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(05-31-2016, 12:21 PM)BigPapaKain Wrote: Yeah that was it.

But bugger to that 'the Bible...has remained unchanged since its inception' is bunk.

I don't remember the King offhand (Henry something....probably Henry VIII) but he had all the parts about prematurely ending marriages removed from the Bible just so he could have an annulment.

And that's just one of the better known situations - how often do you think kings and queens altered the Bible to suit their needs? Do you think their kids would fix it? Now imagine those changes just kind of staying in place for generations - coupled with book burnings - they just kind of stick.

Now unless you can find and decipher every single Dead Sea Scroll (many of which are lost), you can't really say the Bible is now as it was originally written.

Hell the modern Bible is literally called the King James Bible.

First off, that's why I said "virtually" unchanged. The Bible as we know it today is extremely similar to the first Bibles put together like the one at the Council of Nicea.

Secondly, the modern Bible is NOT the King James Version. Yes, some people and denominations still use it, but by and large the vast majority of American churches (can't speak for other countries) use the New International Version. This version is NOT based on the KJV at all. It was a group of over 20 (forget the exact number) scholars working from the oldest manuscripts and copies of manuscripts and re-translating the Hebrew and Greek into modern (well, modern by 70s and 80s standards) English.

Lastly, every time a discovery like the Dead Sea scrolls are found, it only shows how remarkably accurate todays Bibles are.