QUOTE (Happyboy @ Mar 6 2007, 08:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So, smitty...the bible is 100% accurate....you beleive that John under the influence of the holy spirit wrote the below?
1 John 5:7????????8
"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one."
1 John 5:7????????8
"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one."
What I have actually said and believe is that "The Bible is the inerrant word of God in the original manuscripts." Now I have also admitted to there being a couple of typos and copiest errors.
Does this mean that my statement above is wrong. No, we don't have the original manuscripts. But we do have thousands of copies and we can easily see the typos and copiest errors. Of couse they DO NOT change the nature or the subject of the text. They are alos less that 1%. This of course is being verified with each new copy found. The Dead Sea Scrolls confirmed that much of what we have in our Bible is what they had along time ago. I say much of what because some of the manuscripts of the Dead Sea Scrols were to damaged to read.
If you are trying to tell me that a Bear (the animal) is recording anything, I will take it as a joke. In the verse prior to that one the term "beareth' (witness) is used. So in the King James Version they dropped the "eth", so in old english this was probably correct for the time.
In context the verse is telling about the Trinity Doctrine. No real mistory there, unless you have a different opinion.
I'm all ears on this one.
Smitty
QUOTE (cannondale27 @ Mar 6 2007, 08:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I have always entertained the idea that we might actually just be atoms and protons etc floating around in some giants body.Think about it 
Been there done that, transcentental meditaion, self hypnosys, etc. What if we are a figment of someone elses dreams.
At this point I feel it is all balony.
We instictivly know what is right and wrong. Some cultural pressure will change initial understanding of that. But it does say in the Bible that his laws are written on our hearts. Please don't look for them on your heart could be fatal and they are the small print in any contract. This of course speaks for God and against Evolution.
Smitty