the King James version of the New Testament is a flawed, intentionally mistranslated tome.


"Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
Tell me who's that writin', John the Revelator
wrote the book of the seven seals"


As much "faith" as you place in your belief system, I am equally convinced of the manipulation of factual history and reliance on superstitious dogma for control as being at the heart and soul of the King James bible, from which you have been quoting regularly and with reverence.


"Look, God walked down the hill one day
Called Adam by his name
And Adam wouldn't answer
'cause he was naked and ashamed"


The source of MY reasoning and belief system stems from far older writings than King James and revered by all monotheistic religions to ne degree or another. Whether you refer to it as the Pentateuch, the Torah, Chumash, or the secular perspective of a series of congomerated writings of ancient historians collated by the Redactor, the Old Testament is a source of Wisdom and Power, as well as being intrumental in teaching how that Power can be terribly abused. But it is still written and studied in the original language, in almost the eaxct form as has been handed down from generation to generation around the world for almost 2600 years.


"John the Revelator
Put him in an elevator
Take him up to the highest high
Take him up to the top where the mountains stop
Let him tell his book of lies"


Now I do not subscribe to the New Testament. But I have studied it. Extensively. In the original languages and in the original script in which it was written. The King James version, though being the most widely distributed and accepted TRANSLATION (italicized), contains marked differences and mistranslations when correlated with other texts from the period. Alas, the only way to properly illustrate this, requires the ability to read the original Hebraic script. If you can read it, then we can continue this discussion.


"John the Revelator
He's a smooth operator
It's time we cut him down to size
Take him by the hand
And put him on the stand
Let us hear his alibis"

Otherwise, even if confronted with empirical proof of the sheer quantity of errors within the text, be it the twisting of grammer to use the word "virgin" instead of "unmarried", or the altering of pronunciations so the phrase "chose water over wine" becomes "changed water into wine", you could not believe me, because your faith prevents you from accepting any other possibility. That in and of itself, is the greatest weakness of the True Believer.


"Seven lies, multiplied by seven, multiplied by seven again
Seven angels with seven trumpets
Send them home on the morning train
Well who's that shouting?
John the Revelator!
All he ever gives us is pain
Well who's that shouting?
John the Revelator!
He should bow his head in shame"

At the end of the day, any and all religion is about control. Everything old is new again. There are no such things as miracles, and a lie repeated often enough, becomes a historical fact.

Were you to study the writings of the "Ein Yakov" (the Eyes of Jacob) first person written accounts of events that took place between 2200 and 1800 years ago, you would read some very different variations of stories about a man named Yehoshua ben Yosef, a gifted young rabbinical student and carpenter. But that's for a later conversation.