No, I heard what you were saying. Heard it before, too. “What we have is copy after copy after copy etc.”

The originals don’t exist anymore. And, sorry to bust your bubble, they’re not in the Vatican’s closet either. There are more manuscripts and fragments from the New Testament than any other book from ancient antiquity - by far. From those manuscripts and fragments (and citations from the early church fathers) we can accurately reconstruct what the originals said to a 99.9% accuracy. The more copies we have, the better we can piece back what the originals said. No need for the originals. And this process is NOTHING like playing the telephone game either. If you’d like to know more about how this process works, then we can discuss further.

“ The Bible only has a small fraction of Gods actual message in it.”

This statement claims special knowledge, which you do not have. The only way for you to validly make this claim is if you knew what Gods message was in its entirety in order to know that what we have in our possession is “only a fragment.”

With the way bibliographic evidence from the first century works, and with the knowledge of how early first century textual transmission works, you would know that the Bible that we hold in our hands today is 99.9% accurate to what the original authors wrote. Gods Word has been preserved in a way that no other book has been preserved.

Put it this way. We have FAR less manuscripts/copies/fragments from Aristotle and Plato’s writings than we do if the NT, yet we’re still able to piece together accurate, modern renditions of their originals - and NO ONE questions their accuracy. With the mountains more manuscripts/copies/fragments that we have for the NT, then all the more, we should trust in the accuracy of our modern day renditions.

A Fortiori

Now I’m not saying that the accuracy of our modern copies makes what’s talked about in the Bible true - that’s a different discussion all together - just that we can trust, what we have in our hands today, is ACTUALLY what the original authors wrote down.

No, I heard what you were saying. Heard it before, too. “What we have is copy after copy after copy etc.”

The originals don’t exist anymore. And, sorry to bust your bubble, they’re not in the Vatican’s closet either. There are more manuscripts and fragments from the New Testament than any other book from ancient antiquity - by far. From those manuscripts and fragments (and citations from the early church fathers) we can accurately reconstruct what the originals said to a 99.9% accuracy. The more copies we have, the better we can piece back what the originals said. No need for the originals. And this process is NOTHING like playing the telephone game either. If you’d like to know more about how this process works, then we can discuss further.

“ The Bible only has a small fraction of Gods actual message in it.”

This statement claims special knowledge, which you do not have. The only way for you to validly make this claim is if you knew what Gods message was in its entirety in order to know that what we have in our possession is “only a fragment.”

With the way bibliographic evidence from the first century works, and with the knowledge of how early first century textual transmission works, you would know that the Bible that we hold in our hands today is 99.9% accurate to what the original authors wrote. Gods Word has been preserved in a way that no other book has been preserved.

Put it this way. We have FAR less manuscripts/copies/fragments from Aristotle and Plato’s writings than we do if the NT, yet we’re still able to piece together accurate, modern renditions of their originals - and NO ONE questions their accuracy. With the mountains more manuscripts/copies/fragments that we have for the NT, then all the more, we should trust in the accuracy of our modern day renditions.

A Forteriori

Now I’m not saying that the accuracy of our modern copies makes what’s talked about in the Bible true - that’s a different discussion all together - just that we can trust, what we have in our hands today, is ACTUALLY what the original authors wrote down.

No, I heard what you were saying. Heard it before, too. “What we have is copy after copy after copy etc.”

The originals don’t exist anymore. And, sorry to bust your bubble, they’re not in the Vatican’s closet either. There are more manuscripts and fragments from the New Testament than any other book from ancient antiquity - by far. From those manuscripts and fragments (and citations from the early church fathers) we can accurately reconstruct what the originals said to a 99.9% accuracy. The more copies we have, the better we can piece back what the originals said. No need for the originals. And this process is NOTHING like playing the telephone game either. If you’d like to know more about how this process works, then we can discuss further.

“ The Bible only has a small fraction of Gods actual message in it.”

This statement claims special knowledge, which you do not have. The only way for you to validly make this claim is if you knew what Gods message was in its entirety in order to know that what we have in our possession is “only a fragment.”

With the way bibliographic evidence from the first century works, and with the knowledge of how early first century textual transmission works, you would know that the Bible that we hold in our hands today is 99.9% accurate to what the original authors wrote. Gods Word has been preserved in a way that no other book has been preserved.

No, I heard what you were saying. Heard it before, too. “What we have is copy after copy after copy etc.”

The originals don’t exist anymore. And, sorry to bust your bubble, they’re not in the Vatican’s closet either. There are more manuscripts and fragments from the New Testament than any other book from ancient antiquity - by far. From those manuscripts and fragments (and citations from the early church fathers) we can accurately reconstruct what the originals said to a 99.9% accuracy. The more copies we have, the better we can piece back what the originals said. No need for the originals. And this process is NOTHING like playing the telephone game either. If you’d like to know more about how this process works, then we can discuss further.

“ The Bible only has a small fraction of Gods actual message in it.”

This statement claims special knowledge, which you do not have. The only way for you to validly make this claim is if you know what Gods message was in its entirety in order to know that what we have in our possession is “only a fragment.”

With the way bibliographic evidence from the first century works, and with the knowledge of how early first century textual transmission works, you would know that the Bible that we hold in our hands today is 99.9% accurate to what the original authors wrote. Gods Word has been preserved in a way that no other book has been preserved.

No, I heard what you were saying. Heard it before, too. “What we have is copy after copy after copy etc.”

The originals don’t exist anymore. And, sorry to bust your bubble, they’re not in the Vatican’s closet either. There are more manuscripts and fragments from the New Testament than any other book from ancient antiquity - by far. From those manuscripts and fragments (and citations from the early church fathers) we can accurately reconstruct what the originals said to a 99.9% accuracy. No need for the originals. And this process is NOTHING like plying the telephone game either. If you’d like to know more about how this process works, then we can discuss further.

“ The Bible only has a small fraction of Gods actual message in it.”

This statement claims special knowledge, which you do not have. The only way for you to validly make this claim is if you know what Gods message was in its entirety in order to know that what we have in our possession is “only a fragment.”

With the way bibliographic evidence from the first century works, and with the knowledge of how early first century textual transmission works, you would know that the Bible that we hold in our hands today is 99.9% accurate to what the original authors wrote. Gods Word has been preserved in a way that no other book has been preserved.

No, I heard what you were saying. Heard it before, too. “What we have is copy after copy after copy etc.”

The originals don’t exist anymore. And, sorry to bust your bubble, they’re not in the Vatican’s closet either. There are more manuscripts and fragments from the New Testament than any other book from ancient antiquity - by far. From those manuscripts and fragments (and citations from the early church fathers) we can accurately reconstruct what the originals said to a 99.9% accuracy. No need for the originals. And this process is NOTHING like plying the telephone game either. If you’d like to know more about how this process works, then we can discuss further.

“ The Bible only has a small fraction of Gods actual message in it.”

The only way for you to validly make this claim is if you know what Gods message was in its entirety in order to know that what we have in our possession is “only a fragment.” This statement claims special knowledge, which you do not have.

With the way bibliographic evidence from the first century works, and with the knowledge of how early first century textual transmission works, you would know that the Bible that we hold in our hands today is 99.9% accurate to what the original authors wrote. Gods Word has been preserved in a way that no other book has been preserved.