There is no distortion as claimed by Frodo, he is just blowing hot air because he has nothing to dispute due to his lack of knowledge Not even 1 line he can pull down
The idiot and self-contradicting frodo can't even say what he think is the distortion, less tearing down a lineWhat a delusional fuckhead... Whahahahaha.
When cornered, the typical village atheist will resort to vulgarities knowing that the Christian usually does not retaliate in kind, hoping that by hurling vulgarities the Christian will stop responding and so he can continue the blatant distortions about the faith without challenge. I can see through this tactic. The civil and cordial village atheist who really knows about Christianity is very rare or perhaps simply does not exist on this forum.
The word "literally" needs to be explained. The Bible should be read in a literal way, by which is meant according to its literary genre, in its most natural sense and plain sense i.e. the historical-grammatical approach. Much damage has been done when an overly wooden literal approach is taken, or the extreme allegorical approach is taken. Both are irresponsible ways of interpreting the Bible.
To me, the bible needs to read in the context of the time it was written. That is, its a book written 2000 to 3000 ++++ years ago. It needs to be read in the understanding of the society during that time. If clowns just take 1 verse and say bible say this..the reader must ask what did that verse meant during that time?
For example the giving of tithes,,its an old testament jewish requirement probably to support the jewish community. Is it relevent in todays society? I dont think so due to churches etc having tax breaks and all the other 'benefits' which was not available during the old days...
do you like playing chess with pigeon?
I am playing chess with a dumbass pigeon for a few months...The pigeon entertainments me motivate me to go on and gives me new ideas for my daily posting
The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.
-Voltaire
For example the giving of tithes,,its an old testament jewish requirement probably to support the jewish community. Is it relevent in todays society? I dont think so due to churches etc having tax breaks and all the other 'benefits' which was not available during the old days...
You wish the 2head dumbass fundamentalist frodo to stop tithing is like over his dead body
I don't believe that tithing is for the Christian. Oops, village atheist busted again!
Absolutely right! Tithing is not a Christian doctrine.
For those who are interested in this topic, you can google for sermons or articles by Dr. Earl Russell Kelly or search key words on: Should Church Teach Tithings? (Well, the short answer to this short question is: NO! Absolutely not! and there are many biblical reasons that Dr. Kelly can point out to you in his sermon and his PhD article on this topic.)
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You are championing context, I can see. How to interpret using the context 2000 years ago? Does it mean in the context 2000 years ago Joseph was fathered by 2 different men? And both Mattew and Luke are actually right? But in today context, it is an obvious factual(not typo) contradiction. Bro, I know you have more substance and credential than a somebody else, so you won't taichi or beat around the bush like him
The 4 gospels offer Christ life in different accounts. They were not written in the same time so some thing r omitted n some r added. I no issue with tat. Look at today n use CST n CSJ as an example. The story between 2 of them is not entirely clear. CST say he was ask to leav sdp but csj ask him to stay. Something like tat has no accurate picture n u expect a 2000 yr ago combination of books translated n hand writted over that time to be fully accurate? Tat y cannot read it literally.
The 4 gospels offer Christ life in different accounts. They were not written in the same time so some thing r omitted n some r added. I no issue with tat. Look at today n use CST n CSJ as an example. The story between 2 of them is not entirely clear. CST say he was ask to leav sdp but csj ask him to stay. Something like tat has no accurate picture n u expect a 2000 yr ago combination of books translated n hand writted over that time to be fully accurate? Tat y cannot read it literally.
To me, the bible needs to read in the context of the time it was written. That is, its a book written 2000 to 3000 ++++ years ago. It needs to be read in the understanding of the society during that time. If clowns just take 1 verse and say bible say this..the reader must ask what did that verse meant during that time?
Maybe the bible genesis account is correct in the context 2000 years ago, the sun at that time actually resolved around the earth. And many ignorant folks today have wronged the bible regarding this account because they failed to understand that it is a book written 2000++ years ago....