View Poll Results: Do you believe the integrity of the Bible has been preserved through the centuries?
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06-02-2008, 03:57 AM #1Senior Member
the integrity of the Bible
These are my opinions based on simple deductive reasoning:
A mere translation of any kind of old, or ancient, text isn't purely subjective. We are the ones that decide what those words are to be translated into based on how we interpret the world and how we THINK the world was like back in those days. Without direct collaboration with the scribes of the past we'll never have a 100% accurate translated Bible. We can't see things from the point of view of the people that wrote that stuff. We just decide which words to use for the translations, comparing the words to other similar words used throughout time until present day.
As for the oldest surviving texts, we have no proof that even those are the originals... they could have all been rewritten copies, and the originals destroyed. Who knows? There's no way to verify any of it... all we know is that it's all really old, and a lot of them have many similarities and contradictions. It's integrity is based on faith.
It's a fantastic collection of stories, some of which are rewritten tales passed on from previous cultures. But sadly not all of the texts could be included to fit into one easy-to-carry book.
If ya ask me, it's not much more different than Aesop's fables; entertainment with the purpose of teaching moral values... and even that is still debatable.GreenDestiny Reviewed by GreenDestiny on . the integrity of the Bible i have grown up in a bible-believing christian fatih my whole like, even to the point of ministerial ordination. over the past several years i have left the christian belief system for many reasons. i wanted to post one of those reasons and get some feedback. how is it that anyone could believe that the integrity of the Bible was maintained through the centuries of its sole control and interpretation by a very corrupt catholic church? i have always heard it said that god would not allow Rating: 5
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