The search for the truth about "The Book"
Well, after the reception of “The Worst Record Sleeves Ever” which was met by all with alacrity,I decided to get back to what is expected of me. The finding of truth in religion
I spoke with Professor Alison Betts from Sydney University who has spent years on archaeological sites throughout the regions named in “The Book”. I asked about the history of all this belief and concluded the following:
It's an oral history. It was passed down, word-of-mouth, father to son, from Adam to Seth, from Seth to Enos, from Enos to Cainan, for 40 generations, a growing, changing, story, it was handed down, word-of-mouth, father to son.
Until Moses finally gets his hands on it and puts it down on lambskin. But lambskins wear out, and need to be recopied.
Copies of copies of copies of copies of copies of copies of copies of an oral history passed down through 40 generations.
From Hebrew it's translated into Arabic, from Arabic to Latin, from Latin to Greek, from Greek to Russian, from Russian to German, from German to an old form of English that you could not read
Through 400 years of evolution of the English language to the book we have today, which is: a translation of a translation of a translation of a translation of a translation of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of an oral history passed down through 40 generations.
You can't put a grocery list through that many translations, copies, and re-telling, and not expect to have some big changes in the dinner menu when the kids get back from Tesco or Wal Mart.
Unless of course the real truth is in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of The Christ”. Now here is a man who knows how to portray history with truth... Have you seen "The Patriot” or his other portrayals of History?
And yet people are killing each other over this passed down word. Listen, if you're killing someone in the name of God, then you are missing the point of why we are here...
There is an old adage in journalism, never more appropriate, “never let the truth get in the way of a good story”
See you soon. Take good care of each other. BC ("The Baldchemist")
Stumble It!
“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another”. -Jonathon Swift
I have just spent a good few hours reading “The Book”. I also took it upon myself to attempt to find some logic to this religious pandemic.
I spoke with Professor Alison Betts from Sydney University who has spent years on archaeological sites throughout the regions named in “The Book”. I asked about the history of all this belief and concluded the following:
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, and the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters." -Genesis. Right?
It's an oral history. It was passed down, word-of-mouth, father to son, from Adam to Seth, from Seth to Enos, from Enos to Cainan, for 40 generations, a growing, changing, story, it was handed down, word-of-mouth, father to son.
Until Moses finally gets his hands on it and puts it down on lambskin. But lambskins wear out, and need to be recopied.
Copies of copies of copies of copies of copies of copies of copies of an oral history passed down through 40 generations.
From Hebrew it's translated into Arabic, from Arabic to Latin, from Latin to Greek, from Greek to Russian, from Russian to German, from German to an old form of English that you could not read
Through 400 years of evolution of the English language to the book we have today, which is: a translation of a translation of a translation of a translation of a translation of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of an oral history passed down through 40 generations.
You can't put a grocery list through that many translations, copies, and re-telling, and not expect to have some big changes in the dinner menu when the kids get back from Tesco or Wal Mart.
Unless of course the real truth is in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of The Christ”. Now here is a man who knows how to portray history with truth... Have you seen "The Patriot” or his other portrayals of History?
And yet people are killing each other over this passed down word. Listen, if you're killing someone in the name of God, then you are missing the point of why we are here...
There is an old adage in journalism, never more appropriate, “never let the truth get in the way of a good story”
See you soon. Take good care of each other. BC ("The Baldchemist")
Stumble It!
posted by "The Baldchemist" at
8:30 am
3 Comments:
You're right that the bible was handed down over many generations. The Jewish scribes were quite meticulous when it came to their craft. They didn't miss a thing. The jots and tittles were all placed exactly where they were supposed to be. Thousands of hand written books. All of them identical. Various ages of writings. The scribes preserved the ancient texts by being exact in their craft. The books of the bible were chosen because of the innumerable handwritten copies that were identical. These books were authoritative because of their number and they matched word for word. This is proof to me. But even without the proof I know God is a big enough God to bring a book that shows us His person down through the ages. One that gives us the directions to Heaven. God is certainly able.
I thought your argument would have been strong enough without that strange bit about the modern Bible being the culmination of a long series of translations. Certainly the Bible has been translated from the Hebrew into Arabic, Latin, Greek, Russian, German, Old English, etc. But it's not a chain of translation any more than the Russion version of a Dickens novel is translated from the French version of Dickens, which was translated from the Japanese version.
Maybe you know this and are just being perverse, in which case why should we trust any of your arguments?
Or alternatively you are writing about things you know nothing about. In which case, ditto.
I couldn't agree more about the translations other than your argument about Dickens is a direct translation of something written 150 years ago.
Dickens never attempted to dictate terms and conditions. there is democracy in Dickens. Translate, interpret as you will that's art.
There is no democracy at all in any of "the books" of religion.
What can I change in The Biblefor the sake of art or to improve my view of life?
There are those who still stick to a 5000 year old World! Evangelists an dothers!
The Baldchemist
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