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Well the Bible says that the Earth was a giant ball of water before God made everything and was made about the time of when the angels were which from how Genesis describes it YHWH made everything a long time after but if God came to a world that was already there I think it would've been alot like how it was before the flood of Noah. Total Chaos.

The Bible says that God cast Lucifer and his followers out to Earth before God made Land and Creation so of course this is very Biblical thinking but it'd be more in the spiritual realm of Earth so they wouldn't need land or anything. ninja er...something like that.

Theirs also problems with thoughs but I'm not going to burst your bubble you kinda remind of myself at a young philosiphical thought I just hope you don't end up like one kid I know.....

He believes in the Christian God but he totally doubts the Bible and trys to think of the possibilities of how it may have been distorted over time. One thing he seems to forget is that well, God is a incarnate deity and wouldn't let His word be distorted. The Bible is one of the MOST well kept books in the world.

Well I doubt the different translations but I don't doubt the Bible because some translations are actually based off of other translations and such such as KJV which is a favorite of many Catholic and Orthodox Churches
and was MADE by the English Church and thats why I don't trust it except to help disprove these Churches corruptions and such.

You seem to have your versions crossed.

For the most part it is particular protestant Churches, such as the Baptists and some Methodists who love the KJV. Infact, there is a highly ammusing tract by Jack Chick about how it is the only true version of the bible in existance.

It was created at the order of King James shortly before the Pilgrims left for the USA, and so was the main (and for a long time the only) English version found in America, spreading the word quicker than latin versions would have among the lower class workers who made up that new society.

Today in England the NIV, or New International Version is far more popular, as it is clearer and designed for self study as well as group worship. It is an easier read, but can also claim to be clearer on may points, with footnotes about translated words and things that are missing from the KJV, which just assumes it is right in every case. It is used a lot by Church of England (Anglican) followers I know.

The Catholic church uses the Vulgate bible, a totaly different version to the others and translated in different times and ways. The main difference is that it includes the Apocrypha, a set of books seen as non-scriptural by other groups.

Other differences tend to be small, but can be interesting.

Here are some of my favorite biblical resources;
http://www.bible.org/ - a new translation, purely for the internet, including a lot of extras an information about everything biblical.

http://www.bible.com/
http://www.biblegateway.com/ - quick and easy lookups for different bible verses and versions.

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0031/0031_01.asp - more of a laugh than anything else, a comic outlineing a fringe groups view of the KJV and why it is the only true path.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm - a great site with many religious and philosophical texts and writings, including bible versions.

http://davidwiley.com/religion.html - another set of such texts, a bit easier to use but less extensive.

I hope this doesn't turn around and bite me, I got pretty angry in that guild from time to time. sweatdrop