First, no, I don't consider people that don't believe bad mouthing the faith, I consider them people that don't believe. Second, there has been a lot of research done as to the inerrancy of Scripture, particularly the New Testament. First scribal customs were very rigorous and meticulous to watch for errors (to the point that if there was a slight mistake, the whole papryus was discarded and restarted). Also, consider a couple of facts:

1. There are over 24,000 surviving manuscripts of portions of the New Testament, more than any other work of antiquity. The Iliad is second with 643.

2. Based on counts of many skeptics and archeologists (not Christians), of the 20,000+ lines in the NT, only about 400 words (equivelant to 40 lines) are in question, and the vast majority of those words are conjunctions, articles, etc (and some comma splices). None of the words in question have any effect on the message. No fundamental doctrine of the Christian faith rests on a disputed reading.

That's just the NT, and there's a lot more Archeological evidence. Check out a book called Evidence that Demands a Verdict. He was an athiest and historian/religious scholar who worte a book striving to prove Christianity was a hoax and the Bible was untrustworthy. When he finished his study and findings, he became a Christian, based on the history and archeologial evidence he found on the Bible, Jesus, and the Historical accuracy of the resurrection.

Just some food for thought . . .




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