Help Me Prove The Bible Is Authentic

In the past you’ve sent me some good information that supports my belief (that the Bible is authentic) but I was hoping you could point me in a direction outside the apologetics world for facts to dispute claims that it isn’t. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Q. By faith, I am a full believer as you know. However, there is one guy who continues to post (on a forum I belong to) that history says the Gospels were not written by the authors listed (Mathew, Mark, etc) and continues to bash me and others who discuss Biblical research and facts claiming that “real” history proves otherwise.

In the past you’ve sent me some good information that supports my belief, but I was hoping you could point me in a direction outside the apologetics world for facts to dispute his claims, knowing you have far more knowledge on this than I. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

A. The “real world” as this person defines it consists totally of unbelievers. Why would an unbeliever want to publish proof that he’s wrong? People like Josh MacDowell, Simon Greenleaf, and CS Lewis all started out as unbelievers trying to prove the Bible wrong, but their studies led them to change their minds and become part of the “apologetics world”. It’s happened countless times.

The evidence is there for any one who wants to look at it and can be easily confirmed. I’d advise you to let this go and move on. All the facts in the world won’t force someone who has his mind set like this to change it, because his decision is based in emotion, not logic.

Psalm 14 begins, “The fool says in his heart, there is no God.” Even a fool can’t say that logically, with his intellect, because the evidence to the contrary is overwhelming. So he has to say that emotionally, with his heart, as if denying God’s existence will make it so. You can’t use logic against a position like that. You can only pray that God will soften his heart.