I don't care what you think you proved ...you simply are wrong....the Bible is the true inspired Word of God...you can never tell me or show me otherwise.....I know God exists and nothing can change my mind about that either.....once one forms a good relationship with God one can never turn away...the truth is revealed to those who truly seek with an open heart.....
2006-08-15 17:43:30
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answered by shiningon 6
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Why don't you starting hitting the people with the understanding that the bible was written when Platonian philosophy was the only philosophy. Read Platonian philosophy - it's so full of crap - he wanted power to stay with the elite philosophers. The scary part is that the bible, religion and government today are based on this philosophy.
Aristotle was unread until his work got retranslated during the Renaissance (I think - it could be later). Socrates might have even been better - but because he was deemed a threat he was killed and his work destoyed. Think though what the bible, religion, government, everything would be like if Aristotlean or Socratic philosophy had at least been available during 100-500AD - Nicene Council and especially the bastard St. Augustine of Hippo. He was probably the most guilty of locking the population of the world in the 'prison' that civilization is today. We would have never had the Dark Ages or Inquisition...none of it.
You are doing a great job with researching the bible - but as many said you can only have the tomato - tomaato arguement a couple of times. Dig deeper and contextualize the bible then you can point out inconsistencies that create a false reality - a false reality used by elites and authority today to stay in power. After you read the philosophers, you will start to see how the logic of the bible is set up - it's mental traps etc. These mental traps have become a base philosophy that we all live by and don't even think about. You've got to point out the flaws in the thinking foundation that no one thinks about.
2006-08-15 18:24:48
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answered by Applecore782 5
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Matt 27:51 says "at that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two." Maybe you need to go back to school. "at that moment" means that it happened at the same time. Hence the word "AT"
Mark does not say which occurred first. Only that both happened.If Mark had intended to say that the curtain was torn first he would have used a word such as "THEN". It is not there. He merely says that both things happened.
So the only thing that you have proven is that you are willing to lie about the scriptures to try and make others believe the bible is untrue. But the best example of something untrue, just came from you.
2006-08-15 17:52:20
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answered by unicorn 4
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For starters God never claimed to be perfect, just eternal. In fact, after the flood God apologized with the rainbow.
Next, in Genesis it says the "Sons of God" saw the Daughters of Adam and Eve and took them as wives. There is some dispute as to this phrase, but if it is correct then God already had children and there must be a Mrs. God somewhere.
The Bible is inspired by God but written by imperfect man and re-written and translated by imperfect men who might have even had a gun at their head by King James or the Pope or Constantine or the Jewish Pharises.
You see there is some conflict, even among the Jews. Some say the Verbal Stories and the Written Stories make up the Tanakh, but some say only the written stories should count.
The Catholics banned about 30+ books of the bible.
The version of the bible we have today is Adulterated by In-fighting between Jewish theologians, in-fighting between Catholic theologians, in-fighting between Protestant theologians.
AND, someone here sited SCIENTIFIC proof that the Earth does not move and that proof won a Nobel Prize
Michelson-Morley, go look it up! These two SCIENTISTS claimed in print that taking "error" into account the experiment proves that no MOTION exists on the Earth.
They were being somewhat facicious, of course, but their PROOF, their AXIOM proved that the
Earth is the Center of the Universe, does not move and ALL other bodies revolve around the Earth.
SCIENCE proved that in 1887! And they got a Nobel Prize for this work!
Ball is back in your court! Service! Love Love!
2006-08-15 17:50:26
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answered by Anonymous
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Another Magesterial teaching is that scripture cannot be used to counter scripture.
Especially examples taken from the four Gospels...because, the Gospels were never intended, nor have true biblical scholars taken them, to be precise histories. They were written by individuals many years after the events and read more like a witness statement police would take at a crime scene. They all will read a little differently from the other but the overall truth and essence of the events are there and consistent.
If you're hanging your hat on a simple thing like if the veil was rent(curtain torn) either before or after Jesus died, you will have to do much better. No educated Bible scholar of any religious background will run with that one.
2006-08-15 17:48:52
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answered by Augustine 6
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The Bible is contradictive in a lot of areas, but, it was written by men inspired by God. Not written by God & inspired by men. Since your #1 axiom states that God is perfect, it does not state that men are perfect.
Since I look at the Bible as a study of the development of Christianity, I have no problem with it. From the Old Testament to the New Testament, there are drastic changes in the practice of Christianity.
