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“I wonder where we could have gotten that from??? I didn’t think the EO scratched out words in their Bibles, too.”

Remember, it was we who gave you the bible you quote from, bb. It never ceases to amaze me how protestants have such a Mohammedan view of scripture! “It is not being anthropomorphic to ascribe these two emotions because HE SAID IT HIMSELF!” God “said”? He is subject to hatred? Or did some pre Incarnation fallen human being write that God “said” that? The Church which gave you your bible knows very well what is written there and thoroughly understands it. It could have removed any of a number of offending verses, especially from the OT. I wouldn’t be surprised if it did. That it left in the “hate” verses” was for a reason:

“Very often many things are said by the Holy Scriptures and in it many names are used not in a literal sense... those who have a mind understand this” +Isaac the Syrian

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“”It is because fear edifies simpler people.” +Basil the Great.

God did not write the bible; fallible men did, men who had no more understanding of the “essence” of the Creator of Existence than you or me. In most cases they did the best they could with their finite and fallen minds. +Gregory the Theologian recognized this when he wrote:

“For according to our own comprehension, we have given names from our own attributes to those of God.”

And +John of Damascus recognized that when human beings write or speak of God as if He has a body and is subject to all the attributes and limitations of a body, these things are said symbolically in an effort to teach us about what are in fact beyond our nature.

You know, if I had been given a choice between the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches to belong to, I would have chosen the Greek Orthodox. Now, however, seeing what is thought about holy scriptures, I am not so inclined. How ironic that you both say “we gave you the scriptures” as if God was merely in the background. I have quite a bit more trust in him that he is the one who “gave us the scriptures”. He used men inspired by him and they wrote down what he gave them even when it could not have made any sense to them. When the Bible says “Thus saith the Lord...”, I will trust in what comes next. You are certainly allowed to believe what you choose, I have absolutely no problem with that, but you should be very careful to not cause another to stumble by causing doubts about God's word. It accomplishes what HE sends it to do and we can only stand in amazement when it enlivens a soul that was once dead.

Remember, it was we who gave you the bible you quote from, bb.

You didn't do anything...And neither did your religion...

God says HE preserved the words of scripture and the only thing you guys did was pervert it...

Sure, you guys have your own African versions of the scriptures that you fabricated, but they are not the scriptures that God provided for his chosen people, the Jews; nor the line of scriptures that proceeded from those preserved words which make up the King James Bible that is still available today...

What tripe...The Apostle Paul went to heaven and spent 3 years with the Risen Lord and your 'scholars' say Paul had no more understanding of the essence of the Creator than your scholars do...

I don't know why you guys waste your time reading that stuff...