The Early corruption of the Qur'an

[adren@line]

(kriss;49827)
Im not overreacting you made a false statement I was correcting it I state again you have no clue what you are talking about.Its like the urban myth of Non christians one says it the others swear its fact as I said I can take you back to every word in the hebrew or greek
Its not an urban myth. The Bible has been changed more than any other religious book. There is plenty of evidence for this. Otherwise, name one major religious book that has been changed more. It surely isnt the Quran.

 

[Lunar]

Why is it that the Dead Sea Scrolls are considered the end-all, be-all source of the accuracy of the Bible? The Dead Sea Scrolls only date to the second century BC, but the oldest parts of the Bible date back at least as far as the sixth century BC and possibly as far as the 10th. That's as much as 800 years of alteration that we don't have access to.

 

[SilentFlight]

(ami;31755)
Dear Elisha,Thank you for this valuable information about the Quran. I thank God for this forum because everyday i am learning something. Not only about my faith which is christianity, but also other belives especialy Islam. The more i read and try to know better, the more I know the truth and the stronger I get in my faith.Thank you to all my brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus.God blessAmiJohn 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Lol that happens to me but ass about face

 

[RaddSpencer]

(adren@line;50051)
Its not an urban myth. The Bible has been changed more than any other religious book. There is plenty of evidence for this. Otherwise, name one major religious book that has been changed more. It surely isnt the Quran.

If it isn't my two favorite skeptical atheists

, Adrenaline and Lunar!I have reading material which disagrees with you, and it it has (gasp) some references for extra study

:New Testament Integrityhttp://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-t007.htmlOld Testament Integrityhttp://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/how-was...-preserved.htmlBelieve me guys, we KNOW what the new testament and old testament say. There is no mystery here.

 

[cooolway]

http://www.answering-christianity.com/authors_gospels.htm

 

[Lunar]

(RaddSpencer;50496)
If it isn't my two favorite skeptical atheists

, Adrenaline and Lunar!
Hi.

(RaddSpencer)
Old Testament Integrityhttp://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/how-was...-preserved.html
The problem with this article is that it cites Old Testament passages to prove the validity of the Old Testament. Of course the authors are going to include passages that make it seem authoritative. So one would only trust the passages about the scrutiny with which they copied documents as much as they already trusted the Old Testament as a whole. It doesn't prove anything.In particular one of the examples he gives actually seems self-defeating. We know that one of the Jewish sects, the Pharisees, was known for interpreting the law more liberally than the other sects - the article points out the animosity that they had gathered for this and inferred that Jews as a whole were sticklers for detail. But the Pharisees were a significant portion of the Jewish population, and were also known to have a significant amount of power among the community. So it seems as though the inference to make is that, because of the Pharisees (among other things), there were would be many alterations to the original Old Testament in circulation. The very fact that Jesus denounces the scribes and Pharisees implies that there were alterations present.As for the New Testament article, it's answering the wrong question. The question is not whether we have reliable versions of what has become the New Testament canon, but whether these books accurately depict historical events, and whether their authorship was legitimate.