"It's not as if the original text is still laying around somewhere and can just be re-translated."
They are called the Dead Sea Scrolls. http://www.centuryone.com/0063-2.html Matthew Small Web Developer American City Business Journals 704-973-1045 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 4:06 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Science, for dummies > Matthew wrote: > I hear there's a ton of stuff out there that explains the supposed > inaccuracies in the Bible. You should look it up if that's all that's > keeping you from believing. > It's much deeper than that. It's not as if the original text is still laying around somewhere and can just be re-translated. Many of these stories were passed from person to person before there was the written word. Further the Bible was canonized (800 BC?) by some random group of dudes, not prophets. This ambiguity leaves 2 cases: 1.) If you're a believer, then you're sinner if you say you know God's Word, his intent, or his truth. That is, if you say your story or translation is God's Word, but God didn't tell you that, then you're sinning. 2.) If you're not a believer at best the Bible is inconsistent and inaccurate with or without translational error. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Save $10 Download ZoneAlarm Security Suite http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=66 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174441 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
