The fool has said in his/her heart there is no God

Originally posted by DigiMark007
But mostly, I'm just hoping (praying? lol) that you never get into public office somewhere or enter into a position of power....I get enough religion stuffed down my throat by the current politicians and people in my life, and would probably have to deport myself if I had to endure anymore.

Barak Obama has a great speech on this...you can get it from his podcast free on iTunes.

I don't understand how people can say that the scriptures have been edited. It has been claimed by many people on and off this website. However, it is completely unproven. The canonical New Testament that survives today were established during Paul's and the Peter' s time. This has been proven. It has been proven that the first Council of Nicea did not even call into question the canonical scripture because it had already been established in its present state for centuries. True research would confirm this for you, not the belief in someone person who claims that the scriptures have been changed because it is convient to your beliefs.

This has not been proven. There are not records of what the scripture was at the time. The bible was translated from greek into many other languages repeatedly thoguhout centuries. The claim that it wasn't changed is rediculous. Anyone who does true research would know this.

Originally posted by Nellinator
I don't understand how people can say that the scriptures have been edited. It has been claimed by many people on and off this website. However, it is completely unproven. The canonical New Testament that survives today were established during Paul's and the Peter' s time. This has been proven. It has been proven that the first Council of Nicea did not even call into question the canonical scripture because it had already been established in its present state for centuries. True research would confirm this for you, not the belief in someone person who claims that the scriptures have been changed because it is convient to your beliefs.

There are many differing translations of the Bible, the original must not be clearly written. The Old Testament is different than the scripture of the Jew in many parts. There are differences. All the same, I believe that those claiming the editing are probably stating a fallacy, the majority of the error is in the interpretation. Many "truths" held by Christianity are ingrained interpretation and not necessarily accurate interpretation, let alone truth.

Originally posted by Regret
There are many differing translations of the Bible, the original must not be clearly written. The Old Testament is different than the scripture of the Jew in many parts. There are differences. All the same, I believe that those claiming the editing are probably stating a fallacy, the majority of the error is in the interpretation. Many "truths" held by Christianity are ingrained interpretation and not necessarily accurate interpretation, let alone truth.

I mostly agree with this.

Then I don't feel you can mostly agree with "I don't understand how people can say that the scriptures have been edited."

I allow myself the ability to change my mind. Which may be a rarity on this forum.

Allegedly.

If you ask me going to church and praying arent nessicary 😬

I mean they arent bad things to do, but I think all you need to do is just to believe in god and jesus and be a good person and apologize to god for your sins 😐

Most people who I consider intelligent do more with thier lives than simply believe. Nothing in life is a free ride (or close to one). If you want a ride, you have to ride the bull.

There IS something.............

...just something you made up. 😉

Dang 🙁 I wanted that ride Debbie was talking about crybaby

oh.

I do agree though, much of mainstream Christianity believes in a free ride. I don't believe in the free ride they suggest.

AS I said...free rides don't exist

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Some examples of rides...sorry, just had excuse to use them 💃

wheres the AT-TE?

Don't know the code for it crybaby

"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good."
Psalms 53:1

* if we will expound on this matter... the person here is not an atheist... the person knows there really is a God, but he said in his heart, there is no God, so that person is considered a fool... 😉

Originally posted by debbiejo
Yes the scriptures have been edited by the church.

* nope... all the Catholic Church did was, compile and choose what books were to be included in the so-called canon... that's why the Gnostic Gospels were left behind, and the Apochrypha was spuriously included...

* yes, the Scriptures are translated in many languages, dialects and even have revisions by different translators... but if we go back to the original scrolls, we can find out what was really in the Scriptures...

* here are the verses which were spuriously added Mark 16:8-20, John 7:53-8:12, I John 5:7... other than that, the translators of Jehovah's Witnesses changed almost all "God"s and "Lord"s in the Bible to "Jehovah"... 😉