Is the Bible Without Error?

[Colter]

Because God is very efficient?

Or this goes against your fallen human sensibilities?

It goes against the truth, the Hebrew priest wrote and rewrote all the Old Testament books in Babylon. That's why there are so many errors and exaggeration.

They've convinced you that in a fallen state you are to stupid to think for yourself.

 

[redleghunter]

OK. Peter denied Jesus three times before the [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] crowed the first time . . .

Matt 26:34 Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you that this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times."

Matt 26:74 Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a rooster crowed.

Or was it the second time?

Mark 14:30 And Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you, that this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times."

Mark 14:68 But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you are talking about." And he went out onto the porch, and a rooster crowed.

Mark 14:71-72
But he began to curse and swear, "I do not know this man you are talking about!" Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times." And he began to weep.
NASU

There are actually three eyewitness accounts provided. Mark, Matthew and Luke. In each Jesus tells Peter he will deny Him three times. In all three accounts it is recorded Peter denies Christ three times.

As you mention the [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] crowing is the difficulty. Frankly it would be a difficulty if Mark actually recorded the first time the [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] crows. Since Mark mentions a second crowing, well there must have been a first. Notice the account in Matthew and Luke have "the [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] will not crow today until you have denied three times."

That's an important point as neither Luke nor Matthew say "the first time." Mark has the more detailed account and we should thankful, that in the Gospels we have 4 accounts from eyewitnesses. Some see and hear more than others. Does Mark's account contradict in any way Luke and Matthew accounts? No, not at all, but the Mark account (which tradition has was Mark's pen but overseen by Peter) has more detail. Peter was actually there (he did the denying) and Mark (after grabbing another robe) might have been in the background as well.

Here's another example to supplement your inquiry: The inscriptions on Jesus' Cross.

Matthew 27:37 THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS
Mark 15:26 THE KING OF THE JEWS
Luke 23:38 THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS
John 19:19 JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS

Based on the above who is right and who is wrong. No one is wrong, they are all accurate. The inscriptions were in Hebrew, Greek and Latin.

 

[redleghunter]

It goes against the truth, the Hebrew priest wrote and rewrote all the Old Testament books in Babylon. That's why there are so many errors and exaggeration.

They've convinced you that in a fallen state you are to stupid to think for yourself.

Which Hebrew priest? What leads you to believe this priest mislead millions by adding his own exaggerations?

Or is it you discard the supernatural and that God can intervene in His own Creation?

That's why there are so many errors and exaggeration.

If you can share the eyewitness or even historical testimony of a priest in Babylon doctoring the TaNaKh, please share. Which errors are attributed to this Hebrew priest and what leads you to believe they were errors?

 

[Dwells]

If you look at in detail the rendering is 'murder.'

I see, so is it murder when we kill in war, execute someone by lethal injection, etc....? Some would say yes, some would say no....depends on how one translates it doesn't it?

 

[Dwells]

Sad to see posts like this. Some people have eyes but cannot see.

Content means nothing? The cartoon was used as a statement to make a point...

 

[Paul of Eugene OR]

Indeed. CF has their own political cartoon section. Such is not for theology threads. Thanks for the backup.

Uh . . I was talking about your post.

 

[Paul of Eugene OR]

. . .
That's an important point as neither Luke nor Matthew say "the first time." Mark has the more detailed account and we should thankful, that in the Gospels we have 4 accounts from eyewitnesses. Some see and hear more than others. Does Mark's account contradict in any way Luke and Matthew accounts? No, not at all, but the Mark account (which tradition has was Mark's pen but overseen by Peter) has more detail. . . .

See, here's what happens when a contradiction is supplied. The inerrancy defender just says "no, not at all" and completely ignores the fact of the contradiction, and goes right on saying the Bible has no contradictions.

Its as if they have a blind spot in their brain. And they blame those who can see for saying they can see.

 

[Colter]

Which Hebrew priest? What leads you to believe this priest mislead millions by adding his own exaggerations?

