how many times Bible is revised?
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How long have you got?\n\nNo books of the bible were written in christs lifetime.  Even the fundys know that.\n\nAnd why do ppl believe it?  A mystery to me.  Because their parents taught them to is my best guess
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The idea that the Bible was rewritten is definitely the most common, though none of them is entirely amusing.\n\nPeople actually think that the Bible was written once with hundreds of Gospels and then parts were "torn out" by various religious leaders to satisfy their needs.  It's rediculous.  "The Bible" was organized once, and only once, to provide the most consistant group of texts so that people could have an idea of Jesus that didn't contradict itself.\n\nSure, there were many Gospels written by many different people that gave different views of Jesus and a few Jewish texts that were not included in the original version, but that does not mean that the Bible was changed over time.\n\nAlso, gays will burn in hell is a good one.  I've had religion teachers, devout Catholics, and Priests tell me that line.  Oh, and one obviously homosexual decon tried to tell a full church that once.
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Yes. Also include the version: NASB, NIV, KJV, NKJV, ASV, etc.
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No. \n\nThe original language documents have not changed. The Dead Sea Scrolls helped prove this. The scrolls testify to the accuracy of the people who copied and recopied the Scriptures over the centuries. Despite minor errors, they show us that the Bible has not changed since the first and second centuries.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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I have read the Christian bible many times, I just do not agree with it.
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How long do you think it will be before a person or group successfully reassembles the bible to include recently discovered religious texts that they feel better suit modern times?\n\nNever.  For all practical purposes, the Bible as now been “set in stone.”\n\nWhat do you think about this?\n\nI believe that those who tend to be the loudest on this topic have either done the least amount of study or have very extensive time invested in their current belief.  Most claim as articles of fact pieces of information which are not true.  Less than one in one billion (if any) could give me that actual names of the men who met to determine which books and works were included in either Testament.  Yet they propose that these men were inspired by G-d to make these choices for all time.  They are seem to ignore that most works which were not included were systematically searched for and burned as heretical.  The mere fact that any remain after 2000 years is a miracle.\n\nWhat will the cultural/spiritual ramifications of this be?\n\nA continuation of our current position.  As beautiful as the KJV is to read, it is flawed.  This fact has been shown over and over again by scholars who do know the languages involved.  Yet look at the number of supporters that it has.  The sad part of this is that many who claim to understand the meaning of the KJV of the Bible (which is a very serious and metaphysical work) do not understand and cannot follow a simple Shakespearean play (which is light entertainment) that was written at about the same time.  What does this yell you about the ignorance of humans?  And ignorance is bliss.\n\nIf God is really solely responsible for the bible's contents why does he have hundreds of millions of Christians using different versions?  And how would a new version be any worse?\n\nThose humans who claim to be privileged to the plans or purposes of Divinity are deluded.  No human has that capability.  Only Divinity is perfect.  Humanity is arrogant, not understanding that the message is important, not the delivery of the message.  Those that must quote scripture for every answer (especially those claiming that it is the Word of G-d) are probably idolaters.  They have worshipped the written word instead of Divinity.  Each believing that they are right and all others wrong.  They are the cause of the fragmentation of the Church and people like them are usually too stubborn to see their own sins.\n\nA new version of the Bible is not needed.  These recently discovered and translated works should be made available to the widest reading audience for study and debate.  At least by those who are capable of understanding that Humanity did not have the message right then and still is lacking in understanding.  This is human nature.  Divinity is the only proper judge; and Divine Judgment, unlike human opinion and understanding, IS perfect.
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both are books of God. but then the bible has been altered by humans, thats why u find the name of a different man on every version of the bible. God then said in the Quran that he will keep it safe from bias and alteration for it will be a book of all times, untill judgment day(so its the last one).
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Because the Bible was created by people. It is not straight from the lips of God. Therefore it has as many versions as there were people interested in writing about it.
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There are over 130 million copies of the New World Translation in print. A printed copy can be requested at no charge using this online form or by writing to a local address:\nhttps://watch002.securesites.net/contact/submit.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/how_to_contact_us.htm\n\nThe entire text of NWT is also available at the official website of Jehovah's Witnesses:\nhttp://watchtower.org/bible/\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/pr/article_04.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/na/\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20020915/article_01.htm\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/e/20050715/article_02.htm
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Yes. When the dead sea scrolls were discovered in 1947 the scholars compared the book of Isaiah to the King James Version of 1611 to see if there were ANY differences. Well, there were. Tons of differences. Lots and lots of words were different. How many? 47. That's right. Only 47 words were different. From 450 B.C. to 1947 A.D. the copying of scripture was so accurate that only 47 words were different in the book of Isaiah! And NONE of the words affected ANY meaning or theological meaning of the book. Yes. I believe the Bible is the Word of God.
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I dont believe there are any versions outside of the original texts that are more accurate than the next. There are flaws in the 1611 KJV as well as the NIV and every other version... I dont like the NWT though because it deliberately changes text to fit the Jehovah's Witness doctrines. (if you dont believe the KJV has flaws, contact me and I'll be happy to share them with you)
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I read the Bible cover to cover every year. I read 3 chapters from the Old Testament every day and one chapter from the New Testament. I love it, b/c it keeps me close to God. I also meditate on scripture daily.
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Why are there so many different versions of the bible?\n\nHere I must assume you are refering to translations. . . there are many different translations because it is difficult to take words from one language (one that is very old, in fact) and put them into another language (one that is changing every day).  Since different groups translate the Bible, the text comes out slightly different, but "should" generally be close to the same in idea at least. \n\nWhy are their so many different kinds of Christians?\n\nThere are many different Christian sects because men struggle to agree with each other.  For a time, there was one Church, but then there was a division between East and West and later a division between Catholic and Protestant.  The Protestant Reformation has resulted in a huge number of sects developing, and each has, over time, developed differing concepts about the faith.  \n\n\nIf Christianty has stayed perfect and unchanging for 2000 years, then why are there so many variants within it?\n\nWho says it has?  I don't think anyone with any knowledge about Church history would say that.  Nothing that passes through the hands of so many humans can remain perfect . . . only God is perfect.
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That's nonsense.  The NIV is a perfectly good version of the Bible.  I use it myself.  The King James Version is good, but it's difficult to understand, which is why there are other versions.  They aren't corrupted.  And the reason there are so many versions is because the entire Bible was put together in segments of Greek and Hebrew.  They were translated by different people.  However, you'll find that the basic meanings of the verses, what they were meant to say, are the same.  The NIV, NKJV are two that I use and there isn't much of a difference.
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Yes there are many mistakes. But also resources to check it out. In the original 1611 version the translators wrote a letter to the reader. Saying how carefully they did their work. But also they said there might be some imperfections. There are some words you can't translate. There are also figures of speach. Plus the translators did not have the benefit of the Masorrah. Deep subject and too complicated to go into here.\n\nThe KJV is the nearest to perfection. We have the benefit of resources, works of scholars, to check it out.
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The Bible In Basic English, 1965, by Cambridge University Press.  But let's vote on it to decide if it is true. :)
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Yes, several times. 2 chapters of the Christian Old Testament and 1 chapter of the New Testament daily get you through it in a year easy. Numbers? Yeah. How did I get through it? I endured being bored. ;-)