MINOR INACCURACIES DUE TO HUMAN ERROR ARE FOUND IN ALL BIBLES, BECAUSE HUMANS ARE LIMITED IN THEIR ABILITIES. The Original Manuscripts Are Not Available So Whatever Is Written In The Bible Has To Be Put Into Practice And Proven By Individuals If They Are To Discover The Truth. The Bible is a document that provides a written witness to Lord Jesus Christ, whereas humans are living documents that bear witness to whatever a person believes; which could be true or not, depending upon the honesty of the person.

What are examples of inaccurate translations in the Bible?

Please specify the version, for example KJV or NIV, and why it is inaccurate.

Happy Riches, Answered Feb 15Answer requested by 1 person

The Bible clearly states that every Scripture that bears witness to Lord Jesus Christ is profitable for teaching and instruction in the work of righteousness, so that the man of God may be equipped for every good work.

Even though the Bible clearly states that the Old Testament bears witness to the Son of God, amazingly, very few people ever come to realize this. Instead, they are deceived in some way and miss the mark.

• You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me; yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. (John 5:39-40)

Unfortunately, there are many translations that are colored by the perceptions of the translators, but in the main, every Bible bears witness to the truth about the death and resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ.

If the Son of God says the Old Testament bears witness to Him and you cannot see this truth, then you have a darkened mind and have not come out of the darkness. You may even call yourself a Christian, but you do not know Lord Jesus Christ. The truth is people relate to one another and we are also called to relate to God Himself through His Son—what is the name of the Holy One (Proverbs 30:3-4). Just like you do not know me, you do not know the Father, because you do not know the Son.

Any translation that strips the Son of God of His glory or belittles God by calling Him a ghost, demonstrates that it has been influenced by something other than the truth. Why would the Son of God give up his ghost? Why would a translation state that God seeks those who worship Him, to do so in spirit and truth, and then say that the Holy Spirit of God is a ghost. This has to be a deliberate, subtle, spiritualist influence. There is no reason for the King Jame Version of the Bible, if the translation were truly inspired by God, to incorporate a spiritualist component that has to do with ghosts—for ghosts are spirits of the dead that are believed to inhabit haunts all over the world and influence people. Spiritualists even seek to contact ghosts—something that is forbidden in the Bible.

Consultation of the King James Version Greek Lexicon informs us that there is no need to translate the word pneuma as ghost and not spirit. In the book of Acts, we read how the Holy Spirit is a ghost and yet it is by the Spirit that people are able to exhibit the supernatural and speak in languages they had not learned.

• And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. (Joel 2:29)

• And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. (Acts 2:4

Throughout the King James Version of the Bible we read that people give up their ghosts; Mary was impregnated by a ghost; disciples are to baptize in the name of a ghost; disciples themselves are to be baptized into a ghost.

• Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. (Genesis 25:8)

• Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. (Matthew 1:18)

• Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. (Matthew 27:50)

• Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. (Matthew 28:19)

• I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. (Mark 1:8)

The King James Version translators clearly understood that the Spirit of God is Holy, The Holy Spirit is God, and men possess spirits, not ghosts.

• And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness. (Mark 1:12)

• And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. (Genesis 6:3)

• And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? (Numbers 16:22)

• And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: (Matthew 3:16)

• Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. (Matthew 12:18)

Among the many other instances of erroneous translation, there is one that exists in the book of Daniel that has caused people to make many false predictions and interpret the Bible incorrectly.

• And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. (Daniel 8:14)

The Hebrew King James Version Hebrew Lexicon states for the word that is translated “days” in Daniel 8:14:

`ereb (eh'-reb) dusk, even(-ing, tide), night.
boqer (bo'-ker) dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning, early, morning.

Now if the King James Version correctly stated evenings and mornings, instead of interpreting this to mean days, then ereb and boqer would have been translated evenings and mornings.

• And he said to him, “For two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary shall be restored to its rightful state.” (Daniel 8:14)

Because the King James Version states “days”, instead of evenings and mornings, it is quite reasonable that this mistranslation is responsible for Josiah Litch making his prediction in the early 1800s that Lord Jesus Christ would return in 1840.

I believe Ellen White and the pioneers were honest people, they just came to some wrong conclusions because of a lack of information. Otherwise you would have to conclude that they were all liars and deceivers and involved in a cover up. As they were all repeating the same line of reasoning it seems likely that they were just not aware of the truth about what happened on August 11th 1840. —Josiah Litch - What happened on August 11, 1840?

