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Could Christianity survive without the Bible?

Results so far:

No
62% 952 votes Total: 1545 votes
Yes
38% 593 votes
  • 1 of 84

    by David Dewitt

    Christianity finds its foundation in scripture. Without the Bible, we have no foundation for belief, for doctrine or for personal growth. The Bible is the basis for the fundamen...read more

  • 2 of 84

    by J. T. Lillian Nissen

    The ultimate authority, the most credible answer to any issue, will always be the word of God. Christians know that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh and we consider His wor...read more

  • 3 of 84

    by F.J. Foster

    Almost 40 years ago, a co-worker who was a member of an aggressive religious organization, approached me one evening with an interesting query. "What if you were in a burning h...read more

  • 4 of 84

    by Dawn M. O'Neal

    Christianity and the Bible go hand in hand. One cannot survive without the other. The Bible is the foundation upon which all Christian beliefs are formed. The two utmost prin...read more

  • by Roxanne Dubarry

    The Bible is God's blueprint for Christian living. Despite the fact that even before the old King James Bible was published in the 1600's for the approval of an English King, th...read more

  • 6 of 84

    by Christina A. Armani

    Christianity can't survive without the Bible. There isn't a single true Christian who would say that Christianity can survive without the Bible. The reason that Christianity ...read more

  • 7 of 84

    by BUBZ

    I can't imagine how Christianity could survive without the Bible. The Bible is the Word of God. God is the Word. We are all familiar with the gospel of John Ch.1 vs' 1,2 ( In...read more

  • 8 of 84

    by K L Humphreys

    Christianity might survive without the Bible, but it wouldn't be a pretty sight. The word Christian means Christ-like and suggests, to me, that Christians should know the Bible,...read more

  • 9 of 84

    by Dexie Runns Long

    Could Christianity Survive Without the Bible? Scholars classify religions along two main lines within which, of course, fall countless variations. These are mystical and the...read more

  • 10 of 84

    by Cody Mccumbers

    There is no possible way on God's green earth that christianity could survive without the Bible. This religion derived from the Bible, and the Bible explains basically how to go...read more

  • 11 of 84

    by Becky Traffanstedt

    I am answering this question with a "no", but with a clarified no. The Bible is God's inspired Word and Christ Himself is the Word (John 1:1). Thus, there can be no Christianity...read more

  • 12 of 84

    by Tharian Mathew

    The answer is n emphatic No. While many may consider the Bible to be just a book which reinforces Christian beliefs, there is no doubting the fact that it IS the book on which t...read more

  • 13 of 84

    by Casey Puckett

    When I saw this debate I thought to myself that this wouldn't be much of a debate at all. In fact thirty-nine percent of people voted yes and I'm shocked. Let me ask you a quest...read more

  • 14 of 84

    by Tanea Jimison

    Okay, so the key word here is Christianity. The question is not, "Could God Survive without the bible?" It is "Could Christianity survive without the bible?" Of course the bible...read more

  • 15 of 84

    by Jordan Thyme

    What is Religion Without the Bible? Why are there so many different Christian religions in this country? Should we all be seeking to find some kind of unity? And if so, bas...read more

  • 16 of 84

    by Chris Markel

    The vote of NO on the question "would Christianity survive without the bible?" is not a vote of confidence for Christianity. It just acknowledges the fact that without the Bible...read more

  • 17 of 84

    by Sparx

    Creating the bible is what created Christianity. Without it Christianity would have slowly faded away just like many other Jesus worshipping cults of the formative years of the ...read more

  • 18 of 84

    by A.C. Higgens

    To be a Christian is to be a follower of Christ. How can one follow someone of whom you haven't heard? The entire Bible is the revelation of God's plan for man's salvation thr...read more

  • 19 of 84

    by Shannon Rayford

    Once, I purchased a small entertainment center from a department store. Rather than read the directions, I looked at the picture and me and my roommate decided to wing it. Aft...read more

