How to validate truth? The Bible, of course, is a huge validator of truth, for most Christians. However, not only can you rightly ask about faith before the Bible, but you might also ask, how do we know the Bible is true?
To your first question, before the word was published, it was spoken and taught orally. Adam and Eve passed on instructions to their children, and their children interacted with God and continued to pass along information. Moses began his writings somewhere between 2000 - 1400 BC or so, though it's been suggested that Job predates Moses. So, there was the spoken word, there was the wisdom of the elders, and people had their personal interaction with God.
2. Today, we rely heavily on the Bible because it has proven itself over the course of centuries. Additionally, we continue to rely on oral proclammation, upon the counsel of our elders, and upon our personal interactions with God.
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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." -- Lord Acton
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