If the bible?

Question

We all know that through the many years the bible was altered, parts removed, changed or even added by several former kings and such ,it was actually comon practice at that time, anyway the point is we know use mostly the king james version but how could any one claim how much, what, or if any of it is the original text?

We educated know.......

Answer 1

dude i have been makeing that point for years. i would also like to ad in the fact that religion was used by kings to controll its population. you see what better of a way to make its population fear crime not because of the physical damage that could and most likely happen to you but because of a never ending tourture. through out the bible it uses guilt trips for those who fall for that stuff. for outhers it makes you fear being burned for eturnity. for outhers it makes you fear that you would not be with your loved ones if you do bad and they do good. also the bible says preaces to respect your nabor, to onto other as you would do onto yourself but it shows jesus trashing a temple. moses useing witch craft to make a king free slaves ( not to mention killing the first male child of all who dosnt put lambs blood on their door) come on it all seems outragious to me.

Answer 2

The King James version was one of those that was grossly altered, coming through and being a product of the Protestant Reformation.

When first published in 1611, it contained the same 73 books the Catholic Douay Bible had. A few years later a group of Anglicans decided to remove 7 of those Old Testament books that gives you the current 66 Book Bible. Most Protestants believe Catholics "added extra books" when in reality it was Protestants that removed books.

And this is just for starters on what is not right and what has been altered and changed.

Answer 3

Dont forget that allot of the Bible was burned in Alexandria during the time of Alexander...People dont want to beleive that there precious bible has been altered..Theres even allot that was never written..Theres about 75 minibooks that were never put into the bible..Just ask how come the bible doesnt speak of Jesus when he was oh about 5yrs old to 35 when he started spreading the word..but most christians will never question such a thing

Answer 4

We know God's truth because Jesus and the apostles taught it to us, and they personally vouched for the truth of all the legitimate old testament writings.

Then, the apostles, along with writers whom they selected, under further inspiration of the Holy Spirit, wrote down much about our new covenant understanding of God's complete revelation, in what we now call the new testament.

By the time the Church finished compiling all the legitimate books of scripture, not only was the Bible an accurate reflection of God's truth, as he explained it to us in person, but it was a collection of reliable and holy texts that had been regularly used and agreed on by faithful Christians for some 300 years.

By the time St. Jerome translated the Bible into Latin, the common language of the people living in the 4th century, some of the best and most influential scholars of all time had already signed off on the project, leaving little remaining work to be done.

Furthermore, St. Jerome's Latin Vulgate translation, which was compiled very early in the life of the Church, using many original documents in the original languages, still exists in its' original form, and serves as a benchmark and proof text for all the translations that came later.

This, plus the fact that scripture was cited in so many other documents of the time, that we could recompile the text from those citations alone, if necessary, allows us to have complete faith in the veracity of the Bible texts.

The small variations due to translations and bias, which exist today can be easily correlated and critiqued, according to well known and long established standards of biblical truth, so no one need ever be unwittingly deceived.

Finally, it is God's Church, the Catholic Church, which testifies to the inspired, divine, and inerrant nature of scripture, based on his leadership from above, and not based on the whims or status of any particular man, or men, and most certainly not because late comers decided to mistakenly base all their beliefs on it.

Your premise is flawed and you do greatly err.

Answer 5

Firstly, let me go ahead and say that I don't believe that the Bible is absolute truth.

However, 99% of the texts agree with each other. And scholars are usually pretty good about determining where people have tried to "insert" fake text in the original text.

But the more important question, I believe, is, WHEN were the original texts written? And how come a lot of the stories about Jesus are so similar to those about Krishna and other B.C. traditions/stories?

Answer 6

THAT's what YOU THINK you WANT to know to STAY OUT of CHURCH!! I met a man that got a degree in linguistics, specializing the the written Word. The Dead Sea Scrolls ARE the Manna, and HE said that when HE compared the MANNA to the King James Version, the KJV is ACCURATE!!
SOME things HAD to have been changed, to bring MEANING to US HEATHERN people (YES, ME). For instance, when the Old testament was written, it was written in HEBREW, which has NO vowells in it's alphabet. Therefore, to get the mainstream to understanding The Word of God BETTER, vowells WERE added, NOT WORDS!!! If ANY words were ADDED, the PERSON WHO DID add to it, OR subtract from it, is probably breathing hot smoke in a deep pit!!

Revelation 22:19 " 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. "

Answer 7

You can't. It is up to the reader to read it and pray for further enlightenment and understanding. We know that we can be guided by the Holy Ghost and it is there that we might find and know what we should follow and believe and have a better understanding.
We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly. The rest we are dependant upon the Holy Ghost to help us with.

Answer 8

The bible is a great collection of stories to help explain certain morals and values. It is not a factual depiction of historical events. So any changes from the original text are fine.

Answer 9

The BIble is the truth. If you have doubts, do some research in ancient biblical texts or in a library at a seminary school. Original documents still exist that prove the Bible's legitimacy, but you won't find it if you only look to discredit it.

Answer 10

A lot of plain and precious truths were omitted from the bible...doesn't make it wrong...just confusing...That is why God gave us the Book of Mormon..and there will be other books to come. The bible is the book of Judah, the Book of Mormon is the book of Joseph...what about the other 10 tribes of Isreal...what of there records? All in due time. There will be more than one witness that Jesus is the Christ.