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Author Topic:   Is the Bible inspired by God?
PaulK
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Message 2 of 40 (46632)
07-21-2003 3:59 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by doctrbill
07-20-2003 7:44 PM


I think the problem is mainly in the OT books. We do have alternate versions from the Dead Sea Scrolls of some books, with significant variations. Some books have seen significant additions (e.g. Isaiah - perhaps twice).
Aside from early editing (which we have some evidence of) the main problem in the NT is pseudonymous works (although there is an argument that the ending of Mark was lost).
And just as an aside this seems like an appropriate place to put this little comment.
A Christian fundamentalist is someone who believes that the Gospels four are independent accounts - all written by the same Person.

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Message 4 of 40 (46698)
07-21-2003 12:24 PM
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07-21-2003 11:49 AM


Let's be clear, I have talked ot fundamentalists who explicitly satate that the Bible is literally the Word of God - not that it is somehow guided. And I have often seen the claim that the Gospels are independant eyewitness accounts (which is even more obviously false since even the traditional authorship of Luke denies that he was an eyewitness).
The real point is that fundamentalists don't usually think about the implications of what they are saying.

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Message 28 of 40 (46811)
07-22-2003 3:37 AM
Reply to: Message 16 by Buzsaw
07-21-2003 10:14 PM


Israel
If Israel is an example then :
Why are the benefits going to Jews rather than Christian Arabs ?
Why are Jews who mostly reject the NT entirely more "Christian" than Muslims who recognse Jesus as a Prophet.
And while we are on the subject of Muslims, what about the first few centuries of Islamic history ? Why all the successes ?

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