biffisbuff wrote:
Yes Emily the Bible is translated but it seems you are missing the point....many written books have been excluded from the Bible of today and not only a few but we'll over 40 gospels alone....Do you know why there are so many denominations in the Christian faith?..its because of disagreement...the first denomination was Roman Catholic and then it was just Catholic from there it went to many... Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Seventh Day Adventist, Jehovah's Witness,also denomination within a denomination such as Roman Orthodox....the list is long and I haven't included all....this seems to be a trait with the trumpers ...make a big deal about what is not the main thing that was written....whether you want to believe this or not does not change that it is a bona-fide fact that the Bible has been changed over and over ...from additions of a sentence here or there to the deletion of entire books....prove me wrong if you can...but you cant
Yes Emily the Bible is translated but it seems you... (
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Where did you get this "bonafide fact" that the Bible has been "changed over and over"?
According to Biblical scholars, Christian and Jewish theologians, and Biblical archeologists, the Holy Bible has been transmitted down through the ages with unerring accuracy.
There are more evidences confirming the authenticity of the Bible than there is to prove Caesar was emperor in Rome, or that Washington crossed the Delaware. There are more original manuscripts for the Bible in existence than there are for any other work of scripture or literature, including Homer, Plato, and even Shakespeare. There are both internal and external proofs of the Bible's authenticity, including archeological evidence (Dead Sea scrolls, for example). No archaeological discovery has ever controverted a Biblical reference. Moreover, non-Biblical historians, scribes, and Roman governors, such as Josephus, Lucien, Tacitus, Pliny, the Babylonian Talmud, and others have confirmed the Bible's accuracy.
When we bear in mind that the Bible has been the special object of never ending attack and persecution the wonder of the Bible’s survival is changed into a miracle. For over 2,000 years, mankind’s hatred of the Bible has been persistent, determined and relentless. Every possible effort has been made throughout history to destroy and undermine faith in its inspiration and authority. Innumerable enterprises have been undertaken to consign it to oblivion. Yet, the Bible is the best selling and most widely distributed book in human history, outstripping second place by two and a half times.
The unity of scripture is a miracle in itself. The Bible was written over a 1,400-1,600 year time span, it had forty or more different writers (one author – God), and they all varied greatly in their backgrounds. The writers were made up of poets, kings, farmers, fishermen, doctors, philosophers, and statesmen. They not only lived in different times periods but they also lived on three different continents. Yet with all this diversity, they wrote with continuity. They wrote with doctrinal unity, one moral system, one plan of salvation and one major theme – the redemption of mankind.