PetriFB
05-30-2007, 05:23 AM
http://koti.phnet.fi/elohim/canwetrustcriticismoftheBible
In this writing we are going to examine the reliability of the Bible especially concerning that of the Gospels. These matters may be problematic for many people and they may lose their faith because of it. Often the statements of many researchers, in which they may doubt the history of the Bible or say things like "In the real world miracles have never happened", may influence people's minds. They may say that the Bible is not reliable in the things that it talks about.
However, it is good to notice that such statements are nothing new but have been presented already during the past two hundred years. Actually it is interesting to notice that as Darwin 's theory of evolution and the theory of the ice age became well-known among people, the said higher criticism of the Bible began to gain ground simultaneously. Researchers, who started questioning the writings of Jesus' life and other events of the Bible, began to spring up. They might have thought that if the creation and the Flood are not true in the light of the previous theories, what reason would we then have to believe in information about Jesus. So it is certainly not by chance that all three matters came out almost simultaneously.
In any case, it is good for us to research this. The purpose is to help especially those people who want to know more about this matter, and to show how reasonable it is to trust in events mentioned in the Bible. If you struggle with this matter, it is worth your while to read the next lines.
In this writing we are going to examine the reliability of the Bible especially concerning that of the Gospels. These matters may be problematic for many people and they may lose their faith because of it. Often the statements of many researchers, in which they may doubt the history of the Bible or say things like "In the real world miracles have never happened", may influence people's minds. They may say that the Bible is not reliable in the things that it talks about.
However, it is good to notice that such statements are nothing new but have been presented already during the past two hundred years. Actually it is interesting to notice that as Darwin 's theory of evolution and the theory of the ice age became well-known among people, the said higher criticism of the Bible began to gain ground simultaneously. Researchers, who started questioning the writings of Jesus' life and other events of the Bible, began to spring up. They might have thought that if the creation and the Flood are not true in the light of the previous theories, what reason would we then have to believe in information about Jesus. So it is certainly not by chance that all three matters came out almost simultaneously.
In any case, it is good for us to research this. The purpose is to help especially those people who want to know more about this matter, and to show how reasonable it is to trust in events mentioned in the Bible. If you struggle with this matter, it is worth your while to read the next lines.