Please help me christians?

I don't think you are being disrespectful, Dillon; but I do think that you've asked too many questions at one time to get an answer in a reasonable amount of space or time. May I answer one or two of your issues, and then do this by Y!A email?

Thanks!

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I'll try to answer one of your easier questions first.

(1) If we believe that the NT isn't written and edited by man, how do we explain the Dead Sea Scrolls?

We do believe that the NT was written and edited by man; but we also believe that the Bible is inspired by God. Consider the analogy of a secretary writing a letter from a CEO. There is a sense in which the secretary is the author of the letter; the handwriting is hers, the flourishes are hers, and she is the one actually penning the work. However, there is also a sense in which the CEO is the author. The thoughts are his, the letter is written because he desired it to be written.

The actual level of direct dictation in the Bible is debated by Christians, but the analogy is pretty close to what we believe.

The Dead Sea Scrolls - I have had the privilege of reading the Dead Sea Scrolls. They are not what you think. About half of them are copies of Old Testament books (all 39 books are represented except Esther), a good share of the remainder are Jewish purifying instructions for the Essenes, some of them are political attacks against the reigning Jewish body in Jerusalem, and one is a treasure map written on a copper scroll. They were written from about 200 BC to AD 60, and are not really related to NT writings at all.

I don't sense that you're being disrespectful, but I do see that you have many questions! I'll answer a couple that stood out to me, and perhaps someone else will answer some others...

Regarding the New Testament being "written and edited by man":

"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."

2Timothy 3:16, (New International Version)

God-breathed means that God inspired the writer to write what He wanted them to write. God was in control of its writing.

Finding the dead sea scrolls increased the accuracy of the newer versions of the Bible.

I've read the Bible through, and don't recall where it says the earth is flat. The "four sides" you refer to could mean north, south, east, and west... The verse I recall that talks about the shape of the earth is this one:

"He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,

and its people are like grasshoppers.

He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,

and spreads them out like a tent to live in." Isaiah 40:22

Again here~F0llow~

,~m spiritual,here's an example of what i put together~

~I am not a religion nor non-religious~

~I AM~ ~Is the greatest statement you can say~

God knew he was awesome,but couldn't see himself,so he exploded to experience himself.In one holy instant~The Devinne all,the beginning & the end,the alpha & the omega.We are the microcosm of him,the sum & the substance. Jesus of nazareth understood this & spoke the immutable truth w/he said I & the Father are one. God is the conceiver & creator of everything you now know & experience we are his children.

Don't think that the science folks are all right,who u think created them? Do u not think God is a bit of a scientist himself? They are not always correct. Mans words are the not the purveyor of truth~Some of what they know is true,but as I said they have been wrong before. They are searching for what they want to believe,they still haven't found the truth.Inside is where u will find the universe.This is the truth ,the whole truth & nothing but the truth so help me God !

The cosmologist, evolutionists creationists, scientist,& the religionist are all right! And wrong,what difference dose it make,this is a holy truth & should be excepted as such, without any more explanation. God has put an end to all of our sufferings you simply will not use the tools he sent us. Many Masters were sent here to guide us & again you all refused to believe them. I have posted this many times & you all simply ignore this as well,I have been thumb down, passed over but this is the only truth I can offer you. I want everyone to know this & use it as a guide & a path which to solve your hardships & sorrows. I am just a Messenger & this is all i can do,except pray which also is a very powerful tool.

This is 4 free the best info.you will get & i ask 4 nothing in return except you all try to be happy & at peace with yourself & others.God without religion, he gave us Jesus to show us the way. We only have the 1 book which is holy and truthful.It's how we interpret these truths.

PS.God will tell us his truth when we STOP telling him ours~.~;)*

A painting has a painter.

A building has a builder.

All of creation has a Creator and that is God.

Josephus, Pliny and Tacitus reference Jesus outside of the Bible.

The birth of Jesus Christ is unique and original. Any who would say that the Bible copied after prior religions are revisionist historians (i.e. liars).

The Bible was not "handed down by God". The Bible is the inerrant word of God. Written by men. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, without violation of their free will or character.

The Bible does not promote nor condone slavery or genocide.

