I cite for you the Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Stan Musial, et al. of critical scholarship and you respond with the Joe Garagiolas and Bob Bob Ueckers of the world.
Scott Bidstrup (b. 12 January 1949) is an anti-neoliberal political activist, a skeptic and a self-taught telecommunications engineer who has written essays on a range of topics. The youngest of four siblings, he is a gay rights activist. Bidstrup currently is retired and is living in Tobosi, El Guarco, Costa Rica.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Bidstrup.
I looked that up after glancing though his list, which reminding me of a Geico Caveman commercials. Among his "direct contradictions" he cites John 10:30 "I and my father are one." John 14:28 "I go unto the Father, for my Father is greater than I.
Dennis Bratcher, who you have quoted in a nearby post at least has a Masters in Theology, but he does not really delve into the DEGREE of uncertainty in the copies, the subject I thought we were discussing. I maintain that you are exaggerating the import of those differences that do exist in the thousands upon thousands of copies, difference which are trivial at best.
Cordially,
“the Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Stan Musial, et al. of critical scholarship”
No, only to blind fundamentalists who think the height of scholarship is agreeing with them.
Ehrman is one of the best scholars, and he cites his mentors at Moody and the other seminaries, who are about the most respected scholars in the field.