RE: Why did God allow his words to be changed?
October 22, 2021 at 10:09 pm
(This post was last modified: October 22, 2021 at 10:29 pm by slartibartfast.)
(August 9, 2021 at 10:54 am)HappySkeptic Wrote:(August 9, 2021 at 10:44 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: For the vast majority of time that people have been religious, we didn't write.
What religion requires, the only thing that religion requires - is that a group of people strongly agree on value assertions regarding life and how to properly live it.
" .... but perhaps that is a plus, as the holy men can adapt to the times. "
Just imagined a Shaman for the 20th time "correcting" the type of Godly sacrifice required when the promised rains don't come...
(August 14, 2021 at 12:37 pm)Mercyvessel Wrote:(August 8, 2021 at 10:42 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: I really really like to have a theist's perspective in any conversation, but you are like a spambot, mercyvessel. Drich's posts amounted to more than yours do, and (you may not know) that's a low bar. Why don't you try to answer objections to the points you make? At least let us know you aren't biblebot30000.
The Bible can be made to say anything. Universal love. Repress all Jews. You name it. I don't mind if you back up what you say with Bible verses (though I'll find the Bible verses part of your argument questionable)... but PLEASE, don't write a bunch of Bible verses as your entire point. C'mon. Please try to understand that we don't take Bible verses as authoritative... THEN make your point.
I am truly Christian and the Bible is my lawbook; GOD is my Lawgiver! (Isaiah 33:22)
Professionally, I studied law and I have a imperative penchant to quote sources of law and authority (as I would site the law - case law or otherwise - in a legal brief or memorandum, I quote the the holy word of GOD on pertinent subjects because I firmly believe and know that it is the inspired word of GOD that hasn't and doesn't fail!).
How does your apparent unbelief and/or your reluctance to even study / analyze holy Scripture shared make me "spam bot" - because I necessarily corroborate my positions with the written word?
I WILL "write" anything that I believe responds to, or is pertinent to a point/s at issue!
The OP was questioning the veracity of information in the bible as an accurate reflection of God's word due to it having been edited, collated, amended, translated, censored and exaggerated to by humans many, many times over centuries with no documented audit trail of authors or revisions. He also asks more philosophically "why did he allow people to change them so that we don't know which are his and which are made up by humans?"
How does quoting from the very book the accuracy of which is being pondered help your argument?
