I have heard that there are parts of the Bible that were never included or were removed, what do you know about this? Is there a way to access these lost writings? How trustworthy is the Bible as a whole knowing it may have been tampered with?
samarium62
Sep 24Hi Rex Not sure if I should post here or email.. My husband recently started listening to your podcast and had it on in the car and I caught an episode when you were discussing how pagan beliefs were incorporated into Christianity...this is always portrayed as some kind of negative when in reality the whole of Christianity is based on the conglomeration of previous religions, literature, and ideas.
For instance the creation of man story, the snake & the apple, Noah's flood, these were all original stories in "The Epic of Gilgamesh" one of the earliest known literary works. The flood story is point by point identical. Jesus coming back from the dead is also a reoccurring theme in religions of the time.
You seem very knowledgeable and open to discussion, have you read the book "The God Delusion" by Dawkins? It was eye-opening, still searching for the person who can answer the questions that book poses. So, I am wondering why you are a Christian and not a Buddhist or Agnostic? How do you justify many of the immoral teachings of the bible?
I found your podcasts entertaining, especially the societal collapse one and discussing eating hamsters (LOL), good stuff. Keep up the good work!
Check out the "Dead Sea Scrolls," in reference to the the consistency of the OT Bible from thousands of years ago to the present canon. Pretty great evidence we have, that at least 2/3 of the Bible is untampered as the Dead Sea Scrolls are 99.9% identical to the current Bible.
Pick up a Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox and Coptic Bible. All have different books.
Which is why Protestants use the books coroberated by historical analysis. Not to say that the other groups are completely wrong, or even somehow correct, but anthropology is pretty clear on the validity of the Bible as a recorder of history, as far as any book of antiquity can be such a record.