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by GSDtravels on 20 December 2011 - 22:12
Ninja, although you at least came up with an answer, anyone can google, copy and paste. Instead of looking to someone else for the answers, if you truly have a knowledge of the words, you should be able to find your own answers in the numbers. That's what kills me the most. Instead of ACTUALLY studying the Bible, and KNOWING what it says, so many people just count on someone else's answer to clarify their own. When, in actuality, they really can't reckon it on their own! If you need to have someone else interpret it for you, and then offer proof for you, your faith sure is strong... in another human being, LOL.
by GSDtravels on 20 December 2011 - 22:12
This isn't a test to see who can score the highest grade. It's not even a test. It's a way throught the Bible that is clear and wide open, and tells a different story.
by GSDtravels on 20 December 2011 - 22:12
Did you ever notice that most Bible passages are first printed or spoken, then directly followed by "...and that means..."? If the words are really that clear, why would you have to explain? Is one person more special than another that they know better what the words actually mean to those receiving them? Why do they have to be reworded all the time? They should be clear to the receiver.
by GSDtravels on 20 December 2011 - 22:12
So, if you have been "taught" how to read and interpret the Bible, it's not really your faith in God that you're having, but faith in the man teaching you. Once you know how to read, you should be handed the book. What you get from the book should be your faith in God. When you have to have someone else tell you what to see, that's faith in man.
by GSDtravels on 20 December 2011 - 22:12
And besides, if you move the unnamed decimal point to the beginning, instead of the end, you get an infinite number. But you probably didn't have to think outside the box, because nobody ever told you that. And the answer to .666 is, it NEARLY a third of the equation, but not quite. That "not quite" into infinity is the thing you not only have to think about, but it should cause you great worry! Remeber, almost only counts in horseshoes and this is for the whole ball of wax! You'd better get it right the last time!
by ggturner on 20 December 2011 - 22:12
Yes, Ninja, I know that the Bible was written in Hebrew, but that is not what GSDtravels asked, she asked: "If you were going to not only write, but pass on to the rest of mankind, the most important document in the history of the universe, which language would you choose? And WHY?"
by GSDtravels on 20 December 2011 - 22:12
Thank you for following what I'm saying gg, most people can't. I usually give up in frustration because they're not used to their own answers. And theirs should be the ones that count the most to THEM. At least you get that, thanks!
by ggturner on 20 December 2011 - 22:12
This appears to be a metaphysical discussion for GSDtravels. Been reading a lot of Plato?
by Ninja181 on 20 December 2011 - 23:12
"Did you ever notice that most Bible passages are first printed or spoken, then directly followed by "...and that means..."? If the words are really that clear, why would you have to explain? Is one person more special than another that they know better what the words actually mean to those receiving them? Why do they have to be reworded all the time? They should be clear to the receiver".
The bible was first written in Hebrew by Moses because that was his native language.
The New Testament was written in Greek because at the time (50 to 100 AD) many Jews couldn't even read Hebrew anymore. Greek was the language of the scholars at that time.
So I would venture to guess that understanding the original language would be very difficult today. Just go back and read documents from the Pilgrims or old court documents and they are somewhat confusing.
The bible was first written in Hebrew by Moses because that was his native language.
The New Testament was written in Greek because at the time (50 to 100 AD) many Jews couldn't even read Hebrew anymore. Greek was the language of the scholars at that time.
So I would venture to guess that understanding the original language would be very difficult today. Just go back and read documents from the Pilgrims or old court documents and they are somewhat confusing.
by beetree on 20 December 2011 - 23:12
So what is the point of this? You think God was playing a numbers game, and the Bible, originally written in a language that used letters to convey the numerals is important? And it was the Persians (Arabs) who we owe the great honor of Zero! And what is universal now? Computer code. Did the ancients unwittingly leave some digital breadcrumbs that can be followed to infiity? ⇔
Please don't yell at me for not getting you, or it. Just elaborate if you will.
Please don't yell at me for not getting you, or it. Just elaborate if you will.
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