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Who do you think wrote the Holy Bible?
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Old testament is a compillation of myth, laws, folk tales and history.
The Gospels may or may not be by their attributed authors. Mark's believed to be the earliest and is thopught to have been written by a disciple of Peter.
Mathew and John are believed to have obtained material from Mark and another unknown source commonly referred to as Q.
They aren't internally named and their attribution is merely traditional so we'll probably never know
The Gospels may or may not be by their attributed authors. Mark's believed to be the earliest and is thopught to have been written by a disciple of Peter.
Mathew and John are believed to have obtained material from Mark and another unknown source commonly referred to as Q.
They aren't internally named and their attribution is merely traditional so we'll probably never know
It wasn't written, it was tattooed onto the buttocks of a Nazarene strumpet called Dockyarddoris, and rumour has it that she well, you know, got around a bit. Word got around and her popularity rose to extraordinary heights and she was indeed the most popular woman in Pallestine at that time for late night callers seeking to see and read the message and mysteries contained on her buttocks. And lo and behold, word of mouth, fireside stories, Chinese whispers and some artistic licence towards the extravagance and achievements of Dockyarddoris led to a conglomeration of the tales and stories that we can see today. Some of them are true, some of them are mystical and some of them are, in all probability, the wishful thinking and desires of many a man.
The sad thing is that Dockyraddoris is never mentioned in the Bible. Although there are rumours that in the masterful piece by Leonard of Quirm, entitled �Woman Holding Ferret� the lady in question does in fact reveal some tattooed biblical text and possibly several passages.
The sad thing is that Dockyraddoris is never mentioned in the Bible. Although there are rumours that in the masterful piece by Leonard of Quirm, entitled �Woman Holding Ferret� the lady in question does in fact reveal some tattooed biblical text and possibly several passages.
The short answer is that we don't know - with one exception. Paul certainly wrote at least five of the epistles attributed to him; otherwise the bible is entirely anonymous.
You don't do your God any favours,Theland, by suggesting he dictated it. If he did then the first few verses in Genesis show that he didn't understand the mechanics of his own cosmos, and in the New Testament he gives two totally conflicting accounts of the birth of his own son!
You don't do your God any favours,Theland, by suggesting he dictated it. If he did then the first few verses in Genesis show that he didn't understand the mechanics of his own cosmos, and in the New Testament he gives two totally conflicting accounts of the birth of his own son!
There is a huge range of possibilities, ranging from 'All divinely inspired' to 'All complete rubbish'
'All complete rubbish' is an interesting, but surely immediately dismissable option, for we have the curious picture then of people sitting down deliberately to write hogwash upon which the world's major religion could be falsely based. I ask you - what would be the point ? Why for example would Paul (undisputed author of some of the NT) do this ?
There are oddities, for example, if Moses wrote the Pentateuch then he managed to fit in a description of his own death.
Something in between maybe. What interests me is the places where the writer is emphatic that what he is writing is the truth (e.g. the author of Luke and Acts, John describing the piercing of Jesus' side with the spear).
The big question, particularly for the NT is - did this or did this not happen ? If you conclude Yes then you have a can of worms to explore. If not, then so be it and you are either a wise man or a fool.
'All complete rubbish' is an interesting, but surely immediately dismissable option, for we have the curious picture then of people sitting down deliberately to write hogwash upon which the world's major religion could be falsely based. I ask you - what would be the point ? Why for example would Paul (undisputed author of some of the NT) do this ?
There are oddities, for example, if Moses wrote the Pentateuch then he managed to fit in a description of his own death.
Something in between maybe. What interests me is the places where the writer is emphatic that what he is writing is the truth (e.g. the author of Luke and Acts, John describing the piercing of Jesus' side with the spear).
The big question, particularly for the NT is - did this or did this not happen ? If you conclude Yes then you have a can of worms to explore. If not, then so be it and you are either a wise man or a fool.
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The Manic Street Preachers.
Or were they all cover versions?
http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Bible-Manic-Street- Preachers/dp/B000024J5H
Or were they all cover versions?
http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Bible-Manic-Street- Preachers/dp/B000024J5H
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