French philosopher, Voltaire (1694-1778) continually wrote attacking Christianity and the Bible. In 1776 he predicted, "One hundred years from my day, there will not be a Bible on earth except one that is looked upon by an antiquarian curiosity-seeker."
Fifty years after his death, the very house in which he once lived and wrote was used by the Evangelical Society of Geneva as a storehouse for Bible and Gospel tracts. For years critics have tried to discredit this story but a careful research has proved it to be true.
The attack on the Bible still continues today. Critics say that the Bible is nothing more than fables written by mere men. But consider these facts:
1) Sufficient evidence confirms that the earliest forms of the Bible were written during the time of the Hebrew exodus out of Egypt (c. 1400-1200 BC). This means the composition of the biblical writing, from the earliest book of the Bible to the last of the New Testament writings, spans a period of 1,300 to 1,500 years. Josh McDowell
2) The Bible was written by approximately 4o different people (kings, soldiers, herdsmen, legislators, fishermen, courtiers, priests and prophets, and a Gentile physician) from several different continents over a period of 1,300 to 1,500 years. They wrote on a variety of topics without any contradictions! If you were to have 10 different authors, from the same geographical area, same generation, write on ONE controversial topic, they would not come to the same conclusion.
No other written work has been so attacked, scrutinized, and persecuted as have the canonical books of the Bible. Yet the Bible continues to solidly withstand all forms of opposition. Says Bernard Ramm, former professor of religion at Baylor University: “A thousand times over, the death knell of the Bible has been sounded, the funeral procession formed, the inscription cut on the tombstone, and the committal read. But somehow the corpse never stays put. No other book has been so chopped, knived, sifted, scrutinized, and vilified.” Josh McDowell
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. Matthew 24:35
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