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To: fortes fortuna juvat
Have you any idea how many variations in the wording of Scripture translations there have been over the last 19 centuries?

Then perhaps you can explain to me what you mean by the words "many" "variations" "wording" "Scripture" and "translations"

I took it as your thinking, that man has changed the word of God over the last 19 centuries.

And since there are so "many" "variations" of "wording" in the different "Scripture" "translations" who could really know what words are true and what words are false.

But if that's not what you meant then please enlighten me.

57 posted on 06/27/2017 9:02:03 PM PDT by WhatNot (The Gospel doesn't promise the American dream, it promises Eternal life in the Kingdom of God.)
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To: WhatNot

>>I took it as your thinking, that man has changed the word of God over the last 19 centuries.

And since there are so “many” “variations” of “wording” in the different “Scripture” “translations” who could really know what words are true and what words are false.

You speak of the “word of God” as if you think He sent the completed KJV of the Bible down from Heaven. The fact is ordinary men were inspired by God to write the Scriptures that were eventually deemed by the human leaders of His Church to be inspired. Those Scriptures, gathered together by His Church leaders became the canon of Scripture that is the collection of books called the Bible. Those Scriptures, mostly in the Aramaic language were translated into many languages. And since there were no typewriters or computers around, they were translated on hand-written manuscripts by men. And since these men were prone to make mistakes, like you are, there were many spelling errors, word transpositions, words dropped out, etc. That is why biblical scholars have been doing biblical research for centuries.
God, knowing that such would be the case, established His Church which, as the Bible tells us, he founded upon Peter (i.e., Petrus, in English, The Rock). And His Church was given the responsibility of teaching the faith in accordance with the CORRECT understanding of the Scriptures. And that is why it is simply absurd for anyone to simply read the Bible and interpret it to suit himself. The absurdity of doing so is clearly manifested in the never-ending divisions that characterize Protestant Christianity.


60 posted on 06/27/2017 9:41:12 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat
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