(July 1, 2015 at 11:16 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:(July 1, 2015 at 10:40 pm)Beccs Wrote: And, don't forget, unicorns are mentioned in the bible so they must be real.
Apparently someone hasn't learned that words change their meaning over time.
https://en.glosbe.com/en/ang/unicorn
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(historical) In various Bible translations, used to render the Latin unicornis or rhinoceros (representing Hebrew רְאֵם); a reem or wild ox.
So yes, unicorns existed.
So you acknowledge that the Church has mistranslated some of the Bible for centuries in the past, believing things that most Chritians now reject. Do you equally apply this mistranslation argument to dismiss the doctrine that Jesus was born of a virgin?
"Faith is a state of openness or trust. To have faith is like when you trust yourself to the water. You don't grab hold of the water when you swim, because if you do you will become stiff and tight in the water, and sink. You have to relax, and the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging, and holding on. In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe becomes a person who has no faith at all. Instead they are holding tight. But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."
Alan Watts
Alan Watts
