No Greater Love -

[PsychoSarah]

The problem there is that you have now placed the
bible into the realm where anything can be wrong.
In my scenario, the original is correct as is. Only
the way that one word is interpreted is incorrect.

Did you know there are about 25 words in the Hebrew
Scriptures that nobody knows what they mean?
They have guessed using similar word roots, but
that is a long way from knowing the words.

No original bibles have survived to modern times, and that translation issue you brought up doesn't help matters. Some stuff in the bible is demonstrably wrong. Rabbits do not chew their cud. You cannot get striped goats from patternless ones by forcing those goats to mate while looking at branches. Pi does not equal 3. Yet, according to the bible, all of those things are true, despite the fact that reality doesn't reflect that. Furthermore, how much interpretive room is there for numbers? Aside from the 40 days thing being an ancient idiom meaning "a very long time", a numerical amount stated in the bible is unlikely to be nonliteral.

 

[joshua 1 9]

No original bibles have survived to modern times, and that translation issue you brought up doesn't help matters. Some stuff in the bible is demonstrably wrong. Rabbits do not chew their cud. You cannot get striped goats from patternless ones by forcing those goats to mate while looking at branches. Pi does not equal 3. Yet, according to the bible, all of those things are true, despite the fact that reality doesn't reflect that. Furthermore, how much interpretive room is there for numbers? Aside from the 40 days thing being an ancient idiom meaning "a very long time", a numerical amount stated in the bible is unlikely to be nonliteral.

Sense you quote Steve Wells then perhaps you should read the post I wrote about him that address the objections he raises and show his lack of understanding of the old and the new covenant. Perhaps he had not taken that class yet in the seminary he was attending.

 

[Subduction Zone]

The problem there is that you have now placed the
bible into the realm where anything can be wrong.
In my scenario, the original is correct as is. Only
the way that one word is interpreted is incorrect.

But that is just wishful thinking on your part. There is no real reason to believe that, except that you are desperately clinging to your belief that the Bible is right.

Did you know there are about 25 words in the Hebrew
Scriptures that nobody knows what they mean?
They have guessed using similar word roots, but
that is a long way from knowing the words.

That could be. I can see that 25 words of little use and little importance could exist in a book like the Bible. The problem is that unless you demonstrate some vital need for these words your claim is just a throw away claim. One where you would say "hmm interesting" and then move on.