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Thread ID: 129318	2013-02-17 21:14:00	The King James version of the New Testament	Roscoe (6288)	PC World Chat

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1328562	2013-02-21 04:02:00	Yes but inconsistencies in life is not the same thing as in a book that people believe to be the truth and the word of god. Here's a good one "Though Shalt not kill", pretty absolute and difficult to argue with The bible is in fact full of verses telling us to kill "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" "He that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death" "And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and ... offer him there for a burnt offering.... And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son" And so on there are plenty of others. If this one fundamental concept varies throughout the book what faith can we put in any of it. I'll be clear on my beliefs. I don't believe in God or the Bible and I believe that scientists are slowly edging towards the truth over time. I do however accept that I may be wrong and God may exist, it seems unlikely but it's possible. I don't accept the bible as a true or factual account of history or an accurate representation of the will of god. It's a book of fables and object lessons intended to teach us right from wrong and it's subject to the interpretations of the reader. T here is much good and truth to be found in it whatever it's origin but it's also full of things I do not and will never agree with. I've attempted to read it through a few times. I never get all that far before I become disgusted with something or just bogged down in the tediousness of it so I'm no expert, I just know bit's and pieces. Just like those that do believe though, not having the full story doesn't stop me from disbelieving.	dugimodo (138)
1328563	2013-02-21 05:06:00	End of the day the 'specifics' that may have been lost in translation really don't matter enough for most Christians to see it as an issue, it's the underlying message that counts. Exactly how I see it.	WalOne (4202)
1328564	2013-02-21 05:31:00	I believe in the God particle... "Higgs Boson." Just wish I could understand it. Ken	kenj (9738)
1328565	2013-02-21 05:34:00	Exactly how I see it. I am sure you can appreciate the a good and moral existence without believing that which is so contradictory. Still it all boils down to how we think, and that remains the mystery., Think what it is like to think like Prefect.:blush:	Cicero (40)
1328566	2013-02-21 06:32:00	Think what it is like to think like Prefect.:blush: :lol: I have seen a side to Prefect that speaks of a decent, good bloke.	WalOne (4202)
1328567	2013-02-21 06:41:00	Faith in faith: If believing makes it true, it means that all religions will come true for the people that believe in them. What Mormons believe will become reality, and it will be different than all the other religions. Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews and Christians all believe something different is going to happen. If what they call faith and belief is all you need, all those different things will have to become true. Where do you draw the line? Can fairytales come true? They would have to if all it takes is belief that a story is true. If a kid believing in Santa Claus dies, are Santa Claus and his elves real for them in the afterlife? The problem is that many religions believe that they are the only true way, so if their belief comes true, all of the rest would have to not come true. The Egyptians believed more than anyone. Their whole culture was devoted to Gods, so they must be with Isis, Osiris and their other Gods now. It is the same with the Greeks; they must be with Zeus and Apollo. It is interesting that Zeus and Isis sound a lot like Jesus. Just a coincidence?	Cicero (40)
1328568	2013-02-21 11:37:00	it. I'll be clear on my beliefs. I don't believe in God or the Bible and I believe that scientists are slowly edging towards the truth over time. Interestingly the Buddhists tell us that what we see is not reality, that there is a deeper connection between all things. Which is what quantum mechanics physicists also say. Its possible that God is a force in nature. Probably not the mono-theist God we imagine but something quasi-spiritual which touches us all. Check out synchronocity and quantum entanglement.	Winston001 (3612)
1328569	2013-02-22 02:17:00	Roscoe. I have tried to read The New Testament, Recovery Version, a 1985, 1991 Living Stream Ministry publication out of Anaheim, California, USA. It's 1338 pages but I only managed to get to page 634 before giving up the ghost. A better read is The Great Controversy put out by Harvestime Books, another Yankee publication. Managed to get through the 720 pages of this one, as it deals with different translations by the various Religeons' and their interpretations' of the Bible. Lurking. Ps. we visited Knotts Farm in Anaheim way back in 2003. lurks.	Lurking (218)
1328570	2013-02-22 03:53:00	Try Richard Dawkins "The God Delusion".	Richard (739)
1328571	2013-02-22 04:33:00	Probably blames God for his surname. Same with Darwin over the loss of several of his children at a young age. Then there is Hawking. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. Lurking.	Lurking (218)
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