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Originally posted by Hkizzle@Apr 4 2005, 09:59 PM
For you not to take it literally, but how you like it, or how society likes it, is changing the context of the bible itself. The bible is not meant to be fashion, it is meant to be the same for all eternity.
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Exactly - but this is where problems occur!
The bible was translated many times. And they found out while translating a bible in Arameic language that the word the used for Mary (mother of Jesus) was not a virgin, but just a young woman (a girl).
This version of the bible is supposed to be 80 years older then the Greek one - the one that was supposed to be the original bible (and even that one doesn't say anything about Mary being a virgin - simply a girl pure of heart).
The reference to a virgin came in the 8th century (the early middle ages). I guess someone misiterpred it and it's one of the miracules!
Further on in the early 19th century pope declared that even Mary was born the same way as Jesus - meaning Ana, the mother of Mary was a virgin too when she gave birth to Mary. If that explenation would stay - that would surely be another miracule (but lucily they erased it this decision after the death of that pope).
The biggest changes in the bible however apeared in teh 3rd and 4th century. At that time christianity was gaining so much power (because of the great numbers of believers) that people from higher classes started joining in.
Before that time there was a passage that to join the religion you should give all your wordly possesions to the comunity (the church). But at that point they changed it into - you should give as much as you can to the comunity (so you could still keep your riches). Next they even went further and changed it into - you should give in spirit all your possesion (so you didn't have to give a single thing anymore). This changed the very nature and structure of believers - and the fundament of early christianity (if Jesus lived and founded this religion - it was changed in its roots back then).