  • 20 of 84

    by Jordan Brubaker

    This question is a disgrace. There is one thing that was before time began, Jesus was with his Father God. They were one. In John he is described as the Word and in eternity pas...read more

  • 1 of 79

    by Ebey Soman

    The Bible is the word of God. From the very Beginning God was here, before earth, moon and the stars. In John Chapter one, verse one it says "In the Beginning was the word and t...read more

  • 2 of 79

    by Michael Greaney

    Back around 1910 there were some discussions among the major churches in Great Britain in preparation for the tercentenary of the King James Version. One of the questions raise...read more

  • 3 of 79

    by Anna Slade

    This is certainly not an easy question to answer! But in a way the answer is in the question! Christianity has already survived and grown for hundreds of years without the writt...read more

  • 4 of 79

    by P.L.Simmons

    Christianity is based on the life and mission of Jesus Christ, not the Bible. The Holy Bible was written by people inspired by the Holy Spirit to encourage, enlighten, direct a...read more

  • by Soni Cido

    God is creative enough to continue informing people about Himself, with or without a Bible. He does not NEED our help, through the printing of Bibles. Speaking to believers,...read more

  • 6 of 79

    by Trudi Buck

    If you take into consideration the time that passed from Christ Jesus sojourn here on earth and the printing of the first bible, it's hard to answer no to this question. If Chri...read more

  • 7 of 79

    by Rena Sherwood

    Christianity would survive very well without the Bible, because many Christians don't live by the Bible, anyway. They certainly don't live by the Bibles of other Christian den...read more

  • 8 of 79

    by Jeron Richardson

    "In the beginning there was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God....All things came to be through him and without him nothing came to be." John 1:1-3 This ...read more

  • 9 of 79

    by Mona Gallagher

    Many people believe that Christianity is only a book, a page of words that were written by man for the control of man. If that were true, then Christianity would indeed collapse...read more

  • by Lang Zaam

    It most certainly can. Christianity as such has nothing to do with a bible and everything with Jesus. The bible is just a continues metaphor but what Jesus' attitude stood f...read more

  • 11 of 79

    by Samantha Pratt-Tyler

    I believe Christianity could survive without the Bible. Before 33 A.D. and the men at the Nicea convention got together to decide what would be put into the Bible there wer...read more

  • 12 of 79

    by Laura Patch

    When asking the question of whether Chrisitanity could survive without the Bible, we must remember that both Judaism and Christianity grew and developed for centuries without a ...read more

  • 13 of 79

    by Bethany Vanderzand

    I think every Christian would agree that the foundation of Christianity is the teachings of Christ. The rest of the bible is, therefore, optionally admissible. You can be a Chri...read more

  • 14 of 79

    by Gerry Legister

    The bible is the essentially the central focus of Christianity, the pillar and ground of foundational guidelines, if the bible truths were to be taken away, and its testimony be...read more

  • 15 of 79

    by Karrakaz

    As a Christian I have always believed in The Bible as being the inherent and infallible Word of God...however, I think we have to remember that God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit...read more

  • 16 of 79

    by Michael Burgwin

    BIGGER THAN THE BOOK "I have put my truth in our innermost mind, and I have written it in your heart. No longer does a man need to teach his brother about God. For all of you...read more

  • 17 of 79

    by David Samuel

    Can Christianity Survive Without The Bible? It is like saying is God still alive? Or maybe for some Christians the Bible is God? I am surprised to read that the majority of...read more

  • 18 of 79

    by Muser

    Those concerned for "Christianity" in the future in relation to the "Bible" need not speculate, but look to the past and realize the present. First, the question seems to imp...read more

  • 19 of 79

    by David Shepardson

    If every Bible in the world were destroyed today we would still be able to recreate IT in it's entirety. Literature of every kind has had references to the bible for as long as ...read more

  • 20 of 79

    by Jeremy Mcnabb

    Could Christianity survive without its Holy Word? Does this entire religion center on a book, however inspired it may be? Or is it built on something or Someone greater? The ...read more

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