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Ahhh, my favourite fictional book.
5 Things You Won't Believe Aren't In the Bible
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It seems the mother in law correct, I am indeed the anti-christ!
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He was Middle Eastern, so he'd be sort of... browny yellow. Like Saddam Hussein, but less beret-y.
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Aw man, I always imagined Jesus in a beret.
Did you actually read the article or just make assumptions? The whole point is that today's perceptions have all been created through time and aren't actually in the bible at all. So how does that make it a big book of chinese whispers?
Surely todays imagery is the "big book of chinese whispers"...
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This highlights many of the issues I have with Christianity: man has distorted Jesus' (if he existed of course) message so much through greed and hunger for power that I don't trust anything in it!
Thanks for the link
Love it, start with a joke!
Nobody with a brain would dispute Jesus ever existed. You my friend are an idiot.
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Good article to be honest (bits I saw on the main page). Just shows it isn't the bible that's confusing but that man has messed about with it. Surely best way to know for sure is check the bible itself? Or is that too simple?
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Did you actually read the article or just make assumptions? The whole point is that today's perceptions have all been created through time and aren't actually in the bible at all. So how does that make it a big book of chinese whispers?
Unless you consider the fact that the old testament is an oral history written down at a later date and so could (and most probably is) somewhat distorted in much the same way as chinese whispers. Also consider the fact that even the new testament dates to many years after the death of Christ, has gone through several translations and has even been edited at least once. It is very hard to make a non circular argument to say the Bible is true.
Excellent, so you can quite happily provide proof of the existence of Jesus from writings contemporary to the time? No? When on earth not?
Which one? There are so many to choose from!
Yeah, I'd like to revisit it now I'm a bit older, and allegedly a bit wiser.
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Obama the Anti-Christ? What are they on?!
Virtually every President of the USA has been called this - nothing new!
Just because one self professing Christian says something doesn't mean we all think it.
Just because one person of any religion says something doesn't mean they speak for them all!
Unfortunately anyone can make sweeping statements about anything but it's to the detrament of anyone who can't be bothered to find out facts or at least understand where that person is coming from.
Technically anyone who isn't a follower of Jesus Christ is AN anti-Christ in the true sense of the word but THE anti-Christ spoken of in Revelation is a specific individual.
If Mr Obama isn't following Christ then he is AN anti-Christ, yes. Is the THE anti-Christ........... unlikely.
That's irrelevant. The article was pointing out that today's imagery is hugely flawed. Then someone decides "lol, bible is chinese whispers, look this article shows it" despite the fact the article does nothing of the sort.
If you follow one of the links (about historical inaccuracies) it shows the inaccuracy of the story of Paul Reeves and the Ameican war of independence. It's like reading that story and going "lol, the war of independence is all made up".
I just don't get how some people can so completely and obviously miss the point of an article (which is the point I'm making), unless their sentence was just poorly worded of course.
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Hi,
I would be interested in the overwhelming evidence you have for the existence of Jesus. Could you provide some further details? Thanks.
Because the Christian faith centres around the existence of Jesus there can't much of an argument against the fact that someone important certainly existed and was likely called Jesus.
Scientology would like to invite you to meet Xenu...
Not so sure to be honest. The article shows that chinese whispers can grow up around even something so well documented as the bible. It isn't that much of a leap to say then that the book itself could also be chinese whispers. I know this isn't what the article itself shows, but it doesn't preclude it either.
Of course it's a leap. It's using evidence of one thing to prove another. If you follow the links to the Historical Inaccuracies it shows more inaccuracies in todays imagery, doesn't mean any of the other bits are any less false (e.g. Nero fiddling whilst Rome burning is incorrect, doesn't mean Rome didn't burn).
I'm not saying the bible is true, although I believe it has its place as a historical text (ignoring any mystical sentiments or books of course). I just don't see how the logical follow on to that article is that the entire bible is therefore chinese whispers.