We should be rational in our religious beliefs, instead of just blindly following what our forefathers and parents believe, we need to apply reason and not just emotion to figuring out what our religious beliefs should be. The skeptics deny the existence of God, rob his sovereignty, murdered those who believe in the Christ. They are fast to condemning the works of God, but you are humble and seek the truth. “How can you quote the Bible to prove the Bible?". Therefore physical facts are presented, so that you may believe.

1. Bible Unity. The Bible, making up of 66 books, contains the laws, thoughts and will of God, which he communicated through 40 different human writers, with different cultures and backgrounds, on 3 different continents over a period of 1500 years. Note that some of these writers were not highly-educated and trained; some were fishermen (Simon Peter and John), shepherd (Amos), tax collector (Matthew). And God is the One Author. More amazingly, a writer named Paul was in fact a former persecutor of Christians. All the writers have not met together to write the whole Bible, and furthermore they address a wide variety of subjects at different time sets, yet displaying an incredible consistency and unity within the Bible.
   
   The Bible deals with the history, biography, poetry, speeches, proverbs, songs, parables, prophecies, romances, drama, sermons, dialog, and ethical teachings, and the usefulness is stated in 2 Timothy 3: 16 . It presents an internally consistent theme: God's love for mankind is eternal, and his mercy and grace extends to all, that is in the redemption of Christ Jesus.
   


2. Archaeology Findings has supported and verified the accuracy of the bible. Historical artifacts found have affirmed the existence of the events recorded in the bible. The New Testament in the Bible is the best attested ancient historical writing. Some 24,633 known copies (including fragments) exist, of which 5309 are in Greek. The Hebrew Old Testament has over 1700 copies (A recent estimate is 6,000 copies, including fragments). Having over 5300 Greek manuscripts to work with, detecting scribal errors in the New Testament is more certain when comparing between its manuscripts.
   
   a) Critics deny the existence of the Hittite Kingdom in the bible. However archaeologists discovered the Hittite capital in modern Turkey in early 1900s, and conclude that the civilization of the forgotten Hittites is very vast and prominent.
   <Bryce, T., The Kingdom of the Hittites, 1999>
   
   b) Sir William Ramsey, one of the greatest archeologists, demonstrated that one of the New Testament authors Luke made no mistake in references to 32 countries, 54 cities, and 9 islands.. <Ramsey, W., Luke the Physician and Other Stories, 1979>
   
   c) Furthermore Roman emperors (Augustus, Tiberius, and Claudius), Roman governors (Cyrenius, Pontius Pilate, Felix, Festus, Sergius Paulus, and Gallio), and Jewish kings (Herod the Great, Archelaus, Antipas, Agrippa I, Agrippa II), whose names are all found in the New Testament are attested by Classical history and the writings of Josephus. The findings of archaeology have in fact reversed the opinions of a number of former skeptics. One such scholar Dr. William F. Albright, who writes:

   "The excessive skepticism shown toward the Bible [by certain schools of thought] has been progressively discredited. Discovery after discovery has established the accuracy of numerous details."


3. If the Bible is truly God’s Word, then God will surely protect his Indestructible Works and this is confirmed by Jesus in Matthew 24: 35. And because of its importance, the Bible has been sought out to be destroyed than any other book in history. Constantly been attacked by political rulers, religious purposes, modern science, atheists and agonistics, with the bible believers persecuted for their faith, yet it remains firm and true. And today it remains the most widely published book in the world.
   
   
4. If you do not believe in the historical facts, believe in the Fulfilled Prophecies God has spoken to us in the bible. Fulfilled prophecy is the best proof that the Bible is the Word of God,
   2 Peter 1: 21, and God is the Sovereign. The Bible contains hundreds of details of history which were written in advance before any of them came to pass.

   a) In Zechariah 9: 4, Tyre is a great Phoenician city and a world capital for over 2000 years and God has declared that Tyre will lose her power on the Mediterranean Sea. Today's Tyre is a small city in modern-day Lebanon for the drying of fishing nets.
   
   b) Another great example is the nation Israel. Isaiah 41:14 proclaimed that this tiny nation ultimately will prevail over its enemies, and that although its enemies will cease to exist one day, Israel will survive. Remember the fact that Israel has been conquered and destroyed times and times by powerful nations and empires, such as Assyria, Babylon and the Roman Empire. Israelites are being killed, exiled, scattered. And even so, Israel is again a sovereign nation today, and Israel's enemies - the empires of Assyria, Babylon, Rome, and the Nazis have been destroyed.
   
   c) Well maybe you believe in the Old Testament, but not Jesus Christ as the Messiah. However, some prophecies fulfilled by Jesus are stated : Micah 5:2, revealed the Christ would be born in Bethlehem; Isaiah 53 detailed His suffering, work at the cross, and resurrection.

The Bible, a collection of books that spans so much both in terms of time and geographically could not united by man's cause unless there is really God. "How do we know if the Bible today is still the same as the original copy?"
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, includes all the Old Testament books except for one. Comparison with the texts of a thousand years later conclude that there is little or no variation and change between them. The accuracy in which it has been preserved despite attempts to modify and destroy is evident that the Bible is indeed the Word of God.

He who has eyes, let him see