If so, why did he not intervene to correct the MANY mistranslations in the later editions of the bible that cause people to argue and fight??? Why did god not guide the editors and translators to put gods words down with ACCURACY?
Free Will is obviously not the issue, or he would not have 'guided' the authors originally, surely?
2006-08-06 09:28:44 · 18 answers · asked by googlywotsit 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No 'major' mistranslations...!!!? Ri-ight...can you say "Baa!"
2006-08-06 10:10:53 · update #1
"wats your deal?
why does it matter?
Just read the Bible and have Faith in what you read."
WHY DOES IT MATTER??? Are you MAD, girl!? LMAO!! I bet your heaven to salesmen...
2006-08-06 10:13:19 · update #2
Oooh gary. Quote some scripture at me, that's SURE to work...too proud to admit you couldn't answer the question it seems.
2006-08-06 10:14:46 · update #3
freded_124, I see your Pride and feeling of superiority! Do they teach that in church? I thought they were Satans tools myself...
Try typing in 'bible mistranslations' into any popular search engine. Silly boy!
:D
2006-08-06 10:18:59 · update #4
The KJV is one of the worst offenders.
2006-08-06 10:20:04 · update #5
Was the bible written by men.... Yes.
... guided by God? No.
The bible was written by men who wanted to organize a political army under the auspices of a religion, which was how things were done in those days when church and state were two sides of the same coin. This army of people were trained like soldiers, given strict rules and laws to abide by, and were told which enemies they could attack, seize land and property from, and which they couldn't. They created a deity who made them superior to all other people on the planet and declared them "the chosen". The bible is a political entity, concerned with uniformity, obedience to leadership and divinely-blessed war and other atrocities.
2006-08-06 09:34:20 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Holy Spirit gave the original writers (prophets and apostles) the words which they were to write.
2 Samuel 23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
The originals were perfectly accurate. As for today, we have reliable manuscripts. We know this because of the sheer number of manuscripts around; there are tens of thousands, and we can compare them and see where something was miscopied.
The problem comes when people "translate" the Bible without regard for accuracy. The NIV, for example, set out to write what they thought should have been written, instead of translating what was written.
Most of the fights come, not when people disagree about what was said long ago, but about what it means. For example, the Bible says that baptism saves us.
1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
There's no doubt about what Peter wrote. Why do people say that baptism doesn't save us, that one can be saved without baptism? Because that fits with their preconcieved notions. The Bible is more than accurate enough; we just need to obey it.
2006-08-06 16:40:19 · answer #2 · answered by flyersbiblepreacher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was one of the criteria that the Catholic Church used when setting the Canon of the Bible in 400 A.D. The 73 Books included in the Canon of the Bible were written by men inspired by God.
When the spirit of rebellion entered, the Bible lost seven books out of the Old Testament and may have changed in other regards. I don't exactly know what you mean by mistranslations and accuracy. I am not a linguistics expert in the original languages of the Bible.
H
2006-08-06 16:45:21 · answer #3 · answered by H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps some of the Bible's authors were in fact guided by God. That does not mean that every man who wrote a book of the Bible was - and that's where free-will comes in (and the contradictions). Some of the translators may have been guided by God as well - but surely not all (that's where the inaccuracies come in).
2006-08-06 16:37:19 · answer #4 · answered by Terri C. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original text isn't the problem, its the minds of men reading and/or translating. And even though there have been many translations and maybe a couple errors, have you noticed the important things remain the same?? God created, Man sinned, God promised The Messiah, Messiah came, died for sins, resurrected and is coming again.
I think all that is guided by God to never change. The rest is irrelevant to salvation.
2006-08-06 16:36:01 · answer #5 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! God used some 40 men/women to record/write The Holy Bible. God is the actual author. It is written just as God wanted it.The King James Version is as accurate as you would want it. Only a few translations are corrupted. Stick to the King James Version and you will be ok.
2006-08-06 16:39:19 · answer #6 · answered by LARRY S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 12 Apostles wrote the Bible
2006-08-06 16:35:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it was written by man authority by God Him self. And as for translations; well stick with the KJV Holy Bible and the NIV that's all, so there wont be any problems with translations. Too the Ten Commandments were written by God.
2006-08-06 16:41:27 · answer #8 · answered by Christine N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible was written by an idiot, and poor, misguided fools found it and believe that the bible contains the words of "God". Bullsh*t!
People really should start using their brains, and reading books aside from the bible.
Why is it that religious people are always uneducated?
2006-08-06 16:50:32 · answer #9 · answered by Stella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just take the words back to the original text!
use a bible with a concordance!
2006-08-06 17:05:25 · answer #10 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