Bible This!

[prestonw]

I grant that the manuscripts we have today are likely not 100% exact to the originals. However, I believe that no essential teaching or doctrine of Christianity has been lost. All three of the existing published NT manuscripts (Textus Receptus, Majority Text and Critical Text) Contain and clearly teach the Gospel.

I'm glad we agree on this point. I don't believe anything essential was lost either, though some of it may not be readily available to us. The New Testement books (and the Old Testement books, for the most part) were written so that nothing is written down just once. The concept of having three witnesses to divine events is talked about many times in the Bible and it also holds true for the Bible itself. The biggest problem I have with the current Bible is how the books that are in it were selected. This was a task done solely by man and the chance of them leaving out a book that should have been in there or putting in a false book is not out of the question. Plus, we don't have every holy writing available to us, so some of the conclusions we draw, especially the controversial ones, cannot truely be confirmed or denied by the Bible we have today.

 

[Knight]

I'm glad we agree on this point. I don't believe anything essential was lost either, though some of it may not be readily available to us. The New Testement books (and the Old Testement books, for the most part) were written so that nothing is written down just once. The concept of having three witnesses to divine events is talked about many times in the Bible and it also holds true for the Bible itself. The biggest problem I have with the current Bible is how the books that are in it were selected. This was a task done solely by man and the chance of them leaving out a book that should have been in there or putting in a false book is not out of the question. Plus, we don't have everything holy writing available to us, so some of the conclusions we draw, especially the controversial ones, cannot truely be confirmed or denied by the Bible we have today.

One thing here.....

Don't diminish the Holy Spirit's involvement in the assembling of the cannon. This was a careful process done over the course of many years by Godly men who approached it through prayer. They were not alone in discerning what was and was not inspired Scripture.

 

[artofwar]

This does NOT prove any divine involvement

how doesnt it? i dont think any sort of proof would make your eyes open up though , some people just dont want the truth