It doesn't. It exists because of a body of early believers in Christ. They collated the book. It's a fundy myth that Christianity derives from the Bible. It doesn't. The Bible derives from Christianity.
It doesn't. It exists because of a body of early believers in Christ. They collated the book. It's a fundy myth that Christianity derives from the Bible. It doesn't. The Bible derives from Christianity.
It doesn't. It exists because of a body of early believers in Christ. They collated the book. It's a fundy myth that Christianity derives from the Bible. It doesn't. The Bible derives from Christianity.
Yes and no. It was the community of believers who decided which bits of the Jewish Scriptures would form their Bible. So although the texts already existed, as specifically Christian Scripture they come after the church.
I have a question for old earth creationists. This isn't meant to be hostile, Im just confused. What do you say to the young earth creationists that add up all the ages of people in the bible up to jesus and get 6000 years (including the 2000 years from christ to now)? Is the bible wrong?
What do I say to YEC's? Open their mind a little and conceive other possibilities...other ways of interpreting scripture. The Bible isn't a readers digest.
Yes and no. It was the community of believers who decided which bits of the Jewish Scriptures would form their Bible. So although the texts already existed, as specifically Christian Scripture they come after the church.