Those who delight in rejecting the historical accuracy of the Bible, rejoice at the fact there as some slight errors in the Scriptures.—Noah’s Ark has been found and documented to measure the exact measurements detailed in the Bible.

Foolish Bible-believers who are indoctrinated to the extent that they exalt the Bible so high that they commit bibliolatry, attempt to defend the inerrancy and infallibility of the Scriptures rather than acknowledging that they bear witness to Lord Jesus Christ.

• You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me; yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. (John 5:39–40)

Those who know Lord Jesus Christ personally, who have been baptized in the Holy Spirit, understand that only a relationship is valid, whereas words can be changed.

The fact that the experience of knowing Lord Jesus Christ is borne witness by the Bible, those who know the Son of God have great confidence in what has been written by the prophets and apostles. Moreover, this confidence is corroborated as valid because of the historical witness verified by indisputable archaeological artifacts that have been discovered.

Fortunately, for the King James translators, the version cannot but bear witness to the Word of God, the Son of God, Lord Jesus Christ, who dwelt in the bosom of the Father and has revealed Him in human form.

Oddly The Only Words Written By God Himself Are Discarded By Bible Literalists

WISDOM IS LACKING BECAUSE PEOPLE REJECT THE OBVIOUS AND THEN BECOME CANDIDATES FOR FOOLISHNESS. The Book Of Proverbs Has Much To Say About The Wise And Those Who Are Fools. The wise are those who desire truth and fools are those who will believe anything other than the truth.

How do I obtain, apply and use the wisdom that the first five chapters of proverbs in The Holy Bible speaks about?

Why is this book referring to wisdom as she and her?

Happy Riches Answer requested by Jamar Grimsley

In respect to the application of wisdom in one’s life, bear in mind that understanding the fear of the Lord is the key to this. Unfortunately, for too many people, they do not understand that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and that the book of Proverbs tells us exactly what this is:

• The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate. (Proverbs 8:13)

If a person does not hate evil, that person will despise wisdom, and the Bible calls such a person a fool. Because a wise person recognizes that the most pressing answers each one needs to know are to these two questions: What happens when I die? Why am I born to die?

We learn in the book of Proverbs that those who hate knowledge, reject the fear of the Lord. Many people think they possess knowledge because they can regurgitate copious amounts of information, be it in fifty different languages, it is still the same disinformation and misinformation if it does not produce eternal worth. Real knowledge is eternal.

Temporary knowledge is like historical facts that relate to an event, such as a flower bursting into bloom, and then ceasing to exist. Big deal! Who cares? Well, it did happen; only it really has no bearing on eternity. In many respects, such events are like virtual reality.

Proverbs is about understanding the fear of the Lord. The book is about becoming wise and no longer remaining a fool. The wise discover the existence of God and then begin to seek a relationship with Him.

• The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Proverbs 1:7)

• Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord, (Proverbs 1:29)

• Then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. (Proverbs 2:5)

• The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. (Proverbs 9:10)

As for wisdom being expressed as possessing a feminine form, there a number of theories for why this is so, ranging from virtues being seen as feminine qualities that men ought possess to Israel’s god being one of many in the pantheon of gods and having a queen in Heaven.

Where the Hebrew actually uses the genderless, abstract grammatical form for the word “wisdom”, we find that the King James Bible and later versions refer to the virtue as being feminine.

The Hebrew word (khochmoth) here used to designate Wisdom seems to be an abstract derivation from the ordinary khochmah. The form is peculiar to the Proverbs and Psalms, in the former occurring four times (Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 9:1; Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 24:7), and in the latter twice only (viz. Psalm 49:4; Psalm 78:15). —Proverbs 1 Pulpit Commentary

However, before the King James Version was crafted, rather than the feminine form, Wycliffe went with the masculine form, even though the Hebrew word for wisdom took the abstract form.

• Wisdom preacheth without forth; in streets it giveth his voice. (Proverbs 1:20—Wycliffe Bible)

In the book of First Corinthians, the Apostle Paul tells us that Jesus Christ has been made our wisdom.

• He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption; therefore, as it is written, “Let him who boasts, boast of the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 1:30–31)

When we consider that the Son of God is the Word of God through whom all things that exist came into existence, then it makes sense that Lord Jesus Christ is the wisdom of God. However, we also find Jesus Himself referring to wisdom in the feminine form.

