Quote Originally Posted by Andrew View Post
But Bear, what other historical documents are so widely circulated within the general population and have as much hold over so many people? I can't think of one. The Bible is the only one. I would think that a Bible from 100 years ago is likely quite different to the ones now. Widespread literacy is a fairly new. Back in the middle ages, people manipulated the Bible's word for their own ends. The majority of people couldn't read, so it was quite easy to do. Even most of the clergy. One literate person could've altered parts of the bible and no-one would be the wiser. Only with the modern age and the invention of the printing press is there some sort of uniformity. But that document they used was already compromised long ago.

IMHO, that's part of why the Bible is true. BECAUSE it's been altered so much and hidden and hated, but it's still here, and the message is still lighting people's hearts. People have tried to silence the message of the Gospel, and failed.

Also in regards to Paul. Paul may never have existed. There's no way to prove he was really here or that he's simply a fictional character.

Edit - Also, in regards to evolution Bear, Primates and Humans share around 97% of the same DNA. Through thousands of years of evolution, we've become the people we are today. THOUSANDS of years. Historians say that people used to be shorter 100+ years ago and that due to selection (Women being attracted to taller men etc) we're now a few cms taller on average than the average man 100+ years ago. So we're still evolving to this day.
I thought that had to do with genes? I don't know all about that, but I thought people did inherit genes. If women perferred tall men, so they had kids who were taller. Black people, as an example, used to be black (or dark), but over time they got lighter because of mixing with white people do to slavery and everything, or at least that's what a teacher said once. I don't see how that means we came from monkeys though...^^