Your response demonstrates a lot of ignorance about the Bible.
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Originally Posted by I'mVeryBusy
And to say its contents are more accurate - come on man - its been translated 20 times and botched to all hell.
The Bibles you pick up have been translated exactly ONCE. The NIV was not translated from the KJV. The scholars went back to the best versions of the original Greek/Hebrew texts available and translated from there.
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This pope didnt like that ,that king didnt like this, etc, etc. And how do you explain the dead sea scrolls and all the other writings they are finding, but are not in the bible? I mean - why were they not put in?
You need to google the canonization of the Bible.
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And your analogy of the wright brothers is way way off. You are comparing apples to oranges. You are comparing technological ability to sticks turning into snakes. You see, we had been trying to fly for centuries - Da Vinci among others. So men knew it was possible to do it - just a matter of figuring it out from a technology standpoint.
You understand "technology" from a 21st century perspective. At one point, astrology and mystic chants were "technology." In another few hundred years, people will look back at our primitive attempts to understand the universe and laugh at our "technology." This applies not only the results we claimed to have, but also the ways in which we attempt to describe what's going on.
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We all know that parting a sea with the wave of a hand is just crazy. Fitting all the animals of the world on one boat is impossible. A woman turning into a pillar of salt for not obeying god is just strange and creepy.
Not all the ancient writings are intended to be strictly literal readings (in fact, most aren't). The Hebrew language itself is extremely poetic, filled with analogy and metaphor. Therefore, it needs to be read and understood in the context of the peoples for whom it was written.
I have not claimed anywhere that the Bible is a 100% literal account.
*Yawn*
It seems clear to me at this point you're not interested in increasing knowledge or understanding. You're arguing from a huge base of ignorant claims and you don't seem interested in engaging in meaningful discussion.