I'm not going to write it, In fact a group of us are just going to read a whole bunch of ancient writings and then pick & choose which ones to include and which ones to exclude. We're going to have an up/down vote on each writing.
What do you think of this method of creating a bible?
2006-09-03 04:13:36 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
not much different than how all the other bibles were created. they just picked and chose what they thought was good and omitted what was inconvenient. so i say go for it!
2006-09-03 04:17:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Council of Nicea chose the books of today's Bible in 325 and again in 787 to decide which books would be put in the Bible. These were Catholic bishops deciding. Real men, not gods or prophets. The books were chosen carefully to reflect the teachings of the Catholic church. Truthfulness or true authorship was not an issue. People at that time were mostly uneducated and ignorant, so anything could be pulled over on them. Then they put it in Latin to make SURE that no one could read it for themselves, which is why King James finally had it translated. I don't put faith in a Bible like that. Studies have proven that Moses did NOT write the Pentateuch and neither did Matthew, Mark, Luke and John write the books attributed to them. The truth shall set you free.
Anyone can write a Bible...Joseph Smith did it. So, you and your friends might actually be successful. Look to L. Ron Hubbard...he created a whole "religion" on an sci-fi novel. People will believe anything.
2006-09-03 11:23:07 · answer #2 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
An excellent plan. That's the way the current 'bible' was put together. You'll also need to put your chosen writings through a series of translations... by certain individuals and groups with agendas of their own!
2006-09-03 11:18:52 · answer #3 · answered by paleblueshoe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, it wouldn't be a bible, as that's the title given to a specific book. So you'd have to find a new name for it.
You're not the first ones who've ever used that process to write a book about anything, so if it's something you want to do, go for it!
2006-09-03 11:15:55 · answer #4 · answered by cjsmommy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i see. sort of loosely based on yahoo's thumbs up system.
could work.
another method that could work well is as follows:
list the ancient writings in random order.
take a pencil.
close your eyes.
point anywhere on the list.
take that as a sure sign that it should be included.
2006-09-03 12:54:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of protestants do it! Including some of the multimillioniare televangelist. Join the club.
2006-09-03 11:17:01 · answer #6 · answered by Villain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
great if you can convince everyone else to use it... and thats how the bible was done anyway right? a bunch of old men saying "this passage works for us, this one doesnt" until walla a book that will tell the people to follow them
wahooo
2006-09-03 11:19:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It seems your group would have to be non-believers so why call it a 'bible' & what would it be called - 'The What We Want' book by The Group.
2006-09-03 11:29:26 · answer #8 · answered by spareo1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should call it libel, which, interestingly enough is an anagram, which probably more accurately reflects the writing of the bible.
Okay, so it's not a perfect anagram, but who cares.
2006-09-03 13:09:42 · answer #9 · answered by Devil'sadvocate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is too time consuming I would say, and
“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as the judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of Gods”
If you can't listen to God, at least listen to Einstein?
2006-09-03 11:26:16 · answer #10 · answered by true_searcher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