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Hey christians, why don't you think about these entries:
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/abs/long.htm
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/abs/long.htm
Originally posted by sonhouseAn interesting website.
Hey christians, why don't you think about these entries:
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/abs/long.htm
Originally posted by eagleeye222001But as you read many of the posts by Christians on this site, they fully support a literal reading of Genesis and Revelation.
An interesting website.
Could we select a book and discuss it? There is so much to go over!
One of my concerns is that this website seems to have a bad translation. I spotted several inconsistencies in the website's supposed translations. Was this on purpose to mislead opponents of the Bible?
I also noticed that the website seems to pick o ...[text shortened]... an incorrect translation with literal accusations for an non-literal Book of the Bible?
Originally posted by eagleeye222001how are you supposed to know what parts are literal? you could be wrong about which is literal and which is not
An interesting website.
Could we select a book and discuss it? There is so much to go over!
One of my concerns is that this website seems to have a bad translation. I spotted several inconsistencies in the website's supposed translations. Was this on purpose to mislead opponents of the Bible?
I also noticed that the website seems to pick o ...[text shortened]... an incorrect translation with literal accusations for an non-literal Book of the Bible?
Originally posted by EcstremeVenomWe could be wrong about the way we interpret somthing although that is why people study the Bible extensively.
how are you supposed to know what parts are literal? you could be wrong about which is literal and which is not
Originally posted by eagleeye222001Catholic Church selected the bible chapters? I thought Christianity was legitimized in 313 CE by the Edict of Milan and the bible chapters selected by the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE.
We could be wrong about the way we interpret somthing although that is why people study the Bible extensively.
What we do is we read the subject, in this case Genesis, and we figure out the points of the stories we read. From reading the Creation story we see the point that God is all powerful, he creates man in his own image, etc.
We also read took awhile before the Catholic Church brought books together to get what we know as the Bible.
Originally posted by sonhouseWasn't the Council of Nicaea Catholic?
Catholic Church selected the bible chapters? I thought Christianity was legitimized in 313 CE by the Edict of Milan and the bible chapters selected by the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE.
Originally posted by Conrau KThe Council of Trent was a direct result of the 'heresies' of Martin Luther, 1200 years after the books of the bible were formalized at nicaea. It was the Emperor Constantine who organized that council not the catholic church.
Wasn't the Council of Nicaea Catholic?
EDIT: You will find that chapters in the bible vary depending on translation. Do you perhaps mean the bible books? Canonized at the Council of Trent.
Originally posted by sonhouseI'm not to sure about that. To my knowldge the books in the bible were not formally canonized until the Council of Trent in response to the protestant movement introducing more books.
The Council of Trent was a direct result of the 'heresies' of Martin Luther, 1200 years after the books of the bible were formalized at nicaea. It was the Emperor Constantine who organized that council not the catholic church.
Originally posted by Conrau KNot only Ariansim, but to formally discredit the Gnostics. I guess it was the same kind of thing that happened to Islam, the splits later.
I'm not to sure about that. To my knowldge the books in the bible were not formally canonized until the Council of Trent in response to the protestant movement introducing more books.
The Council of Nicaea was convoked by the bishop of Alexandria at the suggestion of Emperor Constantine to resolve the dispute over the heresy of Arianism. The Council involved bishops and was lead by a pope. Sounds like the Catholic Church to me...