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| | {{Cquote|Jews preserved it as no other manuscript has ever been preserved. With their massora they kept tabs on every letter, syllable, word and paragraph. They had special classes of men within their culture whose sole duty was to preserve and transmit these documents with practically perfect fidelity – scribes, [[lawyer]]s, masoretes. | | {{Cquote|Jews preserved it as no other manuscript has ever been preserved. With their massora they kept tabs on every letter, syllable, word and paragraph. They had special classes of men within their culture whose sole duty was to preserve and transmit these documents with practically perfect fidelity – scribes, [[lawyer]]s, masoretes. |
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| − | In regard to the New Testament, there are about 13,000 manuscripts, complete and incomplete, in [[Greek language|Greek]] and other languages, that have survived from antiquity.
| + | Concerning the [[New Testament]], there are about 13,000 manuscripts, complete and incomplete, in [[Greek language|Greek]] and other languages, that have survived from antiquity. |
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| − | A thousand times over, the death knell of the Bible has been sounded, the funeral procession formed, the inscription cut on the tombstone, and committal read. But somehow the corpse never stays put. No other book has been so chopped, knifed, sifted, scrutinized, and vilified. What book on philosophy or religion or psychology or belles lettres of classical or modern times has been subject to such a mass attack as the Bible? With such venom and skepticism? With such thoroughness and erudition? Upon every chapter, line and tenet? | + | A thousand times over, the death knell of the Bible has been sounded, the funeral procession formed, the inscription cut on the tombstone, and the committal read. But somehow the corpse never stays put. No other book has been so chopped, knifed, sifted, scrutinized, and vilified. What book on philosophy or religion or psychology or belles lettres of classical or modern times has been subject to such a mass attack as the Bible? With such venom and skepticism? With such thoroughness and erudition? Upon every chapter, line, and tenet? |
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| | The Bible is still loved by millions, read by millions, and studied by millions."<ref>Bernard Ramm, Protestant evidences</ref>}} | | The Bible is still loved by millions, read by millions, and studied by millions."<ref>Bernard Ramm, Protestant evidences</ref>}} |
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| | ::''Disproof'': Archeological discoveries in the 19th and 20th centuries proved that the Hittites existed as the Bible describes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hittites - A Civilisation Lost and Found |url=https://www.hopechannel.com/read/the-hittites-a-civilisation-lost-and-found |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=www.hopechannel.com |language=en}}</ref> | | ::''Disproof'': Archeological discoveries in the 19th and 20th centuries proved that the Hittites existed as the Bible describes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hittites - A Civilisation Lost and Found |url=https://www.hopechannel.com/read/the-hittites-a-civilisation-lost-and-found |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=www.hopechannel.com |language=en}}</ref> |
| | *that theories of modern physics proved there was no creation, and thus the [[Genesis]] account could not possibly be correct. | | *that theories of modern physics proved there was no creation, and thus the [[Genesis]] account could not possibly be correct. |
| − | ::''Disproof'': the Catholic priest [[Georges-Henri Lemaitre]] proved, against the resistance of anti-[[Bible]] scientists, that modern theories of physics themselves required the occurrence of a singular creation; this was first ridiculed with the term [[Big Bang]] but then later accepted by the [[atheists]]. | + | ::''Disproof'': the Catholic priest [[Georges-Henri Lemaitre]] proved, against the resistance of anti-[[Bible]] scientists, that modern theories of physics themselves required the occurrence of a singular creation; this was first ridiculed by the term [[Big Bang]] but then later accepted by the [[atheists]]. |
| | *that the pool of Siloam described in John 9:7, where Jesus restored sight to a blind man and told him to wash the mud from his eyes, and the pool of Bethesda with five covered colonnades, also described in John, did not exist because no one had previously found them. | | *that the pool of Siloam described in John 9:7, where Jesus restored sight to a blind man and told him to wash the mud from his eyes, and the pool of Bethesda with five covered colonnades, also described in John, did not exist because no one had previously found them. |
| | ::''Disproof'': the pool of Bethesda was discovered in 1957-62, just as described in the Gospel of John with the five covered colonnades, and the pool of Siloam was also discovered, in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dickson |first=John |title=Why is there so little evidence for Jesus? |url=http://www.publicchristianity.org/jesusevidence.html |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827215744/http://www.publicchristianity.org/jesusevidence.html |archive-date=2008-08-27 |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=publicchristianity.org}}</ref><ref>https://ste-anne-jerusalem.org/en/bethesda/</ref><ref>https://cityofdavid.org.il/en/siloam-pool-opened-eng/</ref> | | ::''Disproof'': the pool of Bethesda was discovered in 1957-62, just as described in the Gospel of John with the five covered colonnades, and the pool of Siloam was also discovered, in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dickson |first=John |title=Why is there so little evidence for Jesus? |url=http://www.publicchristianity.org/jesusevidence.html |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827215744/http://www.publicchristianity.org/jesusevidence.html |archive-date=2008-08-27 |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=publicchristianity.org}}</ref><ref>https://ste-anne-jerusalem.org/en/bethesda/</ref><ref>https://cityofdavid.org.il/en/siloam-pool-opened-eng/</ref> |
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| | *that the Bible incorrectly states the number of feet on an insect | | *that the Bible incorrectly states the number of feet on an insect |
| | ::''Disproof'': Once the meaning of "leg" is correctly understood, it is seen that the Bible is right.<ref>[https://www.tektonics.org/af/buglegs.php Is the Bible wrong about insects having "four feet"?] from [[Tektonics]]</ref> | | ::''Disproof'': Once the meaning of "leg" is correctly understood, it is seen that the Bible is right.<ref>[https://www.tektonics.org/af/buglegs.php Is the Bible wrong about insects having "four feet"?] from [[Tektonics]]</ref> |
| − | *that [[biblical inerrancy]] does not hold true because in James 5:12, as well as during Jesus's [[Sermon on the Mount]] in Matthew 5:33-37, swearing oaths are forbidden, but elsewhere in the Bible prominent figures take such oaths (Paul in 2 Cor. 1:23 and Gal. 1:20, and Jesus himself in Matthew 26:63) | + | *that [[biblical inerrancy]] does not hold true because in {{bibleref|James|5|12}}, as well as during Jesus's [[Sermon on the Mount]] in {{bibleref|Matthew|5|33-37}}, swearing oaths are forbidden, but elsewhere in the Bible prominent figures take such oaths (Paul in 2 Cor. 1:23 and Gal. 1:20, and Jesus himself in {{bibleref|Matthew|26|63}}) |
| | ::''Disproof'': The passages in James and in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount refer to a different kind of swearing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Wayne |title=Is Taking an Oath in Court or Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance Forbidden? |url=https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/270-is-taking-an-oath-in-court-forbidden |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822183513/https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/270-is-taking-an-oath-in-court-forbidden |archive-date=2021-08-22 |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=christiancourier.com}}</ref> | | ::''Disproof'': The passages in James and in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount refer to a different kind of swearing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Wayne |title=Is Taking an Oath in Court or Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance Forbidden? |url=https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/270-is-taking-an-oath-in-court-forbidden |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822183513/https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/270-is-taking-an-oath-in-court-forbidden |archive-date=2021-08-22 |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=christiancourier.com}}</ref> |
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