Hi. I am Caroline Osler. I am a sophomore from Fishers, Indiana. I am double majoring in math and economics, with hopes of going to law school after Butler. I am taking this course for two reasons, one being it fulfills my TI requirement. The second being that I am a christian and want to learn about different perspectives and ideas that others have about the Bible.
The Bible, to me, is a collection of stories, rules, and guidelines, that were spoken by God but we received them through people, who were His prophets. Basically, it’s God telling us how to reach a true state of peace and happiness. I also think of it as a tool to help get through hard times and difficult situations.
I believe that God was the author of the Bible, but He used people who He believed were influencers to be the narrators and actually transcribe the Bible itself. I know that it took a village to write the Bible, but the first person that came to mind was Paul, because he wrote quite a bit.
When I look up what a Bible is, the first information presented is actually videos. They talk about how to read the Bible and what it is. The first actual text source is Wikipedia, which is not reliable. But I also couldn’t say with confidence that the religious sites are very reliable either. I think that the author’s education tells a lot about their credibility.