Posted on 12/21/2004 2:48:52 PM PST by MississippiMasterpiece
Only books that differ are a few in The Old Testament, not the actual teachings of Christ in The New Testament.
The Universe you perceive is but part of a Macro Universe-just as the Micro Universe is part of yours. All that you see through telescopes,or perceive with Einsteinian equations,is but a tiny bubble of flatulence in the intestinal tract of a dragon in the Macro Universe: called by some The Great Serpent;by others The Midgaard Serpent;by yet others The Wing-ed Serpent;by Asiatics The Dragon.
In the fullness of time,all that you can see and can imagine will exit noisomely from the Macro Beast:collapsing your myriad worlds upon themselves-yet,the contents shall live on:
dissipating,coalescing,swirling,rising,falling,expanding,contracting for evermore.
Thus spake Lord Ignatz.
Oh ye of little faith! I think medical science is full of miracles yet to come.
$100? There are better investments out there. :)
I think most believe in the End Times now because of the infestation of Homosexuals trying to take over so to speak the break down in morality, and when you talk to most people they cannot see a brighter future?
What is it we are looking forward to? most people are just surviving now a days people do not have that inner happiness they might of had long ago so I think people are waiting for the End to Come so we all truly find that PEACE and HAPPINESS everyone in the world wants...
Ok - I'll up the ante based on the increased life expectancy for the past century. 150 years.
But I hope you're not counting on stem cell research!!!!!!!!
I realize that's pretty irreverent, but honestly who are any (modern peples) to truly say under what conditions the books were written?
In what year was the Book of Revelation set to page, and whose hand physically wielded the pen that did so?
The major differences in the sizes of Bibles is the extra's they have inculded such as references, study guide, commentaries, maps, etc.
The Greek text which stands behind the King James Bible is demonstrably inferior in certain places. The man who edited the text was a Roman Catholic priest and humanist named Erasmus.1 He was under pressure to get it to the press as soon as possible since (a) no edition of the Greek New Testament had yet been published, and (b) he had heard that Cardinal Ximenes and his associates were just about to publish an edition of the Greek New Testament and he was in a race to beat them. Consequently, his edition has been called the most poorly edited volume in all of literature! It is filled with hundreds of typographical errors which even Erasmus would acknowledge. Two places deserve special mention. In the last six verses of Revelation, Erasmus had no Greek manuscript (=MS) (he only used half a dozen, very late MSS for the whole New Testament any way). He was therefore forced to ‘back-translate’ the Latin into Greek and by so doing he created seventeen variants which have never been found in any other Greek MS of Revelation! He merely guessed at what the Greek might have been. Secondly, for 1 John 5:7-8, Erasmus followed the majority of MSS in reading “there are three witnesses in heaven, the Spirit and the water and the blood.” However, there was an uproar in some Roman Catholic circles because his text did not read “there are three witnesses in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit.” Erasmus said that he did not put that in there... Blah blah blah http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=665
Well, if it is The Holy, God Breathed Inspired Word of God, I will just like a child, have to trust Him, that He will give me His complete Word, why would He not. He does say "That the grass will whither and flowers fade, but His Word will last forever." Such things as you have mentioned, the rapture, that one must be born again - are no different in any the Bible versions you mentioned, are they? Does the Catholic Bible use the words "you must be born again"? These are in John 3:3, John 3:17 and 1 Peter 1:23.
Before you throw out accusations of closed mindedness, fear or a "spoonfed" existance, realize that I've studied religions from Daoism to the moonies to Christianity, Shinto, Zen and others. I have a cousin who has been a bible scholar for years, many in the Vatican and has met the Pope. I've taken tidbits from many religious beliefs. I do not adhere to the strictures of ANY singular faith because, being administered by man, inspired or not, they are all flawed. No one faith can claim the "Truth" and back it up. I am human and therefore I am flawed, I can only believe what God tells me through my own prayers, readings and dreams. I believe the Bible tells a story and teaches through the words of God through Christ. It also gives us laws, insights, and first hand experience, but should not be taken literally in all cases. I try to live a good life as beat I can, I try not to tell anyone that what I believe is penultimate, and I try not to insult someone else's beliefs (I can't say I succeed daily in this endeavor, but I'm human).
Probably. Then too, the end of the world could come for any one of us tomorrow. Gotta keep your bags packed and be ready to go.
Maybe, but people sometimes live longer than 100 years. As long as human life is possible on this planet, this circumstance will probably continue.
an outstanding, objective, non-evangelical book:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684815036/qid=1103676788/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/104-4833519-2085531?v=glance&s=books
Christmas did come early!
Could Christians here please tell me.... how could any rational Christian believe that carrying a chip with your medical records requires you to serve the Devil??? Isn't Christianity a religion of faith alone....
"Could Christians here please tell me.... how could any rational Christian believe that carrying a chip with your medical records requires you to serve the Devil??? Isn't Christianity a religion of faith alone...."
It's a sovereignty issue in the spiritual realm. Actions are a result of faith or the lack thereof....
The book of Revelations warns of a time when mankind cannot buy or sell without bearing the mark of the beast. An implanted chip containing all of a persons financial records as well as medical records and National ID could very well be such a mark. Some say.
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