• Yet wisdom is justified by all her children (Luke 7:35)

Providing one does not have a myopic view of reality, one can grasp that when humankind was made in the image of God, the human being was made male and female—not just male. The two genders are required for the human being to be an image of the invisible God—not one gender! This is the case, even though God is referred to in the masculine form.

Therefore, having grasped the reality that male and female actually combine to represent the Eternal, there ought be no difficulty in understanding that the Son of God is the wisdom of God who brings forth many children of God.

• For he has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will, according to his purpose which he set forth in Christ (Ephesians 1:9)

• that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 3:10)

• But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God; (John 1:12)

• He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. (John 11:51-52)

• O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! (Matthew 23:37)

The wisdom of God is obtained by understanding what is evil and shunning it, knowing full well that its lure can be overcome only by submitting to God and calling upon Him to help you resist its source (James 4:7). By calling upon the name of the Lord, you are opening your heart to receive the Son of God and becoming one of the God’s children.

That wisdom of God is expressed in the feminine form, could very well have much to do with the reason the woman was created in the first place, so that there would be many children born, who could then become children of the Living God.

The Beginning Of Wisdom Is The Hatred Of Evil, But Do You Know What It Really Is?

THE BIBLE INFORMS US THAT GOD IS NOT REALLY A TRINITY NOR THREE MODES OF EXPRESSION EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SEVEN SPIRITS. Not Only Do We Learn That The Lord God Has Seven Spirits, We Also Learn That The Father Is Not The Son Nor The Holy Spirit. Many people find understanding the Infinite God difficult and resort to all manner of ideas in an attempt to fit Him into their finite minds.

Does the Bible depict a Trinity or a Modalist God?

Happy Riches Answer requested by Kenneth Lewis

The Bible depicts God neither as a trinity nor three modes of expression (modalism). The Bible speaks of God having a Son in the Old Testament and when we get into the New Testament, the Son refers to the Father and the Holy Spirit as distinct entities, and in the last book, mentions the seven Spirits of God that roam over the Earth.

• I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One. Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you know! (Proverbs 30:3–4)

• I myself did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ (John 1:33)

• But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. (John 14:26)

• Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19)

However, Jesus said that when He ascends to the Father, only then can the Spirit of Truth be imparted by Himself. The Spirit of Truth was with the twelve disciples in the form of Lord Jesus, but was later to be within them.

• The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you. (John 14:17)

• But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me; (John 15:26)

• When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. (John 16:13)

The Spirit of Christ is referenced in the book of Acts and in the Epistles.

• But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Any one who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. (Romans 8:9)

• Yes, and I shall rejoice. For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, (Philippians 1:19)

• They inquired what person or time was indicated by the Spirit of Christ within them when predicting the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glory. (1 Peter 1:11)

The seven-fold Spirit of God appears to be independent to the Spirit of Christ.

• From the throne issue flashes of lightning, and voices and peals of thunder, and before the throne burn seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God; (Revelation 4:5)

• And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth; (Revelation 5:6)

When we read the Scriptures, we learn that God manifests Himself in different forms, but the Son is always a separate individual to the Father, and the Spirit of God is also distinct. The Spirit of Truth is an individual that indwells not just one person but many persons. The Spirit of Truth is referred to using the male gender in the English translations, but in the Greek takes a neutral pronoun, which leads many to see the Spirit as a impersonal force. However, this same Spirit is referenced as the Spirit of Christ and also the Spirit of God that indwells. In the book of Revelation, we learn that there are seven spirits of God.

If anything, rather than the idea of a trinity or a triune manifestation of God, we see in the Bible that there appears to be a distinction between the Spirit of God (which is probably the Spirits of God and is often referred to as the Seven-fold Spirit of God), the Heavenly Father, the Son of God and the Spirit of Truth, which is the Holy Spirit that indwells believers.

Far better to accept that those who are baptized into Christ receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of Truth), but not the Seven-fold Spirit of God. The Seven-fold Spirit, we are told in the book of Revelation, is an external being that roams the Earth, whereas those who are united with Lord Jesus, possess the indwelling Spirit of Christ.

From what we learn from the Bible, only those who possess the Spirit of Christ are able to understand the truths of God. However, it is possible for people to do mighty works in the name of Jesus through the power of the Spirit of God and yet not be known by Him (Matthew 7:21-23). Judas was one of the twelve, and along with the others, he was given authority to cast out demons and heal the sick, yet he did not really know Jesus. This is suggestive of the Spirit of God (Finger of God) casting out demons, for we know that Judas did not possess the Holy Spirit, as it was not given until the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4).

