The Bible is not God's Word

I am sorry if you didn't approve of my slight change in debate topic. I didn't mean any harm. Nonetheless, thank you for your argument. You said "It is quite interesting how 40 different authors could write anything that would carry a single theme through the entirety of the word is staggering at the thought" That can actually easily be explained. All of those writers came from the same Judaic culture, so obviously their writings would share similar themes. In addition, the priests who compiled the Bible made sure to only include stories whose themes didn't contradict each other. There are quite a few writings that are included in the Torah but are missing from the Old Testament of the Bible. However, I didn't say that the THEMES of the Bible contradict each other. I said the actual details of the Bible contradict each other, which is why the Bible can't be God's word. The Bible cannot be taken literally, word for word. You said "Now I have used a term several times that needs to be defined, Christians," I don't see how the definition of a Christian is relevant to this discussion. I realize that various Christians differ in their views, based on their interpretations of the Bible. To me, this is just even more proof that the Bible is God's word; the Bible is so vague and contradictory that it can be interpreted in so many different ways. You said "Each and every one of these so-called contradictions are fully explained in this short 600 page book. The typical reason that these so called contradictions occur is that they do not follow the principles for interpreting Scripture." All you did is reference me to a book which I don't really have access to. It would be better if you could actually use your own knowledge and logic to respond to the contradictions shown in the videos. You said "Let's look at what would happen if the Bible completely agreed, what would be said then? This in fact would be reason for Scripture to not be accepted it would be said that there was some plagiarism that occurred." This is absurd. Basically what you just said is that contradictions prove the Bible to be correct! That makes no sense logically. Non-contradiction doesn't imply plagiarism; it would imply that all the authors really were all inspired by the same divine being. You said "All of apostles and many of the disciples suffered horrible deaths none of them recanted their position". They could have been willing to sacrifice their lives because they knew they were guaranteed Heaven. We have seen this before. Some Muslim terrorist leaders have managed to convince their agents that they will go to Heaven for dying in a suicide bombing. REALIZE THAT I AM NOT COMPARING THE APOSTLES TO TERRORISTS. I'm just trying to show that people aren't afraid of dying when they truly believe they will go to Heaven for their deaths. Please don't be offended... the Apostles probably did go to Heaven, whereas the terrorists surely went to Hell. I really don't have anything else more to add, as I gave most of my proof for the Bible's non-divinity in the first round, and I have already countered all of your rebuttals. The only other thing I would like to add is that there are pretty much NO Christians in the world who follow the Bible exactly, even those who claim that the Bible should absolutely be taken literally word for word. Please reference the video I have posted, as it shows this very well. http://www.youtube.com...