How can we prove the NT is word of God?

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Because it says it is.

If that doesnt work, because the Church say it is.

If that doesnt work, because your conscience says it is.

If that isnt true for you then you are a blameless atheist.

If you follow natural law you will not be lost regardless.
 
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‘Proof’ can be somewhat of a misnomer, as not everyone is convinced by a singular reference or piece of evidence.

One person might think it prudent to examine Jesus; decide about his validity/existence - and then conclude on his character that his words and apostolic account of it, are true.

Others might feel the need to examine every single page for consistency (and history around it), before they are convinced the NT isnt just a clever Roman or Greek myth.

In short ; what proves something to one, might not prove it to another.

For what it’s worth, for myself, my approach is two fold.

I’ve had faith from the start (which doesn’t change and is based on my nature).

Yet in second - I value the faith for its reach and meaning to others, meaning that I must research every last page (to contribute to the queries and questions of others).

I realise that’s not what you have asked but -

I feel it prudent to state that we can’t just cite what we consider proof, to be proof for everyone; because they will 99% of the time be missing our experience, reference point and understanding.

To say the Bible is true because ‘it says it is’, is superfluous at best I think. True or not.
 
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Eyewitness accounts, anyone? Thes things are not random out of a long ago book.
History does verify what is in it.
Now belief is another matter. That’s for you alone. I can tell you all about the culture of the day, the history, the characters, but you alone must decide if Christ is going to be a LIVING part of your life, beyond existing in the pages of a book.
Peace.
 
So often I find myself thinking “To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Sometimes this all that is required.
 
atefa said:
How can we prove the New Testament is word of God?
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To whom?

An atheist, for example, does not believe in God. Therefore, to prove that anything is the Word of God, you must first prove to them that there is a God.

A Muslim is supposed to believe that the Bible is the Word of God. Their own book tells them this is true. Yet, some do and some don’t.

To Catholics, this is proven by the fact that this is taught by the Catholic Church which we believe was established by Jesus Christ to Teach His Word.

Other Christians accept all or part of the New Testament. But some reject certain parts.

So, who is your audience?
 
You can’t conclusively. Many truths of our faith concern events so beyond the realm of natural experience that they can only be held to, with any degree of firmness, by faith, a gift of grace. Adversaries will claim we’re involved in wishful thinking; we’ll maintain that they’re not open to “larger” truths as have been revealed. There are arguments based on reason supporting some of these, and those arguments supply us with “motives of credibility”, aids in helping us to believe, but not absolute proof in and of themselves.
 
So many believed it…if it was lie…would not be able to survive through the time (like many others that existed for little time because they had nothing solid( true) as a base.
 
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Assuming your sincere and not just introducing a topic for discussion;

2 Tim 3:16-17 teaches accurately that "ALL Scripture is INSPIRED by God"

Either this is fact or Catholicism, {and Protestant-Christianity now 500 years old} now 2,000 YEARS Old; and a faith that countless numbers have given their very life’s in testimony of including 12 [Paul Included] Apostles who gave their lives in BRUTAL deaths for, and as testimony of its truths is fact and factual or BILLIONS have been mislead; there is NO GOD; and life itself is a SHAM.

Jesus is a secular history provable figure which I suspect you already knew.

Patrick
 
But you didnt meet Him, you met his fallible spokesman.

So belief is required that somehow He was speaking.
That isnt proof for others, only oneself.
 
That is not proof.
Many die for false religion.

But it raises probability levels.

Any truth that affects real life choices is likely a “best model available” experience for us and we can rarely say it never needs later correction.
 
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I don’t know! I own a couple New Testament apocrypha collection books and if I didn’t know better I’d think a lot of those texts were the word of God! Maybe they are.
 
Well if you think that then clearly you cannot be a Catholic because the Church disagrees with you.

Thats fine with me, you must follow your conscience if you are sure the Catholics have it wrong.

But if you refer to the Protestant Apochrypha then you are still ok Catholic.
 
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PJM said:
2 Tim 3:16-17 teaches accurately that “ALL Scripture is INSPIRED by God”
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The author was not including in “scripture” either (a) books (like the gospels) not yet written, or (b) his own letters. He was referring to the Old Testament. So even if we allow for self-proving declarations (which is galactically stupid in itself), this verse is no proof that the New Testament is inspired by God.

Now comes the disclaimer that might be missed if if I don’t say it expressly: I believe the New Testament IS inspired by God.
 
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The deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament aren’t a huge deal to me. The Canon of the Bible is fluid among denominations. Protestants have 66 books, Catholics have 73, and Orthodox have anywhere from 76-81 in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. I’ve read them all. Good reads but I don’t really get much out of it.

I’m talking the New Testament apocrypha. Books such as the Shepherd of Hermas, the Didache, the various Acts, Apocalypses, Gospels, Epistles. Some are quite ridiculous and I see why they were left out. Others not so much and early Church fathers such as Origen of Alexandria even cited many of these as scripture.
So I don’t know.
 
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