Bible origins question.?
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MANKIND ADAM\n\nWe all have read about Cain and Abel (Gen.4:8-17)\nHow Cain slew Abel, and God cursed Cain and drove him out.\nThen Cain said (Gen.4:14) “that every one that findeth me shall slay me”\nWho is Cain worried about?\nThen in (Gen.4:17) And Cain knew his wife\nWhere did Cain find a wife?\n\nThe answer is in the Hebrew text (Gen.1:26 and Gen.2:7).\n\nGen.1:26  And God said, Let us make man in our image, \nafter our likeness: ….\nThe word “man” (Gen.1:26) \nin Hebrew text looks like this ( אדם ) \nwith no article means “MANKIND”\nThe word “man” (Gen.1:26) transliterated is (adam).\n\nGen.2:7  And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, ….\nThe word “man” (Gen.2:7) \nin Hebrew text looks like this ( את־האדם ) \nwith article and particle means “THIS SAME MAN ADAM”.\nThe word “man” (Gen.2:7) transliterated is (eth-Ha adham).\n\n\nSo on the sixth day God created or made MANKIND.\n\nOn the eighth day God formed THIS SAME MAN ADAM.
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Being an historian I will reserve judgement until I see the evidence personally.  I've NEVER read from a credible source that scientists have stated that the Bible to be one of the most accurate books ever written.\n\n\nShow ME the source and I will decide for myself.
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It's entirely possible. The bible (both OT and NT) borrow liberally from other religions and mythology.
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I think your being a bit too general. You know everything is not that black and white. There is some truth to your statement but it does ot apply to all.There are too many scientific and archaeological statements in the bible that have been proven to be true.There are too many facts to dismiss.
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30 different characters contributed to the bible over a period of around 30 years.  Then it was edited countless times by other characters.  Then rewritten a few times to be "clearer on certain subjects.".\n\nBy the time we got the modern version, there were no original copies left to check the authenticity and accurateness of the text.
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Thank you for the article- it had some interesting insights!\n\nI have long thought that there was something odd in the part of Genesis 2:1 and the phrasing Genesis 1 used. I've been looking for things that explained it and your article did just that.\n\nIt simply makes no sense that the God who sent His people to the wilderness for 40 years would have (or needed to) rush the planet in 6 days, then fake various items to make it seem much older. He does not work that way at any other time, so why then?\n\nI have said for years that when the Bible and science or reality conflict, our understanding of one or the other is flawed- and I think we've really messed up our understanding of the Bible!
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When was the Bible written and who wrote it?\n\nThe following dates are not always exact, but are very good estimates (in some cases the human author is uncertain).\n\nBook\n Author\n Date Written\n \nGenesis\n Moses ? - 1445 B.C.\n \nExodus\n Moses 1445 - 1405 B.C.\n \nLeviticus\n Moses 1405 B.C.  \nNumbers\n Moses 1444 - 1405 B.C.\n \nDeuteronomy\n Moses 1405 B.C.  \nJoshua\n  Joshua 1404-1390 B.C.  \nJudges\n Samuel  1374-1129 B.C.  \nRuth\n Samuel  1150? B.C.  \nFirst Samuel\n Samuel  1043-1011 B.C.  \nSecond Samuel\n  Ezra?  1011-1004 B.C.  \nFirst Kings\n  Jeremiah?  971-852 B.C.  \nSecond Kings\n  Jeremiah?  852-587 B.C.  \nFirst Chronicles\n  Ezra?  450 - 425 B.C.  \nSecond Chronicles\n  Ezra?  450 - 425 B.C.  \nEzra\n  Ezra 538-520  B.C.  \nNehemiah\n  Nehemiah 445 - 425 B.C.  \nEsther\n  Mordecai? 465 B.C.  \nJob\n Job?   Internal evidence suggests that Job was a contemporary of Abraham, but no exact date of writing is available.  \nPsalms\n David 1000? B.C.   \nSon of Korah wrote Psalms 42, 44-49, 84-85, 87; Asaph wrote Psalms 50, 73-83; Heman wrote Psalm 88; Ethan wrote Psalm 89; Hezekiah wrote Psalms 120-123, 128-130, 132, 134-136; \nSolomon wrote Psalms 72, 127.\n \nProverbs\n Solomon wrote 1-29\nAgar wrote 30\nLemuel wrote 31  950 - 700 B.C.  \nEcclesiastes\n Solomon 935 B.C.  \nSong of Solomon\n Solomon  965 B.C.  \nIsaiah\n  Isaiah  740 - 680 B.C.  \nJeremiah\n  Jeremiah  627 - 585 B.C.  \nLamentations\n  Jeremiah  586 B.C.  \nEzekiel\n  Ezekiel 593-560  B.C.  \nDaniel\n  Daniel 605-536 B.C.  \nHosea\n  Hosea  710 B.C.  \nJoel\n Joel\n 835  B.C.  \nAmos\n Amos\n  755 B.C.  \nObadiah\n Obadiah\n  840 or 586 B.C.  \nJonah\n Jonah\n 760 B.C.  \nMicah\n Micah\n  700 B.C.  \nNahum\n Nahum\n  663 - 612 B.C.  \nHabakkuk\n Habakkuk\n  607 B.C.  \nZephaniah\n Zephaniah\n  625 B.C.  \nHaggai\n Haggai\n  520 B.C.  \nZechariah\n Zechariah\n  520 - 518 B.C.  \nMalachi\n Malachi\n  450 - 600 B.C.  \n \n   Book\n Author\n Date Written\n \nMatthew\n  Matthew  60's  \nMark\n   John Mark  late 50's\nearly 60's  \nLuke\n  Luke  60\n \nJohn\n  John  late 80's\nearly 90's  \nActs\n Luke   61  \nRomans\n  Paul  55\n \n1 Corinthians\n  Paul  54  \n2 Corinthians\n  Paul  55  \nGalatians\n  Paul 49  \nEphesians\n  Paul 60\n \nPhilippians\n  Paul 61  \nColossians\n  Paul  60  \n1 Thessalonians\n  Paul 50 - 51  \n2 Thessalonians\n  Paul 50 - 51\n \n1 Timothy\n  Paul  62  \n2 Timothy\n  Paul  63  \nTitus\n  Paul  62  \nPhilemon\n  Paul  60\n \nHebrews\n (Paul, Apollos, Barnabas, Priscilla...?)   60's  \nJames\n  James, half brother of Jesus  40's or 50's  \n1 Peter\n  Peter  63  \n2 Peter\n  Peter  63 - 64  \n1 John\n  John  late 80's\nearly 90's  \n2 John\n  John  late 80's\nearly 90's  \n3 John\n  John  late 80's\nearly 90's  \nJude\n  Jude, half brother of Jesus  60's or 70's  \nRevelation\n  John  late 80's\nearly 90's
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You would never get an honest answer from Bible or it's believers because this tale started 2000 years ago and now they are convenced. Do your own research because they lifted this story from vedic origins and changed it to serve their purpose over time.
