Bass04life
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I have a question concerning the bible. This is basically a question for those who believe in it but I'd like everyones viewpoint. I've noticed a lot of one thing in here from bible supporters and that is: When a question comes up that contradicts something else said in the bible or contradicts what the reader believes to be right, s/he digs up the old translations which nearly always shed a lot of light on the subject and clear things up. A good example of this could be found in Malachi 1: 1-5. I had some trouble with this for a while, why in the world would God love the theif and the coward, rather than the robbed and the forgiver? So I asked the pastor, who instantly told me not to take it literally because the word "hate" had been mistranslated. I thought that was interesting because most bibles ( That I've seen) try and include as many different translations you could take from certain words so that you might understand them, but gave no alternative for the word hate. Here's my issue, why is it that supporters only go to the old translations when they find things like, "God hated... or Fear God... or God destroyed..." and not the "happy" texts like "God loved, God protected, God gives eternal life, etc." ?
One of the best arguments to support the bible is that it has been perserved so well despite time and numerous attempts to destroy it. So why is it that a supporter will believe the vast majority of the happy, supportive things the bible says but go as far back as necessary to justify the texts that don't make sense to them? Isn't that basically saying that God almost got it right but just missed the cut? Or does it mean we should all learn Hebrew and find the oldest translation possible and read that? (I think it was written in hebrew...don't rage if I'm wrong ) If thats true, then isn't the good christian then obligated to go down to all the places where mission trips have been held, take their english bibles that they taught them to read, tell them that their all-knowing, all-powerful God just allowed a few typos and hand them scrolls and teach them that? I think thats ridiculous personally. There's no such thing as a bible that jumps between two languages purely so that the reader can feel comfortable with what he's reading. So judging from the standpoint that God would not allow his word to be corrupted to a point where it is no longer possible to understand the content, I take the bible as is. That doesn't necessarily mean I take everything it says literally, on the contrary, you wouldn't get far doing that. However, I do think that the bible God gave everyone, not just the educated people who can dig up scrolls and find different answers to compensate their viewpoints, is a complete book that has the original content God wanted in it, whatever that may be.
One of the best arguments to support the bible is that it has been perserved so well despite time and numerous attempts to destroy it. So why is it that a supporter will believe the vast majority of the happy, supportive things the bible says but go as far back as necessary to justify the texts that don't make sense to them? Isn't that basically saying that God almost got it right but just missed the cut? Or does it mean we should all learn Hebrew and find the oldest translation possible and read that? (I think it was written in hebrew...don't rage if I'm wrong ) If thats true, then isn't the good christian then obligated to go down to all the places where mission trips have been held, take their english bibles that they taught them to read, tell them that their all-knowing, all-powerful God just allowed a few typos and hand them scrolls and teach them that? I think thats ridiculous personally. There's no such thing as a bible that jumps between two languages purely so that the reader can feel comfortable with what he's reading. So judging from the standpoint that God would not allow his word to be corrupted to a point where it is no longer possible to understand the content, I take the bible as is. That doesn't necessarily mean I take everything it says literally, on the contrary, you wouldn't get far doing that. However, I do think that the bible God gave everyone, not just the educated people who can dig up scrolls and find different answers to compensate their viewpoints, is a complete book that has the original content God wanted in it, whatever that may be.