GreenphoeniX
Well-Known Member
I was recently watching a video on YouTube (Ricky Gervais - Bible (Animals) - From his Animals stand-up show.
And in the comments (Yes I was bored and actually read some of the comments lol), there were people saying that they believe the bible has more proof to it than the theory of evolution...
Now, I have nothing against people believing what ever they choose to believe in, if it helps them, if they believe it makes them a better person than fine.
With modern science, the discovery of micro-organisms, cells, molecules etc.
How can you possibly say the bible has more proof?
These days, when a girl says "I don't know how I'm pregnant, I've never had sex or even been near a man before!"
The general reaction would be; "OBVIOUSLY you're LYING"
So why is it that when 'Mary' got pregnant, it was treated as 'immaculate conception' ??? Man, about 300 girls at the high school I went to must be giving birth to the next Jesus, cause according to their parents; "they weren't even sexually active, how can they be pregnant?"
There's ignorance and arrogance, very dangerous when mixed.
I have a feeling that the bible would be a bit more believable if it was actually CORRECTLY translated in the first place!
A quick example:
The Old Testament talks about almah 'young woman,' not bethulah 'virgin.' However, the scholars in the 3rd century BC translated the Hebrew almah as parthenos in Greek. Thus the 'young woman' in Hebrew metamorphosed into a 'virgin' in Greekand she has remained a virgin ever since in translations across the world. The notion of 'virgin birth' was born, thanks to a mistranslation.
Therefore, the 'prophecy' of 'a virgin giving birth' - Was originally a prophecy of 'a young woman giving birth' ... Which as we all know is a SUPER RARE occurrence, specially these days
I'm just having a bit of a rant here. This is an on going argument, has been for centuries, so lets not expect to solve it here, people will have different opinions on this obviously.
And in the comments (Yes I was bored and actually read some of the comments lol), there were people saying that they believe the bible has more proof to it than the theory of evolution...
Now, I have nothing against people believing what ever they choose to believe in, if it helps them, if they believe it makes them a better person than fine.
With modern science, the discovery of micro-organisms, cells, molecules etc.
How can you possibly say the bible has more proof?
These days, when a girl says "I don't know how I'm pregnant, I've never had sex or even been near a man before!"
The general reaction would be; "OBVIOUSLY you're LYING"
So why is it that when 'Mary' got pregnant, it was treated as 'immaculate conception' ??? Man, about 300 girls at the high school I went to must be giving birth to the next Jesus, cause according to their parents; "they weren't even sexually active, how can they be pregnant?"
There's ignorance and arrogance, very dangerous when mixed.
I have a feeling that the bible would be a bit more believable if it was actually CORRECTLY translated in the first place!
A quick example:
The Old Testament talks about almah 'young woman,' not bethulah 'virgin.' However, the scholars in the 3rd century BC translated the Hebrew almah as parthenos in Greek. Thus the 'young woman' in Hebrew metamorphosed into a 'virgin' in Greekand she has remained a virgin ever since in translations across the world. The notion of 'virgin birth' was born, thanks to a mistranslation.
Therefore, the 'prophecy' of 'a virgin giving birth' - Was originally a prophecy of 'a young woman giving birth' ... Which as we all know is a SUPER RARE occurrence, specially these days
I'm just having a bit of a rant here. This is an on going argument, has been for centuries, so lets not expect to solve it here, people will have different opinions on this obviously.
one way or the other. Words change and take on new and different meanings, but people actions don't. No it won't be solved here (w/o a lil waterboarding 
) but everybody's opinions is worth listening too 
