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Originally Posted by glyn
You are aware that the 'New Testament' (a term worth thinking about, but the adherents never seem to do that) was written in Greek by Hellenistic Jews during the period of Roman occupation? Consequently there is much 'veiled speech' employed in the texts as the fun-filled Romans would have had a sense-of-humour failure if they fully realised what was going on. The early church (3rd and 4th Centuries AD) were highly selective of the gospels used, and they were responsible for excluding some by authors like Phillip. They also called those who didn't accept the final form of the Bible 'heretics' and treated them accordingly. This means the Bible lacks the knowledge those writers contributed. Add to the fact that the works of several writers were expunged we next come to translation. Some of those early monks were lousy scholars! There are many howlers in the Bible. Don't ask a fundamentalist Christian about them though as he thinks they are the 'Words of God'! In the English speaking world King James ordered a new translation which became known as the Authorised Bible just to clear up the most obvious errors and to put it in correct English. Now we have a book in beautiful classical English which is even farther removed from the original. So yes, I am very likely to dispute what is in the Bible - especially as the latest edition has been dumbed down (to suit this dumb age?).
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interesting post,I will be following.
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Last edited by Parihaka : 09-10-2007 at 22:15 PM.
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