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Originally posted by lee_merrill View Post
It does make them solid, as I referenced in Aland and Aland saying that editions of the NT substantially agree.
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostI see you decided to omit the meat of my argument.
Again, I note you decided to omit the part where I vehemently disagreed with you in favor of again asserting the portion with which I agreed. 2) "committee vote" just happens to be how the current set of (Protestant) scholars have opined; the result is not significantly different that Erasmus' hurried collation 500 years ago. 3) I made no such argument. Try not to burn straw men, hey?
Well, yes. That's entirely beside the point of the argument I was making, however.
I'll take your collective inability to address the main thrusts of the points I was making as tacit admission that you have no answer for them, but can't bring yourself to concede the overall conversation.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostThe Muratorian Canon is evidence that as early as 170 CE there existed a set of Christian writings somewhat similar to the twenty-seven-book NT canon, which included four gospels. But there were other books included in it as well. And the other canons or codices also included or omitted various other revered texts during the first 300+ years, i.e. until the Athanasian canon finally gave us the New Testament as we now know it.
Nevertheless, no autographs are extant for the NT. Its most likely earliest form must be reconstructed from later copies as decided by committee vote. You are arguing for the inerrancy of the hypothetical 'original' but there is no such letter-perfect manuscript that is known to have ever existed. Certainly, none is available today.
But Paul himself is believed to be referring to the Hebrew scriptures e.g. in 1 Cor 15:4
https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.c...o-in-1-cor-154
I'll take your collective inability to address the main thrusts of the points I was making as tacit admission that you have no answer for them, but can't bring yourself to concede the overall conversation.
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Originally posted by shunyadragon View Post… Julius Caesar's commentaries, … are NOT considered authoritative in any way, and contain conflicts with archaeological evidence.
Within a hundred years even whether it is so or not does not make the documentation solid in anyway, as referenced by Tassman and I referenced by academic historians.
Blessings,
Lee
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Originally posted by shunyadragon View PostThe historians nor I are not biased on any one ancient historical document. All ancient documents are open to skepticism as I referenced when rogue brought up Julius Caesar's commentaries, which are NOT considered authoritative in any way, and contain conflicts with archaeological evidence. There is no standard of selectivity. Can you name one ancient document that historians selectively endorse over another? Within a hundred years even whether it is so or not does not make the documentation solid in anyway, as referenced by Tassman and I referenced by academic historians.
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostThe weakness of your argument is that it literally tosses 99.9999% of all ancient documentation. You don't get to apply a standard selectively - if it applies to Scripture, it applies to other ancient works, virtually none of which can bear that kind of irrational scrutiny.
Also, 'within a hundred years' is established - and even if it weren't, the documentation is SO solid that it cannot be rationally discarded.
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostJust because you're making a moronic argument doesn't mean I'm calling you a moron...
If you don't wanna play dodge ball, stop throwing the ball at people.
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Originally posted by shunyadragon View PostThan it will be understood that you endorse the name calling rhetoric of Teallaura, which reflects his lack of patience and understanding of those who believe differently.
If you don't wanna play dodge ball, stop throwing the ball at people.
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Originally posted by shunyadragon View PostThe weakness in any argument lee merrill and you offer is that there there are no first autographs known, nor any evidence what they actually composed of. There is evidence of an early simpler gospel Q, but it is inconclusive. Lee's citations only reflect the authors personal experiences, and reflections just as believers do today, and ah . . the fact that others wrote about it before Luke, which is already accepted that Mark first, than Matthew, than Luke were compiled in that order..
Also, 'within a hundred years' is established - and even if it weren't, the documentation is SO solid that it cannot be rationally discarded.
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostThese are not canons,
Repeating this assertion does not make it any more factual. Yes, there are no exant autographs;
Despite your protestations, even critical scholars date 2 Peter to c. AD 125, making it a very early reference to Paul's letters as 'scripture' regardless of its provenance.
https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.c...o-in-1-cor-154
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostOh yeah, like that's a shocker
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Originally posted by NorrinRadd View PostYou have far more patience than I. I would have long since metaphorically shaken the dust from my feet and left the infidel to his way.Last edited by shunyadragon; 09-02-2019, 12:20 PM.
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