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How do I trust the Bible?
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<blockquote data-quote="Erik Nelson" data-source="post: 73152572" data-attributes="member: 400870"><p>Richard Elliott Friedman, <em>Who Wrote the Bible?</em></p><p></p><p>Yes, the Biblical texts themselves contain "forensic clues" as to their often complex authorship</p><p></p><p>Just because one book is a compilation of previous works, as John may be a compilation of a Gospel and an extra story of a woman caught in adultery, does not mean that the components are false...</p><p></p><p>true [Gospel of John] + true [story of woman caught in adultery] = doubly true</p><p></p><p>Again, just because the Bible as a whole contains Mt, Mk, Lk, Jn... doesn't imply that, hey, the component works must be false, and so must be the whole</p><p></p><p>The Bible has taken so much "flak" over the years, it's a wonder any of it managed to "return to base"...</p><p></p><p>but there it is, "back on the tarmac"...</p><p></p><p>"still operational"</p><p></p><p>more than can be said for most 4000-year old continuously accumulating compilations...</p><p></p><p>so why try to "kick against it"?</p><p></p><p>without some <em><u>extremely</u></em> compelling cause?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Erik Nelson, post: 73152572, member: 400870"] Richard Elliott Friedman, [I]Who Wrote the Bible?[/I] Yes, the Biblical texts themselves contain "forensic clues" as to their often complex authorship Just because one book is a compilation of previous works, as John may be a compilation of a Gospel and an extra story of a woman caught in adultery, does not mean that the components are false... true [Gospel of John] + true [story of woman caught in adultery] = doubly true Again, just because the Bible as a whole contains Mt, Mk, Lk, Jn... doesn't imply that, hey, the component works must be false, and so must be the whole The Bible has taken so much "flak" over the years, it's a wonder any of it managed to "return to base"... but there it is, "back on the tarmac"... "still operational" more than can be said for most 4000-year old continuously accumulating compilations... so why try to "kick against it"? without some [I][U]extremely[/U][/I] compelling cause? [/QUOTE]
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