How could you know the bible is true? [Spirituality & Religion]

@Thevy29 more nonsense written by men for men to control everyone...not proof

@Fernie Secondary sources aren't good enough

@TomboyJanet there is absolutely NO proof that any of that is true. It's magic...ain't no such thing

@Fernie Until I see a floating hand, a talking snake, a four headed lion, a parting sea, ANYTHING of that nature, I can't believe it

@TomboyJanet because you are a sane and rational woman

@Fernie I agree with all you've said, definitely designed to by men to control everyone else, especially women.

@SW-User Not only that but any ruler could have changed EVERYTHING without the mostly illiterate masses knowing and NO ONE would ever know!

@SW-User especially women...and to this day too many men follow that evil book because it puts them in charge

@TomboyJanet Yes exactly, it's not as if any of them could even read to check up on it.

@Fernie Yes, totally agree. It'd be nice to think that education has put an end to all this but it's a very slow process and some men realise that they have a lot to lose.

@TomboyJanet exactly! that book has been rewritten over and over by many people to suit their own agendas

When I read your question. I understood it to mean if the stories in the bible were true or not. Such as:

Did the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah exist? Yes they did. They were destroyed by what we now know to be an asteroid blowing up in the atmosphere. They would not know that at the time and in any case it happened 200 years before Jesus was born anyhow.

Noah's Ark? Whether or not the Ark existed is still disputed and probably bull.

The flood however? Did happen a long time ago as evidenced by ruins of buildings and monuments at the bottom of what is now a cove and lakes around the world.

David vs Goliath? Yep. David may have had humble origins but later grew up to be the first king of the Persian empire. King Solomon is his grandson.

Was Jesus the son of Christ? Heck no. Don't get me wrong I think he was in the same category as Martin Luther King Jr, Ghandi and Bono. A great civil leader but that's it. Yet given the time period. There were kings and Emporers all over the place claiming to be the descendant of one Deity or another.

As to the other bullshit? Making a sign of the cross wasn't meant to ward yourself from evil but a means to pray to Jesus. Seeing how for 300 years after Jesus's death 'Christians' were hunted down and crucified for entertainment by the Romans. It wasn't until a new Roman leader came to power who was a Christian that that had changed.
However some written stories had survived and had been scattered throughout the known world. In 900 Ad all the religious Asshats at the time got together and debated what the story should be and wrote that down in the Bible.
Not long after that some Shit stain of a priest published that book on finding and persecuting witches. Forged the Popes signature then printed and distributed thousands of copies before the Pope even knew what had happened.
No one questioned anything after that. Cause they would burn you for at the stake for being a witch.