Which Version of the Bible is the Word of God?

O.k., let`s say hypothetically, that you are right. Who do you think this prophecy refers to?Isaiah 7:14 (KJV) Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

You are proving difficult to pin down. Could you tell us which are properly translated and which are poorly translated?Buz said the word of God is the KJV and the ASV. That is a bit more specific, if not just a bit provincial.

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Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider - Francis BaconThe more we understand particular things, the more we understand God - Spinoza

a lot is to be said for the ancient copyists
they did not need to author their work because they were not 'tranlsators' they were merely making copies of the original writers workso it wouldnt be reasonable to expect that a copy be signed by the person who copied it. Ezra was a skilled copiest and the jews had many such men trained to make copies of the scrolls.In one way, the writers of the bible are not the all important thing, but it is still very well established who the original writers were.
Most identify themselves within the writing.Edited by Peg, : No reason given.

Math 1.23 applies that prophecy to Jesusthe meaning of the name Immanuel is 'With Us Is God'

tell me anglagard, what would you rather readA. a translation made into english, directly from one of the existing bible manuscripts such as the Greek SeptuagintorB. a new translation made from an existing english translation that has been translated from a pre existing english translation?

Matt 1:23 calls him Emmanuel. Same feller?Matt 1:21(KJV)-And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name Jesus--------Matt 1:25-and knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name 'Jesus'.Now Immanuel occurs twice in the OT, while Emmanuel appears only once. A total of three in the Bible. Let`s suppose they are identical. Regardless of what the name means (Jesus/Yeshua could mean He who walks with a limp), A proper name is a proper name. a literal name is a literal name. Can you show me where 'Jesus' is called 'Immanuel/Emmanuel'? Or do you think the Isaiah quote mine might be wrong?Edited by Nighttrain, : Tidied typos

Again this is not evidence as to the writer or that what is written is truth. Anyone can write a story and give the implication that the main character in the story is the writer.

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There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969

Every single Old Testament book is anonymous, no one knows who wrote any of them.This is basic Sunday School level stuff Peg.

Peg, you seem like a sincere person (and an Aussie to boot- oi,oi,oi),and I`d be sorry to see you leave, so do you mind if I give you a few tips?1. Don`t attempt too many threads at the same time as posters here from long experience are information-dense and rebuttals can be time-consuming.You can burn out in a short time from the overload.2. Don`t take replies as Gospel (:-)) but do your own study and draw your own conclusions. Try to avoid exact quotes from the main creationist websites as they have some agenda to keep erroneous information posted even when shown they are wrong.3. If evo posters get a bit gruff, it might be because of a long train of rabid creationists bursting in and saying something like 'Evolution is a pack of atheist lies. What do you say to that? Huh?' Then after a thread length of around 300 careful, explanatory posts, the originator departs and a new boy blows in with something along the same lines.4. EVC is one of the best learning sites on the Web with specialists from many sciences passing on their knowledge. For free. It can be an eye-opener if you stay for the long haul.

its certainly not a quote mine. In verse 23, mathew is applying the scripture to jesus, hence why he says 'emmanuel'in verse 21 of my kjv, it uses the name 'emmanuel'and vs 25 explains that after joseph had accepted mary and the child, he called his name Jesus.Christians today to not have to interpret these things because quite clearly, the bible writers themselves provide the interpretation and the application of such prophecies. Mathew does in this instance, he says that the prophecy of Isiah is fullfilled in Jesus. As a christian, i must accept their interpretation.Other names were foretold for the Messiah too. Isaiah 9:6 states “His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”Yet none of these were used as personal names for Jesus. Emmanuel was never meant to be a personal name for jesus either. The significance is in the meaning of the name...'with us is God'

There is no question as to who wrote Genesis. “The book of the law of Moses” and similar references to the first five books of the Bible, of which Genesis is one, are to be found often from the time of Moses’ successor, Joshua, onward. In fact, there are some 200 references to Moses in 27 of the later Bible books. Moses’ writership has never been questioned by the Jews.

Yes there is. There are at least FOUR different authors for Genesis (and the other four books too, I believe) alone. These are called J, E, P, and D, if I remember correctly. After Jehovah, Elohim, Priestly and Deutoronomy.I'll dig up a nice documentary on who wrote the bible for you to watch, you'll have to wait until this evening (my time) before I can link you to it though.

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I hunt for the truth

thanks for the tip nighttraini do find the posts to contain a lot of information so i deliberately dont answer every poster and i dont go into too many threadsor i might pick just one or two points to reply to...hope they dont mindbut im enjoying evc. i have another forum that i usually post on, but they decided to ban religious discussions, so i had to find a forum where i could keep the conversations going.

Peg,As promised, here is the documentary I talked about. I suggest you watch it, to see what is actually known about the bible and its authors.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbC_Bg1H-BI&feature=PlayL...The playlist should be activated, if not, click "play all" to the right of the video, sit back, and enjoy the ride.

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I hunt for the truth

Of course there is. It is generally accepted that there was at least 4 authors, or schools, involved in contructing the Book of Genesis. Why do think there are so many anachronisms in the texts? How can Moses have written about things that happened after he was dead? Also, why do we have 2 different creation myths and two different Flood myths? If there was only one author of The Book of Genesis then it would not be in the mess that it is in, it would read far more smoothly. But this doesn't prove anything Peg? Nowhere in the Book of Genesis is the author identified, or even hinted at.Personally, I do not think that Moses even existed, the fact that we don't even know his name is a pretty bad slip up. You really need to stop pulling these ridiculous statements out of your butt.