[Vision2020] Re: Bible in school

[John Harrell]

Mr. Ralph Nielsen, 

Don't forget Thomas Jefferson's bible, I believe he wrote one also, or at
least edited it. 

What about you, Ralph, how would you edit the Bible? Would it have one book, 
or more? What would the bible according to Ralph look like? Would you add 
more stuff according to your "infinite" wisdom? Or, would you rip stuff out? 
Or, would you add some stuff and rip some stuff out?

Should the bible according to Ralph Nielson be THE bible and THE ultimate
standard? Or should we all have one that we individually get to create, and
therefore, we individually decide to follow? 

Cheers!
John Harrell


--- Ralph Nielsen <nielsen@uidaho.edu> wrote:
> > From: Joshua Nieuwsma [mailto:joshuahendrik@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 9:21 AM
> > To: vision
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Re: Bible in school. Was Church and state
> >
> > Mr. Nielsen,
> >  
> > even if I gave you an "official" divine definition of God's word, you 
> > wouldn't believe it. So why ask for one? With all due respect, your 
> > rational mind would try to find some flaw with it. Even if God was to 
> > appear before you and declare that the 66 books of the Bible are His 
> > Word and that He has preserved them throughout history for His Church, 
> > you would seek to find some reason to discredit His appearance.
> 
> Joshua Nieuwsma,
> 	Where do you get the idea that there are 66 books in the Bible?
> 	I have a couple of Bibles that have 39 books. One of them has Hebrew 
> and English text on facing pages.
> 	I have several Bibles in several languages that have 66 books in them. 
> One of them is given royal approval by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II 
> of Denmark.
> 	I have a facsimile copy of the King James Bible of 1611. It contains 
> 72 books. It is called the Authorised Version because it was approved 
> by His Majesty King James I of England. I have other Bibles, two of 
> them in French, that also contain 72 books. I also have a Bible that 
> contains 74 books plus the Prayer of Manasseh.
> 	So I can show you Bibles that have written royal approval but you 
> can't show me a Bible that has written divine approval. Even your 
> irrational mind can't help you find one.
> 	Ralph Nielsen
> 	
> 


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