If in a Bible code matrix you find the words Playdough,\nHula Hoop and Radio Flyer , does that mean writers of\nthe Bible also prerdicted TOYS OF THE 60'S
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I'm a Christian, and I agree.  Its all nonsense...and a way for someone to make a buck off of the Bible
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There were a bunch of books left out of the Bible. Mostly this was done to maintain consistancy. You can read some of them at my link. I have read most of the ones on this page and there is little "new" information.
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http://www.watchtower.org/library/pr/art...\nhttp://www.onlinethoughts.com/bible_evid...
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You are very right.  When people cut things out of the Bible, they start with Rev  22:18.  ; )  But almost everyone actually just chooses which things to follow, there are VERY few groups that obey everything in the Bible (keeping kosher, not eating shellfish, not allowing men to have long hair, treating their slaves well, etc.).  Really it's all just a buffet.
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you have two ways of looking at this ...\nbiblically and non biblically , so i will give you both\n\nbiblically it is said that God gave us different languages at the towers of Babel\n\nnon biblically .... when the world spilt millions of years ago , we all went different ways and learned to speak differently in the small communities we belonged to
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It is my view that the Bible is written by man and may have the writer's bias.  This is not to say that the Bible is not inspired by God/Jehovah or not a valid holy work, but rather His desires have been interpreted by His followers.  After all, if God inspired you to write a holy work that went against what you'd been taught or against common belief, could you write it just as God wants.  We are here on earth b/c we have the freedom to choose Him or not, so why would He control what is written.\n\nI also want to point out that the Bible in modern days is quite fallible.  Most scholars (religious or not) will tell you translating is not a perfect science.  Because most of us can't read the Bible in its original languages, we must rely on what someone has translated for us.  Translating without the original writer is dificult.  One word may have mutlitple meanings, and noone knows which meaning was intended.  That means that even if the Bible is perfectly from the hand of God, it probably isn't anymore.\n\nIf you want me to elaborate, e-mail me at adam_macpharlain@yahoo.com.
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nope\n"put a Bible out into the wind and rain it decenigrats, but to us the wind and rain are our Bible."\n-?
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That the person who wrote that is uninformed of what the bible really teaches.\n\nIf you want to know what the bible really teaches, visit http://watchtower.org\n\n\nloj
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The Bible? ex: book of Matthew, book of John.
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definetly... you cant pick and choose which parts of the bible to believe. it's an all or nothing game and the old testement is part of the bible.
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If you think that the Bible is a literal description of the beginning of the world, then the "tree" which you refer to would have died long ago...after all, even in the counting of fundamentalist's ages, the world is AT LEAST 8000 years old.  However, I believe that this a figurative, not literal, tree or trees, which are an example to us of the gifts that God has given us.
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well you cant with out using the bible. but you can reference a totalitarian government. this in itsself is a beast so if you turn it around like that it can bring all of your audience in. try linking it to the jew symbols in nazi germany if you get stuck but thats a real dramatic scene to bring into a paper when you may be able to get at the point with out using it.
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1.   Like us, the Israelis had many books, including reference books, which were not necesssarily in the inspired canon.  It is as if a book today were to refer to a history book or an encyclopedia, or official government documents.\nOf couse they did not have as many books as we do, as they did not have the printing press to reproduce them.\nAs there were not a large number of copies of such books, it is very possible that they were destroyed, whether by natural aging process, or by weather, or by invaders taking the israelites into captivity.\n2.  Why is this statement always expressed with a question?\nIn many languages , (greek, latin) , the "is it not"? form is used as an emphasis for an affirmation:  "Of course it is .... " is the meaning.  I presume this is the case in Hebrew.
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Kabbalists have been finding mystical messages in the Hebrew scriptures for centuries.\n\nMore recently, "The Bible Code" has claimed to find all sorts of prophetic messages about current events "encoded" in the Bible.\n\nThe Bible Code has been pretty thoroughly debunked by demonstrations that remarkable prophesies can also be pulled out of "Moby Dick".  It seems that given enough words, you can put together just about anything you want.
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No. It doesn't say either of things.\n\nBut it doesn't matter anyway. The bible is a book of fiction and is a terrible waste of paper. Recycle it. Maybe it can be used to make toilet tissue. That would be a good thing, finally.
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I thik that you may find that you are correct in your assumption.  I don't think it will validate the whole Bible... unless Noah carved his name in the boat!!  But I am with you on the Epic of Gilgamish.
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Back then the word basically traveled by word of mouth.  The bible is a collection of writhings..66 to be exact.  Faith and trust in Jesus  'blossomed' and florished right from the day he began his ministry.  And it is still blossoming today.