Let's say for a second that there is a god, the christian god even. If you were the devil and wanted to coruppt people wouldn't you start with the bible? So how do christians know that the devil didn't put stuff in the bible to through them off track of god's true will. This would explain all the nutty contradictory, violent and biased statments in the bible huh?
2007-07-12 07:35:53 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"Christianity...[has become] the most perverted system that ever shone on man....Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and importers led by Paul, the first great corrupter of the teaching of Jesus." --- Thomas Jefferson
“There is strong reason to believe that St. Paul fabricated the belief system of Christianity from Zoroastrian mythology. In order to hide Paul’s plaigerism… Christians burned the library of Alexandria in 390 A.D. Books in that library kept Mithra’s original story of what Pauline Doctrine is an almost exact copy. (George Sarton , Introduction to History of Sciences) ,
The Christian Trinity is a copy of the Pagan religion of Rome called Mithraism. Mithra was a half man half god who died for the sins of his followers. Guess what date the SUN god Mithra was born on ? - Thats right ...December 25th
The concept of God having a son is the basis of most Polytheistic religions and the exact opposite of the Abrahamic message of Monotheism. Your Lord is ONE – no partner, no Son , No God incarnate.
“The son-ship of Jesus Christ is the greatest fiction of human history.” (Lord Bishop of Canterbury Commission, the Spiritual Head of England, 1910.)
“The son-ship of Jesus Christ, the Trinity, the blood sacrifice of the lamb of God, atonement are not the teachings of Jesus. These are all inventions of Saint Paul who never really met Jesus.” (Hastings Rashdall, The Theory of Good and Evil)
“In the Christian world, you do not talk about God, when talking of god. Every Christian talks about his or her own conception of God “ (Nicholas Berdyeau, Destiny of Man.)
"The New Testament is mysteriously silent about Jesus between twelve and thirty years. I wonder what the Son of God had been doing on God's earth during that time ! " (Max Marshall, The Great Fiction)
“I counted 30,000 contradictions in the New Testament. (Dr. Maile, Confessions of a Sceptic)
"Initially there were 34 gospels that were compiled by word of mouth. Four were chosen for unclear reasons and 30 were left behind [burned]. (Encyclopedia Britannica)
"Jesus and his disciples spoke Aramaic but the gospels were written in Greek ! A man in Jerusalem wrote Messiah's Biography on hearsay. That is what the gospel is. (Martin Springler, A Quest for Truth)
“Few scholars can disagree that the fourth gospel was written by some nameless mystic between 95 to 125 C.E. “ (Dr. W.R. Inge, The Fall of Idols)
"All the gospels - Matthew, Luke and John openly contradict each other. ( Earnest Renan, Essay on Nationality)
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2007-07-12 07:40:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
good question that is even debated within the faith. here it is from my Christian perspective...
the Bible contains the living word given to us by God. while it has been translated throughout the centuries into different languages, one could argue that the message has been changed. i do not subscribe to this idea although i don't put it in the "this could never ever happen" column. God says that He will meet our needs and having the true word is our greatest need and i trust in His promise.
when it comes to the devil corrupting what people think, he does not need to mess with the Bible to do so.
although some think that the Bible is foolishness and contradictory, it all depends on faith. you may call it blind faith but once God has called on you, you feel as though you are seeing for the very first time. i can understand people having difficulty understanding this or even believing it but just because no one was there to hear the tree fall does not mean that it didn't make a sound...
infinite love and gratitude!!
2007-07-12 15:01:31 · answer #2 · answered by Sue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything is possible! Man wrote the bible, the devil has the power to bend man to do his ill wills. And no religion will believe that when the bible was written, maybe someone had ill intent in it's meanings. Violence back then was probably as bad or worse than it is now, they needed something and someone to lead them to peace and contentment so there is jesus and the bible. As much controversy as there is about the bible and jesus and what the bible really means who really knows. If time travel were possible, we could have all the answers, but I don't believe anyone will truly ever know what God or Jesus meant to say to us in the bible.
2007-07-12 15:12:57 · answer #3 · answered by robink71668 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What contradictory or biased statements would that be?
And no, the devil is kept on a leash. God would not allow the Bible to become corrupt like that. This is so that the gospel may continue to be preached throughout the ages.
2007-07-12 14:40:43 · answer #4 · answered by Soga 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How would a minister know for sure? All I can say is the bible is a book. Nothing more. It's a story about morals and parables and life and trying to answer questions we have no answers for. It was re-written, re-translated, added to and subtracted from for 2000 years! How can anyone believe that it is the absolute word of god after man has wrote and handled it for 2000 years?
2007-07-12 14:42:54 · answer #5 · answered by punch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it's possible -- it would be intellectually dishonest to say otherwise.
Of course, it's about as likely as the bible being written by an Invisible Sky Daddy in the first place...
2007-07-12 14:40:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please give an example of which statements are nutty and which ones contradict themselves. Plus why would the devil corrupt the bible to the point where he is still a defeated foe??
2007-07-12 14:41:12 · answer #7 · answered by maintainer98 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
surely its possible.
Apparently, humans sin due to the devils temptation. So by that logic and reasoning, there is nothing to suggest that the men who wrote the bible hadn't been tempted to write something incorrectly by the devil
2007-07-12 14:40:44 · answer #8 · answered by zeppelin_roses 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way. The devil quotes the bible out of context and tries to corrupt man into believing half truths.
2007-07-12 14:41:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'd say more likely the devil corrupted people's interpretations of the Bible, and continues to do so.
That's why it's important to seek spiritual guidance through prayer.
2007-07-12 14:40:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