Have you got some corroborating evidence to back up your assertion that it was edited by kings? I'm genuinely curious. Who were the kings that edited it? When did they edit it? Did they edit the Tanakh, and then the New Testament, the New Testament followed by the Tanakh, or did they edit both at once? How were these edits able to succeed given that Christianity spread far and wide early on per non-Christian Roman Senator and Consul Cornelius Tacitus' account in his Annals that at the time of the Great Fire in AD64, there were many Christians in Rome already (He uses the Latin phrase multitudo ingens or "vast multitude.") Christianity had spread a long way early on, since the distance, as the crow flies, between Jerusalem and Rome is around 2,300 kilometers or 1,430 miles, greater than the distance between NYC and Havana. If the Bible was edited later, how did Christianity prove so popular in the first place? How did people who adhered to a version of Christianity without the editing, later come to adopt the edited beliefs, given that the "later" edits has to be accepted by Christians already spread throughout the Roman empire?
I'd sincerely be interested in hearing your answers to some of these questions. By the way, if you're interested in an objective take on the facts regarding some of the questions above, using evidence from many non-Christian sources (Tacitus named above, Pliny the Younger, Trajan, and Flavius Josephus just to name a few), check out the short book "Can we trust the Gospels by Peter J. Willams. It's about 120 pages of as-objective-as-you-can-get evidence that I think merits consideration.
This reply was written for /uNullifyAndSecede but I'm also tagging you u/mikejones in case you want to read about some facts regarding the reliability of the Gospels, as testified by non-Christian first-century historians in the book I mentioned in the paragraph before this. There is also other analysis of the New Testament that I say without offense, that I think neither of you have considered before. Hope you consider giving it a read as it's rather enlightening, and has enough evidence to possibly change your opinion on the matter.
How much do you make per hour? My friend wants to know...
*Michigan State Senate Majority Leader.
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Per u/patriotblend who found the source, this was taken from youtube channel Pure Data. His comment along with the link to the video can be found here:
https://patriots.win/p/12hRCI0WBe/x/c/4Dx426z9ABN
The link to the channel that posted the video is here, while it lasts:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwBpPZIFmGbeJCCt6xY-LeQ
Pretty please will some pede with an account please upload the high quality youtube versions to that maga video site whose address I don't remember offhand?
I just now noticed that you agreed with my previous post as you found another way to express your hurt feelings by downvoting me as well, KEK! I genuinely hope you have a wonderful and blessed evening/day, wherever you are.
I was browsing your profile just now, fishing for these amazingly encouraging memes and verses when I noticed this one says A.K. not G.K. I don't say it as a criticism as I love pretty much all your posts, I say it rather as a request to remake a corrected version of this one (pretty please?) Whether or not you make it, thank you for always posting the wonderfully uplifting reminders of our Lord's love and of practical widsom. May He ever bless you abundantly with His presence during even the most trying times.
toodles.
You don't have to insult me to let me know your feelings were hurt, you can just come out and say it.
Please, go ahead and clear up this misunderstanding you reference. I'd love to hear where u/CommanderDaddy is confused.
I have refused to watch national anthem kneeling communists for some time now, and today was no different.
Please pay attention to what you post pedes. Why route us through google to get to youtube? the address above
can be reduced to this:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSmGxw0GSq8 &ved=2ahUKEwiB5K6S7dbuAhVqB50JHeU_CTAQ28sGMAB6BAgBEAs&usg=AOvVaw2ByJFa3AplBosuYcuBMBbU
Everything I crossed out is tracking information. Additionally, if you're going to link a video that's on youtube, please replace "you" with "hook" to go to a youtube mirror site that doesn't give them any clicks or ad funding. The link above would look like this:
Video is mirrored here:
You can download any streamable video by adding dl to any streamable link as below:
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The direct download link that created in 720 is below:
I've never heard the decline (into communism) referred to as the soft parade. Interesting. More like trail of tears imho.
We need MORE people like Gates and MTG in the House, not fewer! How will resigning his seat to defend President Trump in a shampeachment that doesn't have the votes to convict him help the country in the long run??? He needs to stay put in congress; he's more useful to America first there!
'Murida Man is both alliterative and shares the "r."
So very relevant. Fake quote, but still relevant:
https://ifunny.co/picture/don-t-be-fooled-by-big-ol-socialist-titties-they-qiKXFzPo7
You can't vote them out so long as Dominion or anything similar is allowed. You need to recall the RINOs, install pedes, abolish mail-in-voting, and go back to paper ballots where each county reports results in order of most populated to least populated, to stop future steals.
Don't attack children
Yes I know she is in her 20s
Serious question: As someone who is just starting to learn about all things financial, why would they deliberately undervalue it? If they own a lot of it, wouldn't it be in their best interest to find a way to raise the price?
Does anyone know how Winn-Dixie stands on Trump/DeSantis/MAGA?
Thanks for linking to this alternate site for accessing youtube videos; I didn't know it existed! I'll add it to my list which currently only includes hooktube.com.
Have you got any others?
My pleasure, please spread the word!
Username checks out.
God forbid if we do end up in a boog situation and our fiber optic infrastructure suffers, you're gonna wish you had inherited that sweet, sweet 28.8k band speed demon!
I read what you linked and there is nothing in there about editing the Bible. In fact, in the section immediately following the one you linked titled "Misconceptions," it states:
Where is the evidence of editing?
Diocletian was executing Christians by the thousands just twenty years before Constantine took power, but somehow Christians and/or kings were calmly editing texts throughout the Roman empire, and somehow these texts were able to be edited everywhere in all locations in the Roman empire, at the same time, without any Christians noticing the changes?
The Council of Nicea was not an obscure event in history. We have extensive records of the proceedings written by those who were actually there: Eusebius of Caesarea and Athanasius, deacon of Alexandria. Two things stand out. First, no one at Nicaea considered Jesus to be a mere mortal, not even Arius, whose errant views made the council necessary. Everyone in the discussion believed Jesus was the Son of God. What they disagreed on was on what that title meant. Consequently, the question of Christ's deity (His equality with or subordination to the Father) was the reason for the council, not merely the result of it.
After a pitched debate, the final vote wasn't close at all; it was a landslide. Of 318 bishops, only 2---the Egyptians Theonas and Secundus---refused to concur. The council affirmed what had been taught since the beginning. Jesus was not a mere man; he was God the Son.
I ask again, where is the evidence of editing? Please keep in mind that I am asking sincerely, not to spite you or to one-up you, but to try to share with you what I've learned regarding the facts. I only want you to confront establish fact that is corroborated starting with the records we have of the council of Nicea. There was no editing at Nicea, of the thousands of manuscripts of the New Testament already in existence at the time of Nicea that were already spread throughout the Roman empire. Given the thousands of copies we have from that time and from thereafter, and given that they concur, where is this evidence of editing? Isn't it more reasonable to conclude from the evidence that the New Testament has not been edited?
Again, in kindness, I encourage you to read Can we trust the Gospels by Peter J Williams for a lot of the facts and corroborating evidence.