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Originally posted by tetra50
reply to post by TinkerHaus
Though I thoroughly dislike and reject where the OP is coming from as evidenced in my replies, in which, by the way, I have provided him referenced admission within the bible itself of revision, I would also like to point out, I do not believe in an either/or situation. I think there is much truth to be found in many places. I'd just like to caution against the removing of all fine distinctions, and making everything black and white. In other words, because some has been revised does not mean the whole holds no truth, whatsoever. Just my humble opinion....
Originally posted by riggo1
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHWVWw9gJT8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHWVWw9gJT8[
Can You Trust the Bible Historically? - Is it a Game of Telephone? - What about the Gnostic Gospels?
Originally posted by Lemon.Fresh
reply to post by superman2012
Show me the original to the Odyssey by Homer, or else it was obviously edited to control people.
Originally posted by randyvs
reply to post by metaldemon2000
You sir embody everything I despise about religion
Not that I even give a crap but it's very rude to assume I even have a religion.
Superman
Show me the proof . I will look thru your links later. But I'm asking you to make this easy for everyone to see.
K ?edit on 27-11-2011 by randyvs because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by metaldemon2000
reply to post by randyvs
It was left out because it is very contradictory to what the bible attempts to illustrate. Jesus as an enlightened being when in fact he was just a man.
Tell me then why it is when the templars were excavating the temple of soloman during the first crusade and allegedly found the ark of the covenant that they immediately switched their religious views to a more Gnostic viewpoint??
Originally posted by Lemon.Fresh
Originally posted by fixer1967
Now add to the fact that most of the Bible was written 400 to 500 years after the fact
No they were not. They were copied, but not written after the fact.
They were written (depending on the book) from 1400BC to 95AD. All of the later books were between 60 - 95AD. Again, these cannot be verified because there simply isn't a way to verify. Before you use that as your argument, provide proof that they were written immediately after Christ.edit on 27-11-2011 by superman2012 because: (no reason given)
They also can't see that those laws are in place for our own good.
I challenge that and ask you to prove it
Gods word is indestructable.
Originally posted by chr0naut
Originally posted by superman2012
reply to post by randyvs
Ok, how about the Council of Nicaea? or Rather than seen as a threat to Christianity, pagan holidays and customs came to be viewed as a way to encourage and ease conversion to Christianity. or many inconsistencies in the new testament. or new testament add-ons.
Please read the Wikipedia details about what the Council of Nicea had as its aims and what it achived. The council had these 5 agendas:
1. The Arian question regarding the relationship between God the Father and Jesus; i.e. are the Father and Son one in divine purpose only or also one in being
2. The date of celebration of the Paschal/Easter observation
3. The Meletian schism
4. The validity of baptism by heretics
5. The status of the lapsed in the persecution under Licinius
There is no evidence, either in History or effect, that the Council of Nicea in any way established the Canon of the Books of the Bible, or made any amendments to those documents.
To mention the Concil of Nicea in regard to a suggestion that the Bible was changed is either due to ignorance or a deliberate "red herring".
edit on 27/11/2011 by chr0naut because: I like accuracy and clarity. This needed some clarification.
For a long time, biblical scholars have recognized the poor textual credentials of the story of the woman caught in adultery (John 7:53–8:11). The evidence against its authenticity is overwhelming
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Even patristic writers seemed to overlook this text. Bruce Metzger, arguably the greatest textual critic of the twentieth century, argued that “No Greek Church Father prior to Euthymius Zigabenus (twelfth century) comments on the passage, and Euthymius declares that the accurate copies of the Gospel do not contain it” (Textual Commentary, 2nd ed., loc. cit.).
Originally posted by randyvs
reply to post by metaldemon2000
I asked you to prove it. If you cant do that you believe a lie.
Something well documented should be easily produced.
Originally posted by Titen-Sxull
reply to post by randyvs
They also can't see that those laws are in place for our own good.
Laws like the ones that suggest women who turn out not to be virgins on their wedding night should be stoned. Or that a rape victim should be forced to remain married to their attacker. Or perhaps Jesus' mandate that you must love him more than your family to be worthy. Yes such wonderful laws can be yours if the Bible is your guide.
I challenge that and ask you to prove it
Wait, you're challenging the READERS of this thread to prove the Bible has been changed. Randy ANYONE who's done more than a few minutes of research about the Bible knows that it's changed over the years. There are dozens of translations many of which bring different meanings to various verses. Not to mention certain books which were decided to be left out of Biblical canon while others were included.
Of course it SHOULD (keyword) be even easier to prove the Bible has been changed to a believer, since to most believers the Bible is Word of God than the book should be perfect and give sound moral advice. Yet the Bible gives a lot of horrible moral advice and is logically and morally self-contradictory. God is claimed to be merciful but then commits and condones slavery and genocide.
As for the idea of it being rewritten by the illuminati or some organization I find such an idea highly unlikely and unfounded, but then you are presupposing that what the ancients wrote is somehow good or to be cherished. There's a handful of endearing tales and a few poetic psalms sure but for the most part the Bible is a horrible book, certainly as far as morality is concerned.
Gods word is indestructable.
Prove to me the Bible is God's word first, then we'll talk about proving you wrongedit on 27-11-2011 by Titen-Sxull because: (no reason given)edit on 27-11-2011 by Titen-Sxull because: (no reason given)