Our species merely gap filled and made very bad guesses as to the nature of reality and those lead to our species creating religions and god claims.

I do think it is important to read about all religions and compare their histories. I think the more religions you learn about and compare the more you realize the arguments simply have different names and details but the arguments over morality and good and bad are the same motif in the end. All want to claim their club is the source of morality and has the answers to our meaning.

[Minimalist]

I KNEW this was a live one.