(March 21, 2012 at 6:55 pm)Rhythm Wrote: If you have to tease the text you're reading it wrong (or you have the wrong texts, maybe the qu'ran would suit you better?). They call this apologetics for a reason. Try faith, I hear it works. Amusement =/= interest. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love how you're bending the text as new knowledge becomes available, I know where this leads...lol. The words of an ignorant god aren't good enough for me either, I'd take the ole red marker to the bible myself. Keep up the good work.
So going to back to the original language in which the text was written for clarity is "bending the text???"Do you speak, read or write any other languages? If you did you know much can be lost in a given translation. composition, context and syntax all changes when you venture from the English.
Plus one must take into account the diversity that can be found from culture to culture that speak the same language. Even if you had the same culture and took away time the meaning of words change. syntax and composition can all be greatly effected just over the course of a few hundred years, all with in the confines of the same language (The King James Bible is an example)
Now not only change the language change the core constructs of the language (One not based in the Latin) and subtract 3 or 4 thousand years. Can you see now that a simple English translation may not be sufficient to discern the whole of scripture? Sunday school is great, but it should only be view as a stepping stone to a more complete understanding. Not a pedigree or standard one would stand behind for a complete knowledge of Scripture/God. If your whole atheistic views are based on your Sunday school knowledge then may I suggest you take a more in depth look at Christianity again.
