Comments on www.anthilder. co.uk: How Do We Know The Bible Is God's Word?

I didn't delete it, I believe Benny did. I think i...

2008-02-20T16:25:00.000Z

I didn't delete it, I believe Benny did. I think it was because he wanted to change what he wrote - he felt telling me to shrivel up and stop pestering him was a tad harsh :)

Interesting dilemma you have there, Miss Williams. I could blog about it soon, after i answer another pressing question: Why is the best love always the furthest away? :p

Why did you remove Benny's comment?I would like to...

2008-02-20T16:06:00.000Z

Why did you remove Benny's comment?

I would like to be mentioned in one of your blogs. Mayeb not one about the accuracy of Scripture, though NIV does stand for Nat's Interesting Version. Maybe one about how to finally confess to a woman that you've loved her since you were 13?! ;-)

Thanks Oliver.I'm actually saying the same as you ...

2008-02-19T19:28:00.000Z

Thanks Oliver.

I'm actually saying the same as you are - that the only way we can believe that scripture is authoritative is by faith! Like you say, circular arguments are pointless - and with scripture being the highest form of authority, we cannot refer it to something else to prove it!

My article point was about the nature of faith in believing scripture is authoritative.

This is a good blog Ant, but the bit about circula...

2008-02-19T19:25:00.000Z

This is a good blog Ant, but the bit about circular arguments doesn't follow very well. Any circular argument is a useless argument because it doesn't provide any support for what it's claiming. If I want to argue that the earth is flat or round, I need to provide evidence based on what I have observed.

Now as you seem to say, it could be that my senses are misleading, in which case I cannot know whether the earth is flat or round. But the observations are still valid reasons to believe that the earth is flat or round, whereas simply saying "the earth is round because I believe it to be round" is useless, because you could just as easily argue "the earth is flat because I believe it to be flat."

So never say that we need to use circular arguments. I've heard a few people say that, and it's completely wrong. It is true that we all believe things we cannot prove, but there is no point in pretending that such a belief is actually a valid argument.

Other than that, this post is great.

Indeed. In fact almost the very last words written...

2008-02-19T16:49:00.000Z

Indeed. In fact almost the very last words written in the new testament (Rev 22:18-19) strongly warns us not to add or takeaway from the words of prophecy in the Bible.