there was a rather interesting interview on npr today, with the head of chapel hill's religious studies department.
I heard that program (part of the
fresh air series). It was quite interesting.
I already expected that there would be copying problems. However, they are considerably more extensive than I had expected. Apparently the story of the woman adulterer was probably inserted in the 12th century, and the text on which the trinity theology is based may also be an insert.
clearly, the bible is the best weapon satan has.
Or maybe literalism is the weapon for satan. That scripture has changed should not be a big problem for people who recognize that scripture is the work of men, perhaps highly inspired men. But it does undermine the assumptions of the literalist.