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55 Live Links Telling Why I Believe the Bible to be God's Word!

 All the page titles below are simply an extract from the page of "Evidence and Answers", furnished by the web site of the "Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry", http://www.carm.org Their web site is very extensive and well written. The web page titles below are not live.

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Page Titles

Introduction
  Introduction to Evidence and Answers
  What does it mean that the Bible is inspired and inerrant?
  The Miracles of Jesus

Evidence supporting the Bible
  Manuscript evidence for superior New Testament reliability
  Illustration of Bible text manuscript tree and variant readings
  Non-biblical accounts of New Testament events and/or people
  Archaeological Evidence verifying biblical cities
  The writings of Josephus mention many biblical people and places
  When were the gospels written and by whom?
  Evidence of biblical inspiration

Answers to Questions about the Bible
  Can we trust the New Testament as a historical document?
  Wasn't the New Testament written hundreds of years after Christ?
  Hasn't the Bible been rewritten so many times it can't be trusted?
  Since the NT writers were biased, can we trust what they wrote?
  What is the gospel of Q and does it prove the Gospels are false?
  Why isn't there other evidence of the massacre of the babies?
  Why isn't there any record of millions of Jews wandering in the desert?
  Do the lost books of the Bible prove that the Bible has been altered?
  Is there non-biblical evidence of a day of darkness at the crucifixion?

Evidence supporting biblical manuscripts
  Papyri, p1 through p76; 200 AD to 700 AD copies
  Letter Uncials; 4th to 10th century copies
  Numbered Uncials, 046 through 0250; 2nd to 14th century copies
  Numbered Minuscules, 1 through 1985; 9th to 16th century copies
  Minuscules, 2 through 399; 9th to 16th century copies
  Minuscules, 404 through 999; 8th to 16th century copies
  Minuscules, 1012 through 2768; 9th to 16th century copies

Evidence supporting Jesus' existence
  Regarding the quotes from the historian Josephus about Jesus
  1 Cor. 15:3-4 demonstrates a creed too early for legend to corrupt

Answers to objections concerning Jesus' miracles and resurrection
  Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
  Does the Bible provide extraordinary evidence for Jesus' resurrection?
  It is improbable that Jesus rose from the dead.
  The Christians were mistaken about Jesus' resurrection.
  The New Testament writers conspired together to gain power.
  Jesus was a magician who made people hallucinate about His miracles
  Jesus only appeared to have died on the cross - Swoon Theory.
  The disciples stole Jesus' body and faked His resurrection
  There are no non-biblical accounts to the resurrection
  Miracles cannot happen

Answers to Questions about Jesus
  Was Jesus just a myth?
  Did Jesus really die on the cross?
  Did Jesus rise from the dead?
  Didn't Jesus simply rise in a non-physical, spirit form?
  If Jesus is God in flesh, why did He not inherit original sin?
  Can't all of Jesus' miracles be explained naturally?

Other Objections answered
  Are the New Testament themes found in the Old Testament?
  Apollonius of Tyana also did miracles and rose.  What about him?
  Doesn't Mithra prove that Christians borrowed from this myth?
  Why believe in Christianity over all other religions?

Answers to Questions about other things
  If God is all powerful and loving, why is there suffering in the world?
  A loving God would never send anyone to hell.
  It is intolerant to say that Christianity is the only true religion.
  Why did animals have to die for the sins of Adam and Eve and others?
  Why would God have to die to save people from Himself?
  If God is not the author of confusion, what about the Tower of Babel?
  If babies go to heaven when they die, why is abortion wrong?