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To: papertyger
If God had a hand in writing the Bible, His contribution has long since been papered over by generations of editors.

Actually, the evidence, via manuscripts (Dead Sea scrolls 250 B.C.- 135 A.D., etc.), and writings of early New Testament church fathers demonstrate that the Bible has been remarkably, and accurately, preserved down through history.

The Dead Sea scrolls (100,000 pieces), and other manuscripts, confirm the accuracy of today's Old Testament.

In totality, there are about 6000 manuscripts that support today's Bible.

The New Testament can be almost totally reconstructed via historical documents that prove the New Testament's accuracy.

Your statement just is supported by the evidence.

356 posted on 01/25/2006 9:57:37 AM PST by pby
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To: pby; Junior
whoops!!!

I meant to say:

Your statement is just not supported by the evidence.

358 posted on 01/25/2006 10:10:18 AM PST by pby
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To: pby
Actually, the evidence, via manuscripts (Dead Sea scrolls 250 B.C.- 135 A.D., etc.), and writings of early New Testament church fathers demonstrate that the Bible has been remarkably, and accurately, preserved down through history.

At least from 250 BC, huh? Yet the OT supposedly goes back more than a millennia prior to this. As for the writings of early church fathers, we had a thread not long ago in which a church was found bearing inscriptions from "an early version of the Gospel of Luke." In the body of the story it mentioned that some of the verses have changed from that version to the one we have now. So much for "accurately preserved."

364 posted on 01/25/2006 10:58:17 AM PST by Junior (Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
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