What's your least favorite scripture?

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

So Seekerman do you believe in an 'incorruptable Word of God'? And if you indeed do then which moderen or ancient version of the Bible would that be exactly?

I am much more likely to continue to believe that to the winner goes the spoils and the right to write the history.

I believe that the Word of God is incorruptible, yes. I personally like the NASB version but I can't testify to it's inerrantcy. If there's a particular passage or topic I'm studying, I usually go to the Greek manuscript and study what was written.

[Titus2woman]

Originally Posted by seekerman

I believe that the Word of God is incorruptible, yes. I personally like the NASB version but I can't testify to it's inerrantcy. If there's a particular passage or topic I'm studying, I usually go to the Greek manuscript and study what was written.

Well we have a basic difference there... I do not see the Bible as incorruptable, innerent or infallible. To be clear I feel that infalliable is a stronger term than inerrant. Inerrant to me means there are no errors whereas infallible would mean there can be no errors. I know that many people use the terms interchangeably but they have slightly different flavors.

I believe that the Bible is a combination of history, the science of the time, and most importantly a record of God's communication with man through the ages. I love it for many reasons but I feel free to skip over the parts that have nothing to add to my life and do not feel as if I am forsaking my faith by doing so although it horrifies some people that know me.

I find it interesting that the Jews never saw the Torah as any of those things and that is why there were so many oral traditions in addition to the written scriptures that they held in equal regard.

At this poing I think that anyone who will take an honest look will find that the Bible has been altered at the whim of man and that God allowed it to happen as He allows us every other freedom.

I personally like The Christian Bible which does much to correct many of the errors of KJV especially with regards to gender equality, although that was never the authors intentions.