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To: KrisKrinkle
So, do you believe the Bible you read each day is the Word of God? If so, do you realize that the Bible you use was physically created by men? And the text used to generate your Bible was based on a copy from other men, and so on through many generations of men back to the original apostles. To say otherwise is to deny the facts.

Hence, from the article: Mistakes and interpolations were certainly possible, but by comparison of independent copies these are discoverable. Yet remember that the Catholic Church does not say that copyists were inspired. Inspiration is claimed for the original Evangelists. In so far as later copies or versions exactly correspond with their original writings they give the inspired Word of God. In so far as they are not exact, they do not.

7 posted on 05/10/2009 12:30:48 PM PDT by TheDon
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To: TheDon
"If so, do you realize that the Bible you use was physically created by men?"

Of course.

"And the text used to generate your Bible was based on a copy from other men, and so on through many generations of men back to the original apostles."

I would add something about translation from one language to another.

"So, do you believe the Bible you read each day is the Word of God?"

"In so far as later copies or versions exactly correspond with their original writings they give the inspired Word of God. In so far as they are not exact, they do not."

8 posted on 05/10/2009 1:11:04 PM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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