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Reason 1 refuted: Bible organization is not a valid test for inspiration

Refuting Six and a Half Reasons Why the Bible Is Not Divinely Inspired? 00:04:09 – 00:10:50

The skeptic argues the Bible is a 'hopeless mess' that is not well organized and should be arranged by topic (creation, relationships, parenting, prayer, etc.).

Mike makes two main counter-moves. First, he argues the criticism is anachronistic — demanding the Bible be organized for a 21st-century English-speaking American reader while ignoring that, if divinely inspired, it was written for all people of all time across all eras. Second, he argues that the Bible actually is organized: Genesis covers creation, Song of Solomon covers love/relationships, Proverbs covers parenting, Psalms is essentially a book on prayer, the Pastoral Epistles (1–2 Timothy, Titus) cover church management, and the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–8) is one of history's greatest moral treatises. Additionally, Mike notes that organization and inspiration are logically unconnected — a phone book is organized but is not inspired. Therefore disorganization would not disprove inspiration and organization would not prove it. The order of biblical books is not itself inspired; the content is.

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