Recently, Christian scholar Bart Ehrman, chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill began a quest to prove the inerrancy of the Bible. His book, "Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why" has just been released. In his book, Ehrman cites examples of how and where the NT was modified, citing various copies of the NT.

In short, there is a great deal of evidence supporting the idea that NT is not inerrant, as many Christians would like to believe. In fact, the evidence is so strong that Ehrman renounced Christianity. He writes, "Given the circumstance that (God) didn't preserve the words, the conclusion seemed inescapable to me that he hadn't gone to the trouble of inspiring them."

How does a Christian rationalize this?

quote:Originally posted by jsaxton14:

Recently, Christian scholar Bart Ehrman, chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill began a quest to prove the inerrancy of the Bible. His book, "Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why" has just been released. In his book, Ehrman cites examples of how and where the NT was modified, citing various copies of the NT.

In short, there is a great deal of evidence supporting the idea that NT is not inerrant, as many Christians would like to believe. In fact, the evidence is so strong that Ehrman renounced Christianity. He writes, "Given the circumstance that (God) didn't preserve the words, the conclusion seemed inescapable to me that he hadn't gone to the trouble of inspiring them."

How does a Christian rationalize this?

If I'm understanding this, he gave up Christianity because the New Testament might be false in some areas/to some degree?

If so, from one atheist's standpoint, it sounds like a lack of faith, even if a part of the Bible may have some inaccuracy.

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quote:Originally posted by Sgt. Lag:

If I'm understanding this, he gave up Christianity because the New Testament might be false in some areas/to some degree?

Modified by man would be a better word, but that's the basic gist of it.

quote:Originally posted by Sgt. Lag:

If so, from one atheist's standpoint, it sounds like a lack of faith, even if a part of the Bible may have some inaccuracy.



I would argue that it depends on how you define "faith."