IT's very hard to believe what people say I have to ask this question. how do you no God is a man and not a woman ? and you were not here you only no what your fore father taught you about god and you teach your kids the same as you were taught.... How do people know so much and they were not even born .. why is it that we have one god and people has giveing god differen names is it because people have different believe? Please help me understand I l;ike yto no the truth thank you...
2007-04-10 07:46:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The bible has not been tampered with. We have copies and manuscripts of the bible that go back to within a generation after the life of Christ. The science is called textual criticism - please check out the links to get an idea of what I am talking about.
To answer your other questions:
God is neither a man nor a woman - God is a Spirit - a non-Physical being. He created both men and women in his image - that means both men and women reflect something of the character of God.
My parents didn't teach me much about God - most of what I learned, I learned from reading the bible and praying.
We have so many different religions because people are seperated from God and yet we were created for a relationship with God. So people try to reach out to God and they create religions to worship things that are not really God because they no longer truly know who he is. Christianity is different because it is the one religion where God reached down to man to save us. (God also reached out to the Jews, that is what the Old Testament is all about, but in Christ, God poured out his message to all humanity)
I hope this helps/makes sense?
2007-04-10 07:56:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The old Catholic Church, which was the government at the time, put together the Bible, deciding which books should be included. They left a lot out, and there are secret books not available to the public.
Plus even though the word for God has no gender, they applied the masculine gender to it. Since they did that, Christianity has become a religion that caters to men, and women only as wives.
The person above me makes no sense. God gives us freewill- of course people could change it. Look at how many different translations there are for goodness sake. They don't all convey exactly the same thing.
2007-04-10 07:51:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is often claimed that the New Testament books were changed by a group of church leaders (the Nicene Fathers) around 325 AD. This claim ignores the over 2,300 copies of New Testament books which predate the council, yet are word for word identical with the Greek text used today for Bible translations.
There is no historical reason to believe that the text of the New Testament has been altered from what was originally written.
2007-04-10 07:50:15 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Being a Christian is not always easy. You have to have faith and sometimes our faith is tested. But to understand as much as you can requires Bible study. Most people don't study the Bible enough and it makes a big difference. People who don't believe, or don't understand, usually need an understanding of what faith is. Faith is believing something without having any physical proof. The Bible explains in some detail what we all need to understand.
2007-04-10 08:01:53 · answer #4 · answered by judyarb1945 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the bible has not been tampered with. anyone who thinks so, please show me one verse that has been changed. but they cant because there is not a single one.
God is neither man nor woman. regardless, why does it matter? God is God regardless of gender. Jesus was a man, that is one reason why we referrer to God as a man. also, back in the day a man was held higher than a woman, that would be another reason why he was referred to as a man.
there is one God and one God only. God is all around and we dont need our fore fathers to teach us about him. he teaches us about who he is.
2007-04-10 07:59:42 · answer #5 · answered by Kenneth H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is a Spirit
God is one God in three persons.
The three persons are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Father and Son are terms used to describe males.
Christ, the Son, in at least his human nature, is a man.
That is what the Bible says.
2007-04-10 07:55:53 · answer #6 · answered by Proverbs 1:7 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Greek Manuscript Evidence
There are more than 4,000 different ancient Greek manuscripts containing all or portions of the New Testament that have survived to our time.
2007-04-10 07:57:49 · answer #7 · answered by williamzo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most common English translation of the Bible is the King James version. People pretty much go with whatever he had his little minions write.
That's all I'm going to say. Your question is a little hard to read.
2007-04-10 07:52:50 · answer #8 · answered by spychic19 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you acknowledge that God is present do you really think it is outside of His power to make sure His message is preserved?
Don't tell me God can make everything in the universe but can't control one book, that's not logical.
2007-04-10 07:50:44 · answer #9 · answered by The Angry Stick Man 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe God has no gender! but we are to call him father.
2007-04-10 08:01:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