why when you skip every third letter in the word hoLy bIblE you get the word lie?
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OH MY GOODNESS!!! YOU'RE RIGHT!! Maybe I should stop believing it now, eh? Wise up!
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I read many regardless of length. However the ones that appear to be cut and paste I'll skip.  You will find this is the case in many bible related questions. The respondent will sometimes just paste a bunch of biblical verses in an effort to support their point.  It doesn't work. I don't waste time reading them.
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That's because parts of it seem contradictory or counter-intuitive if you take them literally, or out of historical or literal context.  After all, the Bible is a set of books written by different people in different languages thousands of years ago.  It is only reasonable that there would be something lost in the translation, especially given the ambiguity of the English language.  It may also require a great deal of research to resolve the issues you confront them with, and they satisfied themselves of what they believe and do not remember how to explain it to you.  Ignorance and laziness are also sometimes reasons, but there are some people who are able to explain those issues to you.  If you really want good answers to your questions, you should try a few apologetics websites.
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Some of the "missing books" are:\n\nI & II Esdras\nTobit\nJudeth\nEsther\nWisdom of Solomon\nEcclesiasticus\nBaruch\nSusanna\nBel and the Dragon\nI & II Maccabees\n\n___________________________________________________\n\nFirst, in the days in which our Bible was translated, the Apocrypha was accepted reading based on its historical value, though not accepted as Scripture by anyone outside of' the Catholic church. The King James translators therefore placed it between the Old and New Testaments for its historical benefit to its readers. They did not integrate it into the Old Testament text as do the corrupt Alexandrian manuscripts.\n    That they rejected the Apocrypha as divine is very obvious by the seven reasons which they gave for not incorporating it into the text. They are as follows:\n    1. Not one of them is in the Hebrew language, which was alone used by the inspired historians and poets of the Old Testament.\n    2. Not one of the writers lays any claim to inspiration.\n    3. These books were never acknowledged as sacred Scriptures by the Jewish Church, and therefore were never sanctioned by our Lord.\n    4. They were not allowed a place among the sacred books, during the first four centuries of the Christian Church.\n    5. They contain fabulous statements, and statements which contradict not only the canonical Scriptures, but themselves; as when, in the two Books of Maccabees, Antiochus Epiphanes is made to die three different deaths in as many different places.\n    6. It inculcates doctrines at variance with the Bible, such as prayers for the dead and sinless perfection.\n    7. It teaches immoral practices, such as lying, suicide, assassination and magical incantation.\n    If having the Apocrypha between the Testaments disqualifies it as authoritative, then the corrupt Vaticanus and Sinaiticus manuscripts from Alexandria, Egypt must be totally worthless since their authors obviously didn't have the conviction of the King James translators and incorporated its books into the text of the Old Testament thus giving it authority with Scripture.\n\nBTW: The Book of Mormon has nothing to do with the Bible, nor does the Koran.
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What's with you and the obsessive coprophagia? Is it representative of some underlying psychological unbalance?\n\nBut to address the question, while the Bible may be the divinely inspired holy book, that does not mean that you can pluck phrases out of context in a childish attempt to discredit the entire Bible. Nothing is found in a vacuum. Regarding that specific passage, they are the words of the Assyrian embassy to Jerusalem who came to threaten King Hezekiah. The officials of Jerusalem asked Rabshakeh not to speak in a language comprehensible to the soldiers (the men which sit on the wall), lest they become disheartened. The Rabshekah responds as you cite, essentially saying "I have not come only to threaten you, but to humiliate you and all your people even to the point of being forced to consume their own waste."\n\nAnd if we keep going, (NRSV translation):\n18:28-32  "Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the language of Judah, "Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria! Thus says the king: 'Do not let Hezekiah make you rely on the Lord by saying, the Lord will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me and come out to me; then every one of you will eat from your own vine and your own tree, and drink water from your own cistern, until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey, that you may live and not die. Do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you by saying, The Lord will deliver us."\n\nAnd so on, and so on.\n\nIf you're going to argue from the Bible, at least know a little about it. Otherwise you just parade your ignorance and incompetence for all to see.
