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To: the808bass
The same reason He "permits" his followers to sin.

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So then would you allow that from that same reason you speak of, He would also allow the authors of the Bible to transcribe erroneously what the Holy Spirit had inspired within them?

60 posted on 09/30/2001 10:12:18 PM PDT by Proud2BAmerican
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To: Proud2BAmerican
Hi P2BA! Wanna take a shot at my #54?
72 posted on 10/01/2001 6:26:07 AM PDT by malakhi
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To: Proud2BAmerican
So then would you allow that from that same reason you speak of, He would also allow the authors of the Bible to transcribe erroneously what the Holy Spirit had inspired within them?

The difference I think is that these men were without question lead of God. Those who teach things other than what was originally taught cannot assume to have said of them the same thing. What looks like a limb or floating branch can as easily be a deadly viper. God never promised to keep anyone from teaching error or from being taught error. If he had, why was it necessary for the Apostles to constantly warn men to avoid those teachings? Hmmm. If God protects why would the admonition exist. Why would 'heretics' exist? No such protection has existed. And it doesn't exist today. Christians were taught very early by the apostles to check every word against God's lest they be lead astray. If God protected the teachings, this command is in error!

I don't have time to fully address this right at the moment; but, this is a good general start.

100 posted on 10/01/2001 9:59:37 AM PDT by Havoc
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To: Proud2BAmerican
So then would you allow that from that same reason you speak of, He would also allow the authors of the Bible to transcribe erroneously what the Holy Spirit had inspired within them?

No, I have stated before that I believe that the Bible is theopneustos (God-breathed). It is inspired.

One should note that this does not claim infallibility for the printers or translators of the Bible as God did not inspire them. A typo in a KJV printed in 1993 does not mean the Bible is not inspired. Similarly, when God formed his church, he promised that the gates of hell would not prevail against it. I do not see a promise that He would protect it from error. So just as God's inspired Scriptures are subject to errors of humans, so is his Church subject to errors of humans. Does that mean that we're all hopelessly bound for hell? Nope. Just that we're all hopelessly fallible, even a Pope.

155 posted on 10/01/2001 5:39:56 PM PDT by the808bass
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