Posted By: FreudianLegat

if this place has any chance of escaping into the moronic chaos that is the rest of the internet...

We were just discussing at work a church that threw out a long-term member because he was gay. This happened just after his mother passed away, making him the only remaining member of his family.

Ok, so its been a while since I posted. I actually took a course on this in college. I cant remember sources off-hand, but here goes...
1. The Old Testament was first recorded in Greek, due to the fact that the Pharisees and majority of Rabbis had the entire Torah memorized. Therefore the only written versions necessary were for non-jews.
2. The New Testament was written in latin, since it was the prevalent language of the day.
3. There WERE many books that were rejected from the initial compilation of the Bible, in fact revelations almost was excluded. There were many reasons for the rejection of these books, but the most prevalent reason was that they were written too long after the death of Christ to have been first, second, or even third hand accounts. Also, many of them disagreed with those books known to have come from first or second hand witnesses, i.e. the Gospels
4. It is true that many Christians use their faith as a point for hatred and bigotry, but to truly follow Christ is to ignore the differences in others (lepers and tax collectors even).
5. The Bible was compiled from a list of books by one man, but the books on that list were chosen by a group of Bishops (Council of Nicea anyone? From which comes the Nicene Creed). It was not one man, it was the leaders of hundreds of churches that chose the Bible based upon the general knowledge of the body of Christs church, the people. (No relation to the Australian town).

Any other questions?

Posted By: shadesofsisyphus

5. The Bible was compiled from a list of books by one man, but the books on that list were chosen by a group of Bishops (Council of Nicea anyone? From which comes the Nicene Creed). It was not one man, it was the leaders of hundreds of churches that chose the Bible based upon the general knowledge of the body of Christs church, the people. (No relation to the Australian town).

Yes, it was formally compiled at Nicea, but the old testament was first put together at Trent, and then the Apocryphal books were added at Jamnia.

Who knew you could talk about the Bible (it is a religious thread but it's mainly Christianity)?

It seems to be a little narcissistic.

and I very well might be

estebabussex?

Trance does.

If the poles still worked, I would start one to see who thought I was sexy.

are we spelling this wrong on purpose? polls? poles?

poodles? puddle? phantom? pheif?

I think I'm done for today... track can kill you in 70 degree weather.

I like your lexicon.

It might be Turkish or Germish

Posted By: cmseagle

No way you're turkish, far too irritating.

Not me Bubble boy.

Nyfarfdude

Forget it this is getting too complicated for my inferior mind

Posted By: Trance

His middle name is Francis.

No, his other middle name.

Check this out:
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/279126743.html

I think this is pretty Taoism.

What are people's views on religious symbols displayed in public/ government places?

Posted By: D League

What are people's views on religious symbols displayed in public/ government places?

If you want churchin', go to church.

Any other questions?

i think symbols should be allowed to be shown, but for all religions not just some

What do you mean "don't pose any form of danger"? You mean I can't put up a metal Buddha in the middle of a children's playground because one of the little tykes might bump their head on my diety?

Yes, God forbid Christian children learn to love their neighbor as themselves.