Christian answering questions too!

[Jenny A]

Hello and thank you all for having me in the forum.  I am new here and registered because I felt the urge to undertake a part in the great commission. I have not failed to notice the application of Christianity from churches and organized religion is hypocritical, atrocious at times, and is rarely in line with the intent of the Bible and its Author.

That is a really odd statement on so many levels I hardly know where to begin.

First of all, the Bible has many authors. Even if you take the traditional attributions (and most serious scholars don't) of Moses, various prophets, disciples, and Paul, it's a long list. Just who do you think the author is?

What method do you use to determine the authors' intent?

Why did you pick an atheists forum to discuss the meaning of a books, most atheists find irrelivant?

It is with great consequence that people are influenced by the misguided and twisted forms Christ's message often comes in. I hope to do better. I am offering to answer, to the best of my ability, any question, on any topic that I feel remotely qualified to respond to. Please refrain from cheap baiting attempts often used to trap someone into a play on words or the like and I will do the same.

I hope you don't mind my asking why you think you have greater knowledge of what the Bible means than other Christians, or jews for matter.

If you have questions I will offer my thoughts. I won't attempt to restrict the areas of conversation too much but I do ask that we remain respectful towards one another. I would also ask that all questions regarding the Christian bible pertain to the KJV.[/size][/color]I will answer as promptly as 6 children, 2 careers, and a part time job will allow.

Why the KJV? Seriously, it's not a particularly good translation. But I am curious, what is it about the KJV that you find superior?

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