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Originally posted by wienerschnitzel you can't handle a slave.. and i think it boils down to the fact that the bible was written in another language and translated so many times that things could have been lost or misinterpreted. I also think the bible is open to interpretation.. does that make sense?

I'm sure the original text was much less abrasive and backwards.

oh sod off all of you.. i didn't mean the whole bloddy thing- i was saying that MAYBE as in there could be a possibility, i don't know because i didn't translate the bible.

Maybe it's just complete utter bullshit...

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Originally posted by echosystm Maybe it's just complete utter bullshit...

The Bible? Yep, probably!

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Originally posted by wienerschnitzel you can't handle a slave.. and i think it boils down to the fact that the bible was written in another language and translated so many times that things could have been lost or misinterpreted. I also think the bible is open to interpretation.. does that make sense?

Yeah, I wouldn't put it past people over the last few thousand years to add whatever the hell they wanted to the bible through its translations. The history of the King James version just lends itself to being dissected and ripped apart. lol

On the other hand, I guess it wouldn't surprise me that not much was changed at all (fear of god set in to those who might be smited lest they change the word of God?) and that, as someone else said, this made perfect sense back then. If you ask me, one of the biggest faults of religion is its inability to adapt to how the times change and how people develop. But maybe the very nature of a religious institution is to be an unchangeable "rock" in people's lives? Hell if I can say for sure...

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To be brief all of his questions can be answered by telling him to read the new testament. He keeps quoting the old testament and completely ignores the justification laid forth by the new testament.

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Originally posted by stevieboy32808 ANSWER To be brief all of his questions can be answered by telling him to read the new testament. He keeps quoting the old testament and completely ignores the justification laid forth by the new testament.

I'm really not an expert on religion or anything, but do Orthodox Jews really follow the new testament?

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Originally posted by wienerschnitzel lol i'm mormon

Ok, this is meant for ppl I DONT KNOW so stfu,
go to the kitchen and make me a pie!

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Originally posted by Frenchie Mormons still exist? I haven't heard of any around here.

there's a Mormon dinner at my hotel tomorrow.

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Originally posted by infinity HiGH there's a Mormon dinner at my hotel tomorrow.

How do they taste?

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On I'm really not an expert on religion or anything, but do Orthodox Jews really follow the new testament?

I'm not sure to be honest. My roommate is the religious one. He's the one who cleared up all the misconceptions by this wise guy.