Bill-oney & Smoked Ham

     Now I know what many of you are thinking, "Didn't he say he wasn't going to talk about Creation vs. Evolution?"  Well you're in luck because I am not.  However, with the recent Ham vs. Nye debate (not that I would call it that), I figured it was good to point something out.  Each spokesman for their fellow belief system never once answered the other's question.  This bugged me.  What bugged me even more were the posts by everyone who were picking sides as to which person won.  It's hard to pick a winner when neither one debated.  Nevertheless, I was really disappointed with Mr. Ham for constantly avoiding Mr. Nye's statement.  To paraphrase, Bill Nye kept asking how it was possible to believe a book that's been translated multiple times into English.  Unfortunately, Ken Ham avoided the question and kept going.  This brings me to my topic:  Is the Bible without error?
     Now I am going to throw out a disclaimer, please understand this is a foundation building lesson.  Every lesson I write will build upon the other.  So please do not just read this one, get upset, and ignore the rest.  The reason why I say that is because this foundation, I lay out before you today, will change your outlook.  Many of you will be ready to stomp down my door with torches and pitchforks in hand, but don't worry this will get better. So without further ado allow me to continue.
     I've had arguments with several people over this topic.  Now I am not saying that God's words directly out of His mouth are not truth, but what about the written word?  Now many of you are already seeing where I am going with this, but really how do we know?  Now there are several verses that talk about how the words of God are true, but are man's words always true?  Well we know that to be false.  So why did Mr Ham not answer Nye's question? He may not be sure about the answer.
     Here are the interesting things about the books of the Bible.  First of all, what languages were they written in?  Well many of you know and would say Greek and Hebrew which would be correct.  However, although most of the New Testament was written in Greek, there is one book that originally was not.  Drum-roll please...Matthew.  However, I dare you, any of you, to find me a copy of Matthew in Hebrew.  Magically it doesn't exist. Now why is that significant you may ask?  Well I will cover it more in later lessons but here is the basis.  The New Testament being entirely in Greek is no coincidence.  Greek is vastly different than Hebrew.  If you don't believe me, ask a Jewish person or go to a Jewish Shabbat.  Hebrew actually has a rhyme and music to it.  So, in other words, the Old Testament is mostly one big song.  This is another example of how the Bible is a living word.  Because of the intricacies of Hebrew, it makes it very hard to alter and change.  Greek, unfortunately, is not hard to change.  So there you have it, I just stated that the New Testament is possibly altered.  Bring out the stocks and the stake to burn me on!  But before you do think about it.  Is it really that hard to comprehend?  Every Bible today is copyrighted.  In order to write your own version the text does have to be altered.  So technically every different version of the Bible has to be different.  Also there are many mistranslated passages.  Read Matthew 1 and Luke 3.  The genealogies both talk about Joseph right?  Well technically no.  However, you would not be able to tell that by reading them would you?  So therein lies the problem.
     Now like I've said before God's words are true.  There is no denying that.  But the key foundation you have to make, is that the New Testament has some issues.  I will be adding more and more lessons to guide and explain my reasoning.  Please, do not ignore the rest because of what this lesson said.  There is a ton of content to cover, but, unfortunately, I can only cover some every week.  If you take anything from this lesson, here is what you need to know:
Foundation

• God's words (His speech) are 100% true
• Man is not perfect
• Satan and evil men do not want you to know the truth
• The Old Testament is hard to change plus another religion has copies as well
• The Old Testament is a big song (it has a rhythm and flow to it)
• The Greek New Testament can be changed (it does not have a rhythm and flow)
• There are zero original works of the Bible left (they have all been lost over time)

As always, I ask that you look up the information I have given you.  Read the scriptures provided and come to your own conclusions.  Any questions please ask.  Thank you for reading and I will talk with you all next week.

~SS