The bible stole 1/2 it's stories from pagan myths

Because a Book comes out later that the real event, this does not automatically mean the story was stolen. I would also point out that the Bible is far more detailed than any of these other stories. And I would have to say if the author of the Bible could write such a popular Book as the Bible, I'm sure
if the story was untrue he would of come up with a better story. The fact is, the story was repeated, because the story was true.

Is it the same for Islam?

I love it when people use this argument, so I can slap them in the face with a Qu'ran.

Usually, that also requires raping a muslim woman and taking it from her, but it's all worth it.

Is it the same for Islam?

I love it when people use this argument, so I can slap them in the face with a Qu'ran.

Usually, that also requires raping a muslim woman and taking it from her, but it's all worth it.

This is why the Bible should not be interpreted literally. Personally, I believe these symbolic events and stories are paradigms of divine teaching. That's right -- God teaches critical lessons to Man through them. That's why they're so common, and that's how they found their way into the Bible. As I've said all along -- the Bible is not history or science. It's religious literature, and yes, literature is important.

If the Bible is just a Book of make believe stories, why now are they finding strong evidence showing that these stories really did happen? Such as the Red Sea Crossing. Divers are now finding the coral encrusted remnants of pharoahs army, and they are finding them between two granit pillars that were erected there to mark the spot thousands of years ago.

God does not need make believe stories, nor is God a liar. God makes His point with the truth. The critical lesson God is teaching is with the truth, and it is man who works to deny that truth.

But Truth is Truth. Truth doesn't need to be contained strictly in a relatively small library of books created by one or two specific tribes of people. The Holy Spirit ranges out amongst all humankind, and infuses the willing with its power and glory. The power of God and His Son, Jesus Christ, works its magic in ways we'll never understand completely. And the stories in the Bible aren't necessarily 'make-believe'. They are metaphors for the standard fight of all good people against Evil. How often have you dwelled in the belly of the beast? How many floods, destructive of Truth, have you experienced and survived? How often have you seen the Truth dragged out in public view and murdered by corrupt mobs determined to do wrong? This is life. This is our common plight.

I wonder if, two thousand years from now, they will think the same of Shakespear as they do of the Bible today? Or perhaps a better choice would be L. Ron Hubbard? Or perhaps Ann Landers?

Shakespear, L. Ron Hubbard, Ann Landers did not fulfill the three hundred prophecies of the Old Testament. Jesus Christ did. And this world will not see another 2,000 years because the Bible tells us when the Jews return to their land of Israel, and retake Jerusalem, it will be that generation that will see the return of Jesus Christ.

Shouldn't he have already come back then?

And Nostrodomus said a LOT of things that have been construed to have come true, some would say...more then the bible. Maybe he was jesus.

Is it the same for Islam?

I love it when people use this argument, so I can slap them in the face with a Qu'ran.

Usually, that also requires raping a muslim woman and taking it from her, but it's all worth it.