For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 / KJV

-- David Ortiz (cyberpunk1986@hotmail.com), January 24, 2004

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Today's Promise:

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Hebrews 10:36,37 / KJV

-- David Ortiz (cyberpunk1986@hotmail.com), January 24, 2004.

Today's Psalm:

The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. Psalm 29:11 / KJV

-- David Ortiz (cyberpunk1986@hotmail.com), January 24, 2004.

Today's Proverb:

Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. Proverbs 14:34 / KJV

-- David Ortiz (cyberpunk1986@hotmail.com), January 24, 2004.

IS THE BIBLE HOLY

Read what Luke said about his recording in 1:2 and 3: "Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus."

If Luke said that he himself was not an eyewitness and the knowledge he gathered was from eyewitnesses and not as words inspired by God, do you still believe the Bible is God's word?

History has shown that the Bible suffered changes throughout the ages. The Revised Standard Version, 1952 and 1971, the New American Standard Bible and the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures have expunged certain verses compared with the King James Version. Does "holy" mean the Bible is free from error?

Suppose one verse states that a certain person died at the age of fifty years and another verse states that the same person died at the age of sixty years, can both statements be right?

If a holy book contains conflicting verses, do you still consider it holy?

If not, you can't trust it one hundred percent. What could be the causes then? A mistake in the recording; deliberate changes by scribes; deletion or addition?

There are many conflicting verses throughout the Bible, Old & New testament, throughout the various editions.

II Samuel 8:4 "And David took from him a thousand chariots and seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen..."

I Chronicles 18:4 "And David took from him a thousand chariots and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen"

Seven hundred or seven thousand?

II Kings 8:26 "Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign:"

II Chronicles 22:2 "Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign."

Twenty-two or forty-two years?

II Kings 24:8 "Jehoiachim was eighteen years old when he began to reign and he reigned in Jerusalem three months"

II Chronicles 36:9 "Jehoiachim was eight years old when he began to regin and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem."

But those are all in the Old Testament, you say? Let's go to the New Testament now.

John 5:37 "Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor see his shape"

John 14:9 "...he that hath seen me hath seen the Father..."

John 5:31 "If I bear witness of myself, my withness is not true."

John 8:14 "Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true."

These are only some of the contradictions in the New Testament. You will find more if we discuss together the truth of the doctrines of modern Christianity like the Trinity, Divinity of Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship of Jesus, Original Sin and Atonement, not to mention the degrading of many prophets in the Bible as worshippers of false gods and accusing them of incest, rape and adultery.

Noah is shown to have been drunk to the point of becoming naked in the presence of his grown-up sons. (Genesis 9:23-24): "And Shem and Japhet took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward and they saw not their father's nakedness. And Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his younger son had done unto him."

Solomon was accused not only of having a large harem but also of worshiping their false gods (I Kings 11:9-10): "And the Lord was angry with Solomon... And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the Lord commanded."

-- John (John@hotmail.com), January 24, 2004.