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I can attest that the KJV does mistranslate a lot of words. My trusty NIV holds up pretty well, I think I've only found two slight errors, but the KJV is definitely shaky at best. And no, the "thee" and "thou" parts of the KJV are not problematic, that is simply the language of the day and it doesn't matter if you translate, "thou art happy" or "you are happy", its the same thing. I love Greek.
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Nothing was "taken out" of the bible. Some things were left out, but they were never "in" to begin with. The bible is a hodge podge collection of writings from many different people. Not one of those people ever meant for or expected their writings to become part of a holy book. Some of them are freaking letters, ffs, written specifically from one person to another, not for the purpose of being scripture. One day a bunch of priests got together and decided that some of it was "the word of god™" and some of it not. How do decide what's "the word of god™" and what isn't, you ask? You don't. You do what they did and pick whatever suits your agenda (power, money) and leave out the rest.
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This was the value of the Dead sea scrolls.  It gave scholars a chance to see what had changed in time since they were written and modern day editions.  The surprising thing was that there was a remarkable similarlity.\n\nHave you heard the saying, every translator is a liar?  This is because language changes with the culture.  A word like gay has has had its meaning changed dramatically over the last fifty years.\nUnless scholars change the words of scripture to reflect current usage, then the meaning will be lost.  So to stay authentic, the bible translations must change.
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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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Heh, heh... thanks bro. ;)\n\nI have seen some rare textual changes that have changed the meaning or even elimination of a word because they could not see how it fits. Hebrew letters can look very close to one another, much like our "l" and "i". So any distortion in the leather parchment could be a problem or the flaking of the ink could cause problems as well.\nMy mentor once told me that when the military creates a complex code, they transmit it with parity, or multiple times, so that if the coded message is in any way garbled, they can compare it to earlier or later transmissions. The Bible does the same thing by repeating the important messages several times. This is why Deuteronomy is called Deuteronomy. It's "repeating what we already know is true".\nCan these people explain to me why the entire 2,000 year old Isaiah scroll found in Qumran is virtually identical with the modern copies found in every synagogue in the world?\nRemember that Revelation carries an eternal curse of damnation for anyone who adds or subtracts from the text of scripture, and I do not think King James was hoping for political advantage at the expense of his soul.\nToday, we still have the original Hebrew and Greek text. Changing the scriptures would offer us ZERO political gain. Yet is still translates the same as the original King James, only with todays vernacular. \nI wonder if these people even research beyond their own notions. Do they have such skepticism when they read their dosage instructions for medication?
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The Word of God is the only TRUTH in this messed up world. It does not tell me that He was married to her,so I choose to believe the Bible and I am blessed because of it. He came to die ,to be our redeemer. That is the only reason. He did not come to get married and have a family. He did what He came to do and I am so glad. I am the redeemed and I will someday be there with Him because I choose to believe the TRUTH which is Jesus Christ. The only TRUTH. It is only a lie from the enemy saying that He was married to a woman that had demons. They don't know that Jesus is Holy and everything has to be holy for Him. We will not be judged on knowing what the holy grail is, we will be judged on [if we know Jesus or not in our heart] if we gave Him our life or selfishly kept it for ourself to waste.
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There are many different translations of the Bible. Some things were left out while others were manufactured. As for my language only having 10 words, I don't think the word "computer" would be a part of it.
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All words with 3 letters have 3 letter no matter what... is this a trick question?
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The Bible has a lot to say agains those who teach God's Word falsely.
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It is confusing. That is why I read my Bible everyday. I believe it is the Word of God. That is all He has given me to go on. I do feel sorry for people who do not realize this. They are easily swayed. It also keeps me on track by belonging to a church. Jesus loves the church, He is coming back for the church.
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You have your "ictions" mixed up.\n\nThe Quran is FIction.\nThe Holy Bible is NONFIction.\n\nHey, Good question.\n\nDon't feel ignorant, it is a common mistake.\n\nGod Bless You. Continue Seeking Truth.
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Not all Christian truth is in the Bible. A lot of Christian truth is made up of sacred tradition.