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originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
If God could strike Ananias and Sapphira dead in the NT, then why did he need the Israelites to conquer and genocidally kill neighboring towns and cities for him in the OT?
God is all-knowing, and He created each of us. He knows all possible outcomes of all of our decisions.
originally posted by: ChesterJohn
Everyone, the KJV Bible is written in clear 6th grade English, go back and read it again it will answer your questions.
I had to read it at least 20 times before things began to become clear. and I still don't have all the answers.
It is a journey you all must take and it is a life long one not just one or two attempts at pretextual readings of the Bible.
Everyone, the KJV Bible is written in clear 6th grade English, go back and read it again it will answer your questions.
I had to read it at least 20 times before things began to become clear. and I still don't have all the answers.
originally posted by: Lucid Lunacy
a reply to: ChesterJohn
There are translations older than KJV, and even younger translations more accurate than the KJV.
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
a reply to: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
Possibly, the people that wrote the Old Testament and considered themselves "the chosen people" (like all nations did under their deities) felt it would make for a better story. I mean, murder and war is terrible, but if a god made you do it, then you are absolved of all culpability in the matter.
If the originals of the OT and NT no longer exist, how can you determine which translations, if any, are more accurate?
originally posted by: Lucid Lunacy
a reply to: Tangerine
If the originals of the OT and NT no longer exist, how can you determine which translations, if any, are more accurate?
The Latin Vulgate is much much closer to the source material than the KJV, which celebrated its 400th anniversary recently. If you had to make a bet which would be closer in accuracy to the source material... would you pick a translation written 400 years after Christ, or one written 400 years ago?
I would suggest looking at the translations used in scholarly work from religious historians.