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- Written over 1,500 yr span
We are still writing about Homer's Illiad after hundreds of years. I don't see how a time span gives credence to any book.
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How likely is it that vastly different authors would write hundreds of yrs apart under different situations and still be consistent.
1. The new authors had already read the other accounts and edited their own accounts for consistency.
2. Redactors went through the Bible and edited out inconsistencies after the fact.
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The Bible contains books of history, law, prophecy, poetry, proverbs, & songs. Adding complexity to the divine design are vastly different styles in which various books are written. An unlikely combination of books to be grouped together by anyone. Yet they miraculously tie together in theme, message and even many cross-references.
For this to have credence, you must show that the separate authors had no knowledge of the previous works. Otherwise, consistency could be ascribed to fitting in new material that doesn't clash with previous material.
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