Do you have any of the originals? Just curious, without originals, we have copies, how do we know God really hates gay people as much as we read in Leviticus 18:22 or 1 Corinthians 6:9? Well its a safe bet Paul is a homophobe, but how can we be sure God really hates Gay people as much as the God does in Christian mythology?
Without the originals, how do we know the person who didn't copy it just hated gay people but the Christian God has no problem with them?
2006-09-17 10:59:58 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's hysterical!!!
No one has yet addressed the issue you brought up.
They all chose to avoid the hard issue and instead pick on a softball issue only tangentially related to this.
cowards
2006-09-17 11:07:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You, show that you do not believe the word of God in the first place, by your very accuasation against Paul the Apostle,
About originals, unless you have done biblical studies, on the method of the way the Jews copied the Old Testament scriptures then you really dont understand why they have been preserved with very few mistakes, and most of these mistakes in the copyists, do not then make the word of God impotent, nor less effective in its ability.
Since you are calling Christianity mythology then there really isn't any proof that I could give you otherwise - lest I throw pearls before swine. Which I would be doing at this point.
2006-09-17 18:11:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Their has been sufficient research into some of the latest translations of the bible to insure that it was not just a copy of a copy.The New American Bible, for instance, went to the earliest writings available and translated them directly into todays English version. They used contemporary literature to understand such things as colloquial expressions and local use of certain words. One thing they found clears up your example about hating Homosexuals. It is simply not true. The word translated to 'hate' meant loves less in Semitic usage when those passages were written.
2006-09-17 18:14:58 · answer #3 · answered by Robert L 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Uhh..2 cities completely turned to ashes by God because of their perversion. That might give you and idea on what God thinks of being gay. We all have a moral compass called our conscience. Some need that compass realigned. Any true Christian knows the answer to your question through the Holy Spirit. It is pointless to explain anything concerning God and His Word to an unbeliever. The truth comes from within, because God shows them His truth... and they know.
2006-09-17 18:13:51 · answer #4 · answered by JohnC 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We have many extant copies of the Qumran documents. These are also called The Dead Sea Scrolls and most were written and hidden before Jesus birth. So, these actually do back up most of the O.T., at least those that we have that are Old Testament texts are proving their accuracy. From this its a simple matter to extrapolate whether the other scriptures should be correct or not, i.e., if you turn in 99 pages of work out of 100 and all 99 pages are 100% correct, we can figure the 100th page should be correct also.
The Dead Sea Scrolls
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=the+dead+sea+scrolls&fr=yfp-t-500&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8
The Qumran Community
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=The+Qumran+Community&prssweb=Search&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-500&x=wrt
2006-09-17 18:06:00 · answer #5 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Even if the originals were known I don't think they would ever see the light of day. If, and I'm sure they probably do, they differ from the versions of the bible available it would invalidate nearly 2000 years of cultivated control.
2006-09-17 18:14:38 · answer #6 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well we have the writings of Josephus Flavius for starters. Have you read it? I have. There are many other books on this subject. Recommend reading Josh McDowell's book "New Evidence that Demands a verdict. Josh is a former atheist and has recieved world wide attention from the 45 or so books he has written on the subject. Josh was a atheistic professor... if he could do his homework... maybe you can too?
2006-09-17 18:07:23 · answer #7 · answered by ddead_alive 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Even with the originals, how do we know that the words were truly inspired by God. Ancient texts have been discovered, so what. In my mind, those text are even further proof that it all was written by men with their own agenda.
2006-09-17 18:13:24 · answer #8 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The the Torah, the Bible, and the Koran, have shown that God only loves humanity only when they are in submit ion to him, even to the extent of killing ones own family in the name of God. God is therefore anti-human and unworthy of humanity.
2006-09-17 18:04:42 · answer #9 · answered by Wonder Weirdo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
god said be fruitful and multiply so you can not do that with man and man sorry and you wouldnt need the originals if you called out to him he would answer you and you would see that he is a loving god who cares and that would be the proof you need
i agree that god loves even gays because he love hitler and everyone else so he loves them
but i do not agree that its turn or burn ! god does not want that and that is just a scare mentality and god does not bring a spirit of fear but love power and a sound mind
well when god created the earth he did not give technology with it just yet so weather you can or not its wrong
2006-09-17 18:05:25 · answer #10 · answered by superdaniel417 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