(July 15, 2017 at 11:14 pm)Lutrinae Wrote:(July 15, 2017 at 10:52 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: That's not exactly true. All of the Bible versions contain the same basic stories, except for the Protestant Bibles that deleted 14 books. Some versions do omit certain ideas and whole verses, which does change the doctrine. And you can also determine when a particular version was written by the words it uses. For instance, any Bible that contains the word "Jesus" was written after 1632. Any Bible that does no contain the Apocrypha was published after 1881.
Some Bibles (29 English language Bibles) are missing Acts 8:37. This is important because Acts 8:37 says that you have to believe with all of your heart in order to be baptized. By omitting that verse it allows for infants to be baptized.
It kind of makes sense. Religion has to evolve to meet the standards of an evolving society.
In a time when most people were illiterate, certainly is was easier to manipulate the people.
Yet, even today, with high literacy rates, people are still duped by religion, and upon further reflection perhaps that is due to lack of critical thinking skills.
Religions are very big businesses. They employ millions of people in all sectors of the world economy. So countless people have direct interest in keeping them going. Religions will change in order to keep the herd from escaping. If Christianity hadn't changed women would be wearing burkas and veils when they go to church instead of jeans and tank tops. https://tanyamoutzalias.files.wordpress....114_01.jpg
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