Copies" fully, dating three and four centuries after Christ. We agree that the closer to
the source the more authentic is the document. Naturally "MOST" Ancient deserves
credence more than mere "ANCIENT." But not finding a word about Jesus being
"taken up" or "carried up" into heaven in the MOST ANCIENT manuscripts, the
Christian fathers expurgated those references from the RSV 1952. from the original
scripture.
We find every revision of the Bible different to the one that preceded it, and the
meanings differ depending on the place and date of publishing.
The question must be which of these versions should be the relied upon one?
And how does one come to that conclusion?
The answer that is irrefutable is none of these copies. This is because they all inspire
doubt in the reader not certainty.
Let us say hypothetically we consider one authentic; if that version is revised and
tampered with (as is common place with the Bible) does it have the same level of
authenticity as before or not? The answer is of course it doesn’t. This leaves the
reader permanently at a loss as to what he holds in his hands, in theory he could
have the weakest in terms of authenticity, on the other hand perhaps the copies that
come after his copy was published will have been ‘revised’
No doubt this is but a game that the authors of the Bibles play to baffle the poor
unaware Christian.
One should note:
That translations don’t constitute versions, a translation is merely an account of the
meaning no addition is made to the body of the original text, like the translations of
the Holy Quran.
This enables peoples of all over the word to understand the Arabic text however no
addition is made to the Arabic text.
However:
What is meant by versions is the fact that there are alterations I the form of
deletions additions and omissions.
Here are but a few versions and their difference. Holding the "Douay" Roman
Catholic Version of the Bible aloft in my hand, I ask, "Do YOU accept THIS Bible as
the Word of God?" For reasons best known to themselves, the Catholic Truth Society
has published their Version of the Bible in a very short, stumpy form. This Version is
a very odd proportion of the numerous Versions in the market today. The Christian
questioner is taken aback. "What Bible is that?" he asks. "Why, I thought you said
that there was only ONE Bible!" I remind him. "Y-e-s," he murmurs hesitantly, "but
what Version is that?" "Why, would that make any difference?" I enquire. Of course