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hi all At 09:37 1999/11/14 -0500, polite hilary clearly wrote: >By the bible, i presume you mean the whole bible? >And just how eo you define 'the whole bible"? >Now I would define it as what you call the 'Old Testament'. >You would presumably include the so-called New testament"/ >My muslim friends would probably include the Koran as the word of G-d >And my Mormon neighbors would surely include the "book of Mormon" >All of us believing in the same G-d? >Which one of us is right. , or are we all right? >ie G-d either did or didnt write all those books , >depending on which religion you follow? >I didnt know that truth depended on one's point of view. >I'm getting lost here - someone help me!!!!!!!!!! >(It is hard to remain clear, and still be polite) >hilary very polite, hilary and i think all your points are good ones but you missed one important issue in re the christian bible in my view anyway the layers of human interpretation, viz: which translations? ?greek? ?hebrew? ?aramaic? which scribes? ?thomas? ?matthew? ?mark? ?stephen mitchell? which versions? ?king james? ?new english? ?new international? just doing a little christian-ish mulling janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset e-mail - [log in to unmask] web-site - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/