Theologian Claims Bible Does Not Condemn Gays

BCdude »

Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:17 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

1man makes a lot of sense about bible transcripts, but one argument scholars use about the quality of manuscripts is that when you compare the thousands and thousands of Greek manuscripts (which 99% agree) you can eliminate copy errors and changes. This works something like 30 people copy a book, and the 30 copies are compared for typos. All will have typos but usually 29 won't have any given typo found in any single other manuscript. So by synthesizing the 30 copies, you probably get an original copy.

Here's a quick link to a site that covers most the arguments about manuscript reliability. http://www.ccel.org/contrib/exec_outlines/ca/ca_06.htm

As for interpretation of language and meaning: although the 66 books of the bible were written over 1500 years in three languages, they all have a single clear message which transcends questions of intrepretation. That message is that we're sinful, God provides a saviour, and we're nuts not to agree to both those propositions. ;o)