To Know The Father Is To Know The Son But Only If The Son Reveals Him To You

PEOPLE CLAIMING TO BE CHRISTIANS COME IN MANY SHAPES AND SIZES AND ALSO WITH NUMEROUS DIFFERENT BELIEFS. Those Individuals Who Actually Know Lord Jesus Christ Realize That They Are Not In The Position To Defend Almighty God, For They Need Almighty God To Defend Them. Much depends often whether people are honest enough to admit that they have not the ability to love, as God does, and neither do they really know the truth but have learned a set of doctrines, which are really human philosophy wrapped up in religious garb.

Should we, as Christians, convince others to follow Jesus, and be Christians?

Happy Riches Answered requested by Anonymous

A common aphorism goes along the following lines: Convincing people against their will, only leaves them with the same opinion still.

Convincing people that a person has something worthwhile to offer, requires that person to find people who are dissatisfied with what they have and, because of this, they are open to weighing up the options.

People who think that being to born just to die is purposeful and not a futile existence are not up to hearing about a message of being raised from the dead and possessing eternal life.

The Apostle Paul stated that the goodness of God was meant to lead people to repentance and that the seasons, being yearly, ought to wake up the ignorant to the fact the Universe has been created and does exist by chance.

If people are not willing to accept reason, or the goodness of God, or the reality that chance did not cause the Universe to exist, then it is hardly likely they will acknowledge the truth about morality.

This is why the Bible states that God laughs at the nations and the vain attempts at their leaders to achieve anything that is contrary to the purpose of God. This is also why the Bible calls everyone a fool who rejects the truth about the Creator.

Personally, there is no need to defend the Bible; people can say what they like about it. For the truth stands: the Bible bears witness to the fact that people are immoral and doomed to die because of their sins. The Bible effectively informs us that the only hope of meaning in life is for people to repent of their ignorance and wicked ways and ask the Creator for forgiveness. The Bible testifies to the fact that the stupidity of selfishness reigns in this world—which is why people hold up signs stating “Love Trumps Hate” as they curse, abuse and physically harm passersby.

True love will only be discovered when people cease being violent and humbly give of themselves, while trusting the Lord God to empower them to prove what love really means.

While I see no need to defend God, because I really need Him to defend me, this does not mean that I do not see any need to testify of my discoveries. Not to do so would make me a selfish individual indeed.

I have no faith in the theory of evolution, but I have faith in what I have learned—humans cannot be trusted. Nevertheless, in all good faith, I accept human beings to be untrustworthy and just know they will let me down eventually. Because of this, when I sought God to know Lord Jesus Christ, I expressed that there is no love in this world and I had none.

I knew how to say the word “love” and used it often. But being the promiscuous creature that I was, I was no different to a desperate tomcat roaming the streets seeking any cat on heat. Among the humans, such interludes are called “acts of love”, but they have no meaning at all, and only leave participants wanton.

Now that I know Lord Jesus Christ, I feel that I have received what I had always been looking for, only I did not know this beforehand. No one does, really. We are all sad sacks seeking something; only not knowing what it is, we are look in the wrong places and hang out with the wrong people and do the wrong things by ourselves. All we really want is that elusive spark that brings abundant eternal life. If only someone would show us how to find that which we seek. Even though we do not know what that which we seek could be, deep within we sense that once we find the elusive spark of life, we will treasure it to the extent that we will give everything we own to possess it.

In my case, the difference that occurred in my grandparents lives become the turning point for me. Their lives really changed. Grumpy turned into joyful. Prude turned into joyful. Grumpy was no longer getting tongue lashed by the prude. Instead, there were hugs and kisses all around, not to mention two past-the-use-by-date individuals now sleeping in the same bed. Love was in the air. In fact, in the rooms of their house, love seemed to be everywhere.

As for trying to convince someone to follow Jesus, if they are not convinced that you are following Jesus, forget it.

There are many religionists who will tell you that they have discovered the secret to life and if you do not convert, metaphorically, it is off with your head—of course, people do not really do such a thing (not if they are from the Father, that is). However, I do not think it is force that causes people to abhor the God of love, rather it is hypocrisy of those who are big on talk but do not understand the walk. Also, there is the fact, many people, claiming to be Christians, do not really understand what it means to know Lord Jesus Christ, because they merely have a set of doctrines which their lack of humility compels them to defend. Whereas I have nothing to defend, because I have been set free from my bondage to pride and death.

