The Bible

In all religions the original preachings get changed in course of time.Buddha never advocted a temple for himself nor do Jesus yet we find churches and viharas all over the world with statues of Buddha and christand a lotof people living under their shelter.Similarly their preachings also got into the books as understood by their disciples and many times not in the original form.The commentators added their own ideas to the original so much so today we are at loss to know what was the original preaching?

If you have ever read and understood the Bible and read the 12 books that were left out you would clearly see why they were left out. Almost all 12 tried to sneak Islam and Muslims into the Bible. I used to be atheist so I can understand your way of thinking. Man hasn't changed since Biblical days, our way of thinking is the same when it comes to good and evil. God inspired the Bible by working through the writers. If you give your life to the Lord and ask him to come into your heart you can understand better how God uses people who allow Him to work through them. I believe God chose the people He wanted to make the decisions about what books were kept or not. I also believe that God is no dumb, dumb and He is perfectly capable of getting the message through time for us without error. Translations in the old days were only done by certain people and every single detail was checked and re-checked that's one of the reasons why every sentence is numbered.

Thank you, pheonixstar1982, yes, I agree, how can anyone be gullible enough to believe in everything that a book, that cannot be proven, says. I do not take anything that the Bible says literally because, I cannot. Take Creationism for example, that really cannot be proven, but Evolution is being proven more and more all of the time. Also, look at the story of Adam & Eve, and the stories about Cain after he killed Able. So, who were all of the other humans, who was Cain's wife, if Adam and Eve were the only man and woman on the planet at that time? Wait a minute, Cain married his sister! I thought that Jews and Christians were against this? That is inbreeding, that is against all religious teachings, it's wrong! Also, let's look at the end of the Bible, Revelations. People do realize that this was written by disgruntled early Catholics because they were angry at Nero for killing most of them, right? You honestly cannot take that literally. Let us not forget the Gnostic Books, the pieces of the Bible that were cut from the Bible. Most Catholics and Christains fail to acknowledge there existence, but that is were these people can kiss what they truly thought that they knew about the Bible good-bye because it says that Jesus was imperfect, that faith is not to be worshiped in a building, and that Jesus had a wife. Deny it Christains can, but it is there, those books were found, and the age on those text were proven to be the same at the original text found in the Bible. Believe it or not, we humans have a great way of making others believe what we want them to believe. Also, why is it that some people were able to see Jesus and receive these teachings, and others were not so lucky? This goes to Whites, Blacks, Asians and Native Americans, and do not worry, I fall into all of those racial categories, so I am not singling anyone out: What happened to your ancestors teachings? What happened to Polytheism and native beliefs when Christianity came to town? Did your ancestors just completely throw all of that knowledge of the "old ways" out of the window? NO! My ancestors still live on no matter where you walk, Christianity did NOT completely kill what my ancestors knew and believed in. My ancestors were Pagans, Wiccans, Polytheist, native storytellers, and you name it. These were people who lived off the land and who lived on stories, but only because they did not have science to prove that they were wrong. Thanks to science, it can prove the majority of all religions wrong, and can prove that only a few of their teachings are beneficial to humanity.

No matter how you put it, The Bible is The Bible. It's been around even before your great grand daddy ever learned how to walk. Also, something tells me from deep down inside that The Bible is the Good Book. If you have the insight and the wisdom to interpret it or at least understand what it's trying to say then you don't have to worry about anything else. Have a little faith..

Well the bible is 4 parts.. And the thing I don't understand is why those 4 parts.. There used to be 36 parts or so.. But faith is not about proving something, but believing in something :D Have a nice day..

This is where we can put the book to a test. The 66 books in the bible were written by men 2000 years ago, and so far the most salable book up to this computer age. Actually, the book has proven factual all the things that has been existing specially "men" or "human beings" so to speak. There is so much secrets, miracles, knowledge and wisdom that has already existed that is in this book, and it is up to you to read,explore and prove to yourself. I encourage you to read the book and develope a faith!

How can someone have so much faith in a book that can not be proven factual?? HOnestly?? LOL centuries of brainwashing and fear of doubt...Seriously thats what I believe....Way back in teh day the bible was used in HORRID ways in order to control and conform the masses...and I guess that is one of those "somethings die hard" things ya know...

the Bible is not just an ordinary book,.. i believed and always believes of what is written in it... the Lord spoke to me through it, and i am taking it personally.. it was really true.. for my life, it has proven to be true throughout generations...