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aliens in the bible article\nhttp://www.angelfire.com/ca/Message/aliens.html
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check your bible for the answer
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Can you justify the logic of establishing a country based on the Bible?\n This smells like homework.
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Wow. That is a loaded question. I would say it started way back in the beginning of the history of men and was part of the physical temptations Satan and his fallen angels used to try to persuade people to stop following God's commandments. I have read that it was also part of the reason the world was destroyed by flood, and Noah and his family (his sons had one wife each) had to start over on re-populating the earth. That's all I will say about this subject, because I don't want to get a lot of angry messages from people who think differently. I'm not a "homophobe," I just see things for what they are, and everyone is a child of God. Have a happy day.
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Adam;s father was God. God created him.
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most of the biblical events were centered around the Middle East.  I don't know why it was a biblical hotspot, ask God (lol).  Most likely it was because it was near the "cradle of civilization" where Adam and Eve were created.
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Sparky First let me say I appreciate the 10 pts. I don't know what I did to piss you off though. I told you to look up the work "Qumran" because it is one of the best documented archaeological finds in the world and I knew that there would be plenty of info online (which would be convenient for you). Would you rather me refer you to the dozens of books that I know of offhand or to an infinite # of archaeological reports that are incredibly boring to read? I studied Qumran under Jodi Magness at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and she is the foremost American Archaeologist in the world concerning the "holyland." In particular, she is definitely the foremost authority on Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.  In case you don't know, archaeology is SCIENCE, not religion, and archaeological reports and finds are scientific and are not at all connected to the Church or any religion.  \n\nNothing in my answer to you dealt with religious dogma, I simply tried to answer your question as to why SOME Christians see a threat in the DaVinci code. Now, as for your claim that the bible was written 200 years after Christ, well that's true for some of the later NT books, but not of the Gospels. Some of the gnostic texts were much later than the gospels, which is part of the reason they were rejected by the church. \n\nAnd lastly, you claim that the bible has changed so many times that it's all crap. What do you have to support this? Go see the Dead Sea Scrolls some time, which were written between 2500-2000 yrs ago (as I visited a DSS exhibit about a month ago in Charlotte, NC). And then compare that to the KJV or the American Standard Bible.  The Old Testament found in the 1950s in the Caves near Qumran is nearly word for word with what we have today.  It is amazing that in 2000 or more years the Jewish text has changed so little!  This means that we should all reexamine the amount of credit we have granted the Jewish oral tradition that was so important to the early Christian Church.  IT IS ACCURATE, whether you want to admit it or not. SCIENCE and HISTORY support that.\n\nAgain, I answered your question rather well... Let me try one more time in FIVE SIMPLE SENTENCES that will be very easy for you to comprehend this time:\n\n1.  It wouldn't be so bad if Jesus was married.\n\n2.  Christians are NOT offended or threatened by the possibility that Jesus could have been married.\n\n3.  It's simply not historically true or believable, from the bible and from the writings of two Roman historians Tacitus and Josephus.\n\n4.  However, Some Christians ARE offended by the notion that Christ was not Divine; and the "The DaVinci Code" claims his having a child is proof that Jesus was NOT divine.\n\n5.  Such a claim can be damaging to the mission field because people like you believe anything and everything you read in a novel or see on TV and are therefore hostile toward Christianity.\n\nSo, that's why some Christians are offended by the DaVinci Code and by the notion that Christ might have been married to and had a child with Mary Magdalene.  Because of the hostility towards Christianity that such false belief creates.  People like you work directly against anyone trying to bring people to Christ.  \n\nPS.. the whole "MM was a whore" lost in translation thing.. do your history research man, you don't know what you are talking about at all.  You speak fiction and pass it off as truth. \n\nAnd you wonder why people would be offended?  maybe some people just like the truth?\n\nLet me ask you a question.  Why are you so offended by Christianity?  What are YOU afraid of?  The Truth?
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yes, I am intersted. I also have to remember that other writings outside of the Bible aren't always true. If what those "early Christians" wrote doesn't match up Biblically, than I have to choose to reject it. not to say that you can't learn things about the time period and culture from these writings.
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I thought they came from the land of Nod or something like that, but someone should really look it up. (I would but the bible is too increadibly boring to read) :)