The war on faith.

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oh, Boy... Here comes my favorite thumper.

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What about the repeated attempts to destroy the Bible and wipe it off the face of the planet?


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(1) I'm not aware of any such attempts. (2) What does that have to do with anything? Are you just typing random non-sequitors?

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What about the fact that it is still in existence?


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I love when you get nonsensical. What about the fact that documents of Mithraism are still in existence? What about the fact that the Koran is still in existence? What about the "Adventures of Mark Twain?" What about The Illiad and the Odyssey?

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What about its popularity given the first question?


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Meaningless. It has nothing to do with the discussion. You love to go off track.

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What about the prophecy contained within, such as when crucifixion was described by a man who had not only never seen a crucifixion, but the crucifixion process had not yet been invented before he died?


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You're all over the place here. Meaningless to our discussion. Do you see why?

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What about the other prophecies?


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What about Nostradamus' prophecies? What about prophecies that are contained by pretty much all over religions? What about horoscopes in the daily paper? What about psychics who make predictions?

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What about the percentage of error between manuscripts when compared to other historical works like the Illiad?


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Why don't you answer it? There are more variations in the manuscripts for the New Testament then there are words in the New Testament. There is no 'original' Bible... one can only count the variations of older manuscripts with newer manuscripts... the BEST version of the Bible is still a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy.... No one can even say have perverted our oldest manuscripts are, since it has already suffered centuries of alterations.

So.... you can answer the question yourself.

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What about the fact that many of the writers knew Jesus personally when he walked this earth?

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Well.... then it must be directly inspired by God. LOL You're fun.