Perfectly true,but the bible came from somewhere,so who wrote it is in the lap of the gods.But there are so many people that have taken comfort from the bible,and are still doing so,it gives them hope and faith and that for many people is enough to keep them going through tough times,so where there may not be a lot of us who understand who wrote it and if its true,then we need to spare a thought for the others who live by it.

Well plain and simple if you dont believe in something you will never understand why others believe in it. And about the bible... i never knew it gets edited and chapters left out lol but i guess those chapters are still out there.

The bible is the final book of life.it the book that suith all ages,not because am a christian it the book that can 't fail and that will never fail.the bible was not written by men,but it was written by holy men of that were inspired by the holy spirit

Hello pheonixstar1982, i doubt if you believe in true God. Maybe you believe God but not really true God or maybe you are not a christian because only Christ believers believe on The Bible. For us christians, we believe that the words of God are written only in The Bible. Although it was written by some people like, prophets,deciples etc etc, but they were specially chosen by God to wrote all what God wanted us to do in order for us to PARTAKE His kingdom which He promised to only His chosen people. The people who wrote His words on The Bible are not just an ordinary people.They were spiritually blessed chosen few.If you will just try to read the bible, theres a portion there that God told not to be written. Try to think about this if you are a christian believer. How come that the real BIRTHDATE of Jesus Christ were not being witten on the Bible? If you will try to read all of the pages of the Bible you can't read Dec. 25 was the birthdate of Jesus Christ. Curse me if you found one. If you are a believer of Hindu, Islam, Cunfucius etc etc I don't believe you don't have an authoritative books where your doctrines being written. For us Christians we have, and its THE BIBLE..Kindly search where you MUST belong...Have a nice day ahead..

Question: How do we know the original interpreter of the message interpreted and transcribed it correctly? Or, how do we know he/she didn't just make it up? How does anyone know?

It is person specific .As all human beings are not alike, every one has different opinions and beliefs which we have to understand. Their morals and beliefs habe to be respected

That has always been my argument on this subject!! Beyond that, so much of it can be interpreted in so many ways. I think many people use it as a tool to argue their own self-righteousness and narrow-mindedness.

I believe though the books were written by different persons, there is only one behind those men and He is the Holy Spirit. If you take a look at the standard bible, the thoughts are coinciding. Because the Bible is like our manual of living, I believe the very first collection of books (the standard) are the real ones. I believe God wont allow that one of the real books were not included in the Bible.

hello pheonixstar1982 I just want to say that I love how your searching for the right answers! I hope that you keep up the search because I know that you will be lead to the truth. The only time that I have ever heard of any books being intentionally left out of the Bible was on some kind of TV show. Where they got what they feel are facts I am not sure. What I do know is the Bible was put together under the direct of God and the Holy spirit. The Bible is the word of God in Print. Christians so not ignore the Old Testament, we get a lot of examples, learn our linage. Plus everything that is in the New Testament can be found in the Old Testament.

It's true that much of the Bible can't be proven, but there's also much that can be. For those things that can be proven, the Bible has always be right on target. Also, the books of the Bible correlate even though they were written over several thousand years, from different places and by many different writers. The chances of that just happening are not very likely. Lastly, the prophecies mentioned in the Bible have either come true or are coming true now. It's true the Bible was written by men, but those men were inspired by God. I think the chances of this book being the Word of God is pretty good, but that's just my opinion.

The original version of the Bible is the JEWISH VERSION...then it came up to a Greek Version. The problem of some preachers nowadays they are preaching the new version which was already edited. They changed some verses that suited to their faith/religon. If only those preachers stick on the original version i think rising up of thousand religion nowadays minimizes.

Most religions are faith based; at least that's what they seem to be to me after studying many of them. The books (whichever ones) are merely an interpretation of what someone said long ago. The Mormons have an interpretation, the Christians have an interpretation, the Baptists and Jehova's Witnesses' have one and so on. People read the books and have "faith" that the books and stories speak the truth. Just my 2 cents :)