Quote (poulgaragr @ Apr 23 2013 03:48pm)
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[B]Sometimes it is evident that the text has suffered in transmission, but none of the versions provides a satisfactory restoration.[/B]
Next time, READ my posts before posting your senseless "arguments" (which are a total joke as you also contradict yourself - lol)
That word sometimes stands out. Partly because 'sometimes' doesn't mean 'all the time.' It seems to me that you think the whole Bible is corrupted - period.
Yet that 'sometimes' means that 'only parts' of the Bible is in fact good and not corrupt. That in itself suggests that there are parts of the Bible that aren't corrupt and that you should take the writings into account.
When the Bible has a claim about everyday life, I personally put it into practice/to the test to see if it is true and it does turn out to be true. One example I can give you is the two kinds of people in this world. No this isn't some stupid Mathematics joke.
There are those people whom want to know all the answers and only ever keep asking questions without ever moving forward with the idea. If you ask somebody to do something, the first kind of person will want to know all the details. The details are the usual who, what, when, where and why.
Now when they ask all these questions, if you notice something they never actually go through with what they were asked to do.
The second kind of person may ask a follow up question but they won't know all the details. They will trust the other person and go through with the idea and all the answers are revealed to them anyway.
Now the Bible has that claim. I don't only apply that claim religiously but also to normal everyday life. The Bible was correct when I tested it out. If I ask somebody to close their eyes because I'm going to do something, one kind of person will close their eyes without knowing what you're going to do. The other kind of person will want to know what
you will do and won't close their eyes and let you do what you were going to do. Whether it be good or bad is not the point. The point is, the ones who go through with what you tell them are the ones who don't know all the details. They have faith with action.
An example of this in the Bible is the story of Abraham, when God told Abraham to take his son and sacrifice him to God. Abraham did not know that God would stop him but he went through with it anyway. Abraham did not know that God would provide him a lamb but Abraham trusted God even though he didn't know all the details.
That is the basis of faith, poulgaragr. Faith without knowing all the answers. If you got to know all the answers before you go through with something, you'll never go through with it. As you go through, the answers to your questions will be answered as you go through.
The next questions that arises is this: Can you trust God without knowing the answers? Well I'll let you read this link here.
http://www.navigators.org/us/articles/items/0EE46F87CE7E5D0CE0440003BAAC64DB Faith is not blind. We have faith
with action.