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How shall we discuss this in an ecumenical way, when the article itself disparages non-Roman Bibles and extols Roman Bibles?

3 posted on 07/20/2013 5:40:46 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. - Tacituss)

To: aMorePerfectUnion

6 posted on 07/20/2013 5:49:30 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)

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How shall we discuss this in an ecumenical way, when the article itself disparages truncated Bibles and extols complete Bibles?

16 posted on 07/20/2013 6:33:53 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)

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How shall we discuss this in an ecumenical way, when the article itself disparages non-Roman Bibles and extols Roman Bibles?

I would suggest that we first consider that the true importance of any Bible is the MESSAGE, not the individual words.

Those who insist that their particular Bible is THE exact correct one have missed the point altogether.

There are many versions, and the apocrypha and the more of them one reads, the more one gets the MESSAGE.

All these different BIBLES, all these different INTERPRETATIONS are not a 'problem' with the Bible, they are the answer.

Why? Because, for each of us, the MESSAGE we get from the BIBLE is DIFFERENT, because GOD knew we would each have different NEEDS.

After all, if God were to speak to you (which He does all the time, but few listen because they don't like what he is saying), he would do so in a language that you understood. And he would tell you what YOU and only YOU need to hear.

The Bible is no different.

21 posted on 07/20/2013 7:11:55 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)

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The Catholics had the Bible first. So what is the problem?

23 posted on 07/20/2013 7:27:47 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)

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