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Christianity isn't a "religion". Take some time, look up the difference.

With five major denominations and some 450 translations of the Bible I suppose it is reasonable to say Christianity is a collection of religions. Which flavor do you believe is right? Personally, I think they all have some good to offer. It bothers me when people point to biblical references to explain natural phenomenon and while doing so reject strong scientific evidence simply because it doesn't fit their religious beliefs. In this case - evolution.

It's like you have people on one hand who are searching for the truth and are willing adapt and learn as new information arises, and on the other hand you have people who have shut down all ability to learn because every thing they need to know is written in one of some 500 odd versions of a book they feel contains the truth.

Now this is where my mind bets a bit blown. If the Bible was the word of God, why do the various denominations control the content. Who decides what goes in and what comes out? Powerful men in the Vatican? Yep.. It's not like God sat in a room somewhere and penned each verse.

Anyway, thanks for the responses and all. We obviously don't agree on much when it comes to this subject, but I do enjoy the argument!

You’re not giving credit where credit is due...

Science in the Bible
http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/science.shtml

Furthermore the book below is written by a modern day scientist who belongs in the pantheon of Newton, Einstien, Kepler, Mendel, Bacon, Pastuer, Paschal, etc.

Starlight and Time by Russell Humpheys
The key to the starlight and age of the universe is ‘gravitational time dilation’.

Your over thinking this one - read any two of the 450 translations and point out how much they differ - the basic message is there for all to see.

1. God requires perfection,
2. Mankind proves his imperfection time and time again he can never over come his sin nature on his own,
3. God provides a substitute to stand in our place if only,
4. Man can humble himself to study, worship, repent, and live as the great I AM proscribes for us to have the best life possible in the hereafter.

BIBLE ~ Blessed Intervention Begetting Life Everlasting
I have plenty of debt and zero savings but my retirement plan is out of this world!

You’re totally off base as to where the “content” came from.

There are HUNDREDS of original source manuscripts, including the Dead Sea scrolls, none of which varies in any important way...

unless you think that the Vatican and several other denominations found the Dead Sea Scrolls, found all the other 100’s of copies on 3 different continents, “controlled their content”, and re-deposited them.

I don’t know where you’re getting this “500 odd versions”, but it simply isn’t true. There are translations, but all translations were done from original manuscripts.
Sounds like ignorant atheist propaganda to me. (I actually used to believe exactly what you’re spouting, until I did the investigation myself.)

No, we don’t agree, but I know from whence my argument comes, from research. And in that research I saw all the arguments that you’re presenting, and saw that they were fallacious and basically wishful thinking on the part of humanists that wanted to “be their own boss”.
You, nor any other human, makes a good God. Only God fills that role.