I have never heard that the Bible is perfect. Anything written by men is bound to have mistakes. Inspired= means to have life breathed into, thats why it's called the living Bible. Inspired by God does not mean [ made perfect by God]
2006-08-15 17:56:19
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answered by Anonymous
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Though outward evidences do not prove the Bible to be God's Word, it is still remarkable how the Bible has distinguished itself in the history of the written word. Consider the faithful way the Bible has been translated, circulated, and preserved. The number of manuscripts from ancient times that all agree and attest to the accuracy of the Bible we have today is utterly amazing; there is no other ancient book that can even come close to this kind of attestation. Even more important to us are the internal evidences that the Bible is the very Word of God. Here we could point to the Bible's accuracy in prophecy--the fact that every single thing foretold in the Old Testament is fulfilled in the New Testament. (Did you know that no less than 333 Old Testament prophecies were fulfilled by Jesus in the New Testament?) We could point to the unity of the Bible--how every book of the Bible agrees with all the others, and they are all centered in Christ. We could point to the unparalleled impact and power that the Bible has on the hearts and lives of people. All these things demonstrate that the Bible is unique. The Bible is God's Book.
In the final analysis, however, we cannot prove God scientifically in a laboratory, nor do we prove the Bible to be true. We trust in God. We believe in him. We trust that the Bible is his Word and, therefore, it is true in its every aspect and is the very revelation of the one true God. These are articles of faith that have been planted in our hearts by God. We are confident of them because our God has made us confident of them when he worked the miracle of faith in Jesus Christ, his Son and our Savior, in our hearts. Our confidence is not based on intellectual assent, because faith is so much more than intellectual proof.
To address the two passages you cited, Luke 23.45 and Matt 27.51, according to the translation I am using (NIV) to respond, the Book of Matthew does not say that the curtain of the temple was torn in two after Jesus died. It says that it happened at the moment he cried out and breathed his last, which does parallel the scripture written in Luke.
My encouragement to you is to find the time to read and study the Bible. In it God says, "Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the Word of Christ" (Romans 10:17). The more you read and study the Bible, the more quickly and stronger your faith in God and his Word will grow. May God richly bless you.
2006-08-15 18:26:53
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answered by The Reverend 2
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There are many examples of your third axiom, like this one...
Matthew 20:29 "Now as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him..."
Luke 18:35 "Then it happened, that as He was coming near Jericho..."
This one is special in the sense that an archaeological survey of the city of Jericho (this one I'll need to recheck if this study is available in Net) reveals that there are actually two cities of Jericho. To be more accurate, there's the original one, and an adjunct or extension to the city. As the original city walls (not the one in Joshua's time, the one when the city was first rebuilt) were intact at that time, one city gate would've been the entry to the other city. In speak, you could be both entering and leaving the city at that time...
In the case of the temple you've given, note that the temple is divided into three distinct regions, a public area, a holy area, and the Holy of Holies, each potentially divided by a curtain.
Science is one way to look at Christianity, but another way to look at it is through law, as in courtroom law, etc. If we were to bring Christianity to the courtroom, it would all depend on testimony, both scientific and eyewitness.
Then, there is the potential problem with the theory you've presented. Based on that I could equally come up with this theory and three axioms:
- Created beings cannot be equal to or greater than its creator.
- As God is perfect, His creation cannot equal to His perfection.
- Thus, things coming from man would have flaws or loopholes.
Evidence of such would be our system of law and judgement, that regardless of how its written there is a way to circumvent it. There is a good possibility that your theory could be flawed in its writing (I am assuming you are not claiming to be God) as it is. Even the greatest of scientific discoveries, such as gravity and relativity, remain in theoretic form. When a theory attempting to explain an event in nature or space is proven wrong, we discard the theory, not the event in nature.
So what does all this conclude? It could be summed up in this verse:
"For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God" - 1 Corinthians 2: 11
2006-08-15 18:03:12
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answered by Shepherd 2
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There is something much more basic than that. A scientific finding should have to be repeated under the same circumstances. I mean, 2+2=4 because every single time you try it (unless you make the wrong calculation) it's got to give the same result. And water boils always at the same temperature under normal pressure condition, because that is going to happen every time you try the experience. Now, the bible is totally impossible to prove or disprove. It's just an opinion, it's not based on any independent source, and it doesn't have any objective source to back it up. So, scientific standards just don't apply to it.
2006-08-15 17:53:10
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answered by Anonymous
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Although I am not a believer in Christianity in the slightest, you have to remember the bible was written by man and probably translated hundreds if not thousands of times. And I will be the first to say that man is subject to error very easily.
But as far as prrof of your theory goes, I do believe that the religion has many more faults and "holes" in it.
This is such a funny sensitive subject because most people who believe in it were never introduced to anything else. And when someone tries to propose an alternative to the fairy tales they grew up learning about, they wouldnt bother even listening. Therefore most christians are stubborn closed minded people who all follow their leader to the death, like a cult, brainwashed to the point of allowing such an administration to perform such acts of war and conspiracy on other countries.
woops...sorry..got a little off topic there...that felt good though :)
2006-08-15 17:52:17
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answered by Anonymous
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The Bible was written by man and not by God. But the Bible is still inspired by God. Why else would it have been written? I'm a very dedicated Christian but I don't believe every word the Bible says because it was written by men and men have faults. Therefore, God can be perfect, but the Bible does not have to be perfect.
2006-08-16 12:42:04
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answered by Matt 2
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