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VARIOUS HOLY BIBLES
It is worth mentioning that the Bible references cited in this book may not be exactly as the Bible you are using. There are many Bibles on the market that are used by different Christian sects and all of these sects say that their book, though different, is the word of God.
Such Bibles are: The Revised Standard Version 1952 & 1971, New American Standard Bible, The Holy Bible: New International Version, The Living Bible, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures used by Jehovah Witnesses, Roman Catholic Version and the King James Version.
A special note: I have not found within the verses of these Bibles where the “New Testament” calls itself the “New Testament,” and nowhere does the “Old Testament” calls itself the “Old Testament.” Also, the word “Bible” is unknown within the pages of the Bible.
In addition to the many different Christian sects and Bibles, I have learned that there are also different men, not prophets, who founded these sects and are using various interpretations of the Bible and/or man-made doctrines as their creed.
The table on page 93 titled, Origin of Major Denominations in the United States, depicts modem Christianity as having a strong influence by men founders and their man-made doctrines.
I would like to share with you some thoughts that you may not have read or known about the Bible being the Word of God.
Briefly, let me mention
that on 8 September 1957, the Jehovah’s
Witnesses in their “Awake” magazine carried this
startling headline – 50,000 ERRORS IN THE
BIBLE. If you ask a Jehovah’s Witness about this
headline, it may be said that today most of those
errors have been eliminated. How many have been
eliminated, 5,000? 500? 50? Even if 50 remain,
would one attribute those errors to God? 10
Is Jeremiah 8:8 also saying that the Law/Torah
has been tampered with and is not completely the
words of God?:
“How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the
LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he
it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.”
Let me pose another question: If a “holy” book
contained conflicting verses, do you still consider
it to be holy? Most likely you will say of course
not. Let me share with you some conflicting verses
both in the Old and New Testaments:
II Samuel 8:4 (vs)
II Samuel 8:9-10
II Kings 8:26
II Samuel 6:23
Genesis 6:3
John 5:37
John 5:31
I Chronicles 18:4
I Chronicles 18:9-10
II Chronicles 22:2
II Samuel 21:8
Genesis 9:29
John 14:9
John 8:14
Only two contradictions of the New Testament
have been mentioned, but others will be referenced
when the Trinity, Divinity of Jesus Christ, Divine
Sonship of Jesus, Original Sin and Atonement are
reviewed.
How could the “inspired words” of God get the
genealogy of Jesus incorrect (See Matthew 1:6-16
where it states 26 forefathers up to prophet David,
and Luke 3:23-31 says 41 in number). Or for that
matter, give a genealogy to Jesus who had no
father? See II Kings 19:1-37, now read Isaiah
37:1-38.
Why is it that the words of these verses
are identical? Yet they have been attributed to two
different authors, one unknown and the other is
Isaiah, who are centuries apart; and yet, the
Christians have claimed these books to been
inspired by God. fo So God Almighty forgot that
He had dictated the passage before so He had to
dictate it again, word for word?
Other contradictions of the Bible can be found in
the book titled; 101 Clear Contradictions in the
Bible, by Shabir Ally. A sample of them are
provided below:
#50 – Did Jesus die before the curtain of the temple was
tom?
(a) Yes (Matthew 27:50-51; Mark 15:37-38)
(b) No. After the curtain was tom, then Jesus crying with a
loud voice (Luke 23 :45-46).
#54 – Did Jesus ascend to Paradise the same day of the
crucifixion?
(a) Yes. He said to the thief who defended him, “Today you
will be with me in Paradise (Luke 23:43)
(b) No. He said to Mary Magdelene two days later, “I have
not yet ascended to the Father.” (John 20: 17)
#61 – How did Judas die?
(a) After he threw the money into the temple he went away
and hanged himself (Matthew 27:5)
(b) After he bought the field with the price of his evil deed
he fell headlong and burst open in the middle and all his
bowels gushed out (Acts 1: 18)
#75 – Acording to the gospels, what were the last words of
Jesus before he died?
(a) “Father,into thy hands I commit my spirit!”(Luke 23:46)
(b) “It is finished” (John 19:30)
I looked up the word Easter in the Nelson Bible
dictionary and learned that the word “Easter” (as
mentioned in Acts 12:4) is a mistranslation of
“pascha,” the ordinary Greek word for “Passover.”
As you know, Passover is a Jewish celebration not
a Christian holiday, which Jesus did participate in
as indicated in Matthew 26:17-20. So, why are
Christians not celebrating Passover as Jesus did, or
for that matter, why are “Christians” not Jews? I
think human hands, all too human, had played
havoc with the Bible.
From the brief points mentioned above, and the
fact that Biblical scholars themselves have
recognized the human nature and human
composition of the bible (Curt Kuhl, The Old
Testament: Its Origin and Composition, pp 47, 51,
52), there should exist in the Christian’s mind
some acceptance to the fact that maybe every word
ofthe Bible is not God’s Word.
As a side note to this subject, let me mention that
some Christians believe that the Bible was dictated
to Prophet Mohammed by a Christian monk, and
that is why some of the biblical accounts are in the
Quran. After some research, I found that this could
not have happened because there were no Arabic
Bibles in existence in the 6th century of the
Christian era when Mohammed lived and
preached.
Therefore, no Arab, not even Prophet
Mohammed, who was absolutely unlettered and
unlearned, would have had the opportunity to
examine the written text of the Bible in his own
language. The Quran 5: 15-16 says:
o people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)!
Now has come to you Our Messenger
(Mohammed) explaining to you much of that
which you used to hide from the Scripture and
passing over (i.e., leaving out without explaining)
much. Indeed, there has come to you from Allah
a light (Mohammed) and a plain Book (this
Quran), wherewith Allah guides all those who
seek His Good Pleasure to ways ofpeace, and he
brings them out of darkness by His will unto
light and guides them to a Straight Way.
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