Didn't Thomas Jefferson, one of the Fathers of our country, try this for the new testament and caught grief for it by the superstitious folks of his day?
2007-07-24 09:55:34 · 38 answers · asked by 自由思想家 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thomas Jefferson was not a Christian per se. He was an atheist in a time when being atheist was looked upon with horror.
Jefferson assumed that supernatural acts were not possible, so he removed any account of miracles.
2007-07-24 11:36:49 · answer #1 · answered by Tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word "bible" comes from "Babylon" which means "CONFUSION" ...
If you took the original message before the King James Perversions and such - you would find no lies in there - even the so called New Testiment would align with the so called Old Testiment.
Here is a truth in there that most do not want to hear ...
You will shortly see Iran, Syria and a few other nations/countries NUKED ... 1/3rd of all mankind and 1/4th of the earth will be destroyed in one day ... and it will harden the hearts of the christians (everybody except those who truly believe the word) - and they will not repent ...
then shortly after that 4/5ths of mankind and the planet will be destroyed - all mankind will then see there is no hope left for life after they see WHAT THEIR CHRISTIAN WAY TO PEACE HAS BROUGHT ...
And then - I will be able to do my job to the fullest and help heal the nations and educate them in the truth ... and we will rebuild the earth together and then all will see there was no lie in the true word ... only deceptions and mistranslations put there by unrighteous men who hate the truth and wrote it wrong ...
hope that this helped.
Peace;
Aintmyfault
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2007-07-24 10:10:06 · answer #2 · answered by aintmyfault 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure that either lies or absurdities is quite the right word for what modern readers object to in the Bible.
The Bible is an ancient book. (Or to be more precise, it is a composite of several--how many depends on--separate works written over several centuries.)
Like language and beliefs, the types of documents that are deemed useful change over time. I suspect every document that made it into the various Christian canons had some use for and made some sense to the compilers and readers/listeners.
The problem has been that modern readers have tried to make these documents serve uses that we recognize. And even worse, we have made claims for these ancient documents that are indeed absurd and, and least in some mouths, lies.
Personally, I would not want to be without a single word that has ever been considered part of one or more of the Christian canons. These documents are fun to study, and the open up a window into ancient and important cultures.
2007-07-24 10:07:11 · answer #3 · answered by Darrol P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, i think there may me more than you think. I'm no bible, thumper, quite the opposite, but i found it was difficult to argue with the fundies without knowledge, so i took a class on the bible, and read quite a bit of it. Its not all crap. Many of the messages of the bible, especially the teachings of Jesus are pretty straight forward. Be nice, do unto others, have respect. And yes the bible wants you to worship God, but If my dad was God, I would endorse him as well. Much of the Bible has been perverted over the centuries by men of power, and it's true message has been lost. That doesn't mean there is no good in it at all. Not every christian is a fundie lunatic.
2007-07-25 04:15:55 · answer #4 · answered by writenimage 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a lot of the bible is actually missing due to the fact that the church in the middle ages felt that some parts of the bible did not belong (how they decided this i don't know). honestly i don't think that the bible is a lie because i do believe in it. and really, who is to say that anything in the Bible is a lie? only those who wrote it know the truth and all one can do now is just have faith and believe it if you so chose to follow the teachings of the bible and those of the torah and koran seeing as they all believe in the old testament
2007-07-24 10:02:19 · answer #5 · answered by say what! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three religious texts each with different faith - Islam, Jewish text and the bible point to Jesus. Islam calls Jesus a prophet, Jews don't accept Christ as the Messiah.
Do you think that all these religious texts were about someone writing story tales?
Are you questioning the existence of Christ or are you questioning the fact that He is God or if God exists?
Assuming you are doing all of the above, Christ did exist, there is "historical" evidence to prove that. Much like the evolution theory we talk about.
To answer your question, all of the Bible is true or nothing of it is.
2007-07-24 10:12:55 · answer #6 · answered by ann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you took all the lies and absurdities out of man who, through the years, corrupted God's Word, how much of it would be left?
A pure original of the Tanakh and the Aramaic and Greek scrolls of the Brit Chadasha...
2007-07-24 10:02:12 · answer #7 · answered by dreamgyrl360 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How about just boiling it down to primary resources? If you remove Paul, Luke and everyone else who never knew Jesus it would be a very small book. Throw out the OT entirely. That thing may as well be written on a wall by cavemen.
2007-07-24 09:59:09 · answer #8 · answered by Peter D 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If the lies in the Bible were removed then we would not know the lie the devil told Eve and any other lie the devil told anyone now would we
2007-07-24 10:09:31 · answer #9 · answered by Tommiecat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'd have a front and back cover, held together with a spine. Not much else, unless they put a blank page or two in there.
2007-07-24 10:01:37 · answer #10 · answered by writersblock73 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