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09-07-04
Jordyn,
Thank You for your reply. Please forgive me if I was unclear. I must clarify that this discussion relates to Atheism being logically plausible at all, not what others may disbelieve about the Christian God. It seems to me easily refutable-Atheism as a belief system.
“not everything in the bible is acurate, as the many translations and writers have lost the original meaning over time, altering it with their own personal feelings and ideals”
It is a common misconception that the Bible was written in one language, translated to another language, then translated into yet another and so on until it was finally translated into the English. The complaint is that since it was rewritten so many times in different languages throughout history, it must have become corrupted. The Bible has not been rewritten. For Example, The disciples of Jesus wrote the New Testament in Greek and though we do not have the original documents, we do have around 6,000 copies of the Greek manuscripts that were made very close to the time of the originals. These various manuscripts, or copies, agree with each other to almost 100 percent accuracy. Statistically, the New Testament is 99.5% textually pure. That means that there is only 1/2 of 1% of of all the copies that do not agree with each other perfectly. But, if you take that 1/2 of 1% and examine it, you find that the majority of the "problems" are nothing more than spelling errors and very minor word alterations. So the actual amount of textual variation of any concern is extremely low and does not affect doctrine. Therefore, we can say that we have a remarkably accurate compilation of the original documents.
So when we translate the Bible, we do not translate from a translation of a translation of a translation. We translate from the original language into our language. It is a one step process and not a series of steps that can lead to corruption. It is from the original languages to the English, or into the Spanish, or into the German. Therefore, the translations are very accurate and trustworthy in regards to what the Bible originally said.
Nothing in all of the ancient writings of the entire world approaches the accuracy of the biblical documents.
Last edited by Hezekiah's Pray : 09-08-04 at 00:15.
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