03-04-2004, 03:34 PM
The bible wasnt written in english and if it was, it was deffinatley not in the style that is written in (hence the new testiment). It would have been inturpreted by someone if not more then one person and I think that we decided that humans couldnt be biased and that bias would show through in the bible in some form. We know the bible was written by humans about their certina journeys and encounters with god. We know it changed form to become the new testiment, so basically we have a broken telephone here.
There is also the church which has a vested intrest in what the bible says, and they wrote and inturpreted it. The church has had wars because of a group of people who didnt share the same beliefs, a belief which isnt all that diffrent mind you. Judaism belives that jesus hasnt come yet and will, christanity belives that he did come. In the catholic church their is a saying that is very important. You have to state "god is my shepard, their is nothing I shall want." Does anyone else find a problem with this? A religion wanting you to blindly follow and give up all your possesions to the church, conflict of intrest perhaps? That is the reason they put in the bible that you have to be of their religion and follow it to the letter in order to get into heaven.
FYI its also very hard to get into heaven right off the bat. Most people spend a few 100 years in purgatory before heaven. For wank, purgatory is basically the journey to heaven. The waiting room with really old magazines. Guess who is on the cover of people.
Its described as a very large mountain that takes 100's of years to climb and when you eventually do reach the top, that is when you get into heaven.
There is also the church which has a vested intrest in what the bible says, and they wrote and inturpreted it. The church has had wars because of a group of people who didnt share the same beliefs, a belief which isnt all that diffrent mind you. Judaism belives that jesus hasnt come yet and will, christanity belives that he did come. In the catholic church their is a saying that is very important. You have to state "god is my shepard, their is nothing I shall want." Does anyone else find a problem with this? A religion wanting you to blindly follow and give up all your possesions to the church, conflict of intrest perhaps? That is the reason they put in the bible that you have to be of their religion and follow it to the letter in order to get into heaven.
FYI its also very hard to get into heaven right off the bat. Most people spend a few 100 years in purgatory before heaven. For wank, purgatory is basically the journey to heaven. The waiting room with really old magazines. Guess who is on the cover of people.
Its described as a very large mountain that takes 100's of years to climb and when you eventually do reach the top, that is when you get into heaven.