Do Christians believe nothing in the Bible has ever been disproved?

Question

I got a super fundie answer to my last question saying that nothing in the bible "has ever been disproven [sic] and archeological discoveries only confirm its accuracy".

Do a lot of Christians believe this?

Answer 1

Archaeology has yet to prove that anything written in the bible has ever actually occurred. In decades of reading the bible, National Geographic, Scientific American, and many other archaeological and/or historical research-based periodicals ... I've yet to see proof-positive of biblical accuracy.

One cannot disprove statements of the past (and, yes, the bible is merely a collection of statements). We can merely provide increasing proof of alternate/conflicting statements.

That said, I know several christians who have little or no belief in biblical 'fact'. That events actually occurred is not what matters ... it is the message that matters more. Yeshua bar Yoseph (Jesus) may or may not have been, but the simple commandment "Love thy neighbour as thyself," outshines all else. If all christians followed the lessons of Jesus, we would have far fewer problems with 'fundies'.

Answer 2

well, as the list of things the Bible says that has been proven is continuing to grow i would say yes i believe it...

Answer 3

I do.

If you are interested you can go to the link below and watch the presentation entitled "A Spade Unearths the Truth":

http://amazingdiscoveries.org/media-vide...

Answer 4

All so called "evidence against" the bible or "contradictions" within the bible are one of 2 things:

1: Evidence that can be INTERPRETED either way depending on what your presuppositions are(fossils, for example, can be interpreted as either being millions of years old, or the product of the World Flood, depending on your presuppositions

2: Contradictions are usually found by taking the passage out of context, comparing it to unrelated scripture, and occasionally there is an apparent contradiction in the English translation, but if you examine the original sources in Hebrew, Greek, or Aramaic, the original meanings of the words show there is no contradiction.

Also, archeology IS constantly confirming Biblical accounts. For example, for a long time people thought the list of Israel's and Judah's kings were wrong, but they found palaces to the different kings to show the Biblical account is in fact accurate.

Answer 5

well I'm Christian and I'm sure that there were a few things in the bible that have been disproved but disproved or not the only thing that will ever make me think the bible is all one big lie or made up book would have to be God coming to earth to tell me him self...plz answer mine:http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Answer 6

I do.

Answer 7

That is a true statement.  What has been disproved?  It is fact that archaeological discoveries have only proved what the Bible says to be true.

As for the unicorn bit from another poster, you have to remember that the unicorn's twist in fantasy is from story writers.  You view it in the eyes of fables.  The Bible comments on unicorns, and if you remember a few months ago, a unicorn was in the news.  How do we know that this mutation of a horn in the mid of the head was not a norm in those days and it is mutating back to its original placement?  

Swizzle - where is the documentation that PROVES this?  There is none, you spread opinions, not fact.

Answer 8

Yes. Quite a few religious nuts actually believe that.

I'm sure we will find those unicorns someday (Job 39:9).

Answer 9

Actually, it hasn't.

And actually had, I would have wanted SOME sources.

Answer 10

<yawn>

I don't know about how many others believe in a particular way, but THIS Christian who was a Rhodes Scholar and has held university faculty positions in both science and Biblical studies DEFINITELY believes that nothing in the Bible has ever been "disproved."  (I would surely have heard about it by now. I even used to challenge my students to come up with one to "stump the professor." Nobody ever collected the prize.)  Yes, I've had fun with those tired old lists of "Bible errors" and "Bible contradictions" for years now -- and used to assign them to first year students to sharpen their knowledge. My favorites are those complaining about unicorns and slavery in ancient Israel and the allegedly contradictory Genesis accounts. (And yes, I'm fluent in both Biblical Greek and Biblical Hebrew so the attempts to sneak by the silly translation tricks and the confusion over "kill" versus "murder" won't work either.)

The critics/skeptics pride themselves for being "scientific" and open to falsification -- yet those websites listing the "errors" never remove even the lamest items which even the casual reader can defy.

Oh, and if you have some archaeological discovery which you believe disproves something in the Bible, we would all be anxious to learn at your feet.

(Yes, I'm intentionally being pompous -- because so many of the self-described atheists criticizing the Bible on this forum keep telling us that they are so much smarter than everybody else. Not one that I've seen has given evidence for that superiority.)

Answer 11

Well i believe that why cant people believe what they wanna believe. Why do people wanna disprove something people have faith in. If you don't believe it that's up to you.

Answer 12

Its true.  Archeology and science have never disproved and only confirmed.  

Answer 13

I'm a Christian, but I think the Bible is a lot of stories.  I mean, think about it.  These people say they talked to God.  What do we think about people who say that today?  

Answer 14

Do atheists believe nothing in the Bible has ever been proved?

Answer 15

Most of Genesis, the very first book of the buy-bull has been factually disproved.

Answer 16

A lot, no, not a lot. About 25% of Americans consider themselves "Evangelical". Of that cut not even all think the Bible is 100% truth. But yes, the loudest do seem the most crazy.

Answer 17

Everyone has their very own scientist these days.

Answer 18

I believe this.  

Answer 19

the bible itself is not a problem. what's more problematic is hoe the extremists interpret the bible to support their hate and bigotry and their use of the bible to justify their inhuman treatment of their fellow man.