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Christianity Is Broken, but Can Be Fixed

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arachnophilia
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12-14-2005 11:20 PM 		Reply to: Message 201 by bkelly
12-14-2005 9:56 PM

Re: not what I am telling you
Christianity is broke in part because the bible is broke.
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there was a rather interesting interview on npr today, with the head of chapel hill's religious studies department. he was talking about edits to the nt, and different christian traditions.
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the interviewer asked him about his faith towards the end. he mentioned that he was agnostic. he essentially went from fundamentalist to agnostic because he studied the bible and its history.
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i've heard this story countless times. clearly, the bible is the best weapon satan has.
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arachnophilia
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12-15-2005 5:41 PM 		Reply to: Message 205 by nwr
12-14-2005 11:54 PM

Re: Misquoting Jesus
I already expected that there would be copying problems. However, they are considerably more extensive than I had expected
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yes, i didn't realize the extent of the changes made for strictly doctrinal reasons.
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Or maybe literalism is the weapon for satan. That scripture has changed should not be a big problem for people who recognize that scripture is the work of men, perhaps highly inspired men. But it does undermine the assumptions of the literalist.
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maybe.
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