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Title: The Reliability of the Bible (Proof-Positive Provided?)
Source: YT
URL Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAH_-Du2428
Published: Jun 5, 2019
Author: GENESIS APOLOGETICS
Post Date: 2019-06-10 11:25:47 by Liberator
Keywords: BIBLE, GOD
Views: 4821
Comments: 25

Is the Bible reliable?

Does it include prophecies about Jesus Christ that have come true? Has it been reliably copied over the centuries?

Is the Bible inerrant?

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls help answer these questions!


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Sequential, repeated evidence is provided for over two millennia of the very same prophecies and information.

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#1. To: Liberator (#0)

Seems the premise is that the prophecies were fulfilled via the tenants of Christian theology. That would, to an extent, make them self-fulfilling prophecies.

I.e. if Isaiah had not written about a man being whipped four our iniquities, would the belief that the whipping Jesus received was because of our iniquities be part of Christian theology today?

Pinguinite  posted on  2019-06-10   12:14:43 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Pinguinite (#1)

Seems the premise is that the prophecies were fulfilled via the tenants of Christian theology. That would, to an extent, make them self-fulfilling prophecies.

A "premise" is a theory; This video demonstrated a lineage and repeatable documentation and proof of fulfilled prophecy. Proof simply does not get any more valid and credible than 2700 years of documentation.

Btw, "Christianity" did not exist in the days of Isaiah. Jesus Christ would not appear for hundreds of years. Isaiah 53 speak to it.

(did you watch the video?)

Liberator  posted on  2019-06-10   12:26:39 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Liberator (#2)

Yes, I did, and I don't find it very compelling for the reason I gave.

It seems you missed my point about Isaiah being a "self-fulfilling" prophecy. To put the question another way: Is there any source in the Bible that claims that Jesus was whipped for our iniquities that cannot be traced back to Isaiah? I imagine Paul wrote of it in one of his letters that is now in the Bible but if so and he was referring back to Isaiah, then that would not count as Paul could be said to be retrofitting the prophecy to create a new piece of Christian doctrine. In which case, it is not fulfilled prophecy at all.

Prophecies about historic events are one thing. But prophecies that find their fulfillment in the form of developed Christian doctrine are quite another and can easily be the *direct* result of the prophecy itself rather than something that came to pass independently.

The speaker at the end argues that a skeptic is choosing to rely on his own judgment about the Bible instead of the Bible's judgment about the Bible. But anyone who chooses to believe the Bible is still relying on his own judgment that the Bible is the WoG, is he not?

It is not possible for any man to disable his own sense of judgment in what he believes, whether Christian or not, or whether he believes the Bible is the WoG or not.

Pinguinite  posted on  2019-06-10   12:58:16 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Pinguinite (#4)

It seems you missed my point about Isaiah being a "self-fulfilling" prophecy.

No I didn't.

You seem to want to either to dismiss Isaiah's prophecies outright, or claim that Jesus' life and death and circumstances were somehow scripted in the most grand conspiracy of all in order to magically create "self-fulfilling" prophecy. This is the Stretch-of-Stretches.

Besides that, the extent of specificity of Isaiah's can't be denied.

Prophecies about historic events are one thing. But prophecies that find their fulfillment in the form of developed Christian doctrine are quite another and can easily be the *direct* result of the prophecy itself rather than something that came to pass independently.

That's such a stretch, bro.

Other prophets didn't know one another, living in different times -- yet they wrote independently.

Given the prophecies began as you describe, "developing Christian Doctrine," why shouldn't this phenomena from the various Prophets from Isaiah to Micah to Psalm to Genesis to Jeremiah also be considered divinely-directed, a tapestry of truth that wound up as White Robe of Jesus The Savior? If anything Isaiah and others not only help prove the Bible's prophecies are true, but who the Messiah was to be.

The collective weight of the thread of prophecies by the various prophets over centuries give no doubt as to its credibility or validity. IF you were to look up and examine "Old Testament Prophecies of Jesus" you'd be inundated by scriptural documentation.

Liberator  posted on  2019-06-10   13:35:34 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Liberator (#5)

You seem to want to either to dismiss Isaiah's prophecies outright, or claim that Jesus' life and death and circumstances were somehow scripted in the most grand conspiracy of all in order to magically create "self-fulfilling" prophecy. This is the Stretch-of-Stretches.

It's not true that I think the the life and death of one man may have been scripted to fit prophecies. Rather, I suggest that prophecies may have been construed to fit the life and death of one man. I was taught that Jesus is indeed a historical person, as opposed as, say, Abraham who is not, I guess the difference being the existence of multiple historical records, beyond the Bible, of their existence. But I'm also very aware of the human propensity to creatively write stories to fit certain narratives, which is something you are certainly all too aware of to, so long as the stories come from NASA or CNN or any number of sources that have political bias.

