Who Decided Which Books Belong in the Bible?

Related objections

1. How Do We Know the Bible Has Not Been Changed?

   “The Bible was copied by hand for centuries and translated over and over. Whatever the original authors wrote, what we have now is a corrupted, edited text that cannot be trusted to say what they said.”

More in Reliability of the Bible

1. Did Paul's Companions Hear the Voice on the Road to Damascus?

   “Acts 9 says the men with Paul heard the voice, but Acts 22 says they did not hear it. The same author contradicts himself about the same event, which shows Acts is not reliable history.”

2. Do Matthew and Acts contradict each other about Judas’s death?

   “Matthew says Judas hanged himself, while Acts says he fell headlong and his body burst open; how can both accounts be true?”

3. Do Paul and James contradict each other about faith and works?

   “Paul says justification is by faith apart from works, while James says a person is justified by works and not faith alone. Do Romans 4, Ephesians 2 and James 2 disagree?”

4. Do the Gospels Contradict Each Other About the Women at the Tomb?

   “Each Gospel names a different set of women at the empty tomb, gives a different number of angels, and has them arriving at different times. If the writers cannot agree on the basic facts, the resurrection accounts cannot be trusted.”