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Originally Posted by awareness
And it blows my mind that Lee would claim that there are sections of the Bible that aren't the word of God. Not that it rubs me the wrong way. I already know that about the Bible, from learning about its evolution in the writing process (for example, there are more variations between the more than 5000 copies we have of the New Testament books, in the different manuscripts, than there are words in the New Testament -- so the NT is not inerrant).
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Hi Harold. Good to see you again.
Your comment here is an example of missing the forest for the trees. The truth in the Bible is inerrant, not our modern texts. There is no piece of Christian doctrine that is brought into question by differences between manuscripts. Take out all the "mistakes" and you still have the same message.
Any intelligent person realizes that there may be mistakes in the modern texts. But any honest person--who really studies the issue and understands how ancient texts with multiple copies are verified--realizes that doesn't matter. The message is intact and unmistakable.
Trying to make the case that the Bible has mistakes in order to place the whole message or any part of it in question is a morally bankrupt position.