2007-05-21 11:32:57 · 21 answers · asked by jamesandcarolcox 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because the Bible was written by many men hundreds of years after the death of Jesus from stories that were passed down from generation to generation. It was then translated from one language to another.
Ever play telephone?
2007-05-29 11:26:51 · answer #1 · answered by blondhair/blueeyedgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are numerous translations for several reasons. First, the original manuscript, written in Koine Greek, is extremely detailed. The various translations tend to cut to the chase and eliminate a lot of the extra information. An example of what I mean is me watching the weather channel where someone says It is sunny, 85 degrees and the humidity is 45% with the wind blowing out of the south at 5 mph. That's the Koine Greek. If I repeated to you what I heard and said "It is a nice day" I'm not wrong, just incomplete. Another person might say "It is breezy today" while another says "It is dry." Each of those translations is correct, but there is more. The amplified version of the Bible is the most complete and accurately translates the entire sentence including the tenses etc.
The other explanation for variations is the time in which the translation was done. We don't speak in King James English any more - and a lot of word meanings have changed as well. The newer translations (NIV, NASB) etc. are written in plain 20th century English.
2007-05-29 10:46:21 · answer #2 · answered by Jack2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This will add more confusion to your question.
However there are many interpretations, not only because people interpret differently, but also because what is in the bible is not the whole story.
what is in the bible is what is known as scriptures that have been cannonized. (meaning "allowed" to be in the new testament. If you are wondering exactly how is something allowed to be in the bible, you can learn more about that by looking up info on the Council of Nicaea, 325AD, present day Turkey)
There are many other scriptures written at the same time, before, and after that are not included.
look at The Nag Hammâdi Library
and The Dead Sea Scrolls
By doing some of your own research - you will see why everyone's idea of the bible is different.
2007-05-21 11:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by Two Tenths Of My Two Cents 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does the sign mean that I should fully stop on all occasions, or may I just slow down if there is no traffic on the other streets? Is the sign a "4-way" stop, or does the cross street have the right of way. If so, is that fair? Why shouldn't my street have the right of way? Do I have to wait until all of the people on the cross street pass, or can I dart across the intersection if I see an opening? How long should I stop?
2007-05-21 11:46:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well we should only have one interepretations and I believe that writer broke it down so that it can be put into an understanding for people so when they read it they will be able to get it. Unlike adding to it and taking to it now that is a sin, and it should stay in terms as exactly what it should say
2007-05-29 10:49:11 · answer #5 · answered by Pastor Martinez 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A stop sign is a FACT. There is nothing miraculous or extraordinary about a stop sign. A stop sign did not part the Red Sea, it did not die on a cross, it did not steal forbidden fruit. The Bible is a book full of stories about people of faith is open to interpretation because it deals with how different people view different events.
2007-05-28 20:41:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever sit and watch people at a four way stop. They all can read and know what stop means, but evey one of them has their OWN IDEA of what STOP! means. Some come to a full stop. Some sit awhile before going on. Some just slow down and then take on off. Same with the bible. All who read it have their own idea of what it means. I wish everyone would just believe what they want, respect eveyone else's beliefs and just leave each other alone about it. Stop sturring up trouble.
2007-05-21 11:45:23 · answer #7 · answered by Justin Case 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There will never be one interpretation of the Bible as long as folks maintain that the Bible can interpret itself(which means that any interpreter can "discover the true meaning" of such and such a verse) . There is no recognized authority to interpret it (like the ancestral Catholic Church) and there are so many conflicting Protestant Church traditions that underlie the different interpretations even though they maintain that they are going by the Bible Alone.
2007-05-26 14:49:09 · answer #8 · answered by James O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freedom of will not freedom to kill.
If you violate the stop sign you might end up in jail.
Nobody goes to jail for interpreting the bible in a unique, sometimes profitable way while exerting power over people, especially since the Author is not present to rise any objections.
2007-05-21 11:53:18 · answer #9 · answered by MARY B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Stop sign was made up by someone at the Roads and Traffic Authority. They did not ask the population's opinion about it. It was decided unilaterally and now we poor sods have to put up with it. It is not a matter that we agreed upon. It was hoisted on us.
2007-05-21 11:39:43 · answer #10 · answered by flugelberry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