First off, "angels" don't strangle and threaten or use force in order to get a point across, as the Qu'ran claims Gabriel did with Mohammed. That alone reveals its source. We don't even need to get into the book itself to see that it's not of God.

I don't think so in it's entirety but I think some info is accurate.

The reason why we can believe in a talking snake and Noah living to like 500 years (closer to 600, actually) is because of the source of that information.  The Bible proves itself to be trustworthy.  Isn't this one of the main things you were looking for here?

Gypsy brought up another good proof of the Bible's reliability, and how we can know it is from God.  It's unity/agreement.

The Bible was written over a period of 1600 years by 40 different authors.  That alone is nothing to write home about.  But when we read it and find full agreement on all the different matters recorded therein, we have something incredible.

For example, almost all the different writers spoke of the coming Messiah.  Everywhere from Genesis 3:15 to Malachi 3:1 we find words about Him.  The amazing thing is that the New Testament records so much fulfilment of those writings in Jesus Christ, more than could have been planned, prepared, and provided by man. 

Only by divine intervention could the writers have written about Him and all fully agree with each other over the centuries.  Also, only by divine intervention could He come in the fulfilment of those words.

Because Wikipedia is a product of fallible man.

Yes, he is the messiah, but there are a lot of inconsistencies in the scriptures.

I believe that men are basically too stupid to understand all the nuances of the prophesies surrounding him... heck, the Jews which were awaiting their Messiah for thousands of years didnt have a clue when he was living among them.

But the bible has been used as a 'wax nose' since it has been translated into the vernacular and people read into it whatever they want.

You also have to understand that God never intended all the scriptures to be compiled into the book we can the bible today.... otherwise he would have inspired someone to write a table of contents, instead of having the context determined by committee.

It's no different then what the people did when they dreamed up the canon... they randomly chose what they wanted in the scriptures back then... there is no difference.

The funny part now is how much of christendom adheres to their random choices as being the total of God's intent for the scriptures.

And I would say the same about you... discussions with you are pointless.. because you believe what you have been told to believe... absent the guidance of the Holy Spirit and common sense.