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If some parts of the Bible can't be trusted how can any of it?

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arachnophilia
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06-05-2004 5:16 AM 		Reply to: Message 60 by almeyda
05-31-2004 8:03 AM

Evolution contradicts Genesis.
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which genesis? in hebrew, gen 1:27, the first "created" is an imperfect tense, denoting a lengthy process. (look it up: Bible Search and Study Tools - Blue Letter Bible)
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so uh, the bible does support evolution. if you read it literally.
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07-05-2004 5:49 AM 		Reply to: Message 84 by almeyda
07-05-2004 4:25 AM

The reason we take an all or nothing approach is because God is supposed to be perfect and his words perfect. If they are full of mistakes and can be changed whenever people want according to mans theories then what the hell kind of religion have we got here?. Certainly not from God, just a belief system to satisfy the soul????. Id rather a religion that fits reality.
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this is why people don't believe the bible.
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people HAVE made mistakes. people HAVE changed whatever they wanted. and it doesn't fit reality.
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the all or nothing approach is stupid. and i'll prove it to you. go out and get a bible, or find a spare one. take a magic marker, and write something in it. anything. even if it's nice, true, whatever. now give book to someone else, and tell them the bible is the word of god. did god strike you dead? did he stop you?
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the bible can only be the inerrant and complete revealed word of god if and ONLY if man has no freewill.
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07-06-2004 12:18 AM 		Reply to: Message 87 by Amlodhi
07-05-2004 10:58 PM

i'd really like to learn to learn hebrew someday. i wonder if they have classes on it anywhere...
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08-17-2004 2:52 AM 		Reply to: Message 90 by dpardo
08-16-2004 4:30 PM

If you write something that contradicts other writings in the bible, it would probably be noted by the reader and then investigated further.
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well, there are contradictions within the existing text, even if i haven't written anything in the bible. do you think it follows, then, that people have been adding to or changing the bible?
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Are you assuming that most people read the bible without ruminating the material?
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it's not an assumption. clearly, no literalist i have ever talked has thought about it for an extended period of time. often, they don't even seem to know what the bible actually says. you see me responding to wild assertions with "book chapter verse?" on this board routinely. i've never once gotten an answer.
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08-17-2004 12:46 PM 		Reply to: Message 94 by ramoss
08-17-2004 9:58 AM

well, i have very jewish attitued about religion anyways. i don't think that's a bad thing.
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but i am planning on taking a college class in hebrew. i think that'll probably be fine for now.
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