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The contemporaries of any given part of the Bible would only have it up to that part but they would have known to read it all as one piece.
The fact that they didn’t have it all is sufficient to show that the later parts are not necessary for understanding. The idea that they would not have realised that the works they had were separate and expressed differing views is just weird, why wouldn’t they know that?
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Cuz it isn't any ordinary collection of writings, they all work together in amazing ways if you understand them as God's own revelation.
I understand that you think it’s just a tool for putting your beliefs in God’s mouth. That doesn’t make it right in any sense of the word.