• So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:36)

You can believe what you want. As for me, I will continue with the truth, now that I have been set free.

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Only Those Who Want To Know And Understand The Eternal Truth Have Hope

MANY PEOPLE WONDER WHO JESUS CHRIST REALLY IS AND THINK IN TERMS OF GOD, THE SON OF GOD, A MERE MAN, A MAN WHO BECAME GOD, OR SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY EVIDENCE OF NOT KNOWING HIM. People Who Know Lord Jesus Christ Personally Have A Much Different Take Because They Actually Have A Relationship With The Only Person Who Has Died And Then Has Risen From The Dead To Possess An Immortal Body. Such individuals may know the resurrected Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, but, more importantly, they know Him as their friend.

Who is Jesus Christ to you?

Happy Riches, Answer requested by Kenneth Lewis

Jesus Christ is my friend. Where I go, I know Lord Jesus Christ is with me. What other friend could be with you all the time, 24/7.

Before I met Lord Jesus Christ, it might seem redundant to say that I did not know Him, for I had merely heard about Him. Just as people reading this, do not know me, I did not know Lord Jesus Christ.

However, if you were ever to meet me in person, there would be no way I could be with you 24/7, so that I could be your friend who loves you at all times. A friend is only a true friend if he or she loves you at all times. This is what the Bible teaches.

• A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. (Proverbs 17:17)

• Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13)

• You are my friends if you do what I command you. (John 15:14)

• No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. (John 15:15)

Unfortunately, every person I have known has let me down in one way or the other. Likewise, I myself have let people down, even though I did not want to do so. But because of my selfishness, I have not been able to live up to the expectations I have of myself, let alone those expectations other people may have for me. Still, the persons I would consider my closest friends have demonstrated that they cannot compare to Lord Jesus Christ.

Since I have met Lord Jesus Christ, I have had an internal assurance that He is with me. This assurance has remained throughout all my adventures in life, regardless of circumstances. This internal assurance never leaves. Every other person who would call himself, or herself, my friend cannot do what Lord Jesus does and give me the assurance 24/7 that we are united together.

With people whom we live, even if we sleep with them, they cannot live inside you. Somehow, when I met Lord Jesus Christ, I received something from Him that assures me that He is in me and I am in Him.

Knowing A Friend Who Is Ever Faithful Is What Everyone Seeks For Their Life

STAR WARS TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYED IN HURRICANES ERIN, HARVERY, IRMA, AND MARIA IS CAUSING MUCH DEVASTATION AND MORE IS TO COME. People Are Beginning To Wake Up But Will They Wake Up In Time Or Will They Become The Victims Of The Powerful Elite’s Plans To Bring The Masses On This Globe To Their Knees. Debt obligations not met mean that that bankers do not get paid and the best way to deal with bad debts is to get rid of them.

Alan Burdick, a staff writer, for the The New Yorker claims that the human brain is a prediction machine, or even a time machine, because the paths of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma were predicted well in advance. 

Burdick also claims that these hurricanes are evidence of climate change.

Zero Hedge published charts that show hurricanes have become less in number each year, dropping off significantly during the Obama Presidency.

Atheist Bill Maher stated that because none of President Trump’s properties in the path of Hurricane Irma were damaged by the storm shows that God doesn’t exist.

Bill Maher informs us that atheists are self-centered individuals who are not to be trusted and they do not seek good for other people, just themselves, mostly.

Unlike other parts of the USA, most Texans acknowledge the Creator God and seek thegood of other people, as was evident when Hurricane Harvey hit.

Putin says that Russia has proof the US Government is creating hurricanes with machines.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky writing for Global Research states:

Rarely acknowledged in the debate on global climate change, the world’s weather can now be modified as part of a new generation of sophisticated electromagnetic weapons.

Evidently, the US military has been controlling the weather since 1947 under project "Cirrus" (named after the high cirrus clouds) and has been getting better at it over the years.

James McCanney worked out how technology can be used to control hurricanes and make accurate predictions. 

Hurricane Erin was sitting offshore outside of New York when the twin towers were brought down on 9/11.

There is evidence (which is not going away) of magnetic fields being manipulated at the time the 9/11 event was happening.

What happened that fatal day on September 9, 2001, did not occur because of planes, or bombs planted in the buildings, but because Tesla technology had been deployed to cause phenomena that had never before been seen.

