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Does Science Agree With the Bible?

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The originals were written by men, as well.
Yes the physical copies were written by men so what your point? Apostle Peter wrote on paper that Jesus Christ roses from the dead but the Word is "Jesus Christ roses from the dead".
 
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The originals were also written by men. That's my point. They are the words of men.
Words have power that goes beyond the actual physical words. For example POTUS could give the word to start a nuclear war thus there is power behind his words. The same with the Bible. There is power greater than the men who wrote them.
 
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Words have power that goes beyond the actual physical words. For example POTUS could give the word to start a nuclear war thus there is power behind his words. The same with the Bible. There is power greater than the men who wrote them.

So writes a man. Still just the words of men.
 
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So writes a man. Still just the words of men.
LOL.
1st Corinthians 23-25 " But we preach Christ crucified , unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto them which are called , both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men."
AMEN.
 
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1st Corinthians 23-25 " But we preach Christ crucified , unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto them which are called , both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men."
AMEN.

So writes a man.
 
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The originals were also written by men. That's my point. They are the words of men.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
 
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But I never have tried to discuss God's word with you. I only have been discussing what the Bible says.
See above quote in red. Memorize it. Now, we see you offer no science here. Hehe
 
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Notice it's the "Word of God" and not language of God. Man's language is flawed and limited. The Word of God is forever settled and was in the beginning but the Bible has been translated into different languages. A heavily used Bible will eventually fall apart but the Word of God will not. This doesn't mean the Bible isn't the Word of God but the Word of God is more than a butch of words written in ink on paper.


I love all of the excuses and rationalizations for an idea that is not clearly stated in the Bible.
But have it your way. All that means is that your interpretations of the Bible have been shown to be wrong by the fact that life evolved. You can use science to help you translate the Bible but so far no one that I know of has been able to use the Bible to do science.
 
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See above quote in red. Memorize it. Now, we see you offer no science here. Hehe


Since we were not discussing science there was no reason to offer any science. We were discussing your abuse and misuse of the Bible through your errant translations of it.
 
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We were discussing your abuse and misuse of the Bible through your errant translations of it.
Yes ... we're familiar with the accusations of how poorly we interpret the Bible.

After all, "virgin" should be interpreted by us as "young girl," shouldn't it?
 
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Since we were not discussing science there was no reason to offer any science. We were discussing your abuse and misuse of the Bible through your errant translations of it.
No. Look at the op. If anyone were to ask you what the bible or God meant...they should seek help.
 
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Yes ... we're familiar with the accusations of how poorly we interpret the Bible.

After all, "virgin" should be interpreted by us as "young girl," shouldn't it?
Of course. The long awaited sign from God that messiah was here....a young woman would have a baby.
 
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Yes ... we're familiar with the accusations of how poorly we interpret the Bible.

After all, "virgin" should be interpreted by us as "young girl," shouldn't it?
You mean the word that was misinterpreted as "virgin"? The word that elsewhere was not interpreted as "virgin"? Yes, that is only one of the errors in your version of the Bible. But you should be happy to know that the most modern interpretations have not reproduced that error.
 
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