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"Al Patrick" wrote in message
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Copied from page 241 of the New Testament of a 1963 edition of Dake's
Annotated Reference Bible. As far as I know ALL his Bible's are King
James Only.

[ALL TYPOS ARE MINE ALONE! I think I'll copyright them!] :-) [Where
he underlined for emphasis I'll use upper case.]

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A Tribute to the Bible

The Bible is not an amulet, a charm, a fetish, or a book that will
work
wonders by its very presence.

IT IS a book that will work wonders in every life, here and hereafter,
if acted upon and obeyed in faith and sincerity. IT IS God's inspired
revelation of the origin and destiny of all things, written in the
most
simple human language possible so that the most unlearned can
understand
and obey its teachings. IT IS self-interpreting and covers every
subject of human knowledge and need now and forever.

That means absolutely nothing, and the same claims could be made by any
other holy book. And written in the most simple human language possible?
What hyperbole! It was written in an inferior language, plain and
simple.
Having a word for "sphere" or "globe", etc. for example would have made
the
whole is the Earth round or flat debate moot. I won't even go near the
"almah" means young lady vs. virgin debate. And as for understanding and
obeying its teachings, yeah...right. that's why they're more subsets of
Christianity than you can name.

I have to disagree.

Gosh. I didn't see -that- coming.

The Koran cant work wonders as it teaches its followers
to kill all infidels.

Of course, you can find -millions- of Muslims that say that it doesn't. And
of course, Christians have been killing infidels since Day ****ing One. And
saying that the Koran can't work wonders is extraordinarily ignorant. IIRC
it's the fastest growing religion in if not the US then the world. Are these
people converting because they're craven evil *******s that want to fill
their lives with sin? Or is it more likely that they're experienceing the
change that you think only comes with Christianity? You know...the one that
you're so smugly dismissing?

As for language, simple means simple, doesn't mean it
translates exactly the way you want it to in whatever language you choose.

The point is that God could have either selected a better language or made
Hebrew more suitable for his purpose.


As for the "almah" "debate", the writers of the Septuagint clearly
understood the meaning of the Hebrew and translated it with the Greek word
for "virgin". That argument is pretty much closed.

Wrong. Do some research. I would advise asking Jews what the words mean.
It's their language, after all. But you might not like the answer.

As for "subsets" of
Christianity, more properly called denominations, that has nothing to do
with disobeying the Bible at all. It has to do with interpretation.

Which wouldn't be an issue if God had "either selected a better language or
made Hebrew more suitable for his purpose." I don't need your help...really.

Different verses can be understood in different ways. Sometimes our lack
of
ability to clearly translate an ancient language into our own lends itself
to such differences of interpretation. The prayer of Jabez comes to mind.

See above.

For you to dismiss the Bible as a mere book just indicates that you don't
realize how it has changed peoples lives.

You don't know me or my background. Do a little research before you make an
ass of yourself.

If everyone lived by the teachings
of Jesus, there would be no hate, no selfishness, no lust, no murder, no
theft. You cant say that about any other "holy" book.

In other words, no sin. Therefore, it's -impossible- to live as you
describe. God says so.

You just go on telling yourself that you've got the One True Faith. Nothing
I can say is going to change your mind. Do you -really- believe that no
other religion teaches morality comparable to yours? Don't answer; I already
know what you're going to say. By the way...ever read up on Bhuddists?