"But, the Bible says so!"

Usually when a Christian says this, they often get a bitter or sarcastic response back. In this blog, I am going to be dealing with two statements. One being "The Bible says so" and the other is going to be dealing with using the Bible to prove the Bible.


"But the Bible says so!"

Time and time again when I have been debating someone about Biblical issues, they will try to use the Bible against me. But when I bring up what the Bible teaches and what it says.. And when I say "the Bible says so" I get a sarcastic or bitter response. But why is it that when I am having a Biblical discussion, I'm not aloud to use the Bible!

Saying "the Bible says so" is actually saying a lot. It's not that easy to dismiss. The Bible contains so many facts and so much truth that it wouldn't be any different saying this book or that book says so. The Bible contains a lot of useful information. And if the debate topic is a Biblical discussion, then absolutely you can say "the Bible says so"!

Not to long ago, skeptics were bringing up a major problem to Christians about a lack of evidence for a certain people mentioned in the Bible. They were called the Edomites. For a long time, skeptics have been saying "look, there is no evidence for these people existing in the Bible! It's all made up!". But it wasn't to long ago when archeologists found evidence that these people did indeed exist. And if it wasn't for the Bible, we wouldn't of not known where to look and if it wasn't for the Bible, we wouldn't of know as much as we do about the Edomites today!

So it it perfectly okay to say 'but the Bible says so" in certain cases.

Now, what about trying to use the Bible to prove the Bible?

It actually isn't that easy to dismiss this and call it circular reasoning. Now don't get me wrong, if one is trying to prove something about the Bible by using the Bible, it is circular reasoning. But this doesn't have to be the case every time. The Bible is many books, which all contain many historical facts and truths in it. So would it be wrong if I used the Bible to try to prove something, like a Biblical story? The answer is no. A Christian most certainly can try to use the Bible to prove the Bible. Because as I already said, the Bible is many books, and you can use one book to prove another book. Let's say you are debating the historical Jesus to someone. You can actually use the Bible to prove Jesus' existence. If they claim you can't, then they have a misunderstanding of what the Bible really is. How come we can't use ancient texts and books, found in the Bible, who all speak about Jesus, to prove Jesus' historical existence? And if they try to pull "it was fabricated to make it seem like Jesus did all these things", then remind them that they are only telling you there opinion and faith that it was just all made up or fabricated.

Conclusion: Using the Bible to prove the Bible and simply just saying 'the Bible says so" is perfectly okay to say in certain cases.

God bless.