# What is the evidence to support the Bible **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 4, 2002, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-evidence-to-support-the-bible/117345 "2002-07-04T11:16:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-evidence-to-support-the-bible/117345/101 "2002-07-13T17:56:21Z")
To get back on topic, **dreamer** , What is the evidence(outside of Bible verses and your personal feelings) to support the Bible? ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-evidence-to-support-the-bible/117345/102 "2002-07-13T20:40:05Z")
\*\*Czarcasm \*\*, if you go back about 6 posts you will see that I pretty much gave in the towel to this thread. Call me a quitter, or you can even go as far as saying that there is no evidence to support the bible (that dreamer could prove). Call this number (I promise to make the link _work_ this time :rolleyes: [Here](http://www.kwve.com/programs/programs/wordfortoday.htm) The people that answer questions are _very_ knowledgeable about the bible and I’m sure they can answer any questions you have much better than I. Maybe they could even find some evidence for you. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-evidence-to-support-the-bible/117345/103 "2002-07-13T20:49:03Z")
Instead, why don’t _you_ contact them, and present to us the evidence they provide that you find convincing? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-evidence-to-support-the-bible/117345/104 "2002-07-13T22:22:07Z")
**Czarcasm** , that’s the sort of thing that people write entire books about … multiple volumes, in fact. ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-evidence-to-support-the-bible/117345/105 "2002-07-13T23:12:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Czarcasm \* > \*\*Instead, why don’t _you_ contact them, and present to us the evidence they provide that you find convincing? \*\* If you want evidence so badly **Czarcasm** call the number, get a book, whatever. ::rolleyes:: I’m not going to spend anymore time here explaining how and why _I_ believe. Unless of course you’re going to _pay_ me to find it for you, then I’ll reconsider 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-evidence-to-support-the-bible/117345/106 "2002-07-14T01:59:18Z")
**dreamer** wrote, re [this article](http://www.jhuger.com/mystic_atheism.mv): > [@](#): > > Interesting article. Did he say who the “voice” was? Or was it just something he “thought” he heard? He gives a more analytical take of the experience described above, in this follow-up article: [http://www.jhuger.com/mat\_enlight.mv](http://www.jhuger.com/mat_enlight.mv) (Of course, if I were in a mean mood, I could turn around and ask you whether the times you felt that you were filled with the Holy Spirit were just something you “thought” you felt. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-evidence-to-support-the-bible/117345/107 "2002-07-14T03:11:32Z")
What I meant was did he figure out who the voice was, but thinking about it he did say it was God and God told him not to believe in him, so I guess that’s my answer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-evidence-to-support-the-bible/117345.md?page=5)