Bible Fact Or Fiction Essay

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The Bible: Fact or Fiction
Today we face a good number of different views on a wide variety of issues, which for many, take on the meaning of what people to be either ideas or beliefs. In this growing age of information and technologically savvy personnel, it is easy to either prove or debunk any and all accusations presented. One question that is used in civil and political arguments are that of the bible and its meaning, and this translation can prove to be a problem for all. In the essence, the search to the answer of the truthfulness of the Bible will always be a task. In that quest we have to look towards the past, the present and the future for relative facts and superstitions that provide answers.
The past has always taught us that
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In history we have read of numerous acts that could not be explained by man at that time. One can read through accounts of numerous fallen civilizations and find stories that match closely enough to scriptures and happenings found in the Bible. So then one has to wonder, were these accounts happening in one place in Mesopotamia, or were they stories told as a way to outshine and overcome conquered people, much like one might brag on Facebook in today 's world about accomplishing a great feat. What the Bible depicted as tales of the past, may hold a moral sense of living and how to get to the afterlife today, but may not be held as closely as it is now in the technological future. Time does not repeat itself, nor does history. Tomorrow is not a promise but yet, something that we work towards. As each person sits down today to read their bible if so chosen, they will read a story of someone 's trials, which will closely resemble what they are going through, and use that wisdom to achieve a better outcome the next time they are faced with the situation. The Bible being fact or fiction is most likely a question that will never be

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