NIV (New International Version) and NWT (New World Translation) Exposed

[Nicklesbe]

Nintentacle said:

Nicklesbe said:

Don't forget that the new testament was also a collection of stories that were voted on being included and were derived from the numerous letters of paul during a time when there were tons of forgeries being passed around because every tom dick and harry wrote one to make their church seem more important than others.

*edit: Source: http://news.discovery.com/history/bible-new-testament-forgery-110518.htm

What happened to the New Testament doesn't matter. As long as Jesus actually fulfilled the OT (Which is proven to be preserved) prophecies, and there was a guy named Paul who preached the Gospel.

It absolutely does matter. The only evidence there was anyone named Jesus and the only evidence of the "OT" and that it was fulfilled was provided by a group of men who's positions of power depended on documents that they knew were forgeries.  Even if there is a God and even if there is a Jesus man is imperfect, corruptible, and fallible which is said over and over in both the old testament and new and it was man that was in charge of the creation of the bible from start to finish.

Now personally I believe there is a God and that he gave us science, logic, and math because he knew that man being fallible with free will would likely use his name and his word and corrupt it and use it to take advantage of other man so he gave us these tools to separate truth from bullshit. I have no doubt that there are nuggets of truth in the bible just like with all religious documents from every religion. However given the nature of man and the amount of contradictions and things that simply just don't add up in every religion it is safe to say a great deal of it is bullshit. 

Faith does not mean blindly believing what you are told. God doesn't want that, that's been proven time and time again after wars and deaths caused by religious extremism. Faith is knowing God has given us the tools and strength to find real tangible truth in a sea of lies and deceit.