So the new testament is not scripture?
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Why I CANNOT Believe in The Resurrection
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Verse please?
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
Not sure they teach critical thinking, if some of these posts are any indication...I think that I brought the Flat Earth claims of the Bible up earlier. The retort? The Circle of the Earth verse. Don't they teach kids geometry today?
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
Not so far as Timothy was concerned. It only became scripture when it was included in the canon, which wasn’t set until about 450 C.E.
If you go to a calvinistic seminary, guess what you will most likely believe when you come out ? How about a Liberal ' progressive ' type ? catholic ? The bible is meant to be understood by Fisher men to plumbers ..Its not necessary to get brainwashed at a seminary and come out a bible rejector in practice .
Just people using there own sense making would be refreshing.
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
Genesis 1, where the “firmament” is mentioned. The Hebrew word translated as “firmament” is raqiya. It literally means a “hammered-out bowl. A bowl, or dome shape, will only cover a disc, not a sphere. And the sky is not a rigid material that can be hammered into shape.
Therefore, the writer thought the earth was a disc, and believed the sky to be rigid, upon which the moon, planets, and stars were affixed.
Utter nonsense
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
Biblical scholarship has little to do with sectarian leanings. Sure, but today’s fishermen and plumbers don’t speak ancient, dead languages, and aren’t members of the originating culture.
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
According to which bible verse? Where does the Bible talk about he process of canonization?
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
“There?” ‘Nuff said.
Subduction Zone
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It did not exist at the time of the writing of that verse. When written that was just one letter of many. He could not have been referring to the New Testament.
You do not seem to understand that man decided what was and what was not scripture. There were countless "gospels" at one time.
Your practically saying God didn't know the shape of the earth he created . As the Author couldn't know the information unless given directly by God.
Amen .
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
I do not think that I was taught critical thinking in high school, which is where most literalist stop in non-specialized instruction. That is often something picks up in college and not even always at that level.
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
This is growing tiresome.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
No, no no. He is saying that the writers of the Bible did not know that. The Bible was written by man. The author was not God, at best the Bible is inspired. That does not mean that it is correct. Nor did that verse say that it was correct. Did you not read the verse that you referred to? The Bible is "useful for instruction".
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
You do understand the difference between “there,” “they’re,” and “their,” I hope?
I'm exhausted here..
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
I was about to leave. The problem with literalists is that they use a very strange filter at times. They believe it by their literal translation.