The evidence indicates that Hurricane Erin appears to have provided the energy that was harnessed to turn the two 110 story towers into dust and burn out the interior of building no. 7, before it came down in what appeared to be a classic demolition.

What President Reagan referred to as the  Strategic Defense Initiative (dubbed "Star Wars" program) is the technology that has been developed to harness the power that creates hurricanes; although this was dismissed, as yet to be researched, lest people got too many ideas.

Harnessing this power is done by opening up a channel in the ionosphere so energy can be directed down to the Earth, with the help of clouds.

Cirrus clouds (Cirrus project began 1947) are much higher than the cumulonimbus clouds, which are utilized to create a tower by which energy can begin to be channeled through the atmosphere from the ionosphere.

Cumulonimbus clouds are referred to as thunderheads, because these are capable of producing lightning and other dangerously severe weather, such as tornadoes. 

By using  technology developed by Nikola Tesla that creates charged beams, these thunderheads are supercharged and, once an eye is formed, the storm becomes a hurricane (typhoon or cyclone) that can be controlled by satellites.

Dane Wigington sees Hurricane Maria as further evidence for

 “weather weaponization” technology that allows powerful nations to literally steer superstorms into their intended targets.

This technology can be used for good to provide free electricity and guide hurricanes away from land or it can be used for evil to cause destruction with directed-energy weapons.

Evidently, Puerto Rico had become an economic basket case, with the leaders not seeing to the island's population meeting its debt obligations.

In the Bible we read:

And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.Matthew 24:22

The elect (not the elite) are those who have secured their salvation and are alive at the time that this event is expected to occur, when humans cause major damage to the ionosphere and what is meant to protect the Earth from outer-space radiation is destroyed.

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RESEARCHING HOLY BOOKS REQUIRES AN INTENSE INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT AS TO WHY WE EXIST OR SOMEONE WITH AN ACADEMIC TURN OF MIND WHO WANTS TO JUSTIFY HIS OR HER POSITION AND WHY THE PERSON REJECTS THE CREATOR. Many People Who Claim To Be Bona Fide Researchers Are Not All Looking For The Truth, But Are Seeking To Establish Themselves As Scholars Who Have Demonstrated The God Does Not Exist Because There Is Money To Be Made And Fame To Be Got. For someone who is seeking the truth, just reading the Bible is not sufficient because, like all books, it has been penned by humans, even if God Himself did actually write some of it.

Have you research/study holy books of any religion, and what are your thoughts about it?

Its origin?

When it has been written?

Its history?

Its author?

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Answered Feb 10Answer requested by Paul Brix H. Obrique

The first “holy book” I began reading was called Holy Bible. After reading a certain number of pages it turned me away from wanting to read the Bible again. That book was the version of the Bible many people declare the only “Living Word of God”—the King James Version.

• Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. (2 Corinthians 3:6 King James Version)

• who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not in a written code but in the Spirit; for the written code kills, but the (Spirit gives life. (2 Corinthians 3:6 Revised Standard Version)

Years later, after I saw the transformation that had taken place in my grandparents, caused by the true  Living Word of God, I was presented with a book by my grandmother called The Living Bible. The book was a paraphrase version of the Old and New Testaments, which I found easy to read. I read from the beginning of the book of Genesis to the finish of the book of Job, but did not find the Living Word of God.

After I met the author of the Old Testament and the New Testament, Lord Jesus Christ, the written code suddenly took on new meaning for me. I read the gospels with relish. However, I have discovered that not only does the Bible teach that the Universe and life (as we know it) has been created by the Son of God, but also the Ten Commandments were written by Him for He is preeminent in all things.

• He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation; for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent. For in him all the fulness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. (Colossians 1:15-20)

Afterwards, when reading other books to do with Hindu, Buddhist and Tao writings, the Egyptian book of the dead, some Babylonian texts and the Koran, I found that they were uninspiring and came across as the products of human imagination, even when reporting historical events—although the Egyptian and Babylonian texts dealt with some practical matters concerning day to day affairs.

People defending the books of those religions have told me that the reason I do not find these other religious writings uninspiring is my inability to read the original languages. I have only read translations in English.
Regardless of this, none of the books that I have read possess the prophetic component that is found in the Old Testament that predict anything like the death of the chosen one for the salvation of mankind. When it comes to the New Testament, none of the books compare.