Or is it you discard the supernatural and that God can intervene in His own Creation?



If you can share the eyewitness or even historical testimony of a priest in Babylon doctoring the TaNaKh, please share. Which errors are attributed to this Hebrew priest and what leads you to believe they were errors?

God allowed Satan to fool the whole world, and the church today is full of pedophiles and all manner of snake oil salesman. So the idea that the people who killed Jesus converted a relatively secular history into a miraculous fiction isn't out of the question at all. Analysis of the scripture shows multiple authors within the same page, duplicate stories with conflicting facts etc.

But let me clarify, I can appreciate your faith and trust in what we've been given by the holy men who came before us. For me the imperfection of the Bible is authenticating. All things considered, the Bible is as imperfect as we should expect t to be. I approach the Bible through God, not God through the Bible. I approach miracles through Jesus not Jesus through miracles.

 

[redleghunter]

I see, so is it murder when we kill in war, execute someone by lethal injection, etc....? Some would say yes, some would say no....depends on how one translates it doesn't it?

Notice I am addressing your assertion this is a matter of translation. There are no issues with the translations of 'kill' and 'murder.' They are presented as different words in the Hebrew.

In Exodus 20:13 we have "Thou shalt not kill." The Hebrew word used is ratsach, which I showed means 'murder.'

Now where do we see kill which does not mean murder? Here in Leviticus chapter 16:

Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: (Leviticus 16:15)

The KJV translates Strong's H7819 in the following manner: kill (42x), slay (36x), offer (1x), shot out (1x), slaughter (1x).

to kill, slaughter, beat

1. 
   (Qal)
   
   1. to slaughter
      
      1. beast for food
         
         
      2. sacrifice
         
         
      3. person in human sacrifice
         
         
      4. beaten, hammered (of shekels)
         

(Niphal) to be slaughtered, be slain (of food or sacrifice)

שָׁחַט shâchaṭ, shaw-khat'; a primitive root; to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre):—kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.

Genesis Chapter 1 (KJV)

There is nothing wrong with the translations of these words or passages. Perhaps you meant it depends on one's 'interpretation' of the texts. If this is the case then we should explore your contentions by applying Biblical exegesis.

Your propositions then would possibly be:

What about war?

What about capital punishment?

What about personal self-defense?

All of which have little or nothing to do with translations from the Hebrew and Greek, but do have to do with properly applying Biblical exegesis.

I guess we could start with your positions on the questions above and explore from there.

 

[kepha31]

