(January 2, 2012 at 12:43 am)padraic Wrote:Quote:Whose view of the O T is authoritative? Jewry or Christianity?
I don't understand the question. The OT is no more than the mythology of a minor tribe of bronze age goat herders.The Torah was not even written down until ca seventh century bce.. I can't see that different versions make any material difference ALL are copies--of-copies- of- copies going back centuries.
The oldest copy of the OT still extant dates from 900 CE;the result of over 1000 years of repeated copying, by hand.
The book of Isaiah has been dated back to 300 BC and this is a copy of the original, so the original goes back much farther. We're looking at a 1200 year difference.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
