Written that you might believe and have life through His name:

[Iollain]

Jhn 20:30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:


Jhn 20:31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.


The Written Word is important.

[newbeliever02072005]

The Written Word is important.

Absolutely!!! My life has changed cause of the Word written in the bible. Thanks to God for His endless and enduring love for me and for mankind.

Thank you for the reminder,
newbeliever :)

[ZiSunka]

So very very true!

some people believe that if the Bible had never been written down, it could have been passed from person to person orally, but that is really illogical, because every person who repeated it would have added their own interpretation, commentary and editting as they taught it to the next person.

Ever play that old game of telephone? You whisper a simple sentence to one person in the room, and he/she tells it to the next person and so forth until every person has heard it and repeated it. Then the first person tells the group what he said and the last person tells what he heard, and the two are NEVER the same, because each person passed on what they thought they heard the other say. We did this when I was in 3rd grade. The first person, the teacher, whispered, "It's almost time for lunch," and by the time the 30th student had heard and repeated, it came out, "We're having lime punch."

The written word of God is essential because none of us have to be at the mercy of the hearing and understanding of all the people before us, we can compare everything that is said and taught to the written word that is substantially unchanged for thousands of years. We can be assured that we have the facts, because we can read them for ourselves.

Without the written word, none of us could have faith, we could only have conjecture and doubt.

[Crazy Liz]

So very very true!

some people believe that if the Bible had never been written down, it could have been passed from person to person orally, but that is really illogical, because every person who repeated it would have added their own interpretation, commentary and editting as they taught it to the next person.

Ever play that old game of telephone? You whisper a simple sentence to one person in the room, and he/she tells it to the next person and so forth until every person has heard it and repeated it. Then the first person tells the group what he said and the last person tells what he heard, and the two are NEVER the same, because each person passed on what they thought they heard the other say. We did this when I was in 3rd grade. The first person, the teacher, whispered, "It's almost time for lunch," and by the time the 30th student had heard and repeated, it came out, "We're having lime punch."

The written word of God is essential because none of us have to be at the mercy of the hearing and understanding of all the people before us, we can compare everything that is said and taught to the written word that is substantially unchanged for thousands of years. We can be assured that we have the facts, because we can read them for ourselves.

Without the written word, none of us could have faith, we could only have conjecture and doubt.

Most of us have little experience with oral cultures. However, we are aware that epic poetry, like The Iliad was transmitted orally for hundreds of years before it was written down, and is still accurately performed today by people who have never made use of its written form.

[ZiSunka]

Most of us have little experience with oral cultures. However, we are aware that epic poetry, like The Iliad was transmitted orally for hundreds of years before it was written down, and is still accurately performed today by people who have never made use of its written form.

It's pretty easy to learn short bits of poetry and say them back accurately. To have a perfect oral tradition of the entire 66 books of a non-poetic work is completely different.

And who are these people who never saw the Illiad in written form and have learned it entirely from people who learned it exclusively orally for thousands of years from people who never saw a written copy and so on, but still get every word perfectly correct everytime they recite it?