Hi, everyone! My name is Mary Grace Ross. I’m from a small town called Monticello in central Illinois, (no, I’m not from Chicago). I’m a first year student here at Butler majoring in Strategic Communications. I really love it here so far and am hopeful that we get to attend in-person classes soon so I can meet all of you! A couple things about myself – I’m constantly listening to and downloading music (so if you have any song recommendations please send them my way!), I have a dog named Scout, he’s 1 and I miss him dearly, and my all time favorite TV show is Criminal Minds. I took this class to fill my TI requirement, but when given a few different options, I chose the one on the Bible as a Christian and out of curiosity to see what a college course on the Bible would entail.
In response to what the Bible is, I’d say it’s a book that many people believe carry the principles and practices of religion. To me, the Bible represents how God wants His people to live.
I’ve always been taught that the Bible was created by God’s disciples on His behalf. Obviously, He didn’t actually write it himself, but it’s still supposed to be crafted in a way that is almost as if He did. I don’t know the history specifically on how it was written and published, but I’m sure we will be talking about that as this course progresses.
When I looked up “What is the Bible” on Google, I got a bunch of different websites from Wikipedia to religious websites to History.com, all offering different definitions. I would definitely not trust Wikipedia as a credible source of information, but I could see History.com as a more reliable source, depending on the author’s credentials. The religious websites would definitely offer more biased results, so if you were trying to complete a research project, I don’t know if I would gather all of my information from those sources.