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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The question is phrased backwards.

Given that there is a much simpler explanation that does not require appeal to a supernatural influence, why, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, would anyone accept the claim that the Bible was [b]anything[/b] but the product of a bunch of men adapting oral history and existing mythology to suit their own purposes?

There is some objective evidence that some things in the Bible are reasonable descriptions of historical events, but that doesn't make the whole thing historically accurate.

There is significant evidence that mythological aspects of the Bible are adapted from previously existing mythologies.

There is also significant evidence that, unless you're reading it in the original, the text has been materially revised as part of the translation and re-writing process over the centuries.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Thus, why would anyone assume that a supernatural entity was involved in the production of a document that could so clearly have been produced by ordinary humans?[/quote]

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