Ok granted, it wasnt called the old testament but thats really just a technicallity. The books that the old testament contains all have origins that predate Jesus. There are surviving manuscripts of the vast majority of the old testament that all date before Jesus as the old testament is effectively just the holy book that the jews at the time had.aba1 said:That is not actually true the stories take place before Jesus but the old testament was written after. You could argue that most of thet stories were taken from other older religions and that would be true but they wernt actually the old testament just individial pieces without any sorta of title implicating them as part of the bible.savandicus said:Actually its only the new testament that is less than 2000 years old with the old testament being around for quite a bit before Jesus.aba1 said:you relize the bible is less than 2000 years old since most of it was written after jesus had died. Either way I have to admit I pulled most of that out my ass its really just the impression of what he is supposed to be that I have gathered through my life but nobody can be certain the bible bearly mentions him and alot of the stories from the bible were left out of the final version which we all read.dfphetteplace said:Well that depends on where you are looking. None of those things are mentioned in the bible, and have just be added to him for the past 2000 years.aba1 said:I am honestly surprised satan is hardly getting votes I mean he is litterally the dark lord the guys who controls all evil manipulates people into doing bad things steals our souls and tortures billions in the afterlife to run his kingdom of sorrow.
savandicus said:Ok granted, it wasnt called the old testament but thats really just a technicallity. The books that the old testament contains all have origins that predate Jesus. There are surviving manuscripts of the vast majority of the old testament that all date before Jesus as the old testament is effectively just the holy book that the jews at the time had.aba1 said:That is not actually true the stories take place before Jesus but the old testament was written after. You could argue that most of thet stories were taken from other older religions and that would be true but they wernt actually the old testament just individial pieces without any sorta of title implicating them as part of the bible.savandicus said:Actually its only the new testament that is less than 2000 years old with the old testament being around for quite a bit before Jesus.aba1 said:you relize the bible is less than 2000 years old since most of it was written after jesus had died. Either way I have to admit I pulled most of that out my ass its really just the impression of what he is supposed to be that I have gathered through my life but nobody can be certain the bible bearly mentions him and alot of the stories from the bible were left out of the final version which we all read.dfphetteplace said:Well that depends on where you are looking. None of those things are mentioned in the bible, and have just be added to him for the past 2000 years.aba1 said:I am honestly surprised satan is hardly getting votes I mean he is litterally the dark lord the guys who controls all evil manipulates people into doing bad things steals our souls and tortures billions in the afterlife to run his kingdom of sorrow.
Check out the wikipedia page for more details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating_the_Bible
Man are we off topic though.