Some words from wisdom literature about climate...
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Originally Posted by
bmccaffrey
Biblical says it will burn which i think will be from nuclear war.
JMO:shocked:
There are a couple of references to climate and the end times in wisdom literature - the bible - that are interesting to consider...
[Genesis 8:22 NIV] "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease."
[2 Peter 3:12 NIV] "...as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat."
The occurrences of extended ice ages and droughts does puzzle me when I consider the Genesis quote... I don't have an explanation for these climate events. But it does seem that there are regular cycles the earth has endured. As far as the final chapter in the history of the earth, the words used are "fire" and "melt" indicating lots of heat. Again, I don't have an explanation about how or when it is supposed to happen. Just another perspective. And, here is an interesting article about the end of earth, which is to be on April 23rd... https://news.nationalgeographic.com/...-myth-science/
About the bible as being reliable...
...my last word on this is that I agree that the King James version lacks in accurate translation. But, there are newer versions that are translated using a more rigorous and accurate process.
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Originally Posted by
RinconRyder
I would not give any credence to a book with the following characteristics:
The King James version of the New Testament was completed in 1611 by 8 members of the Church of England.
There were (and still are) no original texts to translate. The oldest manuscripts we have were written down hundreds of years after the last apostle died. There are over 8,000 of these old manuscripts, with no two alike.
The King James translators used none of these anyway. Instead, they edited previous translations to create a version their king and Parliament would approve.
So, 21st Century Christians believe the "Word of God" is a book edited in the 17th Century from 16th Century translations of 8,000 contradictory copies of 4th Century scrolls that claim to be copies of lost letters written in the 1st Century.