(June 8, 2012 at 5:06 pm)Thor Wrote: So you admit that some of the crap in the Babble is "embellished"."Admit" is a bit of a loaded term. Is this an interrogation, Thor?
Quote:Why would that be if the Babble is the inspired word of "God"?Because you are focusing on spiritual truth and not physical events.
Quote: Wouldn't the words of this deity been recorded as he spoke them?What? When people say that Scripture is the "Word of God" they do not mean that God actually physically said these words to people and then they wrote them down. Some of the books are written in first person, ffs. That is not what "inspired" means.
Quote:And if you admit some things are embellished, how are we to know what was embellished and to what degree?Usually though historical analysis. Its impossible to tell fully either way, but that's not why Scripture is important.
Quote:This means the entire book must be called into question!No it doesn't.
Also the Bible is not a single book, it is ~73 Books of a whole slew of genres over many hundreds of years.
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Mary Immaculate, Mother of God.
Chosen before the creation began
Chosen to bring for your bridal adorning
Woe to the serpent and rescue to man.
Sinners, we honor your sinless perfection;
Fallen and weak, for your pity we plead;
Grand us the shield of your sovereign protection,
Measure your aid by the depth of our need.
Bend from your throne at the voice of our crying,
Bend to this earth which your footsteps have trod;
Stretch out your arms to us, living and dying,
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