Being a realist, and not some person who believes I am right because I think I am right, rather someone who puts my money where my mouth is—even my life on the line, if necessary—to find the truth about matters of which I am interested. I have no interest in trying to reinvent the wheel—teleporting; yes!—reinventing the wheel: no!

Many people say the Bible is written by men; therefore subject to the error. Yet these same people trust other humans to tell the truth—go figure! What these individuals overlook is the Old Testament (Torah)is the only book that has the Ten Commandments as outlined in the book of Exodus (chapter 20:1–17) written by the Finger of God.

There is also a second version of the Ten Commandments that is specific to the Israelites. The second version is covered by the macro-worldview that is presented in the Ten Commandments written by the Eternal One Himself. The version in Exodus, written by God Himself, is all about relationships. The Deuteronomy version is also about the relationships to do with God and man, except they are peculiar to the Israelites, who were delivered from the Egyptians. In particular, the Mosaic version of the Ten Commandments identifies the Sabbath as an designating mark of remembrance that commemorates Israel’s deliverance when crossing the Red Sea—a historical fact that can be verified by anyone. Of course this requires the individual to be an honest and genuine person, who authentically desires to prove the archaeological evidence false—something a true scientist would do!

• Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your manservant, or your maidservant, or your ox, or your ass, or any of your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your manservant and your maidservant may rest as well as you. You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out thence with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day. (Deuteronomy 5:12-15)

Over the years, I have come to realize that what is written in the Bible is reliable information that instructs people how they can end the futility of being born to die and discover Lord Jesus Christ. There has been only one person who has risen from the dead after having paid the price for mankind’s sinful actions—history records no other. Lord Jesus Christ demonstrated He is the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead and, those who are 100% genuine—not 99%—in their desire to know Him, actually get to meet Him.

In a nutshell, the Bible (inspired by God with the Ten Commandments actually written by Him) provides evidence of true prophecy because is being fulfilled today. The Bible provides an accurate guide to the creation of the Israel nation via their Exodus route, and is very profitable for understanding the purpose of God and finding satisfaction in life. No other book comes close to having the Creator for its inspiration, nor actual writing by God Himself.

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Some Books Are Easier To Read Than Others, But Not Every Book Is That Important

THE PROBLEM OF EVIL AND THE UNIVERSE BEING CREATED BY A RIGHTEOUS CREATOR WHO DOES NOT KNOW EVIL BAFFLES MANY MINDS. Surely Evil Would Not Exist If The Creator God Were Righteous And Possessed Omniscience. Atheists claim that the fact evil exists is proof that an omniscient righteous God does not exist, because if He did, evil would not exist.

Is any theodicy reasonable?

Alvin Plantinga seems to have produced a logical response to the Problem of Evil. Which do we trust - our hearts or our minds? Where do Reason and Passion intersect?

Happy Riches, Answer requested by Charles Ventin

It is possible that God, even being omnipotent, could not create a world with free creatures who never choose evil. Furthermore, it is possible that God, even being omnibenevolent, would desire to create a world which contains evil if moral goodness requires free moral creatures.—Alvin Plantinga - Wikipedia

Theodicy is generally defined as:

1. A vindication of God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil.
2. A vindication of God's justice in tolerating the existence of evil.

The Bible informs us that we are all invited to reason with God:

• Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. (Isaiah 1:18)

• But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction; since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, they are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as an expiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins; it was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies him who has faith in Jesus. (Romans 3:21-26)

• I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his sake. (1 John 2:12)

• Every one who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. (1 John 3:4)

• He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. (1 John 3:8)

The Bible informs us that sin came into being because of the Devil (i.e. Satan, Lucifer). Sin is the violation of the law of righteousness (royal law of love). Prior to Satan sinning, there had been no violation of righteousness; a continuous state where there are no superlatives like good, better or best—these are human constructs, because humans exist in a state that is governed by lawlessness and they have to work out what is good, right and true.

What seems good for one person may not be right to do to the person who is suffering, and we know this is true, if we are the victims. In other words, to use an extreme example, it may seem good for you to eat the other person so that you can live, but the fact that this is an evil that you would not like done to yourself is a truism. Something more likely to happen is stealing; which might seem like a good idea at the time to supplement your own needs, regardless of the other person’s expense; but that this is not the right way to conduct a lasting relationship is a fact that you know is true.