Index of Biblical Contradictions - Answers

1. God is satisfied/unsatisfied with his works
2. God dwells/dwells not in chosen temples
3. God dwells in light/darkness
4. God is seen/unseen and heard/unheard
5. God is tired/never tired and rests/never rests
6. God is/is not omnipresent and omniscent
7. God does/does not know the hearts of men
8. God is/is not all powerful
9. God is changeable/unchangeable
10. God is just/unjust or partial/impartial
11. God is/is not the author of evil
12. God gives freely/witholds his blessings
13. God can/cannot be found by those who seek Him
14. God is warlike/peaceful
15. God is cruel/kind
16. God's anger endures for a long/short time
17. God approves/disapproves of burnt offerings
18. God accepts/forbids human sacrifices
19. God tempts man/doesn't tempt man
20. God send lying spirits/doesn't lie
21. God will/will not destroy man
22. God's attributes are revealed/cannot be discovered
23. God is one/many
24. Robbery commanded/prohibited
25. Lying approved/forbidden
26. Hatred to the Edomite sanctioned/forbidden
27. Killing commanded/forbidden
28. Blood-shedder must/must not die
29. Making of images forbidden/commanded
30. Slavery and oppression forbidden/sanctioned
31. Improvidence enjoyed/condemned
32. Anger approved/disapproved
33. Good works to be seen/not to be seen by men
34. Judging of others forbidden/approved
35. Christ taught non-resistence/taught and practiced physical resistance
36. Christ warned his followers not to fear being killed/Christ avoided Jews for fear of being killed himself
37. Public prayer sanctioned/disapproved
38. Importunity in prayer commended/condemned
39. Wearing of long hair by men sanctioned/condemned
40. Circumcision instituted/condemned
41. Sabbath instituted/repudiated
42. Sabbath instituted because God rested/because God brought Israelites out of Egypt
43. No work to be done on Sabbath/Christ broke this rule
44. Baptism Commanded/not commanded
45. Every animal allowed for food/certain animals prohibited for food
46. Taking of oaths sanctioned/forbidden
47. Marriage approved/disapproved
48. Freedom of divorce permitted/restricted
49. Adultery forbidden/allowed
50. Marriage/cohabitation with sister denounced, but Abraham married his sister and God blessed the marriage
51. A man may/may not marry his brother's widow
52. Hatred to kindred enjoined/condemned
53. Intoxicating beverages recommended/discountenanced
54. Our rulers are God's ministers and should be obeyed/are evil and should be disobeyed
55. Women's rights affirmed/denied
56. Obedience to masters/obedience only to God
57. There is/is not an unpardonable sin
58. Man was created before/after other animals
59. Seed time and harvest never ceased/ceased for seven years
60. God/Pharoah hardened Pharoah's heart
61. All Cattle and horses died/all cattle and horses did not die
62. Moses feared/did not fear Pharoah
63. Plague killed 23000/24000
64. John the Baptist was/was not Elias
65. Father of Mary's husband was Jacob/Heli
66. Father of Salah was Arphaxad/Cainan
67. Thirteen/Fourteen generations from Abraham to David
68. Thirteen/Fourteen generations from Babylonian captivity to Christ
69. Infant Christ was/was not taken to Egypt
70. Christ was/was not tempted in the wilderness
71. Christ preached his first sermon on the mount/on the plain
72. John was/was not in prison when Jesus went to Galilee
73. Christ's disciples were commanded to go forth with a staff and sandles/neither staves nor sandles
74. A woman of Canaan/Greek woman sought Jesus
75. Two/one blind men/man besought Jesus
76. Christ was crucified on the third/sixth hour
77. Two thieves/only one thief railed at Christ
78. Satan entered Judas at the supper/after the supper
79. Judas committed suicide by hanging/died another way
80. Potter's field purchased by Judas/by the Chief Priest
81. Only one woman/two women went to the sepulchre
82. Three women/more than three women went to the sepulchre
83. It was early sunrise/sometime after sunrise when they went to the sepulchre
84. Two angels standing/only one angel sitting seen by women
85. Two angels/one angel seen at the sepulchre
86. Christ was to be three days and three nights in the tomb/only two days and two nights
87. Holy Spirit bestowed at/before Pentecost
88. Disciples commanded immediately after resurrection to go into Galilee/tarry at Jerusalem
89. Jesus first appeared to disciples in a room in Jerusalem/on a mountain in Galilee.
90. Christ ascended from Mount Olive/Bethany
91. Paul's attendants heard/did not hear the miraculous voice
92. Abraham departed to go to Canaan/did not know where he was going
93. Abraham had one/two sons.
94. Keturah was Abraham's wife/concubine
95. Abraham begat a son at the age of 100 years by God's providence/he then had six more sons without God's help
96. Jacob/Abraham brought the sepulchre from Hamor
97. God gave Abraham and his sons the promised land/they never received it
98. Goliath/his brother was slain by Elhanan
99. Ahaziah began his reign in the eleventh/twelfth year of Joram

