bible.

[Guest]

*you're

Yeah, I was kinda wrong for inculding the last bit, and I accept that. And I never said you were inferior to me at all, "making narrowing minding decisions,considering people who don't think the same as you inferior." Making narrow decisions has nothing to do with me thinking that your inferior to me. And you saying that the bible is bullshit is completely irrelevant to the post anyway, and I'm saying that you're ignorant. I never said that you said someone else was ignorant.. And seriously, you said 'Bible = stories to make people not fear death' I mean seriously? That's got to be up their in one of the most ignorant and lacking of knowledge things I've ever read. The bible means a lot more than just making someone not fear death. And you seem to be coming up with all this anti-bible statements just for the point insulting Christianity.

I'm from a Christian family I choose not to accept said religion as it makes no sense.

[atrash]

2652 pages?

[Ookami]

Bible is the book that book club known as church is stuck on for over 2000 years...

 

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[TideRower]

The bible has been edited so many times by now that the original content of the manuscripts are completely lost. Every couple hundred years a new "official" version was made because there were too many different copies around, but the new version just picked parts from all those inconsistent versions, and a hundred years later they had to do it all over again due to the same probem. So it's like playing a game of telephone. 

Why doesn't the vatican just get the earliest manuscipts/copies they can find and build it from there? If they did I would read it, but the current version is just BS.

Most of the stuff the left out isn't really great. For example the childhood of Jesus. The parts they left in are more or less accurate, at least the core meaning hasn't changed I think.

Also why should the oldest version be better ?

[SirReallySam]

 

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Indeed

[Canoas]

Most of the stuff the left out isn't really great. For example the childhood of Jesus. The parts they left in are more or less accurate, at least the core meaning hasn't changed I think.

Also why should the oldest version be better ?

Because, like I said, it's more accurate. Here's how the process of creating new editions went:

1. New edition created

2. The edition is copied, and those copies are copied

3. After some time there are now a few considerably different versions

4. A new edition is needed

5. Someone gathers all those editions and creates a new one by choosing verses from each version

6. Back to 1

 

It's a telephone game. If King James, for example, had decided to copy it from the original scriptures then it would be much more accurate, but they just copy from the inaccurate translations that forced a new edition to be created. It makes absolutely no sense.

[TideRower]

Because, like I said, it's more accurate. Here's how the process of creating new editions went:

1. New edition created

2. The edition is copied, and those copies are copied

3. After some time there are now a few considerably different versions

4. A new edition is needed

5. Someone gathers all those editions and creates a new one by choosing verses from each version

6. Back to 1

 

It's a telephone game. If King James, for example, had decided to copy it from the original scriptures then it would be much more accurate, but they just copy from the inaccurate translations that forced a new edition to be created. It makes absolutely no sense.

What do you mean with accurate ?

The bible isn't really a historical/science book. It doesn't need to be accurate. And also with a book like the bible interpretation is more importante than the acual text.

[Dave :)]

Sorry but there is only one way this is heading. Already, there have been insults handed out so i'm nipping this in the bud whilst i still can.