[Vision2020] Re: Bible in school

[Ralph Nielsen]

On Saturday, July 26, 2003, at 03:37 PM, John Harrell wrote:

> 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
>>

Hi John,
	I get the impression you are trying to evade the issue here.
Ralph Nielsen