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raeanna74 · 06-19-2003, 09:14 AM

As to the original question. In the Old Testament - The first 2/3rds of the Bible and BC the Israelites had laws that if a man "laid" with a man i.e. has sex with, or if a woman with a woman or any human with an animal they were to be killed - stoned to death. We have learned so much in modern times about the diseases and things that animals carry and we also have means for protection during sex. Many of the laws that the Israelites had were believed to be divinely given. We now know that many of those laws were ways of protecting the Israelites from diseases. There were laws about women menstrating and how to keep things clean. There were laws about diseases and when the people would be considered cured. I personally don't follow those Old Testament laws and neither do more "Christians". What bothers me is that they pick and choose what to obey and what not to.

As for the quotations. They expect you to trust them that God was quoted literally by these men that wrote it down. As for Job there is some dispute as to whether it should be included. They also expect you to compare them to the original scripture. The problem I find with most laymen is that they just take the words of the church leaders that they know what they are talking about and they don't compare it to the original text. The Bible itself (particularly the words of Paul the Apostle) tell laymen and people to always compare the words of a "prophet" in this case a church leader, to the original text of the Bible.

Then as far as the King James Version versus other versions. The King James Version was interpreted by many different men (I forget the exact number) all across Europe and then all of the translations were compared so that the clearest version would be used. It was written in older English and so some of the words used then are not used or well understood now. It is fairly accurate when I compare things with the Hebrew or Greek that the original text was written in. I normally use the KJV. Though I often used the NIV for comparison and to get a more modern wording. The NIV does drop a few verses completely if they supposedly "contradict" the rest of the text so I don't rely on it completely.

I hope I made some sense. I tend to ramble and I was interrupted in the middle of this by the kids fighting.

06-19-2003, 09:14 AM	#22 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	As to the original question. In the Old Testament - The first 2/3rds of the Bible and BC the Israelites had laws that if a man "laid" with a man i.e. has sex with, or if a woman with a woman or any human with an animal they were to be killed - stoned to death. We have learned so much in modern times about the diseases and things that animals carry and we also have means for protection during sex. Many of the laws that the Israelites had were believed to be divinely given. We now know that many of those laws were ways of protecting the Israelites from diseases. There were laws about women menstrating and how to keep things clean. There were laws about diseases and when the people would be considered cured. I personally don't follow those Old Testament laws and neither do more "Christians". What bothers me is that they pick and choose what to obey and what not to. As for the quotations. They expect you to trust them that God was quoted literally by these men that wrote it down. As for Job there is some dispute as to whether it should be included. They also expect you to compare them to the original scripture. The problem I find with most laymen is that they just take the words of the church leaders that they know what they are talking about and they don't compare it to the original text. The Bible itself (particularly the words of Paul the Apostle) tell laymen and people to always compare the words of a "prophet" in this case a church leader, to the original text of the Bible. Then as far as the King James Version versus other versions. The King James Version was interpreted by many different men (I forget the exact number) all across Europe and then all of the translations were compared so that the clearest version would be used. It was written in older English and so some of the words used then are not used or well understood now. It is fairly accurate when I compare things with the Hebrew or Greek that the original text was written in. I normally use the KJV. Though I often used the NIV for comparison and to get a more modern wording. The NIV does drop a few verses completely if they supposedly "contradict" the rest of the text so I don't rely on it completely. I hope I made some sense. I tend to ramble and I was interrupted in the middle of this by the kids fighting. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.