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1 | So when did "evil" start? | Bible general Archive 1 | LisaMarie | 23384 | ||
No reason to be rude. If I took every person's "recommendation" I'd never have time to actually read the bible. No harm, no foul... Can you tell me how many of your friends here are bible scholars, with credentials? Different "authorities" on the bible have extremely different views. The Bible wasn't "born" in it's current incarnation. Different "books" were written by different individuals, a patchwork quilt if you will. Hence the "Eloheim" writings and the "Yahweh" writings. But now "we" have filtered all that out. Purified it and refined it to just God. I disagree with this. I think we should keep it as is. But I'm just a reader. No historian. No credentialed bible scholar. Essentially, in Hebrew history, "Lord" was the highest label one could have so why not call him that? Yes the writing is divinely inspired, but the compilation of the book was still in the hands of man. That's why it repeats itself. The same teachings filtered through different individuals. What you seem to be telling me is that you are in disagreement with any text being added? Such as the Dead Sea Scrolls? Am I correct in this understanding? As for me, I want to know everything I can about my Lord. I love Him and I don't want to miss a single word of text. I have several different versions just to make sure I get it all in. As for your friend in quote 2 - Buddhists hold Jesus in the highest regard. A buddha is simply an enlightened person. There is an ancient Pali text (now believed to be in the Vatican) that tells of Jesus and his stay in Tibet. They know him as Issa. I might recommend books by Thomas Merton (Trappist Monk) and Thich Nhat Hahn (Vietnamese Buddhist Monk). They fueled each others passions in a very profound and moving way. Ta! Lisa |
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2 | So when did "evil" start? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 23448 | ||
Lisa, You write: "Different 'authorities' on the bible have extremely different views." As a general statement, this may be true, especially when those authorities are secular humanists teaching the "Bible as Literature." I had the dubious benefit of such a course when I was in college. But I am not aware that among conservative evangelicals (of whom there are multitudes) there are many extremely different views regarding what books do and do not make up the canon of the Bible. Among this large group of Bible readers, students, scholars and teachers there is a consensus, if not universal agreement, that the 66 books of the Bible constitute the entire Bible. There are no more divinely inspired books -- no more and no less. I'm not trying to be rude or dogmatic here. I merely state an observation. (I won't call it a fact and risk an interminable argument over it. Since I have not actually polled every last conservative evangelical denomination, then I do not know it to be a fact. Yet I am confident that my observation is not mistaken.) You write: "Hence the "Eloheim" writings and the "Yahweh" writings." I do know what you are talking about, having been exposed to a course in Bible as Literature. The muddled theology inherent in Bible as Literature courses is usually espoused by people (both university professors and liberal clergymen) who are NOT unbiased, people who do not necessarily believe the Bible to be the divinely inspired word of God, some of whom, for all I know, don't even believe in God. I have no doubt that you want to know everything you can about your Lord. Nor do I doubt that you love Him and don't want to miss a single word of text. You write: "I have several different versions just to make sure I get it all in." I, too, have several different versions. I have in my home 17 different translations in print. On the net, I can find 26 different versions either of the NT or of both the OT and NT. Yet not one of those 26 versions (with the possible exception of the Douay-Rheims) has any more or any less than 66 books of the Bible. Thank you for hearing me out. Grace to you, kalos |
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3 | So when did "evil" start? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 23499 | ||
Greetings Kalos! I think when Lisa refers to the Eloheim and yahweh writings that she is refering to the documentary theories of the Old Testament (please correct me if I am wrong Lisa!) I'm sure you have heard of them, but for the sake of those who haven't, there are many liberal scholars who believe that books like Genesis are actually made up of segments of several different writings. They call these J, E, P, D. The theory is that each writing had distinctive elements which can be identified in the text. In my opinion, they only thing that can be indentified is the bias of the author! Again, I know that you are familiar with this, but others might not be! Might I add that I fully support your comments. The Old Testament canon was closed before the birth of Christ and was fully recognized by Him. The New Testament canon has been closed for almost 2000 years. While other books and writings may be interesting for historical reasons, they are not Scripture! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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