How can we be sure how accurate Bible translations are? How did the church choose the canon? How can it be written by men and God? Posted on October 25, 2009 by Dr. John Oakes wrote in Bible Manuscripts and Textual Questions, General, Reliability of the Bible, Versions of the Bible. You May Also Like: Does a Bible student need to have a Hebrew Bible because translations are corrupted? I believe that the Bible is accurate history, but how do I maintain this belief if the New Testament is only 99% accurate? If the bible was written so long ago and interpreted in many different ways and has been re-written so many times how can we be sure the version we read today is not complete fiction? Your treatment of Robert Eisenman is bogus because you are using the New Testament and Church Fathers, none of which were written before 450 AD. Comments are closed.