But for whatever reason, for you, the Bible is immune to such bias. For me, it is not. If the Bible is the WoG, and not simply a collection of ancient writings, that has taken on a life of its own as each generation ascribes divine significance to it, then it just needs to pass other tests. And I guess one for me is the question of whether God gets angry and jealous. The Bible says yes, which I consider contradictory to the description of a supreme being who knows us completely and all things we will ever do. Anger and jealousy ARE, to me, a clear sign of weakness and insecurity and as such, are incompatible with the idea of a God being everything else the Bible says God is. The reason the Bible says God can feel these things: In my mind, the likelihood that the ancient authors needed this propensity of the Almighty for the purpose of controlling the masses. You simply cannot control the sheeple if they don't have this divine fear hanging over their heads their entire lives.

Prophecies about historic events are one thing. But prophecies that find their fulfillment in the form of developed Christian doctrine are quite another and can easily be the *direct* result of the prophecy itself rather than something that came to pass independently.

That's such a stretch, bro.

I do not see that at all. To you, the gospel is true. I do think you are starting with that premise, as it's firmly locked into your belief set, and working backwards from that point to find that the prophesies must be true. But what if Christianity today is the end result of ancient prophesy? Christian doctrine molded around a story that began with Genises and grew and, yes, evolved from there?

Other prophets didn't know one another, living in different times -- yet they wrote independently.

Agreed, they didn't know each other, but how many of the later authors were aware of the writings of the earlier authors enough to write their sequels in response to them? I don't know, but I don't think it can be ruled out. It's not like 3000 years ago there were libraries so full of books that any literate person would not have been able to read *all* of Judaic history in less than a few months time, it seems to me.

Given the prophecies began as you describe, "developing Christian Doctrine," why shouldn't this phenomena from the various Prophets from Isaiah to Micah to Psalm to Genesis to Jeremiah also be considered divinely-directed, a tapestry of truth that wound up as White Robe of Jesus The Savior? If anything Isaiah and others not only help prove the Bible's prophecies are true, but who the Messiah was to be.

None of the OT testament prophets ever used the name "Jesus". In fact, while Christian claim they were referring to Jesus, Jews themselves do not. They think it's someone else. What makes Christians right and Jews wrong? The OT books are their books, even. Why wouldn't they, therefore, be considered an authority on the matter?

The collective weight of the thread of prophecies by the various prophets over centuries give no doubt as to its credibility or validity. IF you were to look up and examine "Old Testament Prophecies of Jesus" you'd be inundated by scriptural documentation.

Much as I have already seen. But sources are quite biased.

Pinguinite  posted on  2019-06-10   15:52:56 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: Pinguinite (#7)

Anger and jealousy ARE, to me, a clear sign of weakness and insecurity and as such, are incompatible with the idea of a God being everything else the Bible says God is.

There are such things as righteous anger and jealousy.

God "insecure"? "Weak"? If that's your conclusion, you're not understanding the context of who God is, and the reasons for His righteous anger and "jealousy." God doesn't need us at all. If we are insolent, disobedience and give him a middle finger, that only ultimately boomerangs back on us.

"Righteous anger," case, point:

You've painstakingly set up a beautiful, loving home and happy, purposeful future...

But your kid, your wife, somebody you love dearly instead of understanding how good things are back home and heeding your teachings and warnings on life, they go out and becomes very stupid, especially as they should know better. They begin hanging out with gangstas, whores, murderers, doing hard drugs, hurting others and themselves repeatedly. Then then they wind up stealing and lying to you about it and other things. Then, wind up in jail. It even appears they actually enjoy being stupid and wallowing in their own filth...

You mean to tell me you are saying you wouldn't become angry at them?

Sometimes the mediums of the messaging of the Bible make it difficult to understand. Or maybe it's a matter of impatience or a psychological or spiritual blockage that interfere with the resonance of truth. As I'd suggested, Scripture does address this phenomena.

I've found 'The Bible Project' medium and technique of its respective presentation of 'The Wisdom Books' unique in helping understanding and simplifying some Biblical tenets that have caused confusion. They are short and sweet. ('The Bible Project' starts at Genesis in case you or others like their work. It's excellent.)

As to your challenge of Biblical veracity and credibility, if the voluminous documentation and prophecies that defy the odds of its truth by a factor of a gazillion -- -- as well as of Jesus as the coming "King" and Redeemer its detailed explanation of all other places, events, and people are not sufficient "evidence" for you, then no other scripture I can cite nor nothing I can say will convince you otherwise.

Conversely, It seems to me you've bent over backwards to channel and accommodate Michael Newton's twist on Reincarnation. In doing so you've applied tons of thumb-pressure on the scales of proof for Newtonian Model "evidence" with flimsy, gamed, or phantom evidence, reinforced by mountains of speculation and wishful thinking; Yet you find it easy to dismiss and demand additional "validation" even as an actual mountain range of relative proof of Biblical truths and facts, multiple sources and multiple eyewitness real-person testimony and events exist -- as well as the thousands of years of historical back-up that has been translated and documented and re-documented. And... just maybe I am a bad communicator.

