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Questions About the Bible

Divine Authority and Inspiration

  • Divine authorship

    • How do we know the Bible is the Word of God rather than merely a human book?

  • Verbal plenary inspiration

    • What distinguishes verbal plenary inspiration from other theories of biblical inspiration?

  • Human authorship and authority

    • How can the Bible be authoritative if it was written by fallible humans?

  • Circular reasoning objection

    • Can the Bible be used as evidence for its own authority, or is that circular reasoning?

Moral Objections to the Bible

  • Slavery endorsement

    • Doesn't the Bible support slavery?

  • Sexual violence

    • Doesn't the Bible support rape?

  • Genocide commands

    • Doesn't the Bible support genocide?

  • Misogyny

    • Is the Bible anti-women?

  • Outdated moral practices

    • Why does the Bible endorse or tolerate practices we now consider immoral, such as polygamy and animal sacrifice?

Biblical Interpretation

  • Prescriptive vs. descriptive passages

    • How do Christians know which parts of the Bible are prescriptive and which are merely descriptive?

  • Genesis interpretation

    • How should Christians interpret Genesis 1-2 — literally or figuratively?

  • Old Testament vs. New Testament relationship 

    • What is the relationship between the Old Testament and the New Testament?

  • Book of Revelation interpretation

    • Why does the Book of Revelation seem so bizarre and contradictory, and how should it be interpreted?

Textual Transmission and Reliability

  • Textual corruption

    • Hasn't the Bible been altered or corrupted over centuries of copying?

  • Textual criticism

    • How do we know we have what was originally written?

  • English translations

    • Why are there so many English Bible translations, and does that undermine reliability?

  • Dead Sea Scrolls

    • How do the Dead Sea Scrolls affect our confidence in the Old Testament text?

  • New Testament manuscript dating

    • Is the New Testament reliable, given that the earliest manuscripts date to decades after Jesus?

Canon Formation

  • Canonical selection process

    • Who decided which books belong in the Bible, and was that process trustworthy?

  • Excluded gospels

    • Why were books like the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Judas excluded from the canon?

  • Deuterocanonical books

    • Why are there disputed books in the Catholic Bible that are not found in Protestant Bibles?​

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Biblical Accuracy and Evidence​

  • Errors and contradictions

    • Does the Bible contain errors, contradictions, or discrepancies?

  • Historical accuracy

    • Is the Bible historically accurate? Does archaeology support or contradict it?

  • Gospel reliability and dating

    • Are the Gospels eyewitness accounts, or were they written too late to be reliable?

  • Prophecy and dating

    • Are there genuine prophetic predictions in the Bible, or were they written after the events?
       

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