Changes

==Reality==

==Reality==

Ehrman fails to note that copies of the Bible today are translated directly from the early Greek manuscripts.  This is playing to the ignorance of his audience to create a controversy that does not exist.  Taking a moment of history, the King James Bible in 1611, and using that as a point of contention that has no bearing on modern Bible translations and has not for years is disingenuous. Even then, the King James Bible has been found to be largely accurate with only a few sections questioned.

Ehrman fails to note that copies of the Bible today are translated directly from the early Greek manuscripts, which include Jesus' teachings in, probably, the original Greek.  This is playing to the ignorance of his audience to create a controversy that does not exist.  Taking a moment of history, the King James Bible in 1611, and using that as a point of contention that has no bearing on modern Bible translations and has not for years is disingenuous. Even then, the King James Bible has been found to be largely accurate with only a few sections questioned.

   

   

Ehrman also fails to account for the Christian community having already incorporated his concerns.  The [[NIV]] Study Bible, completed over a 20 year time span through the work of over 100 scholars<ref>The NIV Study Bible, Zondervan Press, 1985, Preface</ref>, does not include the John or I John texts except in footnotes and has a prominently marked break in the text before the last part of Mark stating clearly that the end of the chapter is not included in the earliest manuscipts&mdash;and this was 20 years before Ehrman decided to write his book as if he was bringing up something new that had been hidden.  And yet, even with all of the changes made, the form of the Bible is still well over 99+% the same as it had been before&mdash;hardly cause for major concern.

Ehrman also fails to account for the Christian community having already incorporated his concerns.  The [[NIV]] Study Bible, completed over a 20 year time span through the work of over 100 scholars<ref>The NIV Study Bible, Zondervan Press, 1985, Preface</ref>, does not include the John or I John texts except in footnotes and has a prominently marked break in the text before the last part of Mark stating clearly that the end of the chapter is not included in the earliest manuscipts&mdash;and this was 20 years before Ehrman decided to write his book as if he was bringing up something new that had been hidden.  And yet, even with all of the changes made, the form of the Bible is still well over 99+% the same as it had been before&mdash;hardly cause for major concern.