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How does the Christian confront proof that the Bible is not the word of God but the word of man? [Spirituality & Religion]

How would it affect your view of the Bible as the inerrant word of god to know that one of its most beloved passages was added in later for effect?


The Pericope Adulterae.
You've all heard of it even if you don't know it by that name: John 7:53—8:11, the story of the adulteress where Jesus outwits the Pharisees and challenges the man without sin to throw the first stone.

Well it's not actually part of the bible. It's a later addition and most of the early manuscripts don't have it. And this isn't even a point of significant dispute but is agreed upon by most biblical scholars.

Is it difficult to believe that the Bible is god's word when men can change it like this?

https://bible.org/article/my-favorite-passage-thats-not-bible
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Lichocolati · 31-35, F
People can do whatever they want to do with the word of God, we have no control over that but they'll answer for their actions on the day of judgment. It's important to not only know the word of God but to also see him at work in your life. I experienced his work in my life earlier this evening. There's an online meeting that's supposed to last 9 days which began Friday. Last night it happened that while I was in the middle of reading the teachings on the group the network completely disappeared and I couldn't receive anything from the group till today. Same thing happened again today an hour before the service was supposed to start. I started praying asking God what was going on and why he was letting this happen and then I remembered that Jesus gave every born again Christian authority then I started telling the network to come back and guess what 2 hours later it came back. Tell me that was a coincidence.
Sharon · F
@Lichocolati [quote]they'll answer for their actions on the day of judgment. [/quote]
So how are you going to explain yourself to Odin when you face him at the Doors to Valhalla? It's important to know the word of Odin.

[quote]Tell me that was a coincidence.[/quote]

When I mislaid my keys I prayed to the Great God Fuck - "Oh Fuck, where are my keys?" Almost immediately they appeared in the next place I looked. Tell me that was a coincidence.
@Lichocolati

lol are you pulling my leg there?
Lichocolati · 31-35, F
Nope. It really happened @Pikachu All authority is mine and I'm gonna continue using it till I get where I want to be😀. But of course I don't expect you to understand because you are only born of the flesh. Even the Bible talks about people like you so we could understand you better.

[b][c=#7700B2]But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
I Corinthians 2:14[/c][/b]
@Lichocolati

lol i believe it happened. Entirely believable.
But you're pulling my leg that you think your network connection came back in two hours was because of Christian authority, right?
Lichocolati · 31-35, F
@Pikachu I know it's no coincidence. I thought it was ridiculous too but the other night there was big scary winds blowing outside I thought they'd blow off the roof. Guess what I did, I told the winds to be still and not long after it became still outside. I couldn't believe it but I'd done it. It's just that you have no idea what authority was given to us Christians by God, I'm not about to waste any opportunity to exercise it 😊.
@Lichocolati

lol ok. I think you're trolling me but i don't want to be rude so i'll leave it there.
Sharon · F
@Lichocolati [quote]Guess what I did, I told the winds to be still and not long after it became still outside. [/quote]

That's magick. Be careful, your god might get upset with you.
@Pikachu Funny how there is always the power to do petty stuff but no power to cure cancer or stop abuse. If you have to be ruled by a tyrant just to have the power for your toast to land butter side up it realllly doesn't seem worth it.
Lichocolati · 31-35, F
@canusernamebemyusername My dear nothing is impossible with God. His power is always present to heal weather we're aware of it or not. All the sick have to do to get it working in their bodies is to believe that Jesus Christ bore their infirmities and by his stripes we are healed. Doesn't matter if they don't instantly see the results, they need to keep believing thanking God for the healing and they will see manifestion. God can stop a lot of bad things from happening in this world but he gave us free will. If he were to start controlling us like that then we become robots. His protection is reserved for thosr that put their trust in him.
Sharon · F
@Lichocolati [quote]His power is always present to heal weather we're aware of it or not.[/quote]
Now that really is blind faith. One could say exactly the same about any mythical being with equal validity. Santa Claus always delivers presents even if you didn't get anything this year. You just have to keep believing in Him.

[quote]Doesn't matter if they don't instantly see the results, [/quote]
LOL! Doesn't matter if they die before they're cured.
Lichocolati · 31-35, F
@Sharon

[quote]Now that really is blind faith.[/quote]

A mother can say [c=#666666][b]I believe he can get clean[/b][/c] referring to a son that is neck deep in addiction even before she sees the results. Why? Because she knows her son. Same with God if you know him then you know he can do anything😀.


[quote]Doesn't matter if they die before they're cured.[/quote]

People tend to confuse faith with hope. Faith is a [c=#666666][b]now[/b][/c] thing. Hope is a future thing. If you have faith then it means you are healed. If you have hope then you will be healed.
Sharon · F
@Lichocolati [quote]Same with God if you know him then you know he can do anything[/quote]

That's really no different from what members of other religions say about their gods. Why should any third party believe you but not them?
Lichocolati · 31-35, F
@Sharon It's entirely up to you. If you do everything you're told to do and still don't see results then it's time to hit the road. I never lived like a Christian till I hit my lowest. I didn't even believe God answered prayers cause I'd pray and forget what I prayed about but when you have nothing but time on your hands I you pay attention to detail.
Sharon · F
@Lichocolati [quote]If you do everything you're told to do and still don't see results then it's time to hit the road. [/quote]
That's basically what I did. As a child in the UK, christianity was forced on me at school. We had to attended dily christian religious assemblies an at least pretend to pay homage to the christian god. We were also subjected to christian indoctrination, euphemistically called "religious education".

As I got older, I was able to see through all that BS. As you say, that was the time to "hit the road" and break free.
Lichocolati · 31-35, F
@Sharon I know what it's like to have church forced on you. I went through it in my teenage years, I'm going through as we speak. The only difference between then and now is that when I finally got a chance to be out in the world on my own I saw things, I experienced things and did things that left me in isolation and only then did I become desperate for God. My family couldn't help me nobody had a solution so I turned to God and only then did he start revealing himself. He probably tried opening my eyes before that but I guess I was too busy chasing the things of this world that are only but vanity. When I came out of that dark season that had lasted more than a decade I knew God had gotten me out because in the blink of an eye I was out of that situation. I knew then that I owed him my life. It was only when I started praying with meaning and studying the word of God that got me saved.
Sharon · F
@Lichocolati [quote] My family couldn't help me nobody had a solution so I turned to God and only then did he start revealing himself[/quote]
Lonely or abused children often invent imaginary friends to comfort them. I can't see any objective difference between that and you "turning to god". Can you explain the difference to me?

[quote]when I started praying with meaning and studying the word of God that got me saved.[/quote]
That's no different from what members of other religions often say about their gods. Their testimonies are no less valid than yours.