Those are texts from the Old Testament, and who cares what a bunch of OT dudes said?
Tell us what Jesus says, Lonestar_logic, even though you despise Him in your life and beliefs.
Jesus did not speak on every subject. Paul, his inspired spokesman, said that homosexuality is wrong.
You don't believe in Paul's writings at all. Or you would consider his correction of Peter's false teachings. Or you could read the interaction with Phillip and the Eunuch or Ethiopia. When you are ready to repent and return to God, go to your local AME minister.
You understand nothing about the gospel as it applies to foreigners, non believers, race, or ethnicity.
Just couldn't let ^ slide.
Peter and Paul did butt heads on doctrine, but not on Christ. On Christ they were unified. And
neither of their teachings were false.
Peter, James and John were addressing Jews. They were in the business of converting Jews. Paul and Barnabas were teaching and converting a
completely different group of people, the Gentiles.
Peter's and Paul's differences arose out of trying to clearly define what Christ said to the Jews, what He said to the Gentiles, and what applied to both. That's all. On Jesus they were of one accord. Both were fishers of men for Christ's sake.
Galatians 2:9
James, Cephas< (Peter) and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
Christ validated every word of the Hebrew text (that He referred to often, precisely, and without the originals), saying that every word of it came from God. He also contended that His words will never disappear. The only place to find them is the New Testament. If there have been changes made, they are too insignificant to change the intent.
You don't need the originals to prove the veracity of the Bible. The criteria it was written under proves where it came from.
For instance, man couldn't write under the conditions required and fulfilled for the book of Mark.
To tell if the last portion of Mark was actually inspired by whomever was influencing Mark in the beginning of the chapter, you need only see if the last verses meet the same rigid mind numbing restrictions that the rest of the chapter does.
Those restrictions are posted here somewhere in case you want to try to emulate them without the help of God. You can't.
As for the Bible being a book of fiction, history says otherwise. Science and Archeology have become the Bible's best friends and verifiers. Want to know what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah? Read the Bible,
or go look at the ancient planetary disk that has been unearthed which charted the event,
while it was occurring.
Want proof it wasn't an accidental incident, but indeed the hand of God?
ALL of the cities in that area were wiped out from the heat of the meteor depicted on the astrological disk,
and detailed in the "book of fiction", except one
right there in the midst of the rest.
The one God spared because Lot went there. Otherwise it is impossible to explain how that one area was spared and
all those around it were burnt to a crisp. For that you need the Bible.
As for scribes being the most capable in the village, they were the only ones capable in the village. They were the
only ones that could read and write. A practice usually handed down to their sons. In cities they had to complete 5 years of schooling before they were qualified to translate or copy anything.
Bruce, I am sorry if I was out of line. This comment of yours may have set the tone:
This is quite hilarious if you know the history of the KJV and what it is actually based on. I know your devotion to it would never let you study that, but it would be eye-opening for you.
You don't know me or my devotion, but I rarely pass up an opportunity to gain knowledge. It is because of research and not the lack thereof that I do trust the Kings James Bible. The Bible I use contains English, Greek, and Hebrew, just in case.
God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. The Book says what it says, and requires no updating to conform with any society norms. That you may not like what it says is no different than a thief not liking what it says, or an adulterer not liking what it says, or a liar, or a pompous ass, or a gossip, or any of the rest of the things that we sinners are convicted of in those pages. We
all have our very own unique ways of falling short. And God has His unique way of loving that defies comprehension.
So, don't look toward man for validation or verification. We're useless.
If anyone is in conflict with what is written, then it is nobody's business but their own to work out their salvation with God.
Judging
any person's behavior gets us nothing but judged for our own behavior. It's not our place.
Loving you is. So I do. Take that, little brother!
