2Tim 3:16

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> >> > I take this to mean the Old Testament scriptures.

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> >> Which Old Testament scriptures would that be? Could you give a list?

> >> Could you give "versions"?  I'm curious.

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> >The Hebrew scriptures, if Martin Luther was right.

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> And which "Hebrew scriptures" would those be? Titles? Authors? Evidence?


This exchange (with Fuller I think?) makes me wonder how many people 
accept a religion without even thinking as to what it's all about.  I 
wholeheartedly accepted Christianity, but only because I was five years 
old and everyone I trusted (parents, family, friends, pastors, other 
authority figures) told me it was true.  Even after I started asking 
questions, they always had a reasonable answer.  Until one day, they just 
couldn't answer my questions anymore, and then they got mad at me for asking.
The more I asked, the angrier they got, and then I decided to answer the 
questions for myself.  I read the bible, I read the Church Fathers, I 
read up on ancient history, the history of the Church, etc.  And when I 
realized that the whole entire thing was just a hodge-podge of various 
superstitions and cults that had grown up around the Mid-East during the 
dawn of writing, no one could give me a better explanation.  And I'm 
still waiting.  What with all the churches on every corner, the thousands 
of bible schools, seminaries, "church leadership retreats," etc., ad 
naseum, I would expect someone to be able to lay out a simple storyline 
free of contradictions that incorporates all of the various evidence.  
But the only story line that the evidence fits is a that few charasmatic 
individuals scared the superstitious local populace with stories of gods, 
demons, miracles, and eternal roasting in hell in order to get money, a 
place to stay, and some kind of community fame.  And when I look around 
at religion today, I see the EXACT SAME THING.  

Sorry, not about errancy I guess, but it's my personal story as to how I 
finally accepted that the bible is a big piece of fiction.

Scott

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