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To: TBP

There are no contradictions. Isaiah 28:10-13 shows that the Bible is not written in a chronological fashion (a reflection of God’s own mind, it seems; after all, God inhabits eternity as Isaiah 57:15 says, a concept that people who live in a space-time continuum can be told about but not readily comprehend), and has parts of the story in different books. And where there are seeming contradictions in places in English versions, those are awkward and sometimes outright bad translations.

“We do not have the originals” is a ploy that Muslims use to get people to believe what the Koran says about the Bible, to wit that it has has been corrupted and that Muhammad’s alleged revelation is the only reliable (and supposedly corrected) divine message. The Masoretic Text is most assuredly the original Old Testament, as the Textus Receptus is the original New Testament.

Very little sympathy will result in a simultaneous attack on the Bible and defense of O’Reilly’s liberalism, at least on this forum.


11 posted on 03/02/2013 10:36:51 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

That we do not have the originals is a simple statement of fact. The earliest copies we have are from the 2nd and 3rd Centuries. By then, they had probably already been altered. There have been numerous alterations after that. Translation (especially multiple translation) is another problem.


116 posted on 03/03/2013 4:50:55 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Olog-hai

The Textus Receptus is a Latin document, not even close to being the original New Testament, as Bible scholars know. There are many older versions.


128 posted on 03/03/2013 8:03:23 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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