bible study

my fascination with biblical scholarship continues to reveal astounding realizations:

1. nobody knows who the original authors were.

2. nobody knows how many times the stories were changed, in word-of-mouth his-story.

3. nobody knows how the scribes (who are also anonymous) changed the stories.

4. anybody who has ever translated anything (especially poetry & song*) knows that the meanings (especially the artistic, double-entendre meanings) will change.  

    * hint: the bible is in "verses."

5. scholars can only speculate as to why certain gospels were included in various versions, while certain gospels were left out of other versions.**

** note: a "gospel" is a "teaching" or a "revelation" of Christ, and a "version" is an interpretation.  that doesn't mean that it is true.  quite the contrary.  think about the stories you hear about others (family members, friends, acquaintances, neighbors, politicians, celebrities, "holy" people...).

present conclusion: the evidence for a loving, biblical god (and a god-man Jesus) is errant, contradictory, dated, edited, translated, piecemeal, and miniscule. 

the evidence against is strong:

• he can't be seen.
• prayers aren't answered.
• he hasn't "come back soon" in over 2000 years.
• his creation (in his image?) is far from his (alleged) perfection. 

...and (#1) those who love him the most (e.g. josephine) are abandoned, and allowed to suffer horribly... just when they need him the most. 

deductions: 

1. men made it all up.

2. it's mostly bullsh--.