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To: UCANSEE2

It’s based on how many older copies there are, I think, because of this: “currently we possess more than 5,500 manuscripts of the New Testament in Greek alone. No other document of antiquity even comes close.”

As for The Torah, the Scribes would have been tenacious at copying with perfectionism. Have no idea about any others, nor are they worthy.


4 posted on 12/11/2015 2:23:28 PM PST by huldah1776
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To: huldah1776

I think the problem with most skeptics is this ... their argument is since we do not have the original autograph, we can never be sure that what we have today :

1) Has not been corrupted ( i.e. copyists ADDING things to the original that was not there, hence, bringing in new doctrine that was not in the original ).

2) Has not been transmitted erroneously


5 posted on 12/11/2015 2:32:19 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: huldah1776

Thanks for that response.

My point was that if they want to question one, shouldn’t they question them all ?

Why the focus on only the Bible ?


23 posted on 12/11/2015 7:33:17 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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