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doesn't it frighten you that it has been translated at all, first of all from one language to another...[/b]
Frightening? Not at all. Intriguing? Absolutely. That's why I am compelled to study the original languages. The Bible has been translated by several who are experts - from EVERY field, including the agnostic/atheistic translators. Also... the idea that the original languages are somehow doctored by \"the church\" or believers for the sake of church elitism or some other rubbish is a MYTH (I know you didn't make such an assumption, Rabbit, but from my experience, it seems many people blindly believe nonsense like that because they have chips on their shoulders...)
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inevitably losing some meaning in translation,...[/b]
I agree, but the truth is evident in any language.
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on heaven and hell: heaven seems like a pretty boring place to me. and hell doesn't sound so fun either.[/b]
Only to those whose minds/imaginations are limited... Your mind, like all of ours' will still be blown.
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if you want to do good deeds and love your fellow man, and you think that abiding by the rules of a religion will make you a better person,and more comfortable,happy if you want to say;[/b]
Religion does nothing for me. A relationship with God does.
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for you who do believe in the bible, why did god create dinosaurs?[/b]
Why not?
...something else to contemplate,
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i love babies by the way.[/b]
Me too. I believe no one is innocent....
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beliefs allow the mind to stop functioning. a non-functioning mind is clinically dead. believe in nothing.[/b]
Without belief, YOU would not function. You use it every day.