100. Michal had five children/one child
101. David was tempted by the LORD/by satan to number Israel
102. Number of fighting men in Israel was 800,000/1,100,000, number of fighting men in Judah was 500,000/470,000
103. David sinned in numbering Israel/David never sinned except in the matter of Uriah
104. One of David's penalties for sinning was seven years of famine/there were only three years of famine
105. David took 700/7000 horsemen
106. David bought a threshing floor for 50 sheckles of silver/600 shekles of gold
107. David's throne was to endure forever/David's throne was cast down
108. Christ is equal/is not equal with God
109. Jesus was/was not all-powerful
110. The law was/was not superceded by Christian dispensation
111. Christ's mission was/was not peace
112. Christ did not/did receive testimony from men
113. Christ's witness of himself is true/untrue
114. Christ laid down his life for his friends/enemies
115. It was/was not lawful for the Jews to put Christ to death
116. Children are/are not punished for the sins of their parents
117. Man is/is not justified by faith alone
118. It is impossible/possible to fall from grace
119. No man is without sin/Christians are sinless
120. There will/will not be a resurrection of the dead
121. Reward/punishment bestowed in this/next world
122. Annihilation/endless misery the portion of all mankind
123. Earth is/is never to be destroyed
124. No evil shall/Evil will happen to the Godly
125. Worldly good and prosperity/worldly misery and destitution to be the lot of the godly
126. Worldly prosperity a reward/a curse
127. Christian Yoke is/is not easy
128. Fruit of God's spirit is love and gentleness/vengeance and fury
129. Longevity enjoyed by/denied to wicked
130. Poverty/Riches/Neither a blessing
131. Wisdom a source of enjoyment/vexation, grief, sorrow
132. Good name is a blessing/curse
133. Laughter commended/condemned
134. Rod of correction is cure for foolishness/there is no cure for foolishness
135. Fool should/should not be answered according to his folly
136. Temptation desired/undesired
137. Prophecy is sure/unsure
138. Man's life 120/70 years
139. Fear of man on every beast/fear of man not on the lion
140. Miracles are/are not proof of divine inspiration
141. Moses meek/cruel
142. Elijah ascended to heaven/none but Christ ascended to Heaven
143. All scripture is inspired/Some scripture is not inspired

END.

 

[redleghunter]

Uh . . I was talking about your post.

Yes I know. I was applying some grace to provide an opportunity for you to edit or remove your post. I'm still offering that grace.

 

[redleghunter]

