text: since the bible is 1000 's of years old how come people still live by it to this day??? i mean it was suited for way of life back then,so how can people still live by it, today with its old fashion way,life is different now,religous people should get with the times! the churches continue to follow the bible in order to maintain control over people. if they questioned or changed their own scriptures then this would make their followers doubt them. it would make it seem as if they were wrong all along.