The reliability of a work should stand regardless of the translation. And the more modern the translation, with the best source texts and the greatest understanding of the contexts the times, the culture and the linguistic subtleties improves with the greater sophistication of more modern professionals in the study and interpretation of antiquities.
And what do the modern sciences of archæology and linguistics teach us about the Bible?
While there may be occasional flashes of inspiration and primitive wisdom in the Bible (as in any ancient book of myths and legends), the Bible as a whole is a compendium of mythology, filled with numerous atrocities (supposedly commanded by god), direct internal contradictions and factual errors the cherry-pickers never seem to include in their Sunday School lessons. This becomes clear if we examine the origins and structure of the Bible, compiled over hundreds of years by scores of writers, each with their own biases and often conflicting opinions and values.
The Bible — largely plagiarized from earlier Sumerian and Babylonian mythologies — is no better and certainly no more literally factual than the mythologies of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Vikings, Incas or Mayans, who were far more advanced in science, math and culture than the primitive tribal Hebrews, and whose religious mythologies evolved into modern sciences, unlike the anti-science postures of Bible literalists.
Here are HUNDREDS of specific examples of atrocities supposedly commanded by god, direct internal contradictions, factual errors, and failed prophecies that they never teach in Sunday School, with each example fully documented with chapter-and-verse references that true believers can look up in their very own Bibles:
Other religions have their own scripture or oral tradition. Many of these scriptural stories (including the Greek myths) were passed down orally for millennia prior to being written down, say, in the mid first millennium BCE.
A woman, probably fictional, once said when complaining to her pastor about using a new version, “If King James was good enough for Peter and Paul, it’s good enough for me.”
Templo S.U.D. over 3 years ago
depends on your interpretation of said instructions: King James, New International, New World, Gideon, etc.
jmworacle over 3 years ago
Sadly religion is run by human beings. We’re far from perfect.
Davis D Danizier (3D) over 3 years ago
The reliability of a work should stand regardless of the translation. And the more modern the translation, with the best source texts and the greatest understanding of the contexts the times, the culture and the linguistic subtleties improves with the greater sophistication of more modern professionals in the study and interpretation of antiquities.
And what do the modern sciences of archæology and linguistics teach us about the Bible?
While there may be occasional flashes of inspiration and primitive wisdom in the Bible (as in any ancient book of myths and legends), the Bible as a whole is a compendium of mythology, filled with numerous atrocities (supposedly commanded by god), direct internal contradictions and factual errors the cherry-pickers never seem to include in their Sunday School lessons. This becomes clear if we examine the origins and structure of the Bible, compiled over hundreds of years by scores of writers, each with their own biases and often conflicting opinions and values.
The Bible — largely plagiarized from earlier Sumerian and Babylonian mythologies — is no better and certainly no more literally factual than the mythologies of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Vikings, Incas or Mayans, who were far more advanced in science, math and culture than the primitive tribal Hebrews, and whose religious mythologies evolved into modern sciences, unlike the anti-science postures of Bible literalists.
Here are HUNDREDS of specific examples of atrocities supposedly commanded by god, direct internal contradictions, factual errors, and failed prophecies that they never teach in Sunday School, with each example fully documented with chapter-and-verse references that true believers can look up in their very own Bibles:
http://danizier.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/the-blasphemy-of-bibleolatry/
spaced man spliff over 3 years ago
Other religions have their own scripture or oral tradition. Many of these scriptural stories (including the Greek myths) were passed down orally for millennia prior to being written down, say, in the mid first millennium BCE.
mistercatworks over 3 years ago
Dr. Spock is spinning in his grave.
didrumm over 3 years ago
A woman, probably fictional, once said when complaining to her pastor about using a new version, “If King James was good enough for Peter and Paul, it’s good enough for me.”