Index of Biblical Contradictions - Answers

1. God is satisfied/unsatisfied with his works
2. God dwells/dwells not in chosen temples
3. God dwells in light/darkness
4. God is seen/unseen and heard/unheard
5. God is tired/never tired and rests/never rests
6. God is/is not omnipresent and omniscent
7. God does/does not know the hearts of men
8. God is/is not all powerful
9. God is changeable/unchangeable
10. God is just/unjust or partial/impartial
11. God is/is not the author of evil
12. God gives freely/witholds his blessings
13. God can/cannot be found by those who seek Him
14. God is warlike/peaceful
15. God is cruel/kind
16. God's anger endures for a long/short time
17. God approves/disapproves of burnt offerings
18. God accepts/forbids human sacrifices
19. God tempts man/doesn't tempt man
20. God send lying spirits/doesn't lie
21. God will/will not destroy man
22. God's attributes are revealed/cannot be discovered
23. God is one/many
24. Robbery commanded/prohibited
25. Lying approved/forbidden
26. Hatred to the Edomite sanctioned/forbidden
27. Killing commanded/forbidden
28. Blood-shedder must/must not die
29. Making of images forbidden/commanded
30. Slavery and oppression forbidden/sanctioned
31. Improvidence enjoyed/condemned
32. Anger approved/disapproved
33. Good works to be seen/not to be seen by men
34. Judging of others forbidden/approved
35. Christ taught non-resistence/taught and practiced physical resistance
36. Christ warned his followers not to fear being killed/Christ avoided Jews for fear of being killed himself
37. Public prayer sanctioned/disapproved
38. Importunity in prayer commended/condemned
39. Wearing of long hair by men sanctioned/condemned
40. Circumcision instituted/condemned
41. Sabbath instituted/repudiated
42. Sabbath instituted because God rested/because God brought Israelites out of Egypt
43. No work to be done on Sabbath/Christ broke this rule
44. Baptism Commanded/not commanded
45. Every animal allowed for food/certain animals prohibited for food
46. Taking of oaths sanctioned/forbidden
47. Marriage approved/disapproved
48. Freedom of divorce permitted/restricted
49. Adultery forbidden/allowed
50. Marriage/cohabitation with sister denounced, but Abraham married his sister and God blessed the marriage
51. A man may/may not marry his brother's widow
52. Hatred to kindred enjoined/condemned
53. Intoxicating beverages recommended/discountenanced
54. Our rulers are God's ministers and should be obeyed/are evil and should be disobeyed
55. Women's rights affirmed/denied
56. Obedience to masters/obedience only to God
57. There is/is not an unpardonable sin
58. Man was created before/after other animals
59. Seed time and harvest never ceased/ceased for seven years
60. God/Pharoah hardened Pharoah's heart
61. All Cattle and horses died/all cattle and horses did not die
62. Moses feared/did not fear Pharoah
63. Plague killed 23000/24000
64. John the Baptist was/was not Elias
65. Father of Mary's husband was Jacob/Heli
66. Father of Salah was Arphaxad/Cainan
67. Thirteen/Fourteen generations from Abraham to David
68. Thirteen/Fourteen generations from Babylonian captivity to Christ
69. Infant Christ was/was not taken to Egypt
70. Christ was/was not tempted in the wilderness
71. Christ preached his first sermon on the mount/on the plain
72. John was/was not in prison when Jesus went to Galilee
73. Christ's disciples were commanded to go forth with a staff and sandles/neither staves nor sandles
74. A woman of Canaan/Greek woman sought Jesus
75. Two/one blind men/man besought Jesus
76. Christ was crucified on the third/sixth hour
77. Two thieves/only one thief railed at Christ
78. Satan entered Judas at the supper/after the supper
79. Judas committed suicide by hanging/died another way
80. Potter's field purchased by Judas/by the Chief Priest
81. Only one woman/two women went to the sepulchre
82. Three women/more than three women went to the sepulchre
83. It was early sunrise/sometime after sunrise when they went to the sepulchre
84. Two angels standing/only one angel sitting seen by women
85. Two angels/one angel seen at the sepulchre
86. Christ was to be three days and three nights in the tomb/only two days and two nights
87. Holy Spirit bestowed at/before Pentecost
88. Disciples commanded immediately after resurrection to go into Galilee/tarry at Jerusalem
89. Jesus first appeared to disciples in a room in Jerusalem/on a mountain in Galilee.
90. Christ ascended from Mount Olive/Bethany
91. Paul's attendants heard/did not hear the miraculous voice
92. Abraham departed to go to Canaan/did not know where he was going
93. Abraham had one/two sons.
94. Keturah was Abraham's wife/concubine
95. Abraham begat a son at the age of 100 years by God's providence/he then had six more sons without God's help
96. Jacob/Abraham brought the sepulchre from Hamor
97. God gave Abraham and his sons the promised land/they never received it
98. Goliath/his brother was slain by Elhanan
99. Ahaziah began his reign in the eleventh/twelfth year of Joram

