FYI, I just checked my YouVerse Bible app on my smartphone and the have the ASV. It is streamed and can be downloaded onto your phone for when you do not have internet connectivity. They also provide an audio version. The YouVerse app is free and available for iOS and Android.
How often? Quite often in the last 50 years. 20 years ago Muslims were the first suspect in the OKC bombing.
I don't have a complete answer to this, but here is a comparison among the three. All of the Quran was written by Mohammed. Supposedly, Mohammed simply "held" the pen and Allah moved his hand to write. With the Jewish "holy" book, the Torah, it is comprised of the first five books of the Bible. In the case of the Torah, it was written by Moses with the inspiration from God to write it. With respect to the Bible, it is written by numerous authors, also with the inspiration from God. However, the writings of those authors pretty much complement each other.
I'll need to get in touch with more knowledgeable folks than myself for part of this. From what I can remember of past conversations with said "knowledgeable folks," the books of the Bible were chosen using different but complementary criteria. If I remember right, they were looking at books that had other corroborating evidence, such as eye-witness reports, historical writings, and at most, only "one person away" from actual eye-witness reports.
In one study we had, it was stated that there are up to 24,000 different manuscripts that are about the happenings in the New Testament. I have no idea on the Old Testament, but since Christians live under the New Testament, that is the primary interest to me. A lot of the books of the New Testament are letters to churches and individuals from the Apostles. Those were letters that were used to complement the prophesies of the Old Testament in the newly formed Christian churches to help the new Christians to know about Jesus and how to worship.
Also, depending again on memory, I think the Apostle John was the last to write with Revelation being his latest writing. I understand that his death came about close to the end of the first century, so all the New Testament books were written in that first century. Anything after that would simply be commentary by other non-Apostolic authors that tried to contribute their beliefs to the Bible. Those works would not have been included. Also, any New Testament books also needed to complement the history of the Old Testament with regards to the prophesy of Jesus coming as the Messiah.
And yes, many believe the books of the Bible to be at least inspired by God, thus could be considered as the actual words of God.
Good discussion, Everyone.
Yep. On my Android phone, I have My Sword for Android installed and use it a lot in church, and it also has the ASV. For anyone that considers getting some version of the ASV, I should caution them to also have another version nearby. There are some words such as "youward" and "usward" that may need to be checked with another version in order to get the meaning of those strange ones. I use the New American Standard Version for that.
I also noticed on Star Bible's website that they have a new "reference" version of the ASV. Looks like I'm going to have to invest another $100 in a Bible.
What government and media are you talking about? All I've ever seen from our government is the delicate tip toeing around the sensitive subject of Islam. As for media, the only one that seems to question the role of Islam in this mess is FOX.
FWIW, I don't defend religion, I defend just people and condemn bad ideology.
Other than a minority who are haters, I haven't seen anyone condemn all. All we've condemned is ideological acceptance of the savages, it's up to those who feel "lumped in" to clarify their position. Or not if they so choose, it's their decision to make after all.
These. As several have said, just because some whackjob claims to be acting in the name of (insert idea here), doesn't mean he is.
Wm. Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene 3.
If you're talking about religion, it doesn't mean he isn't either. If you're talking about an ideology, it absolutely does mean that. There is absolutely an ideology that says Sunni Muslims are supreme over all other sects and the world at large. The savages of IS serve this ideology to the extreme. To pretend otherwise is foolish indeed. However, that doesn't mean all Sunni Muslims subscribe to that ideology. neither does it mean that all, or even a majority of them tacitly accept it.
