Bishops say Bible is made up

[The Late, Great JC]

Nah, Henry VIII had an English bible made as a way to poke the Pope Clement VII in the eye for being scared of Charles V the Holy Roman Emperor.

Threaded my dear, fat, senile friend, we're talking about something else entirely.

[Chico]

I am not a catholic nor do speak for catholic church however the problems the Catholic Church faces today particularly in the Europe is mostly of its own making. How can they believe in an onmipotent God but also at the same time believe bits of the Bible (his inspired word) are inaccurate? It just makes my point really - the enemy can operate internally as well.

As Jesus said "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away." Matt 24:35

[voron]

Chico is Martin Luther and I claim my £5!

[threaded]

Nah, Martin Luther was a German and not as good looking.

[The Late, Great JC]

Nah, Martin Luther was a German and not as good looking.

Chico is Threaded's latest squeeze and I claim my £5...

[Dundeegeorge]

German?

Nah, Martin Luther was a German and not as good looking.

But he was black, surely, and he's dead now, isn't he?

(DundeeGeorge in 'I have a dream about humourously confusing Dr. King with Martin Luther mode')

[voron]

Nah, Martin Luther was a German and not as good looking.

How do you know what Chico looks like? Is there something you're not telling us???

[threaded]

How do you know what Chico looks like? Is there something you're not telling us???

Huh? His picture is beside every post he makes...

[Jabberwocky]

Chico, you know when these probes go to other worlds and bring back pictures of new planets and new environments, and then the scientist scum go on about 13 billion years of planetary development. Do you just stick your head up your bottom and hum ?

[AlfredJPruffock]

There are well known theological scripts from the 1st century AD (the period when the Gospels were written) found in Egypt, which have not been included in the Bible, for what have been claimed to be "political" reasons. The King James version of the English Bible does not contain the books of the Apocrypha, whereas I believe these are contained in the Roman Catholic version.


So it is indeed interesting that the Christian church should make this statement

You are quite correct and furthermore I have always been curious as to why the book of Tobias was removed from the King James version.

This is a remarkable part of the Bible as it deals with the story of Tobias who in his quest to find a marraige mate becomes ensnared by Female Demons and is saved by the The story is told in the Book of Tobias (6: 1-3).

Tobias was sent by his blind father Tobit to collect a debt. He was escorted by the Archangel Raphael and when a fish attacked him as the crossed the river Tigris, Raphael told the boy to kill it and remove the heart, the liver and gall, which could be used to restore his father's eyesight.


Interesting as it makes a reference to the ArchAngel Raphael , Raphael being Hebrew for he who hath healed ... also Raphael appears in human form at first as a traveller concelaing his Angelic identity, perhaps this gives rise to the Bibles advice, .... not to be unkind to strangers, for they may be Angels in disguise.