RE: Why does God hate babies who have not sinned?
October 16, 2012 at 10:06 am
(This post was last modified: October 16, 2012 at 10:19 am by Reasonable_Jeff.)
(October 14, 2012 at 8:21 pm)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote: not answereing my question wont make it go away.
What question? Am I aware of how the Bible has been translated throughout history?
I am familiar with a lot of it, but I'm not as well studied in this area as others.
I've been studying biblical hermeneutics recently and it's been eye-opening on how complicated translating text can really be.
Because of this I like to compare multiple translations.I typically use the ESV and NASB for own personal reading....but if I'm trying to study a text in depth I like to compare the NLT, ESV, ASV, Young's literal, and NASB to get a better gist of the text.
Also I have Logos so I'm able to use the Exegetical Guide to look into the original language and parcel out the different parts of speech for each word. Also it lets me do words studies.
(October 14, 2012 at 8:26 pm)Darkstar Wrote: Maybe not. Maybe they didn't believe he was messiah, but wanted to carry on his ideals in the form of a new religion and made fake claims of a ressurrection (among other miracles) to fool people into following teachings they believed to be right. What is more, no source other than the bible mentions these 'miracles'. This miracle would be particularly hard to miss, especially considering the fact that it explicitly states that many people saw it. What, did they all get sudden amnesia?
I'm not well studied on the "zombies" as you put it, but I am pretty well read regarding the resurrection.
I wrote about it here - http://morethanmorality.blogspot.com/201...ction.html
The theory you're proposing is commonly referred to as "The Conspiracy Hypothesis." The theory that the disciples stole the body and lied about His resurrection appearances, thus faking the resurrection.
While this was a popular theory in the eighteenth century by European deists, today however, it has been completely given up by modern scholarship.
New Testament scholar N.T. Wright sums it up like this, "if you're a first-century Jew, and your favorite Messiah got himself crucified, then you've basically got two choices: Either you go home or else you get yourself a new Messiah. But the idea of stealing Jesus' corpse and saying that God had raised him from the dead is hardly one that would have entered the minds of the disciples."
The only place you really read about this theory anymore is in the popular, sensationalist press or Internet fantasies.
