Where do all of these different views come from?

Question

If all of the versions of the bible are pretty similar, why are there so many different opinions?

Answer 1

I think maybe that alot of people take the bible and scriptures out of context....
Once convinced their view is right and all others are wrong,,,,,there ya go! Another sect is born.
Try looking up dr.gene scott on the web....its pretty interesting! They, meaning he and his wife, take the bible verse by verse from all of the original languages and texts and proceed to break the scripture down one at a time. Syrian, Hebrew, Coptic, etc.... look for all the similarities. I dont even own a bible and Melissa Scott just has such a passion and is so real, it draws me in.
Check it out sometime!

Answer 2

Because the Bible is not a single coherent book, but a compilation of dozens of different works, most by different authors (and some books of the Bible are compilations of works by more than one person or have been edited after the original writing). Many of these authors believed at least slightly different things or thought different things important.

I realize that many believers claim that there is an overarching coherence of doctrine in the Bible, but from the perspective of this atheist, they are imposing their preconceived notions and ignoring or reinterpreting passages that disagree with those notions.

Answer 3

I promise you that the 3 tracts below will answer your question.

"I must under God denounce every attachment to the New American Standard Version. I'm afraid I'm in trouble with the Lord...We laid the groundwork; I wrote the format; I helped interview some of the translators; I sat with the translator; I wrote the preface. When you see the preface to the New American Standard, those are my words...it's wrong, it's terribly wrong; it's frightfully wrong...I'm in trouble;...I can no longer ignore these criticisms I am hearing and I can't refute them. The deletions are absolutely frightening...there are so many. The finest leaders that we have today haven't gone into it [new versions of Hort and Wescott's corrupted Greek text] just as I hadn't gone into it...that's how easily one can be deceived...Are we so naive that we do not suspect Satanic deception in all of this?"
--Dr. Frank Logsdon, Committee Member

New American Standard Version

Answer 4

It comes from the area of Theology. Theologians of different denominations say different things.