While the existence of a God is a tricky question, it becomes less tricky to decide about the Bible. Currently, I'm reading a book entitled: "Misquoting Jesus", which is written by a diehard born-again evangelical who went to bible college and ended up being totally convinced that its the work of man.
Probably a good place to start is to recognize that many bible verses do not exist in early copies of the bible books in question, leading anyone with half a mind to conclude that they were added later.
But overall, the book is a great place to start if you want to learn how scholars deal with these texts.
(7/10) - for readability, and as a source of information on how the Bible is written, together with tidbits to throw at biblethumpers
Thursday, February 4, 2010
The crucifixion of the crucifixion of truth
Well, having examined the book, and checked its sources, its clear that the authors appear to have the only sources available for their quotes - quite suspicious. Furthermore, when you look at the books where the quotes should be, the quotes are missing. Skip.
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