there is a reason you have Bible scholars. people who study it all the time.

@Kibec I personally know several Christians who have learned to read the original language the scriptures were written in.

the creation story itself was told orally as tradition until it was written down a couple thousand years BC

i think most of the original meaning was lost centuries ago

there is a lot of research you need to do to go from the original writing to making it make sense in current language

I like AMP, gives context where a verse would typically seem to mean something totally different in English

@Salacious Swanky Cat good for you 😃

AMP?

YE-Creationism is *requires* Evolution to be wrong. Evolution provides an alternative to Bibical Creation. It's not the friggin fossil record they throw out; it's the whole damn science book...

I'm blanking I'm a physics guy

@GoldenPhoenix no it isn’t. Lol. It’s literally going from the original language straight to English. Hardly some giant game of telephone. Try learning more about translations before you assert things.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplified_Bible

i assume this is what AMP is referring to

and the thing about understanding of Bible from Christian to Christian is the same for other religions too

@GoldenPhoenix most of it was written 6th century bc actually

I was raised Christan.

@LittleGiantJ no they don’t throw all of science out. Sheesh.

I know this.

see Muslims for exaple

you're missing the point. the same piece of language translated at different points in history would come out with different meanings based on the method of translation and the common vernacular at the time

Yeah, they cherry pick what supports them; and call everything else a lie.

@LittleGiantJ you don’t know you’re talking about. Lol.

@Salacious Swanky Cat but they throw most of it out of window

not all

@Salacious Swanky Cat you're just calling people liars by now XD

@Kibec no they don’t. Lol. It’s pretty much just the fossil record.

@GoldenPhoenix what do you mean?

Yes Grenade

@Salacious Swanky Cat in middle ages they were very anti-science guys

How would I not? I was raised in a Baptist house hold and home-educated with material from Pensacola Christian Academy. I know damn well what I'm talking about.

Yeah, I like how they find that one verse about not eating pork in the bible and go LOOK LOOK SEE IT SUPPORTS QRAN and then you keep reading and it says not to eat camel, Something of which is fine in islamic culture

That one alwyas made me chuckle

you're literally just @ing people and saying "no, you're wrong" without reading any of their context or history. JS was raised christian himself, he understands how it works at least in part

@LittleGiantJ yeah. It’s pretty much just the fossil record.

you're worse than southern baptists, damn

You guys seem to have spent a lot of time wasted on this issue. Has it dramatically altered your way of living?

Thing is: If the Koran would be taught by David Wood, I'd be for Islamic classes.

I'm actually gonna go find that verse real quick

maybe the didnt want it at that time xD just werent longing for it cus there is so much to chose from @🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞

@LittleGiantJ sorry about feeding the fire, didn't mean to put a target on you XD

@GoldenPhoenix you didn’t put a light on him. And you’re still wrong about translation and interpretation. Who cares about someone’s personal experience? That doesn’t automatically make the person correct.