(March 12, 2014 at 8:10 pm)truthBtold Wrote:Absolutely.(March 12, 2014 at 8:07 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: 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
(March 12, 2014 at 8:14 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(March 12, 2014 at 8:06 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: That's what I thought he meant... but can someone explain to me how the "inerrant version," or the deeper truths conveyed by man's fallibility, are so poorly communicated that Christianity hosts some 30,000+ different sects and denominations who can't even agree on how to interpret these "deeper truths"? Seems to me like God's a rather powerless and inept communicator.
I blame the messenger
He's using a pretty crappy one. But that's what we have. You could have it perfectly stated. What would that benefit you? Genesis seems very well crafted in comparison to the gospels, but then you have very different styles of books.
If you like mythology; Genesis is pure mythology.
