Of all the books written throughout history,
there is none as hated, banned, criticised, ridiculed, and destroyed as the BIBLE.
Yet, it still exists.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Isaiah 40:8
A list of some of the men who have set out to
destroy and eradicate the Holy Scriptures over the years.
Roman Emperor Diocletian
An edict, in 303, to destroy the scriptures and to stop Christians from worshipping Jesus Christ and to destroy their scriptures was issued by Roman Emperor Diocletian. Ironically, 25 years later his successor, Constantine, issued another edict ordering 50 Bibles to be published at government expense.
Voltaire
Voltaire (a French atheist) said in 1778, that the Bible and Christianity would cease to exist in 100 years... "within 100 years, the Bible and Christianity will be swept out of existence, and pass into history."
Porphyry
In 304 A.D, the Greek philosopher, Porphyry, tried to destroy the credibility of the BIBLE. In the process he wrote fifteen books against the BIBLE and Christianity in general.
Lucian
Lucian, Greek writer of satire, wrote two books in the second century to ridicule the BIBLE. "The Dialogue of the Gods" and "The Dialogue of the Dead". There's a good chance you don't have a copy of these two books. Yet you probably have a BIBLE .
Joseph Stalin
After the death of Lenin until his own death in the fifties, Joseph Stalin was the leader of the U.S.S.R.. During his time, an attempt to wipe the Bible from the minds of the people, he instituted a "ban the Bible" purge in the country. His attempts were futile. A pole was taken in recent years that showed the people believe in God and His word more than ever.
Pope Innocent III
Early popes opposed the translation and even reading the Scriptures. In 1199, Pope Innocent III made an order for all Bibles to be burned.
Robert Ingersoll
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Psalm 12:6-7
These scholars listed below are a portion of the men who have
set out to disprove the Bible, only to become believers themselves.
Past Skeptics Who Became Bible Believers.
General Lew Wallace (1827-1905)
Frank Morison (1881-1950)
Book: Who moved the Stone?
Sir William Ramsay (1851-1939)
Modern Skeptics Who Became Bible Believers.
Much more to come...
SIX BIBLE FACTS