(June 10, 2013 at 12:58 am)justin Wrote: Pretty cool but knowing xtians they'll just silence the tracks or talk woo woo until people drop it. we already know their off in the head denial is inate in us all and they seem already a couple steps ahead in that department of thinking so i have little reason to think they'll change.Okay, what I find disappointing in this thread is the uninformed opinions that are being posted. It's just as bad as 9/11 "truthers" who have no idea of what the facts really are.
Post your opinion, fine, but first go and inform yourself.
1. This is not the "oldest" copy of the Bible.
2. It is of Alexandrian text-type. We know about the textual variants in the greek mss, we have scholars who specialize on these variants. We use critical texts as the basis for the Biblical text, therefore, any mss will contain variants from it.
3. The order of the OT books is arranged differently from the Jewish order, the order of the NT books is largely irrelevant as their order (as we have them in our Bible) is based (loosely) on type and length.
4. There's nothing new about this, it's a text type that has been studied for centuries, and the codex isn't new. We are discovering new mss all the time, and that's what is really exciting.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
