How does the Christian confront proof that the Bible is not the word of God but the word of man? [Spirituality & Religion]
How would it affect your view of the Bible as the inerrant word of god to know that one of its most beloved passages was added in later for effect?
The Pericope Adulterae. You've all heard of it even if you don't know it by that name: John 7:53—8:11, the story of the adulteress where Jesus outwits the Pharisees and challenges the man without sin to throw the first stone.
Well it's not actually part of the bible. It's a later addition and most of the early manuscripts don't have it. And this isn't even a point of significant dispute but is agreed upon by most biblical scholars.
Is it difficult to believe that the Bible is god's word when men can change it like this?
All the bibles are a farce. Pastafarianism is as helpful. The number of varying bibles is in itself evidence that it was not writ or inspired by a god but by man (and I do mean pecker-people as religion is not for women's benefit).
@Sharon Only if you miss the irony of the made-up belief of Pastafarianism. And it had to be recognized as a religion by the IRS since it has as much chance of being religion as any other made-up belief.
@FlowersNButterflies [quote]Only if you miss the irony of the made-up belief of Pastafarianism.[/quote] But was it made up? Perhaps Our Lord Flying Spaghetti Monster just chose to reveal Itself to mankind through the medium of Its prophet, Bobby Henderson. ;)
