Hi!

I\'ve noticed something about the old testiment in the Bible.

The story goes that Moses freed the Israelites from their slavery in Egyps. It then goes to seay that God wrote the 10 commandments on a stone tablet. However, If the Isrealites were slaves, then they would probably be illiterate. People don\'t normally teach their slaves to read or write. They just tell hem what to do an the Isrealites do it.

However, if they were illiterate, how would they real the 10 Commandments that God had given them? And how would they follow?:conf:

I thought the commandments were shouted out?

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There are several errors in the bible, especially in translation. In the bible it says Moses struck a rock and water gushed forth, or something like that. However, in the original language to strike a stone means only that you found something. This is what I call \"lost in translation.\"

Jabba was on a no salt diet, he just ate cave shrimp that squeal when you bite their heads off. And they live in freshwater, so no salt worries.

Tons of crap was mis-translated because they wanted the people to be able to read the bible. When Martin Luther wanted the bible redone in a known language, he nearly butchered it. Although translating the bible has been done in good intentions, alot of misinterpretation went down, almost to the point of them writing what they wanted it to mean.

1. They probably knew the hebrew language before they were taken over by the egyptians.
2. Moses was brought up by the pharoahs family and treated like a son, so it is most likely that he learned the language from them. He then might have read the commandments out to the hebrews when they were freed and he received them.

[Edited on 5/7/2004 by ProtoStar]

ok now that was a conversation stoper but you have a very good point there.

IMO it ain\'t fiction. BTW, this brings something good. Notice how Wind and I don\'t try to kill each other when we don\'t religiously agree? This is a prime example of how to agree to disagree. Feel free to take notes

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God wouldn\'t allow his word to be changed, even through something simple like misinterpretation. The Bible is there so that we can understand things better, not become more confused.

I understand. When the New Testiment was transleated, they said that The Virgin Mary and Joseph went from Inn to Inn, but couldn\'t find room. In the end, they had to go to the Stable in the back of an Inn, where she gave birth to Jesus. However, in the original language, \'Inn\' meant \'upper room\'. In those days, the houses had two stories. The Humans lived in the top floor and the animals lived in the bottom floor. It is more likely that they went to the Joseph\'s familie\'s home in Bethlehem, but there wasn\'t enough room for them in the second storey, so they had to sleep with the animals. It is also more likely, because Jpseph would still have relations in Bethlehem.

To MaceMan, God didn\'t even write the Bible originally. How do you know that it\'s what he wants you to read? The Romans wrote the new testiment, the Story of Noah was taken from the anciant Babalonioans as it seemed like a good warning. The Babalonians said how a Bisnuisman had two of many animals and ale and a storm came that was very big, basically. The Romans writing the New testimate also makes it Baiosed. They probably did a lot more than that you don\'t know about.

But they may have not known how to write. But maby god gave them a temporary ability to read and write.

To Airman: No, he didn\'t write it, but Sage is right. They wrote God\'s word for him.

If it was something God didn\'t want us to read, then he wouldn\'t call it his word.

To Mole: They did know how to read and write. I don\'t think that\'s what we are debating though.

Okay, I\'m going to make sure everyone knows this before this goes any further.

Not every Christian religious record was included in the bible. Many were cut out by people who thought they had the authority to do so becuase people back then were stupid.

Now, you may continue.

[Edited on 8-5-2004 by BladeMan.EXE]