• The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.” (Genesis 2:15-17)

• Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden; but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate. (Genesis 3:1-6)

Evil came about with Satan depriving man of a righteous relationship with God by inveigling Eve to doubt Adam’s word, and through the deception of selfishness, successfully tempted her to do what is anathema for sustaining a loving relationship based upon trust, which is the underlying element found in faith. Consequently, Eve broke faith with Adam because she decided to be selfish. What seemed good for Eve, was not a right action to take, if faith were to be sustained between Adam and her. Her actions caused Adam to make a choice. The woman did not die and Adam broke faith with God, because what he saw Eve do contradicted claims for his Creator’s prohibition. His pride could not endure Eve eating of that which he was prohibited. Adam through reason to the wind and acted out of passion.

Evidently, for some reason, Satan found cause to kidnap man and take the planet Earth captive for himself. The Bible does not clearly state the reason for Satan doing what he did, but we know that he was the first one to sin, before that sin did not exist. The inference is the fall of Satan was caused by certain unnamed lusts that caused him to murder and produce lies. We also know that Jesus said that He saw Satan fall from Heaven, and their is an analogous reference to the Day Star (called Lucifer) falling from Heaven in the book of Isaiah.

• You are of your father the Devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. (John 8:44)

• And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.” (Luke 10:18)

• How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! (Isaiah 14:12)

• How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! (Isaiah 14:12)

God did not desire to create a world that contains evil. The Bible teaches that God created everything good.

• And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day. (Genesis 1:31)

God created a world that was good: a world with free creatures who were never meant to choose evil. The fact that creatures with freewill chose evil does give credence to Plantinga’s contention: It is possible that God, even being omnipotent, could not create a world with free creatures who never choose evil. The emphasis is on the word “possible”, which could mean a probability of .0000000000000000000001% or infinitesimally less.

Evil did not exist, even though it was an infinitesimal possibility and always could have been a possibility because of the nature of freewill. There was no need for evil to occur. Reason would not reject good for evil.

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil need not be construed as a fruit that imparted the ability to perform evil to Adam and Eve. Rather, the fact that they broke faith with their Creator is the evil fruit of which they both partook.

Evidently, the Creator had created man and set before him something which had not been provided to any other creature. Man was placed in a position whereby he could choose to love God, because he reasoned that everything was good, and his Creator would not seek to deceive him. Unfortunately, Adam’s jealousy for having been created before Eve, got the better of him, and he broke faith with his Creator.

Many argue that we are to approach God with our heart and not with our reasoning. Yet the Bible informs us that we are to use reason. However, there is a difference between reason that is good, right and true and reasoning that is evil, wrong and false. There are no superlatives required, just a trajectory that begins either with a good motive or an evil motive. The good motive produces a right action. The evil motive produces a wrong action. The following trajectory, depending on the action is either true or false.
Because people do not understand the human constitution, there are many theories based upon misconceptions that lead people away from the truth, and instead of being enlightened, the knowledge that they have becomes darkened. The simple truth of the Bible is this: God did not create evil, it arose out of his creatures, because they became inward looking and broke faith. True faith is based upon sound reasoning: I was created and my Creator knows more than me. Therefore, I would be a fool, if I were to tell my Creator that I know more than Him.

Faulty reasoning originates from the emotion of pride within that insists that one is better than other people. Sound reasoning becomes: death appears inevitable, and being born to die is futile; therefore, since eternity can be conceived, there has to be a purpose for existence that transcends anything a mere mortal can offer.

You are no better than anybody because everyone is on the same plane, destined to die. The question is what will happen to you after death. Sound reasoning begins with questioning whether anyone has died and come back from the dead. If this is the case, you need to seek that person. Merely saying that you do not accept the fact many people have met Lord Jesus Christ is not based upon reason, rather a passion to disagree. True scientific reasoning exhausts every option to disprove that this is the case by seeking Him.

People who accept what other people say without reason are acting from passion. Usually, people with passion about a subject demonstrate a willingness to do evil rather than good. Initially it might sound good preaching love, but unless this is backed up with right actions and a true submission to the mission to demonstrate the love of God, the claim is false. Hence Jesus said to all who would follow Him that they needed to take up their own cross and walk in his footsteps.

• All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (Matthew 11:27-29)

Passion and reason intersect when we realize that we have no hope of overcoming physical death and there has to be a better way. When we decide that we want more than having found ourselves in a sick, sad, suffering world in which we are born to die, we will find the passion to find the answer to our reasoning that there has to be more than the injustice of being born to die, not knowing everlasting love, just the suffering that exists in this world.

Sound Reasoning Results From A Rejection Of The Tendency To Be Too Proud