So does this pit include the New Testament as well?
Was part of the bible in Aramaic? I thought the Old Testament was originally Hebrew and the New was all Greek?
Well, I’ve never understood how Johnny Cash fell into a burning ring of fire. If it burns burns burns, doesn’t that mean he fell onto the edge of the ring of fire and not into it? Was he really singing in Aramaic and I didn’t understand the lyrics?
It’s been done. That, when considered alongside the biblical evidence I presented earlier, seals the deal as far as I am concerned. Evolution is proven. Next up? If you thow a curveball inside an airplane on a treadmill, which door are the snakes behind?
Try telling that to the folks in Cleveland.
How do you know that ? Terrorising, humiliating and/or beating children has a long tradition among the rabid fundies; look at the stuff they do to “convert” gay kids, or the treatment of children among the fundie Morman polygamists.
As for the Judeo=Christian texts, even in their source languages … the use of multiple editors, as well as the periodic, Nicea-like purgings and edits of the allegedly “divinely-inspired” and “invariant” scriptures…And this was before the politically-inspired KJV.
It’s analagous, very loosely, with the sort of disruptions that we see in the fossil record. But if we follow the 'thumpers logic on this, we should discard the bible once we see any evidence of tampering, adulteration or other assorted inconsistencies and gaps.
Pfffffffffffft.
The proterocanon of the Old Testament was all in Hebrew except two passages. (This would be the Tanakh, the Protestant Old Testament, or the “Old Testament” part of a Bible that includes the “Apocrypha” as a separate section.) The deuterocanon, i.e., the books in the Septuagint that didn’t make it into the Protestant O.T., were all originally in Greek, except for the Wisdom of Jesus ben Sirach, AKA Sirach or Ecclesiasticus (not to be confused with Ecclesiastes), which was apparently originally written in Hebrew, of which a manuscript has surfaced within the last 35 years, but was for most of history known only in Greek.
The two O.T. passages that were in Aramaic, not Greek, are Ezra 4:6-6:18, where the writer begins quoting a letter written in Aramaic and goes on writing in Aramaic until the description of the Passover beginning at 6:19, and Daniel 2:4-7:28. Again it’s a case of a direct quote of something said in Aramaic, in this case the answer of the Chaldean Magi to Nebuchadnezzar, and continuing until the end of a narrative, supposedly written by Daniel, of his first vision in chapter 7. In both cases, it appears the author began quoting an Aramaic passage, continued writing in Aramaic, then came to the end of some other narrative and reverted to Hebrew.
Sure, Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal that we get ham *and * bacon *and * hot dogs *and * fish fillets from. Suuuure.
What’s wrong with that? Notepad is handy because it’s always available but sometimes I need something with more powerful search and replace.
Dude, just ask people in Cleveland. Of course, they’ll tell you Cleveland isn’t hell (which is debatable 
), but they have been known to get a river of fire…
Obviously, I need to preview the entire thread. Kudos, Weirddave.
Sorry, The King of Soup, but some things–like babbling about “missing links” between amoebas and people, or dogs and “the primordal soup”–are so stupid that they deserve to be mocked. (It has also been suggested in one of those threads that perhaps we’re being trolled. Really, I hope that’s the case. It would be a relief.)
But just in case any sincere fundamentalist Christians are reading this thread, and have their feelings hurt: Did you find the anti-Bible arguments in the first part of my original post even a little bit convincing? Or did they seem like arguments that only a total yahoo could possibly make? Well, some of these creationist “arguments” are just that stupid. If you’re going to argue against something, make at least some effort to be familiar with what it is you’re arguing against.
:eek:
What would you use for bait?
Caucasian enlisted: Take note.
Good work thinking up bad arguments against christianity. That is a difficult task. The going-to-church-om-sunday argument is even only borderline bad, I think.
Chanting your mantra while at church? Isn’t that hedging your bet?
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