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Scripture is God breathed in the text as originally given. We have to discern what is original and what is not. Fortunately we have thousands of manuscript, papyri and versions which enable us to do so. Our New Testament text is 98% accurate.
Look if you don't want answers why ask for them? Are you a troll? I suspect so.
Look if you don't want answers why ask for them? Are you a troll? I suspect so.
J
The last portion of Mark 16 9-20.
A big portion of scripture is another add on, missing from the earliest manuscripts.
People cannot Harmonize the resurrection narratives full stop. Scholars are sure that Jesus was raised but the events themselves are contorted within scripture.
So why bother writing anything. If it might be a lie why put in scripture.
I can keep these examples coming all day. And I Hate the fact that I know that the Bible is fallible.
A big portion of scripture is another add on, missing from the earliest manuscripts.
People cannot Harmonize the resurrection narratives full stop. Scholars are sure that Jesus was raised but the events themselves are contorted within scripture.
So why bother writing anything. If it might be a lie why put in scripture.
I can keep these examples coming all day. And I Hate the fact that I know that the Bible is fallible.
E
the bible is only as fallable as one makes it out to be. The bible does not contradict, thus if we see a contradiction, we must see why we see a contradiction.
1. My belief caused the contradiction, I must reinterpret my false belief
2. Possible mistranslation into english text (we have greek hebrew manuscripts to account for these errors
3. Possible additions to text. see number 2.
if we believe in a fallible bible, our whole foundation is in crumbles. for we cna not know what is from God and what is not.
1. My belief caused the contradiction, I must reinterpret my false belief
2. Possible mistranslation into english text (we have greek hebrew manuscripts to account for these errors
3. Possible additions to text. see number 2.
if we believe in a fallible bible, our whole foundation is in crumbles. for we cna not know what is from God and what is not.
Jack's inventions collapse when we look at the facts. No human being could have invented the life and teaching of Jesus in such a way that centuries of readers acknowledged both the uniqueness of His teachings and the wonder of His life. Left in the hands of men, as Jack suggests, its uniqueness would have disappeared. It would have been on a level with all other literature.
Actually, this pericope is very well supported from no less than 620 ancient manuscripts including the Byzantine Text (450-1450 A.D.), the A 02 Alexandrinus Fifth century, the C 04 Ephraemi Rescriptus Fifth century, the D 05 Bezae Cantabrigiensis Fifth century, and the W 032 Fourth/fifth century. This is VERY good support for this text.
As for the resurrection account and even the last supper narratives these need to be read as composite accounts by the four gospel writer. There are no discrepancies between these accounts.
As for the resurrection account and even the last supper narratives these need to be read as composite accounts by the four gospel writer. There are no discrepancies between these accounts.
true. but it is hardly a big portion of Scripture.
Now you are talking a load of rubbish. They harmonise quite satisfactorily.
There is nothing contorted about them. It is all in your imagination arising from ignorance.
Its for honest people seeking truth.
well if you want to live with your folly it is up to you. Quite frankly I don't believe you. You are simply seeking to stir up controversy.
Now you are talking a load of rubbish. They harmonise quite satisfactorily.
There is nothing contorted about them. It is all in your imagination arising from ignorance.
Its for honest people seeking truth.
well if you want to live with your folly it is up to you. Quite frankly I don't believe you. You are simply seeking to stir up controversy.
The problem does not lie with God here but with your attempt to hold God accountable to a humanly derived standard of ethics and fairness. If there is one thing that scripture teaches us it is the fact that God is VERY selective but never unfair. His choosing of one above another is seen many times in scripture. "Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?" Rom 9:21. You are also assuming that the healing itself is somehow of significance, It is not. He is also at times vengeful but this does not make him cruel.