Sources please(you cannot use the Bible as a source)
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If your being an honest skeptic, you would have to include the Bible as a possible source of information that God exists. Actually the proof is all around you. Think about it, how could everything (with even just a single cell being very very complex) just be here out of chance? I sugggest watching the DVD "Where does the Evidence Lead?". It's really good and explains well the case for or against intellegent design. It's very well done and helped me a lot. I also suggest reading "the Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel. It's really good about showing evidence for or against whether Jesus was God and it really makes sense. Actually, Strobel was an aithiest when he conducted the research and by the time he was done, his view was completely the opposite.
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I have found that theologians will twist the bible to whatever point they are trying to make.  It's not too hard because there are many points that are self-contradicted by the bible itself.  You can use the bible for almost any side of almost any argument.
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Good Research.\n\nAnd bunhopsu, you're just mad that your bible is FLAWED.
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Don't you have that backwards? I've met many people who believe every word in the bible even if you can prove that it is a miss translation, or against known facts. The bible can be used to "prove" anything you like if you take it out of context and add your own spin.
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the bible is something like "believe but do not search". But if you read between the lines you could get a scientific answer.
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http://www.biblegateway.com/\n\n\n\nThis I believe http://homelessheart.com/testimony.htm
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Notice that the only thing Christians can point to in order to defend the Bible is....the Bible! \nIt is even more ridiculous to claim it is the word of God when it was manipulated by men in order to create a unifying religion - it was created as a politcal mechanism. (The Canonized Bible).
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Exactly and I am pretty sure the Bible says we are not to try to figure it out.  On top of it...people have been afraid of the world ending since way way way way way back.  This is NOTHING NEW.
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This is all just a story of fiction, so believe whatever you want to.  The bible has been written, re-written, translated from one language and back again so manty times, it's even more of a work of whoever was writing it and whatever was believed at the time than anything to be taken for "truth".
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Your argument doesn't hold water. For it to be a good argument all the facts need to be true and provable. Jesus wasn't even killed on a cross he was hung.And almost nothing else you said is provable.
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i found a bible search c link below\nhope u find what u need.\n:)\nit's 1 of my favourites.
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True, and it is what I've been saying all along. When I was a Christian, I still didn't believe in the letters of Paul. Was it not the prophets of the ancient times that brought laws and the word of G-d through revelation (ie. a burning bush, the direct voice of G-d)? Then years later, the "new" testament is revealed through letters and secondary sources written by people who weren't even there.  Another great point, thanks for the question.
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The Bible? ex: book of Matthew, book of John.
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that might have been contradicting to the ideas of some other author.  This way you can see how the Bible is tried to be manipulated by some shrewd persons. In that case where remains the authenticity of the Bible, where any body can modify any part of the Bible?
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The bible is 99% pure, however there still exist copyist errors which you most definitely have pointed out.  The first is a numbering copyist error and the second, one of the daughters is actually Merab.  However the christian faith does not rest on tiny pieces of data like these examples.  All of the questionable material of the bible has absolutely no impact on the doctrine of Christianity--they are all very minute details such as the ones you have pointed out.  The other 'supposed' contradictions out there commit several logical fallacies such as quoting out of context and juxtaposition, and do not look at hebrew or greek colloquialisms
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It is not explained in the Bible
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yes, that part is true.  The whole conspiracy thing is nonsense though.  The bible has been edited, translated and twisted many times.  There is still a huge debate between christians.  Some believe you should take the bible litteraly (i call these people retarded), others think it is symbolic.  I think it is all a bunch of crap either way you look at it.