The Bible does not say anywhere in it that the world is flat.

The Bible has not been edited. God has preserved His word throughout the ages.

You provide no references to your claims. I suspect you yourself have not actually read the Bible, but are going on what those who hate God have said before. Please sincerely ask God to reveal the truth to you and read and study the Bible for yourself.

Too many questions to answer at one time. Adequate explanations for each would amount to a massive wall of text, and it would take hours to prepare.

A messianic Jew is a Jew that believes that Jesus is the Messiah. Christians and Messianic Jews feel that Jesus is the Messiah. They are Jews. The factor of view of the anti Messianice Jews is pleasant summed up by way of Mark JPAS while he stated "it's appropriate to combination a few measure of overseas religious factors with Judaism. The one exception is Christianity, that is gave the impression to be incompatible with any sort of Jewishness. This is the double ordinary that's carried out to Christianity despite the fact that Jesus is viewed the Jewish Messiah in Christianity. Messianic Jews are checked out with even better disdain. Why? its a canopy for there possess deviations from Judaism. Some Jews have got to preserve a connection to Jewish loved ones since they've deviated such a lot from conventional Judaism that many Orthodox query their Jewishness. They want discover a few solution to distract awareness since of there deviation from the Torah. This is finished by way of pointing their finger at others to direct awareness clear of their possess movements. You can not deliver your self a identify and count on that it makes you whatever. This is the argument that has been used in opposition to Jews that come to a decision that Jesus is the Messiah. We are instructed that the mere perception of yet another nature of God instantly invalidated a Jews Jewishness. At the identical time Jews that turn out to be atheists, pantheists or give up working towards any detail in their faith we're instructed are nonetheless Jews. They say that you'll feel in something however Jesus. Jews name conversion "becoming a member of the tribe". Things that could not ever fly in Orthodox or for that subject Messianic Judaism may also be observed within the Reform and Reconstructionist routine. A well illustration of it is a earlier query requested right here. The character asking worshiped the God Ferris however didn't feel in him or the Jewish God. The attention of the query used to be" ...could you PERSONALLY think secure welcoming me now not simply as a fellow congregant at your Synagogue, however as a member of the Tribe?" (so he used to be obviously asking approximately changing to Judaism). The reaction used to be "Reform Judaism covers a vast swath of ideals and practices and I am certain you are going to be entirely approved. ... I for my part could be given you complete heartily as a fellow Jew." So a few Jews will be given a wide variety of deviations from the Torah however now not perception in "Jesus". Let's now not overlook the Reform motion desired to difference the sabbath to Sunday to be extra like Christianity. Most Messianic Jews are Torah observant but you'll turn out to be an atheist, give up working towards their religion, turn out to be a Buddhist, become a member of a Unitarian Church and nonetheless be a Jew within the eyes of Reform/Reconstructionist Jews. Most Orthodox while requested approximately different Jews will say they do not know what non Orthodox Jews are. The identical applies to the opposite sects. Speaking of sects Jews will let you know there are not any sects however its now not actual. Rabbinical Jews comply with an knowledge in their religion that used to be centered one million,900 years in the past. They have their possess canon of Scripture. There also are non Rabbinical Jews such because the Ethiopian Jews that follows the sample of the Christian Old Testament and they've many extra books that they don't forget to be scripture. A institution known as the Karaites is the reverse of the Ethiopian and handiest feel within the five Books of Moses. Rabbinical Jews name Karaites "a sect of Judaism". You can goggle it and spot for your self. Don't permit anybody let you know that there are not any sects in Judaism. They say the the lessons of Jesus are very unique from Judaism. They additionally declare that Jesus taught not anything new from the rabbis earlier than him. Then they we let you know that there have been no rabbis till 100 years after the time of Jesus. Its all approximately profitable the argument to them now not approximately what is actual. The predicament isn't variations however similarities. You will have to recognize ALL the writers of the Christian Bible had been Jews however one. Much of our Scriptures are shared. The significant majority of early believers in Jesus had been Jews. So while you listen the distinctive reverse you have got to preserve that during brain. A Jew can feel in Jesus and nonetheless be a Jew. Edit: those who make individual accusations will have to comprise hyperlinks or close up.