Yet when older manuscripts are found like the Dead Sea Scrolls, or even questionable ones like the Vaticanus or Siniaticus, the differences are minor. The latter two in particular were discarded versions that deleted some verses and changed the wording in others. They did this enough to not be reliable for use in Bibles (in my opinion), but even so one could read those manuscripts and still get the gospel.
“There may be content in the Bible (or other book) that’s been systematically erased” is fundamentally an argument from silence. As a Christian I simply have faith that God has accurately preserved His Word in spite of man’s attempts to corrupt it, and so far the evidence is in favor of the Bible (specifically the Textus Receptus) being the fruit of that preservation.
The DSS have nothing to do with Christianity, Gnostic or otherwise. They were all written at least a century before Christ.
How on earth does my endorsement of the Textus Receptus indicate support of the RCC? They don’t use the TR; they use the Vulgate. A brief examination of my comment history will reveal that I am not a Catholic and do not agree with their theology.
I am forced to conclude that you are ignorant of anything concerning Christianity.
God preserved His Word outside of the Vatican. Trace the lineage of biblical manuscripts and you will find many that were never touched by Rome.
Yet when older manuscripts are found like the Dead Sea Scrolls, or even questionable ones like the Vaticanus or Siniaticus, the differences are minor. The latter two in particular were discarded versions that deleted some verses and changed the wording in others. They did this enough to not be reliable for use in Bibles (in my opinion), but even so one could read those manuscripts and still get the gospel.
“There may be content in the Bible (or other book) that’s been systematically erased” is fundamentally an argument from silence. As a Christian I simply have faith that God has accurately preserved His Word in spite of man’s attempts to corrupt it, and so far the evidence is in favor of the Bible (specifically the Textus Receptus) being the fruit of that preservation.
The DSS have nothing to do with Christianity, Gnostic or otherwise. They were all written at least a century before Christ.
How on earth does my endorsement of the Textus Receptus indicate support of the RCC? They don’t use the TR; they use the Vulgate. A brief examination of my comment history will reveal that I am not a Catholic and do not agree with their theology.
I am forced to conclude that you are ignorant of anything concerning Christianity.