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 Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:53 am
Hmmm I think so far some valid points have been brought up but in general I think it is flawless work of God that he put into writing for man so it would have more of an effect. I can't see how I could believe it if that wasn't right....
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:56 pm
i like burnination Superior Jazz Well... since you ask...
I think it was originally intended as simple entertainment for children, in order to try to get them to behave. The people would always threaten their children in order to make them behave, so they wrote all those stories down.
Either that, or some interesting concoction of illegal herbage, lysergic acid diethylamide, and alien intervention. For those that don't know what I'm talking about, that would be weed, LSD, and a really good excuse, in that order. i think that shows that you really haven't looked at the Bible at all. confused
walking across the sea of galillee? Probably winter.
Curing the blind man? Gave him glasses.
Yes, it's blasphemous. Yes, there's a little bit of disrespect thrown in for good measure.
That's just how I see it.
And Ravenclaw? Even if it is wrong... how would you ever know? You believe it. To you, it's right. To me, it's wrong. Neither of us will ever have proof one way or the other.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:00 pm
Well, Jazz, I'm more than positive that it wasn't intended as a children's book, as it originally was not a book, and also was largely present in times where few could read and write, such as... children, for example.
I think the seperate books of the Bible are simple historical accounts as people in the past percieved them in regards to their religious beliefs.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:38 pm
Superior Jazz Curing the blind man? Gave him glasses.
er, the first recorded use of using anything to help one see better is an emerald that Nero (who reigned nearly 20 years after Christ's death)used to watch the gladiatorial games. i hardly doubt Christ gave the blind man an emerald that helped him see.
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:05 am
i like burnination Superior Jazz Curing the blind man? Gave him glasses.
er, the first recorded use of using anything to help one see better is an emerald that Nero (who reigned nearly 20 years after Christ's death)used to watch the gladiatorial games. i hardly doubt Christ gave the blind man an emerald that helped him see. Oh, wow... I totally overlooked that...
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:46 am
i like burnination Superior Jazz Curing the blind man? Gave him glasses.
er, the first recorded use of using anything to help one see better is an emerald that Nero (who reigned nearly 20 years after Christ's death)used to watch the gladiatorial games. i hardly doubt Christ gave the blind man an emerald that helped him see.
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:56 pm
Superior Jazz i like burnination Superior Jazz Curing the blind man? Gave him glasses.
er, the first recorded use of using anything to help one see better is an emerald that Nero (who reigned nearly 20 years after Christ's death)used to watch the gladiatorial games. i hardly doubt Christ gave the blind man an emerald that helped him see. know a little bit more about Hebrew and the culture at the time before you make ridiculous assumptions. second, -____-' even after Nero, it wasn't until the 9th century that corrective lenses appeared again. Abbas Ibn Fremas, who knew the Egyptian secret of turning sand to glass, first came up with "reading stones". and even though that the Romans widely believed emeralds to help with sight, it's unlikely that Jesus was able to obtain an emerald.
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:22 am
i like burnination Superior Jazz i like burnination Superior Jazz Curing the blind man? Gave him glasses.
er, the first recorded use of using anything to help one see better is an emerald that Nero (who reigned nearly 20 years after Christ's death)used to watch the gladiatorial games. i hardly doubt Christ gave the blind man an emerald that helped him see. know a little bit more about Hebrew and the culture at the time before you make ridiculous assumptions. second, -____-' even after Nero, it wasn't until the 9th century that corrective lenses appeared again. Abbas Ibn Fremas, who knew the Egyptian secret of turning sand to glass, first came up with "reading stones". and even though that the Romans widely believed emeralds to help with sight, it's unlikely that Jesus was able to obtain an emerald.
And my history before the dark ages and after Ancient Greece has always been a little shaky...
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:26 pm
Superior Jazz There I go again... assuming I can make ridiculous assumptions... seriously. razz and i apologize if i came off as being testy. i wasn't in the best of moods.
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:33 pm
I believe that it is the word of God, as far as it is translated correctly (as taken from Article of Faith 8.) There are things that have been changed and/or removed from the original text, but it is still the word of God.
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:36 pm
Samantha_Grey I believe that it is the word of God, as far as it is translated correctly (as taken from Article of Faith 8.) There are things that have been changed and/or removed from the original text, but it is still the word of God. "translated correctly", meaning whatever translations line up with Mormon doctrine.
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:11 pm
Mormons use the KJV Bible
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:34 am
Samantha_Grey Mormons use the KJV Bible which is one of the most outdated and inaccurate translations available. what's your point?
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