[UCANSEE2]

IF any of these things are true about the Bible, are they not also true of the Quran(Koran), The Torah, etc. ?

[ealgeone]

Of the many copies and fragments of manuscripts we have available we find a very, very high degree of accuracy between them.

I think we can have a very, very high degree of confidence we have the original words as originally written.

[af_vet_1981]

What good is it to say that the autographs (i.e., the originals) were inspired? We don't have the originals! We have only error-ridden copies, and the vast majority of these are centuries removed from the originals and different from them . . . in thousands of ways.

If Ehrman is correct, then he has uncovered the single thread that would unravel the entire garment of the Christian faith. There is no need to critique the content of the New Testament if we don't even have the New Testament.

This is why it is fundamental to have one holy catholic apostolic church from the First Century until this hour.

[Hostage]

> “We have only error-ridden copies”

Let’s see a professional third party unbiased exposition os said errors because to my knowledge the conformance of scripture is remarkably preserved, so much so that it is a testament to divine inspiration.

[Verginius Rufus]

If an error occurred early enough there is no guarantee that any of the manuscripts has the original reading--and if one does, how do we know which one? Most if not all of the variants do not involve any major point of belief.

What is the right reading in Luke 2.14: eudokias (genitive) or eudokia (nominative)? This is the origin of the difference between the Catholic and Protestant translations. Is it "peace among human beings of good will (eudokias)" or "peace, good will among human beings (eudokia)"?

Both versions have the support of many early manuscripts as well as from quotations in the Church Fathers.

[Verginius Rufus]

If an error occurred early enough there is no guarantee that any of the manuscripts has the original reading--and if one does, how do we know which one? Most if not all of the variants do not involve any major point of belief.

What is the right reading in Luke 2.14: eudokias (genitive) or eudokia (nominative)? This is the origin of the difference between the Catholic and Protestant translations. Is it "peace among human beings of good will (eudokias)" or "peace, good will among human beings (eudokia)"?

Both versions have the support of many early manuscripts as well as from quotations in the Church Fathers.

[AndyTheBear]

This article is quackery. Here is a good explanation of how we know the New Testament is reliable for example.

[sauropod]

read

[ColdSteelTalon]

I would not trust Bart Erhman... at all.

[Jack023]

You want the authentic Bible? The real thing? It’s the King James Bible!

[BornToBeAmerican]

Meaning to offence, but God our Loving Father knew that all of this would happen: misspellings, doctrine changes etc.

So he gave it to his Son, Jesus to say: “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” John 14:26

Without the Holy Spirit, not a single word of the Holy Scriptures can ever be understood. Is there any wonder that no one can agree.

The Spirit brings the Holy Scriptures to Life

[CraigEsq]

This is perfectly on topic. With a little Star Wars thrown in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpFHfHXicNs

[Hebrews 11:6]

Sad to say, but Bart Ehrman has given abundant evidence, not just here but also voluminously elsewhere, that he is subject, at present, to Jesus' forewarning of eventual doom, because of his persistent strenuous efforts to talk Christians into renouncing their faith and to dissuade non-Christians from believing:

"But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea." (Matthew 18:6; also Mark 9:42, Luke 17:2)

[Yosemitest]

"Ye blind guides,
which strain at a gnat,
and swallow a camel."