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2006-08-10 22:21:21 · 27 answers · asked by Bend it like Bender 5 in Education & Reference Other - Education

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I'm not relgious so don't care

2006-08-10 22:24:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

The books that comprise the Holy Bible were chosen from numerous texts that had been translated by Jewish scholars into Greek in Alexandria. They were then retranslated from Greek into Latin. The Roman Emperor, Constantine, faced a political problem around 550 as Rome was being torn apart by different religious groups: Christians and worshippers of Midas, the sun god, were the major protagonists. To stop the endless conflict, he appeased the sun worshippers by making Sunday the day of rest (until then Christians had taken Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath) and he ordered the Vatican Council to decide which of the many books should go into the bibliography (now called Bible). He then had all other books burned. It resulted in a peaceful settlement all round. However, scholars have found many of the missing texts and it is from several of them that Dan Brown created his famous conspiracy novels, including "The Da Vinci Code",
The Latin translations of the Greek texts contain some rather important anomolies. For example, the Greeks referred to Mary, the mother of Jesus, as a "young woman" which the Romans translated as "virgin". The Jewish translators also changed a word meaning "open parkland" intothe Greek for "paradise" which was retained in Latin.

So, there was no original book called "The Holy Bible". It is a collection of translations possibly with a few errors. I find it tells you what God, the prophets and others said or did. On the other hand, the beauty of the Holy Qur'an is that God speaks directly to you, and there are no contrdictions in it. Nor have any errors been found in it. The best English version is by Abdullah Yusuf Ali and if you get a copy that contains his explanations, you will find it a wonderful book. It includes nothing aginst either Judaism or Chrsitianity but in fact reveres Jesus (pbuh) and Moses (pbuh) as Great prophets. You are interested in religious matters. Have a look and find out for yourself.

2006-08-11 02:13:45 · answer #2 · answered by halifaxed 5 · 0 0

I am a atheist so it means nothing to me. The bible is just propaganda to dupe people that this is the truth and nothing else is. Jesus did live but he was a good politician telling the mass of uneducated people what was right and what was wrong. Maybe he was a man of peace but what peace is there where religion is involved, just look at today. That is why I do not believe in God or any religious leader. I am a humanist and believe in the human spirit. Hope this answers you question PEACE

2006-08-10 22:40:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Of course not.
The REAL Bible if you mean the Ancient Testament was written on scroll paper and in a foreign language (Hebrew according to the resources) the New Testament was written in that language that Mel Gibsons movie was done in... (excuse my failed memory !) ....
then in our days... all that has been translated and published in all the languages throughout the world.
I am sure that the general ideas are true to the real thing.
But there are people that have studied this their WHOLE life ! and are still doing so.

2006-08-10 22:32:57 · answer #4 · answered by bird_of_peace62 2 · 0 0

i dont know if you have noticed but every translation of holy bible has different translations and some have missing parts, so surely the one that you have (no matter wich one) is not full version of Bible and probably it is not translated correctly in some points, the thing is that according to Bible if you make any mistake cause the bible was wrong translated the fault is of the man who did translation, not your, what means that you are still innocent, and he will burn in hell:)
sweet isnt it:)

Revelation 22 (king james version)

18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

2006-08-10 22:31:09 · answer #5 · answered by mrangelosd 4 · 0 0

the bible we have today is actually a series of bibles..four of them,but the rtuth is that there were more than 100 bibles writen by different people that had something to do with Jesus so there is a lot missing but hopefully the most important things are found in the nowadays bible.

2006-08-10 22:27:50 · answer #6 · answered by alienform2003 2 · 0 0

Yes, And No.....Yes Being It's Got The Same Content...God As the Creator, And No As In It's Been Broken Down Into English From Hebrew...So It's Gonna Lose Some Of That *Zing* I Guess You Could Say...

2006-08-10 22:25:30 · answer #7 · answered by iLL_TeK_NeekZ 4 · 0 0

Of course not. The real bible also has a different title and author.

2006-08-11 06:32:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Apparently scientists have recently discovered the 1st pages of the bible in a cave somewhere, and the first line reads '' All characters and events portrayed in this publication are fictitious....''

2006-08-14 13:07:07 · answer #9 · answered by TK 3 · 0 0

No! There is no such thing as "the real" bible. It has been rewritten, altered and re-altered over thousands of years. It has been mistranslated and re-translated, and the church has taken text out and put text in to satisfy their need to control the masses.

2006-08-10 22:26:24 · answer #10 · answered by JZ 5 · 0 0

no.the bible we have today has been edited by men over the centuries for their own likes and dislikes.The Romans introduced Christianity to England and the Anglo-Saxons Incorporated parts of the Norse mythology/religion? into the christian religion{such as hell}. countless kings also saw fit to edit the bible for their own devices including the very image of Christ

2006-08-10 22:47:33 · answer #11 · answered by paul j 2 · 0 0

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