Why do people think the Bible is divinely inspired? – I.H. (from Quora)
Some Initial Remarks from the Theory of Knowledge
The rather modern ideas of intellectual (individualistic) property, scientifically verifiable knowledge and object-oriented ways of understanding knowing itself have left a deep mark in the current discourse about these matters. On the basis of such common presuppositions authorship of a non-fictional work is explained in terms of someone having solid ground to assert things that he or she is ready to demonstrate in a scientific manner in front of a possibly skeptical audience / readership.
Things being so, there is nothing strange in the fact that only one verdict can be accepted for so many people, when addressing the question of who is responsible for the truth/falsehood of the Bible: It will be regarded as mere fiction, collection of pre-scientific fables, or little more than that.
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