But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts:
and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you
a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
1 Peter 3:15
"Remember, the argument is not “The Bible is the Word of God because it says it is.”
Rather, the argument is
“The Bible is the Word of God because it says it is and any alternative leads to absurdity.”
It’s this last part of the argument that closes the loopholes and provides the proof that the Bible really is what it claims to be, whereas counterfeit religious books fall short.
If the Bible were not the Word of God, we would have no foundation for all the things we take for granted, such as
laws of logic,
uniformity of nature,
and morality.
* The law of non-contradiction, for example, is based on the self-consistent nature of the Biblical God (2 Timothy 2:13). * The Bible itself tells us that all knowledge depends upon God (Proverbs 1:7; Colossians 2:3).
Most other religious books do not make the claim that all knowledge is deposited in their god; and if they did, they would not be able to make good on the claim. Therefore, the argument will only work for the Bible.
For example,
* it is the Bible that tells us that God will uphold the future as He has the past (Genesis 8:22). All science depends upon such uniformity.
* The Biblical God is beyond time (2 Peter 3:8), and, thus, only He is in a position to tell us that the future will be like the past.
This is not true of the Mormon conception of God. The Mormon gods change with time; as such, they
Perhaps most importantly, Islam and Mormonism both endorse the Bible (or at least portions of the Bible), but then they contradict it. For example, the Koran teaches that Jesus is not the Son of God (Surah 4:171), but was merely an apostle and that He was not crucified (Surah 4:157). This clearly contradicts the gospel accounts, yet the Koran endorses the gospel of Jesus (Surah 3:3).
The Bible teaches that subsequent revelation from God must be consistent with previous revelation (Deuteronomy 13:1–6). Therefore, Mormonism and Islam must be rejected on their own terms. These religions cannot be correct because they are intrinsically incoherent; they contradict the Bible while simultaneously endorsing the Bible. It is also worth noting that since the god of Islam contradicts himself, there is no basis for the law of non-contradiction in the Muslim worldview.
The gods of other religions are always revealed to be mere idols that cannot do what the biblical God does." AIG
