the bible.......?

Question

why doees the bible always change its beliefs can't they just stick to one thing.....every couple of years the bible changes... i'm starting to wonder why they cant just stick to one thing. why are there so many different versions of the bible. which is the right one?
every bible says somthing differebnt and it seems that christianity is changing as the century changes. like before christailns used to be covered (nuns) but now it seems chritians are changing within time. ...
could someone plz explain to me what's happening?!?!?

Answer 1

THE BIBLE IS FULL OF FAIRYTALES... WHY DO YOU READ IT?... STEP INTO TE LIGHT OF KADIJAISM....

Answer 2

Chanelle,
",,,why doees the bible always change its beliefs ..."

The Bible has no beliefs. People have beliefs. The Bible is constant in it's meaning throughout the years. It has not actually changed in meaning. What does change is how people read it and understand the things they read.

"...every couple of years the bible changes... "

You are right in that the Bible is often updated in order to get closer to the correct translation of the original languages the texts were put down in. The meaning has changed little if at all.

You'll not find differences in the major meanings in any translation of the Bible you pick up. What you may find is a bit of a difference in some small nit-picky areas that really don't mean much in the over all message of the Bible.

Kev

Answer 3

English is a language that has absorbed many other languages. The original people were Celtics. Then the Romans brought Latin, After that the Germanic Anglos,Saxons and Jutes came and then the Danes invaded and then those tall dark French speaking Vikings called Normans invaded. All left their mark on English. English frequently has a word that can mean more than one thing according to how it is used. Or it has more than one word to mean the same thing. There are words that sound alike heal, hill, heel.
Translation from the original Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic is very difficult to keep the original meaning and make it readable. That is why there are footnotes. Also a person needs a commentary from a person who is scholarly in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic.
The nuns habits in times past were the style of dress women wore at the time. People no longer dress like that. Some nuns prefer to dress modern and some keep to the old habit.

Answer 4

Why do Christians keep changing the Bible?
There are many more than 20 English Bible Translations available, yet Christians would argue that these do not reflect attempts to change the Bible. Instead the different translations exist

to reflect changes in the way English is used. Words commonly change meaning over time.
to reflect new understandings of the source documents. Scholars are continually looking for ways to improve their understanding of the original texts. They compare old manuscripts (and sometimes new ones are found which help decipher the original meaning). They seek to improve their understanding of the language, culture and customs of the people of the Bible so that mistakes in translation can be corrected.
to reflect different uses for Bibles. Some are needed by Students where it may be helpful to make the structure of Hebrew poetry clear, others are deliberately written to make them easy for people to read out aloud even if they are not used to reading in public.
Note that we do not have the original manuscripts for the Bible so translators have to review the oldest available manuscripts (some of which are not complete, some have copying mistakes, some are early translations). This will mean there are (amazingly few given the size of the text) a number of places where the translators have to make a decision about which manuscript to follow. Often these decisions will be noted in a footnote. The Net Bible is particularly good at explaining their decisions in this way see the footnotes for Mark chapter 1 for example.

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Answer 5

I don't think that the Bible is changing in anyways. Different versions are there so that people can understand it better. I guess the right version for you would be the one which you find comfortable, and please I am not being a pragmatist here. NIV is the standard one but there are many more which are much easier to read (for example the Message by Eugene Peterson). Christians may be changing with time (which is a challenge for us christians) but the Bible is still the same.

Answer 6

The Bible itself is not changing. The translations differ sometimes as people try to present the text in language that we can understand.

As for nuns, well, yes some of them no longer wear the habit. Those orders seem to be disappearing or at the least becoming invisible. The orders that still wear a habit seem to be doing quite well though. It seems tradition is still better than 'keeping up with the times'.

Cheers :-)

Answer 7

I was under the (obviously mistaken) impression that the Bible was the unchangeable Word of God.
Still, Abrogation isn't a sin.
I believe the current excuse is that the Bible is a 'living book'.
Well and good, but why change the Word of God? Surely that's disrespectful, of your Heavenly Father, and dissing your parents is covered in the Ten Commandments, isn't it?

I probably don't have my facts straight, but that's because the bulk of what I've learnt about Christianity comes from the most inaccurate source of all - Christians.

Answer 8

It is unfortunate, but the texts have changed so often over time for many reasons. Political reasons, trying to control people, inserting false ideas and decrees. Even in the Old Testament, things were omitted and adjusted for the sake of the times. If you want to get as close to the truth as possible, look at the lost gospels....do searches for books about the "real Jesus". Also, the Gospel of Thomas is quite interesting and contains a lot of Jesus words.

Answer 9

I Trust God to have enough Power to get the Scriptures to us that were are to believe and be Saved by and then in the Judgment we will be Judged by the same scriptures.
The Religious leaders from the time that the first scripture was written until today have tried to force people to come to the and pay great sums of money or honor or other things to receive God Word but God has foiled all such wicked people and organizations to protect His Holy Word for Us today. Praise God!

Source(s):

60 years of experiencing God's Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ.

I use the King James Version and Pray.

Answer 10

Could you give some specific examples on how the Bible itself has changed? As for your reference to nuns in habit, that's not a matter of the Bible changing, that's a matter of people's practices changing. There's a big difference.

If I can help answer any specific questions, feel free to e-mail me at [e-mail]. Take care.

Answer 11

Tell me one thing that they had change in the bible. Tell me where is your reference for this. You are basically claiming that the they constantly change the bible and yet you have no way of proving this. The bible had not change ever since it was put together a long time ago. it remained the same. the bible does not say something different, It remains the same and what it says remains the same.

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