If the bible is the inerrant word of god, how do Christians reconcile the obvious edits to the word?

Example: Remember that inspiring story about Jesus and the adultress? He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her?
NEVER happened, even in the context of the NT as a true history.
In the oldest Greek manuscripts, this story doesn't appear. It was added in later versions.

What's up with that?

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bookerdana · M

Gee,the omission changes everything..checkmate Theists

Pikachu

@bookerdana

Don't be silly.
No, it doesn't change [i]everything[/i]...but it does make the position that the bible is the inerrant word of god rather harder to maintain.

bookerdana · M

@Pikachu Every educatd Christian knows there are textural variants and early Church scribes put *s around that sentence<Augustine doesn't even mention it..inspired is not automatic writing but to se how important these variants truly are Daniel Wallace has a video<"Do we have now what we had then"..there have been a lot more manuscripts found after The KJB....

Pikachu

@bookerdana

Every Christian isn't educated.
Perhaps exposing them to such questions will help them gain a better grasp on the provenance of their holy book.

bookerdana · M

@Pikachu As a friend (who happens to be atheist) said,If everyone followed the Golden Rule the world would be a better place indeed🌍

Pikachu

@bookerdana

For sure