# Is the bible true/god real? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 27, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679 "2013-07-27T17:00:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jaysamm15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@jaysamm15](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaysamm15)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/1 "2013-07-27T17:00:37Z")
Please dont be offended, if you are, then move on to the next post. I have my beliefs, just curious of other’s. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/2 "2013-07-27T17:02:55Z")
Reported for forum change. Great Debates is ‘the place for religious debates and (if you feel you must) witnessing.’ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/3 "2013-07-27T17:12:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Reported for forum change. > > Great Debates is ‘the place for religious debates and (if you feel you must) witnessing.’ Actually, IMHO is the forum for polls. 😉 As for the OP: no and no. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/4 "2013-07-27T17:20:04Z")
Till the change… Yes and yes. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/5 "2013-07-27T17:34:30Z")
yes and yes ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/6 "2013-07-27T17:37:37Z")
“Parts of it” and “not likely.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/7 "2013-07-27T17:47:09Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > “Parts of it”… Yeah, but only that part about the Flood. Everything else is just made up! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/8 "2013-07-27T17:50:26Z")
I’m not so sure I believe the part about Jonah and the whale either. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/9 "2013-07-27T18:00:04Z")
Some parts of the Bible are true. Most parts are moral stories, allegories. I find no evidence that God is real. If He is, then he’s a real asshole, by all accounts. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/10 "2013-07-27T18:06:14Z")
No and no. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/11 "2013-07-27T18:06:54Z")
_some_ of the Bible might be true. God, as humans often imagine Him, \*almost \*certainly does not exist. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/12 "2013-07-27T18:07:08Z")
> [@jaysamm15](#): > > Please dont be offended, if you are, then move on to the next post. I have my beliefs, just curious of other’s. Offended by what? And what are your beliefs? You’ve just posed a couple questions in your OP; you haven’t laid out any beliefs that could potentially offend anyone. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/13 "2013-07-27T18:30:22Z")
The bible has some truths in it, but overall it’s bullshit. God is not real. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/14 "2013-07-27T18:33:42Z")
If I ever meet a talking snake, I might consider believing it. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/15 "2013-07-27T19:19:46Z")
No, it’s all a fiction designed to sucker the gullible idiot ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/16 "2013-07-27T19:24:57Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > If I ever meet a talking snake, I might consider believing it. I’d just start waiting for my acceptance letter from Hogwarts. ---
**Author:** ![Buffalo\_Bilious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@Buffalo\_Bilious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buffalo_Bilious)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/17 "2013-07-27T19:36:45Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I find no evidence that God is real. If He is, then he’s a real asshole, by all accounts. So said the lab rats of their scientist keeper. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/18 "2013-07-27T19:38:05Z")
Absolutely yes. ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/19 "2013-07-27T19:39:09Z")
Every part of the bible is true, especially the parts that contradict the other parts… those are _double-plus_ true! ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679/20 "2013-07-27T19:48:27Z")
I’m offended by the thought that this might offend me. but, …no the bible is real but fiction written by an uncoordinated group of people over a large span of years., god is real only as an idea [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679.md?page=2)