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The bible is mostly true, but the King James, and many other versions are grossly mistranslated. In the early Christian church(While Jesus was on Earth and afterwards) the main Christian belief was Christian Universalism, which is the belief that although there is a hell, anyone who goes there will eventually be united with God. But a lot of "Christian followers" wanted to make amends to the bible. The original language was hebrew, then translated to greek. A lot of the translaters disliked and misinterpreted the greek language.
Therefore there is a great possibility that one of the main foundations of the Christian and Catholic religions is false, Eternal punishment. More and more scholars, translaters, and christians are starting to believe in christian universalism because of 1 simple word. Aion. This word means an indefinite period of time pertaining to a certain length, which is the context it is believed to be used in in the greek bible. So anyone agree with this belief?

Answer 1

I would tend to agree with you because as the new translations are produced with greater emphasis on going back to the source rather than rewriting based on the KJV, the message seems clearer to me that hell is not a place for burning torment.

Answer 2

Here's something for you to consider. If God, the only God to declare that He is the creator of everything, and declares ALL power, do you think that He would allow what He wanted us to know through His word (the Bible) to be mistranslated or lacking?

Everything that you are describing has been revealed in the book of Revelation, when God said that there would be a time that the whole world would create a "united" way of religion, and he warned the believers of Christ to not be deceived. Any and everyone who believed not on His Son, Jesus Christ, would be thrown in to the Lake of Fire at death to await the Great Judgement of Man at the end of time. Then after that would be thrown into Hell for all eternity never to be reunited with God again.

Jesus said, "I Am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father but by Me." Friend, know and believe what the Bible says is true and please stop telling this to people. God Bless.

Answer 3

Ha!!! This is why I tell people I not worry about what Hell actually is. I feel it just separation from God. But, it really not matter to me as I have put my trust in Jesus! Read John 5:39-40. I have studied the Hebrew and Greek of the OLD "Dead" Languages and it is hard for people to translate as we have to understand the context. The John 5:39-40 hit it on the head, easy translation, should be no confusion.

Answer 4

Why do you twist things up like so many others? You've been lied to or are just reasoning things wrong

IN THE GREEK Use of the word : "ETERNAL"
[Mark 3:29]

166 aionios {ahee-o'-nee-os}
from 165; TDNT - 1:208,31; adj
AV - eternal 42, everlasting 25, the world began + 5550 2, since the world began + 5550 1, for ever 1; 71
1) without beginning and end, that which always has been and always will be 2) without beginning 3) without end, never to cease, everlasting

Answer 5

okay, well, your first statement, "the bible is mostly true" kinda blows it for you. there has never been 1 bible. there have always been several, somtimes hundreds, thousands even competing or at least differing versions of the several or hundreds of books that make up what we now call "the Bible." Some of the differences from version to version were unintentional (but sometimes still significant) errors made in copying the early books by hand, others were intentional changes made by folks with theological or even political agendas. still other differences have been created through the never scientific, always subjective act of translation (as you have noted) and interpretation (i.e. does God damn gays, or love them as his own Creations, for example?)

several of these differences in perspective, in the telling of stories, found from version to version, translation to translation, account for the presentation of vastly different "truths."

the bible is a collection of neat stories out of which many people can and do receive a valuable, healing, inspiring spiritual message. it is also a text many use to hate, to fear, to validate acts of hate and fear, or to instill hate and fear in others.

one can, and many do, christians and non-christians alike, achieve a connection to their Creator and a life of meaning without the bible.

so, all this other stuff might make for interesting philisophical fodder, and, for some, may help derive the meaning of life, but, as for it being any kind of intellectual, scientific, or historical truth - for being any thing close to "mostly true"

c'mon, now, dearie...

Answer 6

Look at it from the Jewish prospective. Even they believed in Hell. There are few differences between the Jewish and Christian understanding of God. If they had a Hell then so did the Christians. Jewish and Christians use the same old testament.

Answer 7

i just love it when those who are ignorant answer for Judaism, and the HEBREW scriptures when they dont know Hebrew!

Contrary to Jean-Lucas above, no, the Jews never believed in Hell. Hell is the place for ETERNAL punishment of the soul in the next life for the sins committed in this life. Judaism believes Gd to be merciful, forgiving, and compassionate, and so we dont believe that punishment is eternal, and so Jews, the Bible, and Gd, never believed in Hell, which is eternal.

Answer 8

You must believe in God and the Pope of Catholic church

Answer 9

i think its beeb from hebrew to greek then to latin then to whatever
sorta like a copy of a copy of a copy
the result IS very unclear
get a old orriginal hebrew to modern english like a stone chumash

Answer 10

The bible isn't mostly true, it is a book of mythology and fairy tales and its translation is totally irrelevant.