The Bible is not God's Word

Round 5 may Jesus be glorified Well it seems as if pro has decided that a video created by someone other than himself to be the most reliable document around, he first mentioned this as his one and only thing to disprove the Bible being Gods word, this is a tired and old attempt to discredit the word of God. So many have tried that there are now several books that deal with over 800 supposed contradictions, each and every one of them have been shown to be either a blatant misrepresentation of the Bible or a misinterpretation of the Bible. As I pointed out to pro we could have this silly little debate where he would type something he believes is a contradiction and I would type the reply, I also offered in every round the opportunity for pro to do just that. Guess what instead of doing the work he continued to rely on the video short, all and every one of these items have been addressed more than once by several authors and doctors of theology why should I retype what they wrote just to fill space. The contradictions argument holds no water and has been played and lost many times. Next once again pro tries to put Jesus into this little box as if he had no effect and just had this little band of followers, he once again failed to realize that even in the writing by other historians from the time it shows the great impact Jesus made, how would this, as pro states "homeless preacher" be even considered important enough to be commented on by the most prestigious historians of the time? He fails to even attempt to address this. He also conveniently overlooked the fact that other major religions of the world actually acknowledge Jesus, maybe not as the Son of God, but as a great man, why is this? How could this "homeless preacher" have such a large effect on the entire world had not the number of followers been much larger than pro gives credit for! Another question why is that this "homeless preacher" is the only one that misusing His name is considered a curse? Ever hear someone say Buddha d****it? Next we move on to the Bible showing major things before man even figured it out, for example the Bible states the Earth is round way before anyone else did. Pro writes "Completely false. Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle all taught that the Earth was round and used InforSource.org as proof text (1). Had he bothered to read he would have learned that Pythagoras lived 570 BC, Plato lived (427- 347 BC), Aristotle (384-322 BC), and had actually read my post he would have seen that Job was written 1000 years before any of the people he posted and Isaiah written 2 hundred years prior to those he posted, only proving my point I would like to thank him for proving my point with his source. Next he moved to the flood and why they are marine fossils on the highest mountain tops his answer was this, "the ancient marine life lived in an ocean covering the region long before the mountains sprung up". I think my opponent is forgetting some basic earth science, you see the continents that these mountains are found on are actually floating, and as the move and collide they push up the mountains. Yet so again how did all the areas of the earth get covered in water so that these marine fossils would be there? See the thing pro did not do was actually read the proof text offered, for in the same article it mentions that the entire world has the fossils, not just the mountain tops. So either pro is saying the entire earth was covered by water, which sounds like a global flood that the Bible speaks of, or he failed to answer the question of the marine fossils. Once again I believe the pro has assisted me in proving my point that the entire world was under water. Next he attempts to discredit the fact that the Bible correctly identifies things that are to happen in the future called prophesies. His only come back was not all the prophecies have been fulfilled, this is a true statement the Bible has a total of about 2500 prophecies in it. Of those 2000 of them have been fulfilled, leaving 500 yet to be and pro attempts to use these remaining 500 as proof that the Bible is not God"s word completely ignoring the 2000 that have been fulfilled. The remaining 500 are all about the end times, which only by God"s grace has not occurred yet. Pro"s inability to see that the 2000 fulfilled show how very accurate the Bible is. One final proof, if the Bible is God"s word then the facts it states would eventually be provable, again this is true even though some things take a long time to be proven wrong so far none to date. For example, in Acts 13:7, mention is made of Sergius Paulus, the proconsul of Cyprus. For a long time, skeptics contended that Luke should have called him propraetor instead of proconsul since this was the usual title however years later a coin was found that stated this "Paulus the Proconsul"(2) There are a great many more like the tunnels under Jerusalem or the walls of Jericho, the proof of Caiaphas, etc.(3) Thru out this debate Pro"s whole stand "proof" that the Bible is not God"s word, was a video that speaks of some supposed "contradictions" these misinterpretations are nothing new and have been addressed many times, I attempted to point this out to him by showing the work of a prominent scholar but he refused to budge. So then I showed that Jesus himself who many believe to be the Son of God and lived a sinless life (myself included) believed the Old Testament to be God"s word, Jesus quoted verse and passage many times with authority. Then I marked the change in the Apostles and Paul, who was previously a murderer of Christians known as Saul, and their change. Next I brought up the prophecies in the Bible, with over 300 fulfilled in Jesus the odds of which are astronomical, to the 1700 other prophecies fulfilled in the Bible no other book in the world could ever come close to these kinds of predictions. What was my opponents comeback "NOT all have been fulfilled" which is true showing how the Bible still is very relevant to us know. Then there are the points where the Bible points out facts well before men have figured them out, my opponent in his rebuttal only proved my point and I thank him for that. Finally, there are the historical facts that the Bible proves people, places, times and events all proven over and over again. I thank pro for this opportunity however his only evidence was supposed "contradictions" all of which are easy to explain with proper interpretation of the Bible, yet I have shown many other facts showing the accuracy of the Bible for both in history and prophecy, these facts can only lend to a vote that the Bible is God"s word.. Vote for Con 1.http://www.infosources.org... 2.http://www.biblicalarcheology.net... 3.http://israelsmessiah.com...