If one can't be their own eyewitness to beliefs and faith, they must rely on others. That mean your current "Faith" relies solely on the testimony of Michael Newton and his spiritual guidance and that of his fellow hypnotists for a clinical system and "Model" that bears far more likeness to a cold Classroom and "bulletin board grade" than the warm embrace and eternal grace of The Lord. Newton's assurance of his Model: The data and account of select Past Live Regression experiences as recounted and/or cobbled under an Altered State of Consciousness -- even though ALL of the experiences were aided and guided to the same end. Doesn't this merely prove what we already know? That the human mind CAN be manipulated and deceived by the Power of Suggestion (either by the Spirit World OR by Man?) Shouldn't relying on this system as the basis for one's Eternal Home be cause for alarm or at the least, utmost caution?

If the time-factor of Bible events remains the one sticking point for you, along with embracing the notion of a 1700 year-long Grand Prophecy Conspiracy, AND no available video of Isaiah's prophecies or Jesus' sermons of his Crucifixion and Return, maybe this exchange had a purpose afterall: To prompt you into re-examining respective "evidences."

Ping, I hope and pray you open your heart and embrace the real truth, my friend. I realize you've sought the truth and peace as a life goal. It is the most noble and important sojourn one can make. I've sincerely appreciated our exchange and tone, but now it's time to consider this subject closed. Thank you...

Liberator  posted on  2019-06-11   16:31:23 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#12. To: Liberator (#10)

God "insecure"? "Weak"? If that's your conclusion, you're not understanding the context of who God is,

I didn't say he was weak and insecure. I said I don't think he can get angry or jealous because he is NOT either of those things.

"Righteous anger," case, point:

You gave an example of how I might get angry or jealous. How is my potential reaction, if with anger and/or jealousy, in any way a measure by how God would/could or should react? And you've not factored in the complete lack of surprise that would be the case with God. No, these are attributes that are ascribed to God in an effort to make him like us. That in addition to what I consider a likely motive of making people afraid for the purpose of control.

As to your challenge of Biblical veracity and credibility, if the voluminous documentation and prophecies that defy the odds of its truth by a factor of a gazillion -- -- as well as of Jesus as the coming "King" and Redeemer its detailed explanation of all other places, events, and people are not sufficient "evidence" for you, then no other scripture I can cite nor nothing I can say will convince you otherwise.

The last part of that is most certainly true.

Conversely, It seems to me you've bent over backwards to channel and accommodate Michael Newton's twist on Reincarnation.

In my view, I have hardly bent over backwards for Newton. I've not had to, as the information Newton presents makes, as far as I am concerned, sense in every way.

In doing so you've applied tons of thumb-pressure on the scales of proof for Newtonian Model "evidence" with flimsy, gamed, or phantom evidence, reinforced by mountains of speculation and wishful thinking; Yet you find it easy to dismiss and demand additional "validation" even as an actual mountain range of relative proof of Biblical truths and facts, multiple sources and multiple eyewitness real-person testimony and events exist -- as well as the thousands of years of historical back-up that has been translated and documented and re-documented. And... just maybe I am a bad communicator.

You choose to ignore accounts of reincarnation as I have repeatedly posted. That is evidence I can scrutinize. All you have as a book of ancient writings that pretty much cannot be cross examined. You've claimed in the past you have "witnesses". I'm sorry, you do not have any witnesses, unless they have been reincarnated, as a dead person cannot be a witness to anything.

If one can't be their own eyewitness to beliefs and faith, they must rely on others. That mean your current "Faith" relies solely on the testimony of Michael Newton and his spiritual guidance and that of his fellow hypnotists.

I also have myself. My own observations and experiences about how life is. I am certainly not accepting Newton's model based on pure academics.

Doesn't this merely prove what we already know? That the human mind CAN be manipulated and deceived by the Power of Suggestion (either by the Spirit World OR by Man?) Shouldn't relying on this system as the basis for one's Eternal Home be cause for alarm or at the least, utmost caution?

I'm sorry to point this out, but coming from someone who believes the world is flat, which in my mind is so completely out of alignment with reality, the criticism about my believing Newton over the Bible is not something I can consider very credible. If we cannot even agree on the shape of the earth, there's no chance we'll iron out any differences on any theological topic.

Just because you've found explanations for observations of a flat earth model does NOT mean the earth is flat, and the same goes for explanations for things we read in the Bible. You've chosen the explanations for both that fit your world view, discounting contrary explanations. I've done the same.

Ping, I hope and pray you open your heart and embrace the real truth, my friend. I realize you've sought the truth and peace as a life goal. It is the most noble and important sojourn one can make. I've sincerely appreciated our exchange and tone, but now it's time to consider this subject closed. Thank you...

Everyone sees things different ways, which is one of the things that is okay under the Newton model. I can consider it closed as well. I'm kind of weary of discussing it, in fact.

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