Bible Questions?

I bet I can find some you haven't heard :tongue:

 

and said them all

 

Why is the current bible with all the editorial changes and omitted books and so forth the 'correct' Bible? There are dozens of other books, and all of those which survived to be part of it have been edited several times - these changes happening over the years again and again and again.

Has God been forcing each change to happen? And if so, didn't he get it right the first time? Is he changing his mind? If he is micromanaging such an affair down through the ages; doesn't this begin to infringe upon free will to some extent? Also, why isn't he or anyone else apparently interested in Jesus' life between his birth/early childhood and the last couple years of his life?


And, just to see if I can make blood shoot out OWB's ears...
Why don't we get to hear anything from Jesus' siblings? Or his wife? Or his children?

 

By the mid-18th Century the wide variation in the various modernized printed texts of the Authorized Version, combined with the notorious accumulation of misprints, had reached the proportion of a scandal, and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge both sought to produce an updated standard text. First of the two was the Cambridge edition of 1762 (Herbert #1142), edited by F.S. Parris. This was effectively superseded by the 1769 Oxford edition, edited by Benjamin Blayney (Herbert #1196), which became the Oxford standard text, and is reproduced almost unchanged in most current printings.

 

Thanks I can use all the help I can get.

 

Thanks for another example of "quality reasoning".

 

Changes? The Bible has always contained what God wants us to know.

There is no need for God to force change. Once again the Bible contains the knowledge that we need to know.

First time , last time, God got it right and the Bible continues to provide the information we need.

No.

Micromanaging?

I imagine that many might be interested in Jesus early life but it obviously did not serve God's purposes to put it in the Bible.

Quite honestly, although I find these discussions interesting, I don't get emotionally involved so there nothing you could say that would "make blood shoot out OWB's ears".

As for his siblings, some believe the book of James was written by Jesus' brother. Also, seeing as Jesus was never married or had children, it would be hard to hear from his wife or children.

 

Why not continue to edit the book?

 

But at different times it has contained different things; or there have been multiple versions. Has God been changing what he wants us to know?

See my last bit.

But it has been changed since the first writing. So was God right then and wrong now, or wrong then and right now? Or is the Bible just a collection of stories handed down over the years which were specially selected by an at-the-time very, very corrupt church as the best means of keeping us under control?

If God has been responsible for every little alteration, edit, omission, and so on to the bible - I'd call that micromanaging people who are supposed to have free will in all things.

So nearly the entire life of God's only son served no purpose? Jesus did nothing in that time that we might learn and benefit from? Or did he do and say things that the church decided might cause people to stop giving them money?

Yes, he did. Odd how this terrifies the same people that you'd think would be glad to know Jesus got some joy out of an otherwise rather rough life.

 

I guess some believe it's okay the way it is.

 

Contained what different things? The discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls proves that the Bibles message has remained the same. God has not changed what he wants us to know

See above.

Depends on what 'establishment' you are referring to I guess.

Many churches have gone apostate and use Jesus' name as a means to put others under control. True Christians are supposed to speak out against these things and leave the corrupt churches.

Again, the Dead Sea scrolls is the key to this line of questioning.

It must have served some purpose to the community, but I believe that God felt that the message contained throughout the Bible filled it's purpose that he intended for his book for his creation. edit: Whatever Jesus did for the community is spelled out by his ministry.

According to the Bible, at least, he didn't.

 

:groupwave:

 

Where does it say this?

 

You've been reading way too much fiction. Jesus had neither wife nor children and Jesus was happy with the way his life turned out and I am glad to know that.

 

Why not make simple changes, such as editing out the embarrassing mentioning of unicorns and replace them with a more accurate description?

 

you thought unicorns was embarassin? there's much much much muchhhhhh else that i find embarassin ...attributed to be God's word

 

Why not just use a more accurate translation.

 

Or so you think.

 

Yes, thats what i'm getting at.

 

Duh, nobody who actually studies the Bible uses the KJV, many still read it for it's poetic value and the truth can still found in it but like I say if you want to study the deeper things of God just don't use the KJV.