lecoop said:
Bilal said:
Proof? You have to be joking. Taking all of your ideas from one Book, which itself is doubtful, corrupted, contradictory, etc.? Great proof isnt it.
Im challenging you with argument of LOGIC, my boy, accept it if you will, otherwise i will ignore your tosh, especially as you have failed to answer my questions....
typical of you :roll:
Why do you keep saying that the bible is doubtful, corrupted, contradictory, etc? You know, we could say the same for your book. Mohammad could not even write, so others wrote his sayings down, and much later they were composed into book form. You do you know they got it right? The ONLY way you could know for sure, is if you heard Mohammad with your own ears, and then verified the writing by reading it as it was put down. It is most probable that there was no single book that had all the writings, but rather several books or more written by several scribes. Again, you were not there to verify if they wrote correctly. In fact, there is not one version of how the Koran came to be, but rather several, and they all disagree!
It is said that many good people carried his saying around in their heart, and this for many years, berfore it was written. Well, it is a well know fact that as things are carried around in the human heart, they change! It is said that a man named Zayd collected the Koran "from pieces of papyrus, flat stones, palm leaves, shoulder blades and ribs of animals, pieces of leather and wooden boards, as well as from the hearts of men."
Personally, I would rather believe that "holy men wrote" as they were inspired by the Holy Spirit: the way the bible was written. Today all these pieces of papyrus, stones, leaves, etc, have all been distroyed, so again, there simply is no way to verify the accuracy. And you call the bible corrupt? how many versions were there of the Koran, say around 600 to 650? Several? Many? Who knows, because they were all distroyed! Again, no possible was to verify accuracy. Perhaps these early Muslims had different memories than we have today! I think your idea of the Koran is probably much more idealistic, rather than historic. : -))
When you put it all together, it would be wise not do condemn either book, or say that it is corrupt. Rather, let each book stand as is, on its own merits.
Coop
The Bible is corrupt. Needless for me to say it. Just look at how many contradictions have come about in it? So you acknowledge it was the word of man- that is bound to be wrong, misleading and contradictory. Can it really be considered Holy if it isnt the word of God?
Why are there so many different 'versions' of the Bible?
21st Century King James Version
American Standard Version
Amplified Bible
Contemporary English Version
Darby Translation
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
English Standard Version
Holman Christian Standard Bible
King James Version
New American Standard Bible
New International Reader's Version
New International Version
New International Version - UK
New King James Version
New Life Version
New Living Translation
The Message
Worldwide English (New Testament)
Wycliffe New Testament
Young's Literal Translation
A "21st Century Bible"? Why? I would have thought the so-call "divinely inspired" Bible could stand the test of time? :roll:
I mean was the Bible revealed from God? What part did Jesus have to play in the Bible? Who wrote the Bible and why them? On what authority did they write it, and how was that authority given?
Are all churches in agreement with all the Bibles?
Dr. W. Graham Scroggie of the MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE, Chicago, one of the most prestigious Christian Evangelical Mission in the world, answering the question  "Is the Bible the Word of God?" (also the title of his book), under the heading: IT IS HUMAN, YET DIVINE. He says on page 17:
"Yes, the Bible is
human, though some,
out of zeal which is not according to knowledge, have
denied this. Those books have passed through the
minds of men, are
written in the language of men, were
penned by the hands of men, and bear in their
style the characteristics of men." (Emphasis added).
Another erudite Christian scholar, Kenneth Cragg, the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, says on page 277 of his book, "The Call of the Minaret":
"Not so the New Testament3 . . . There is
condensation and editing; 4 there is choice,
reproduction and witness. The Gospels have come through the
mind of the Church behind the authors. They represent
experience and history."
As for the Quran, if you say it is corrupt, then ell me how are there scientific miracles contained therein, were they the lucky guess of man? No the Quran is the word of God, not man. The elagance anf natural flow of the Quran are also testiment of the true word of the Quran.
"How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us'? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie. (From the RSV Bible, Jeremiah 8:8)"
so: - Is all of the Bible GOD's Divine Revelations?
- Did the Prophets of GOD really write the Bible of today?
- Is the Bible perfect?
- Did man indeed corrupt the Bible?
- Is the Bible of today reliable?
if you type in Mark 16:9-20, you get this ((The most reliable early manuscripts and other ancient witnesses do not have Mark 16:9-20.)) [
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark 16:9-20&version=31]
Now tell me why does it say the Most Reliable? Who are the ancient witnesses?
Act 5:30 "The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree."
Tree or cross? Make your mind up?
this could go on. believe me- the Quran has more historical integrty than the Bible.