Because of life events that are now unimportant, I dug into the Bible, other sacred books and almost every -ology on this planet. I have been at it for over 45 years.
The most faithful biblical translation is the Pe****ta by Dr. George Lamsa, an Assyrian scholar, because it is directly from the Aramaic and bypasses the major difficulty proposed by using another language as an intermediary. I have read many different translations. The Pe****ta is different and better.
http://www.aramaicpe****ta.com/George%20Lamsa.htm
For anyone who has read the Bible once, twice and even more than that, it would serve a most important purpose to read a book by a document expert (the ones courts rely on for veracity and authenticity of texts, etc.) entitled The Holy Virus, an excellent dissertation of where and when the Bible was altered with numerous texts to support his studies. Lional Parkinson's website:
http://holyvirus.net/
There is a 10,000 challenge there to anyone who can prove Jesus was a sacrificial offering.
I think people should pay to read his book. But, the author considers the topic so important that he told the publisher to relay a free copy to me to distribute as I see fit when I made a comment in reference to his book. I have it as a pdf file. Contact me if you so wish.
To the ones who read et's in all of this, please reflect on the issue that all is subjected to a most benevolent force in the Universe who has nothing to do with the messes we get ourselves into. The Bible, not a book but a collection of manuscripts, was narrated in a primitive way, so that primitive and uneducated people could relate to a story. If one wants to read 100% infalliblity in it, the ones who do not think so have a lot of ammunition.
To those who think energies whether magnetic, electrical or otherwise can exist just because, dig some more.
No offense intended is intended in any of the words in this post. Times are too important for anything but the truth without an agenda may it be Christian, gnostic or atheistic.
The fact that the Bible and other religious books have been used by those with an agenda, does not take away from their contribution. The fact that these books have been distorted throws a light on the whys.
There are a lot of young minds in this forum. My advice is to steer away from ad hominem attacks. They serve no purpose. Just try to find out why the idea of a vengeful god was placed in front of our eyes. A distraction...
No one can teach us anything. We take ourselves through a journey. And most importantly, the only thing that really matters is what we have within our hearts.