100. Michal had five children/one child
101. David was tempted by the LORD/by satan to number Israel
102. Number of fighting men in Israel was 800,000/1,100,000, number of fighting men in Judah was 500,000/470,000
103. David sinned in numbering Israel/David never sinned except in the matter of Uriah
104. One of David's penalties for sinning was seven years of famine/there were only three years of famine
105. David took 700/7000 horsemen
106. David bought a threshing floor for 50 sheckles of silver/600 shekles of gold
107. David's throne was to endure forever/David's throne was cast down
108. Christ is equal/is not equal with God
109. Jesus was/was not all-powerful
110. The law was/was not superceded by Christian dispensation
111. Christ's mission was/was not peace
112. Christ did not/did receive testimony from men
113. Christ's witness of himself is true/untrue
114. Christ laid down his life for his friends/enemies
115. It was/was not lawful for the Jews to put Christ to death
116. Children are/are not punished for the sins of their parents
117. Man is/is not justified by faith alone
118. It is impossible/possible to fall from grace
119. No man is without sin/Christians are sinless
120. There will/will not be a resurrection of the dead
121. Reward/punishment bestowed in this/next world
122. Annihilation/endless misery the portion of all mankind
123. Earth is/is never to be destroyed
124. No evil shall/Evil will happen to the Godly
125. Worldly good and prosperity/worldly misery and destitution to be the lot of the godly
126. Worldly prosperity a reward/a curse
127. Christian Yoke is/is not easy
128. Fruit of God's spirit is love and gentleness/vengeance and fury
129. Longevity enjoyed by/denied to wicked
130. Poverty/Riches/Neither a blessing
131. Wisdom a source of enjoyment/vexation, grief, sorrow
132. Good name is a blessing/curse
133. Laughter commended/condemned
134. Rod of correction is cure for foolishness/there is no cure for foolishness
135. Fool should/should not be answered according to his folly
136. Temptation desired/undesired
137. Prophecy is sure/unsure
138. Man's life 120/70 years
139. Fear of man on every beast/fear of man not on the lion
140. Miracles are/are not proof of divine inspiration
141. Moses meek/cruel
142. Elijah ascended to heaven/none but Christ ascended to Heaven
143. All scripture is inspired/Some scripture is not inspired

END.

Source? Or is this your own work?

Edit: NM, I see you linked each one to this main site:

BIBLE CONTRADICTIONS ANSWERED -- Biblical Errors Mistakes Difficulties Discrepancies Countered

Thanks for posting. Good info.

 

[redleghunter]

See, here's what happens when a contradiction is supplied. The inerrancy defender just says "no, not at all" and completely ignores the fact of the contradiction, and goes right on saying the Bible has no contradictions.

Its as if they have a blind spot in their brain. And they blame those who can see for saying they can see.

I will consider the above a non-answer as you did not address my post.

Let me elaborate.

My answer depended on what the Gospels stand on---Eyewitness testimonies. If every eyewitness testimony lined up 100%, I would be the skeptic here.

You are sitting on hill #743 and I am sitting on hill #565. A mountain divides our two hills but we can see portions of the same valley. You see 100 tanks coming down the central corridor and I see 50. I send in a location of grid coordinates CV 123 456, and you send in a location of grid coordinates CV 1234 4567.

How have you contradicted my report to higher headquarters? Or did I just send a false report? We are in the same unit on the same frequency. Should we argue who is right and who is wrong?

No to all of the above questions. I see 50 of the 100 tanks you properly identified. I gave the same grid locations but a 6 digit grid. You gave an 8 digit grid to the same target which is more accurate given you are closer and can see more of the target area.

Peter heard Christ say second time the [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] would crow. The rest around the camp fire heard that a [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] would crow.

From the perspectives of the actual eyewitnesses they gave a faithful account. Just as in the example of the inscriptions on the cross of Christ. 4 Gospel accounts and not one matched. You would think men who broke bread together could get their stories straight, right? It did not work like that at all. The fact is we have integrity in the eyewitness accounts as the men led to write the Gospels gave truthful accounts. Not rationalized, synthesized or polished....honest eyewitness accounts.

 

[redleghunter]

God allowed Satan to fool the whole world, and the church today is full of pedophiles and all manner of snake oil salesman. So the idea that the people who killed Jesus converted a relatively secular history into a miraculous fiction isn't out of the question at all. Analysis of the scripture shows multiple authors within the same page, duplicate stories with conflicting facts etc.

Why do you believe in such an entity as 'Satan' but don't believe God could divide a sea long enough to deliver his chosen?

Analysis of the scripture shows multiple authors within the same page, duplicate stories with conflicting facts etc.

