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**Lhtfajba** · 07-11-2012, 11:36 AM

Sorry I mixed these two up

Yes they did:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wor...oly_Scriptures

An alternate translation that they wrote
i.e. changed the Bible

I don't think you know what "translation" means. They didn't rewrite the Bible anymore than the people who did the Living Bible, or the Amplified Bible, or the New International, or the Jerusalem Bible, or any other Bible translation did. They just have a translation of the Bible they translated and which they prefer. The Catholics prefer the New American Bible, the Jerusalem Bible, and the Douay-Rheims translation. Are those "re-written" in comparison to the more popular KJV and NIV versions preferred by Protestants?

I have some knowledge of this.

The trinity wasn't truly accepted until Constantine, a "christian" roman emperor, added it to the faith. Constantine added many pagan things to Christianity i.e. praying to dead people, worshiping Idols, etc etc. These things included the trinity. The trinity was already a pagan belief in roman paganism as well as celtic, nordic, and other European folk religions

Constantine didn't add the doctrine of the trinity, as it had existed before him (though it didn't really take its present form until generations after Constantine's death), and the pagan origin of the trinity is a very tenuous claim. The trinity was invented as a way to explain the concept of the Incarnation (which IS a pagan concept) but there isn't really anything analogous to the trinity in known pagan religions. That was a common claim by nineteenth century freethinkers, but it's been debunked very thoroughly. The trinity is a uniquely Christian form of stupidity.

Also, Constantine had exactly zero to do with introducing the veneration of the dead or the use of ikons in worship, as those things also did not become popular until after his death and there is no evidence he promoted or instituted them. Constantine is given far too much credit for Christianity, because the evidence shows that he was mostly a blockhead who had no knowledge of Christian issues and simply allowed priests (who had already corrupted Christianity thoroughly) to run rampant.

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Lhtfajba Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 532 Senior Member	Sorry I mixed these two up Yes they did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wor...oly_Scriptures An alternate translation that they wrote i.e. changed the Bible I don't think you know what "translation" means. They didn't rewrite the Bible anymore than the people who did the Living Bible, or the Amplified Bible, or the New International, or the Jerusalem Bible, or any other Bible translation did. They just have a translation of the Bible they translated and which they prefer. The Catholics prefer the New American Bible, the Jerusalem Bible, and the Douay-Rheims translation. Are those "re-written" in comparison to the more popular KJV and NIV versions preferred by Protestants? I have some knowledge of this. The trinity wasn't truly accepted until Constantine, a "christian" roman emperor, added it to the faith. Constantine added many pagan things to Christianity i.e. praying to dead people, worshiping Idols, etc etc. These things included the trinity. The trinity was already a pagan belief in roman paganism as well as celtic, nordic, and other European folk religions Constantine didn't add the doctrine of the trinity, as it had existed before him (though it didn't really take its present form until generations after Constantine's death), and the pagan origin of the trinity is a very tenuous claim. The trinity was invented as a way to explain the concept of the Incarnation (which IS a pagan concept) but there isn't really anything analogous to the trinity in known pagan religions. That was a common claim by nineteenth century freethinkers, but it's been debunked very thoroughly. The trinity is a uniquely Christian form of stupidity. Also, Constantine had exactly zero to do with introducing the veneration of the dead or the use of ikons in worship, as those things also did not become popular until after his death and there is no evidence he promoted or instituted them. Constantine is given far too much credit for Christianity, because the evidence shows that he was mostly a blockhead who had no knowledge of Christian issues and simply allowed priests (who had already corrupted Christianity thoroughly) to run rampant.
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