(March 12, 2014 at 8:07 pm)Deidre32 Wrote:(March 12, 2014 at 8:02 pm)discipulus Wrote: Lol, that was when I was smoking copious amounts of strong marijuana all day long.
I was "The" proverbial hippy....hair and all...
Some say Jesus himself was a hippie. Hmmm.
Regarding the Bible being the errant work of man. I have read that, and my 'interpretation' is that when the 'books' were compiled, there were sections left out, and perhaps tampered with. One would have to believe that 'sacred writings' existed in the first place, but let's say we all believe that, for a minute. Considering that the Bible was compiled many years after Jesus' death, stands to reason, the ''story'' got lost in translation along the way.
Sure.. and scribes that copied from copies.. missing words.. or sentences. And adding what they thought they read