Re:Evidence of Atheism as a Religion? Re:Gee... (Score 1)

On your point about polution of the bible by man for the: old testiment: I'd mention that there is a lot of documentation of people *screwing up*. What I think may be exadurated is that of numbers. Remember the jews are the keep of *the book*, certain numbers are easier to remember than other numbers, so I'm sure they rounded, etc...But I don't find evidence of them trying to make them selves look better, because frankly there are more case of them recording how they did things wrong. For the new testiment: I like the King James Version, it isn't modified as much as other ones you've mentioned, but the language is a bit stiff at times. Modern version I like to read to get more of a faster picture. I agree some translations can lose a lot of the meaning. In general: I believe it is Gods inspired word and yes it was writen by a faulty human hand and I trust that the editors like wise inspired by God in there selections did as God wanted us to known. Another major point here is in reading the bible it is the WORD of GOD, which goes to say, the more your read and soak up the better off you'll be. With obvious sane bounderies, living according to the word, not some wacked out wacko spin on it etc.... Truth of errors test for man biblical corruption: I don't know much about the Koran or book of Mormon, but I wonder if there are the same type of errors and screw ups documented in it by the main believers in the faith as there is in the jews bible. Example, God tells Moses you shall not take a foot of the seed of the slave girl from the women who wasn't patient on God to give children to Abraham. Or the documented incest case, or the people turning away from their G*D again and again. I'd think there'd be a strong bias to look good if it was writen by the will of man and not God. I agree on the 90% christian thing too. face it. being a christian is hard, very hard, because it goes against human nature in the selfish way, but goes for human nature in the love people way. Christians screw up a lot, I do, and yes I'm a born again christian. No church is perfect, I'm not perfect, but the thing I've noticed with sincere christians is that they work at improve, and they do. It's really a radical concept this love your enemy stuff.