Please substantiate.

I approach the Bible through God, not God through the Bible. I approach miracles through Jesus not Jesus through miracles.

Why do you separate God and Jesus Christ from their own actions and revelation?

 

[redleghunter]

Content means nothing? The cartoon was used as a statement to make a point...

Point was lost given the subject was very subjective.

Let me explain. You were making a generalized straw man assertion when comments here had nothing to do with what you posted. It would be like me posting the below which has absolutely nothing to do with Biblical inerrancy. Or does it?

 

[SkyWriting]

What are the original manuscripts that you trust, and why?

Sure, let us discuss the meaning of "inerrant". That is pretty important.

It covers the topic of God. The topic is without error.

A's, B''s and C's

• Abbreviated Bible - TAB - 1971, eliminates duplications, includes the Apocrypha
• American Standard Version - ASV - 1901, a.k.a. Standard American Edition, Revised Version, the American version of the Holy Bible, Revised Version
• American Translation (Beck) - AAT - 1976
• American Translation (Smith-Goodspeed) - SGAT - 1931
• Amplified Bible - AB - 1965, includes explanation of words within text
• Aramaic Bible (Targums) - ABT - 1987, originally translated from the Hebrew into the Aramaic
• Aramaic New Covenant - ANCJ - 1996, a translation and transliteration of the New Covenant
• Authentic New Testament - ANT - 1958
• Barclay New Testament - BNT - 1969
• Basic Bible - TBB - 1950, based upon a vocabulary of 850 words
• Bible Designed to Be Read as Literature - BDRL - 1930, stresses literary qualities of the Bible, includes the Apocrypha
• Bible Reader - TBR - 1969, an interfaith version, includes the Apocrypha
• Cassirer New Testament - CNT - 1989
• Centenary Translation of the New Testament - CTNT - 1924, one of the few versions translated solely by a woman
• Common English New Testament - CENT - 1865
• Complete Jewish Bible - CJB - 1989, a Messianic Jewish translation
• Concordant Literal New Testament - CLNT - 1926
• Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Translation - CCDT - 1953, includes the Apocrypha
• Contemporary English Version - CEV - 1992, includes Psalms and Proverbs
• Coptic Version of the New Testament - CVNT - 1898, based on translations from northern Egypt
• Cotton Patch Version - CPV - 1968, based on American ideas and Southern US culture, only contains Paul's writings
• Coverdale Bible - TCB - 1540, includes the Apocrypha

 

[BukiRob]

To be clear, I'm one of those pesky evangelicals who question the Bible's inerrancy. (I've never heard of any evangelical claiming that the Bible is infallible, but that's cool too!)

If you look at the Torah in Hebrew some astounding discoveries have recently been made.....

This IMO forever settles wither the Torah (and by extension scripture itself) is inerrant.

Torah math discoveries

 

[FireDragon76]

Yes, the Bible is the inerrant and all sufficient word of God.



If a person denies the doctrine of inerrancy, they have nothing to base their faith in Christ on, so they are likely not a Christian.

That's backwards logic for a Lutheran. We start first with Christ as the Word made flesh, then we extrapolate to the Bible from there. Our belief in Christ as the God-Man does not rest on particular interpretations of inerrancy.

 

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Is the Bible Without Error?

In my view, the Bible was written by fellow humans, not by the Lord. The writers of Biblical scripture tried their best to interpret His meanings but being human we fall a bit short of perfection. Having said that, there may very well be “errors” within
btw: what is "true" today may not necessarily be "true" tomorrow

 

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Why do you believe in such an entity as 'Satan' but don't believe God could divide a sea long enough to deliver his chosen?





Please substantiate.



Why do you separate God and Jesus Christ from their own actions and revelation?

* A fallen celestial is plausible, believable. The other exaggerations are not.

* Research the Documentary Hypothesis.

* Men wrote the Bible and made mistakes. Jesus didn't write anything lest it become a fetish.