All of the edits in the Bible have been identified by scholars...
How could you possibly know that all Bible edits are identified? We have no idea what edits might have been done in the first century before the books were widely circulated.
...and none are significant.
So it is not significant to you to know if poison will never hurt you as one disputed verse says? That is odd. I would want to know if that is true.
There are over 200,000 known variant readings in the known Greek manuscripts. What procedure did you use to verify that none of those 200,000 variations is significant?
And what procedure did you use to prove that the unknown variations are not significant?
No, that is not what I said. I said later scientists were inspired to use that methodology by their understanding of God from the Bible.
You have claimed that the Bible inspired people to use methodological naturalism, and that this is a sign that the Bible is God's word.
You teach that the sign that follows Christianity is that Christians will know that miracles are rare. Mark teaches that the sign that follows Christianity is that all will know that there are many miracles.
That is the opposite.
The apostles and writers of the gospels dont deny that God at certain times does intervene supernaturally but it is rare and on special occasions such as when He is aiding the spreading of the gospel.
Have you ever read Deuteronomy 28? Are you going to tell me with a straight face that this chapter teaches that divine interventions are rare?
There is no evidence of major editing, as I stated above all the edits especially in the NT have been identified and none of them are significant.
Actually there is huge evidence of editing. See
Amazon.com: The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament (0884915134810): Ehrman, Bart D.: Books
And the entire book of Matthew is a rewrite of Mark, copying 90% of the verses with edits, and then adding a lot of material on top of that.
Matthew was authorized by God to write his text. There is no evidence of later edits.
How do you know Matthew was authorized to rewrite Mark? Maybe the fallible person who told you that was mistaken.
Actually you dont need to believe everything in them, just the essentials.
What are the essentials that we need to believe? You have told me that if one believes the Son of God was named Pedro and died in Mexico for our sins, that this mistaken person will go to hell.
What if one thought the Son died in Athens? If believing it happened in Mexico City dooms you to eternal hell, what about Athens? Is that close enough, or will that person also scream in torment for eternity for getting the city wrong?
If there is going to be a final exam, and I need to score 100% to get in, I would want to know what is on the final. Please list all the things one must believe to go to heaven.
The church guided by God chose the correct books and that has been confirmed by historical evidence and research.
How do you know the church picked the right books?
And why is it that every single list of books before the 4th century differs from the list we have today?
If there is going to be a final, one would think God would tell us which books are going to be on the final.
Exactly. No contradiction there. They were from Nazareth, went to Bethlehem for the census and the birth and then returned to Nazareth.
Uh, that is what Luke says. But Matthew indicates Joseph and Mary were not going home to Nazareth, but were moving there to avoid Herod. They contradict.
So is the final going to be based on Matthew or Luke? Which one truly has the essentials?