Originally Posted by DVTimes

if so, do you belive it word for word?

some thoughts:

1. Many belive the bible was written 200 years after the death of jesus. so people must have had very good memories back then. think about it, i bet if you chatted to somone for five mins you could not remember word perfect what they said. they did not record what he said. chances are his followers could not even read or write.

2. It was not in english. Its been translated. And the meaning of words change. Take the word gay, it used to mean happy. Niggar in old english meant devil, and so on. Thus what may have been written 2000 years ago may mean somthing different today.