The Book of Revelation, Hallucination, and Heresy

This mumbo-jumbo about codes and secret revelations has been used for millenia to prop up splinter groups. 'I,and only I, can determine what is written here.' Trouble is when it comes to the crunch, parousia, prophecies, personal interpretations, all have a nasty habit of falling down.

[There are many fears that plague the human soul: Kenophobia, fear of empty rooms. Limnophobia, fear of lakes. Microphobia, fear of germs. Ochlophobia, fear of crowds. Paralipophobia, fear of neglect of duty. Tachophobia, fear of speed. Zelophobia, fear of jealousy. Triskaidekapobia fear of thirteen. Chionophobia, fear of snow, and many, many more. These fears are very real to the people that have them. Yet there is a writen word that says not one of us has to have any fear but in God. The word of God, in just one account of many,........ ]
Is there Biblophobia---the fear that the Bible could be wrong? If not wrong,then which version is right? Can you prove it? Which of the Hexapla versions of the OT are right? Should we follow the Septuagint or the Masoretic version? How about the different OT shown in the Qumran Scrolls? Do we go with the Catholic Bible, the KJV or Westcott/Hort Revision? The Byzantine Texts or the Western? Good News for Modern Man, or the JW`s home brew? Don`t tell me there is ONLY one Bible without proving it.

A little harsh,Jar. We love our Brad.:-)

[In many of the popular music trends of the past twenty years or so there is a cry concerning a: Loss of direction, lost hope, no faith, a wanting to live for ever, a bitterness to an unseen lie, a hate in being alone, to have satisfaction, a constant craving, a sin, of help, of a sound of silence, a feeling of falling, a feeling of fear, a wanting to go home, a need of peace and an unseen enemy. The chorus from a famous song sums it up. ]
You realise if you play country and western music backwards, his wife and dog come back, and he finds his pickup truck? However it only works with CW. Other music played backwards reveals the work of Satan.
Edited to include quoteThis message has been edited by Nighttrain, 07-28-2004 05:12 AM

Gee, wish I`d said that.