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1. 'brother nobody' June 14, 2024 at 2:38 am Reply

   Some revealing questions for the ‘author’ of this topical advisory (~above), regarding ‘errors in the bible’, by J.Dodson.

   1.) If a written document (‘scriptura’ >Latin, or ‘graphe’ >Koine Greek.) is ‘very reliable’, does that mean that it is ‘inerrant & infallible’ (without ANY errors/faults, either typographical, transcriptional, or contextual)? [Hint~, NO.]

   2.) Conversely, If a written document is declared to be ‘inerrant/ infallible’ (?), is it ever referred to as just ‘reliable’ (~in spite of the openly admitted ‘errors’ in it, i.e. -typographic, transcribed, contextual, etc.~)? (Hint~, Usually not, because that is implied by the former word definitions.)

   3.) If a written document (~scripture? >’graphe’ >Koine Greek) is ‘very reliable’, or possibly even ‘inerrant & infallible’ (~all definitions), does that also mean/ infer that all of the ‘Translations/ Versions’ of those same documents (the so-called ‘original bible manuscripts’, ~or scrolls/books >’biblios’ >Koine Greek) does that also mean and infer that they (~all of them!) are also ‘reliable and/or inerrant & infallible’?? (Hint~, ‘reductio ad absurdum’ >Latin> reduced to absurdity.)

   [Notice that this author (‘Bible’ scholar?) didn’t even mention this seemingly obvious 5th category-type of ‘Translational errors/ mistakes’~, which are indeed a major source of so-called ‘proof-text’ for many ‘Scriptural/ Biblical’ mis-teachings and ‘doctrinal/ heretical’ errors, which have been perpetuated throughout ‘Church HIstory’ (~ nearly 2,000 yrs. now)! And in fact, the personal ‘written documents’ of Paul (letters, ‘epistole’ >Koine Greek, x13) openly reproved/ exposed and even fervently warned those fellow ‘believers’ in Jesus (the anointed one/’christos’ Koine Greek, & ‘mashiach’ >Hebrew), whom he specifically ‘wrote’ to, from 52 to 67 A.D., ~ and which are ironically included in our many English ‘bible versions’ today (~40+ to date!), all of which contain many ‘different’ English words~ (along with their ‘different’ meanings/ definitions) that were ‘supposedly’ derived from the ‘same’ manuscripts~ by linguistic experts with PhD’s hanging on their office walls?!! [ ~ even more illogical absurdity :()

   4.) What did the ‘bible’ author mean when he wrote, “Let God be TRUE~, and every man (/human) a liar.” (KJV)?

   5.) What did the ‘bible’ author mean when he quoted JESUS, in writing, “COME UNTO ME, ALL of you who are weary and heavy laden, and I WILL GIVE YOU REST~”; and, “he who has seen ME, HAS SEEN THE FATHER”; and, “You search the scriptures(?)/ writings (‘graphe’ >Koine Greek) for in THEM you believe you will have/attain eternal life, and they are those which testify/ bear witness of ME (~ to those religious ‘church-leaders’ of ‘Judaism’ ~inferred); but you WILL NOT COME TO ME that you might have (eternal) life.”; & lastly, “I AM the resurrection and The Life, WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN ME, even though they die~ yet shall they LIVE.” ???

   6.) What did another very well known ‘bible’ author mean when he wrote, “The heavens declare (~publically preach) the glory of GOD, the skies declare His handiwork; Day unto day UTTERS SPEECH, night unto night REVEALS KNOWLEDGE; There is no speech nor language where their VOICE IS NOT HEARD; Their SOUND goes out to the whole earth, and their WORDS to the ends of the world.”; which was also quoted by Paul, to believers in Rome; who then wrote~, “But I say, Have they not ALL HEARD (the ‘gospel’/good news message, ‘euangelion’ >Koine Greek)? Yes, indeed, their SOUND goes out to the whole earth, and their WORDS to the ends of the world”, ~ “Therefore they are without excuse~, because when they KNEW GOD~ they DID NOT GLORIFY HIM AS GOD, but instead they became vain/ worthless in their imaginations~~> (evil, continually).” Read Romans 1:~~, & Psalms 19:~~)

   7.) If the ‘Bible(s)’ that we can read from today have 99% non-consequential errors/ mistakes in them (~according to You?), thus making them 99% reliable (~or ‘inerrant & infallible’??), then what/ where are the ‘consequential’ errors (mistakes/ etc.) specifically, and why didn’t you list them all here in this ‘advisory’ (~since you presumably have statistical & mathematical ‘Data’ for the other 99%)?? Or, is this entire ‘written document (~scripture?) actually just another version of the fallacious ‘straw-man argument’? (~ and what about the ever popular ‘Bandwagon fallacy’? Pun intended ;~)

   8.) I could share many other ‘observations’ regarding this public-posting but this should suffice for now. It has been my long-term experience as a believer in Jesus Christ The Lord, as simply ‘one of the least members’ in the One called-out company (‘ek-klesia’) which is HIS body (~the Spiritual family of God, by grace~ through faith/ belief/ trust in HIS sacrificial death in my/our place); that each and every believer would/ should be empowered to, “study to show them self approved unto GOD, a fellow-laborer/ servant (~of & for our wonderful Savior & Lord Jesus), who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing/ discerning the words of Truth.” Jesus also declared, “I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life. No one can come to The Father (in heaven) but through ME” ( ~all of which are then progressively revealed/ taught to ‘us’ individually, ~by His ‘in-dwelling’ Holy Spirit of Truth; the only One who is ‘Divinely-ordained’ by both The Father & His only begotten Son (according to our ‘bibles’) to “guide you into ALL TRUTH”! (Hence, The Holy Spirit of God is the only ‘inerrant & infallible’ source of “The Truth, as it is IN JESUS”, for true believers in Him~ ever since the ascension of Jesus in 30 A.D.!) Which is precisely why John wrote many years later, “But you (all) have an anointing from the HOLY ONE, and you KNOW all things, ~~ (and ) the anointing which you (all) have received of Him ABIDES/ IN-DWELLS YOU, and you DON”T NEED ANY MAN to teach you: but as the same anointing TEACHES YOU OF ALL THINGS, and is (the) TRUTH, and is no lie, and even as IT (~the anointing of/from The Holy Spirit of God) HAS TAUGHT YOU (All believers~), you shall ABIDE/ DWELL IN HIM (>Jesus, The WAY/ TRUTH/ LIFE~.).” (Read: Eph.4:20-21, John 16:12-15, & 1John 2:20-27, etc.~~> 🙂

   (Jesus said to those who were believing in Him~), “You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free, ~~(and then) If THE SON, therefore, shall make you free, you shall be free indeed”!! -John 8:31-36