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Ingen bog har som bibelen påvirket og formet verden omkring sig og sat sine
tydelige spor i nært sagt ethvert samfund og den har forvandlet millioner af
menneskers liv. Dette er et bevis på at den er mere end bare en bog.
Thiessen skriver :

V. THE ARGUMENT FROM THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE
The Koran, the Book of Mormon, Science and Health, the Zend Avesta, and the
Classics of Confucius have all had a tremendous influence in the world. But
there is a vast difference in the kind of influence they have exerted when
compared with that of the Bible. The former have led to a low view of God
and sin, even to the ignoring of it. They have produced a Stoical
indifference toward life and have merely resulted in a view of morals and
conduct. The Bible, on the contrary , has produced the highest results in
all walks of life. It has led to the highest type of creations in the fields
of art, architecture, literature, and music. The fundamental laws of the
nations have been influenced; great social reforms have been made. Where is
there a book in all the world that even remotely compares with it in its
beneficent influence upon mankind ? Surely, this is proof of its being the
revelation of God to needy humanity. And in addition to this, there is the
impact of the regenerating effect on millions of individual lives.

jørgen.