Re[2]: Validity of the Bible

jxm@ARINC.COM (jxm@ARINC.COM)
Fri, 9 May 1997 07:23:25 -0400


Brother, I am sorry but you have missed the whole point.  I am sorry
for any misunderstanding of my question.  I am simply looking for
information, say history, scientific studies, that would correspond
with the truths of the Bible.

Sincerley,
Jim Millette

>Well, showing that prophecy was fullfilled does not prove the Bible
>correct, but showing that a Biblical prophecy was not (and cannot be
>in the future) fulfilled would disprove the correctness of the Bible.
>This is called disproof by counterexample, and is a well established
>technique in both math and logic as well as law.  We must be very
>careful here, since many people would misinterpret a prophecy and
>then claim it failed to pan out.  Each man's faith is what proves the
>Bible true to himself, and that faith is transferred by preaching:
>"faith commeth by hearing, and hearing the word of God.  And how
>shall he hear unless there is a preacher?  And how shall he preach
>unless he is sent?"

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