How can fundamentalists not wake up?

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If any of the Bible isn't true then none of it should be trusted, it's as simple as that.

Why throw out the whole Bible if any piece of it is wrong? That doesn't make sense to me. I know it's a slippery slope. You would need to examine each piece of the Bible carefully to know if it is history, allegory, etc. But you already need to think carefully about the choices you make in life relative to Christian teachings. It wouldn't be so bad IMO.

If any part of it is wrong then how do you trust any of it, it's a book on spiritual life and the effect it should have on the physical life. It was never meant to be a history book, yes we can draw history from it, but that only means it references events in history, not establish it. I do examine the Bible every closely, I do because my life is to be patterned through it's teachings and I have no problem with that, at all.

I have yet to find anything wrong with the scriptures and I have studied them with open eyes.

How about the snake handling in Mark? My Bible had a note explaining that those verses were not present in the earliest manuscripts.
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I do not know if the snake handling was added, I've never heard it was, what version of the Bible do you have. I know a few things may have been introduced into the scriptures, it's all speculation we do not have the original writings so we can't know for sure they were or were not in the originals. Those few things that are disputed do not in any way change the message or meaning of the Bible, that is what's important. When I get the time and if my poor brain can remember I will investigate the snake handling, if I do not get back to you about it and you're really interested in this keep me reminded.

GC