Quote Originally Posted by mperry View Post
If I am not correct please correct me. The Bible was written by men but supposedly it is Gods words. Who's to say its not like any other story that gets told by men or women. A cut finger will turn into an amputation the more times it gets told.
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That is true in most stories that get passed down from from our ancestors and as much as the bible has been re translated over the last few thousand years it is doubtful it even resembles the original context.
I personally believe most of the bible is legend that was passed down many years ago and was based on what the elders of the day believed to be true... Most of us know that legend tends to be rooted in the supernatural in a lot of cases.
Doesn't it seem odd that christianity as it is practiced in the U.S. originated in the part of the world that more and more of us are finding reasons to hate today... The middle east is a part of the world that doesn't have a lot of friends in this country yet christianity seems to be alive and well.... The folks in those countries have trashed the idea for something else but we still seem to think it is the only real truth.