(April 12, 2018 at 9:51 am)Joods Wrote:(April 12, 2018 at 8:38 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I don't think that a conclusion of it is fiction follows from any of what you presented here.
That's your opinion. However, you have failed to present anything to the contrary. I stand by my statements.
You don't have to present something to the contrary to show that the reasoning, and thus the conclusion does not follow.
The copies of copies and translations line is old, and quite bad. For most things of that age, we only have copies (a historian shouldn't be surprised by this). And the errors in the copies of Biblical manuscripts instead of showing that it is ever changing and full of errors, instead shows quite the opposite. It shows that a vast majority of the discrepancies are things like spelling errors, transposed words, or using a slightly different although equivalent word. No major doctrine is in question because of the number of copies or errors in those copies. When someone brings this up, you should ask them for specifics. What are the errors, and what is the significance?
It simply doesn't follow that because someone mis-interprets something; that the original was false. Atheists I am told don't always agree, are not a hive mind that does not mean that there is not an objective truth to any particular subject.
Why do you think that people should not be able to have differing opinions?
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man. - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
