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?
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Just from an third person perspective, you have put science on a pedestal and see it as an infallible God, which makes you blind to the first rule of religion and spirituality that it cannot be proved in a lab. It is only understood by personal experience which is why no amount of discussions or debates will help this cause
I'm not sure where science or the possible deification of it enters into this subject...? But yes, i do agree that personal experience will always move people more easily.
