RE: Why their is so many denominations
April 19, 2012 at 10:03 pm
(This post was last modified: April 19, 2012 at 10:04 pm by Drich.)
(April 19, 2012 at 6:41 pm)RaphielDrake Wrote:(April 19, 2012 at 2:21 am)Drich Wrote: I did not wake up one morning and decided to come here and start arguements as some have suggested. I have been working on the exegessis of the bible for the last 10 or more years. I am here because I am in a position to give what some of you are looking for.
You didn't reference the additions each "prophet" and "disciple" made. If they made additions whats to stop them making changes? Infact wouldn't it be extremely probable that over 2000 years a great deal many changes would be made to the extent it'd distort the original message beyond recognition?
Remember I'm not asking what you believe, I'm asking you what is probable. What is more likely, a text remained largely the same after much tampering by many different people, religions and civilizations over two millenia or that as a result it changed to become very different from its original?
you are aware we have portions of Scripture that are more than 2000 years old correct? We also have original Greek manuscripts from the second century as well. http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scrip...ripts.html
aside from grammatical and spelling errors God has preserved His word.
So no it is not possible for there to have been the changes you have suggest because the manuscript we have are much older than any translation you have suggested effected "change."
(April 19, 2012 at 7:36 pm)Rhythm Wrote: People have been working on exegesis of the bible for many centuries. Strangely they keep reaching different conclusions, ergo, schisms...your personal exegesis added to this long list of competitors adds precisely what sort of weight to the bible as an authority?
Nothing to anyone who does not seek it.