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satz · #3 (**permalink**) 05-05-2007, 09:42 AM

I will confess to being skeptical of a tradition that makes Christians doubt whether they can trust the words of their own bibles. Irregardless of where a Christian person or church comes down in regards to this passage, in all likelihood they have got there not by trusting the bible, but some external source, no matter how scholarly.

The bible tells us that if we have the scriptures, we can even hold the Apostle Paul accountable as to what he teaches (Acts 17:10-12). However under the paradigm where we have scholars and historians telling us what is and is not part of the bible, Christians have no way of checking these men out against the word of God.

At the risk of sounding immature and amateurish, if we wonder about the authenticity of Mark 16:9-20, instead of running to scholars and old manuscripts, why not compare spiritual things to spiritual (1 Cor 2:13) and see that; the various appearances he makes whether to Mary Magdalene, two disciples or the eleven are all substantiated in other gospels, the great commission is seen in another gospel, the apostles did indeed perform many wonderful signs in Jesus’ name, be it casting out devils or speaking in tongues, they did indeed lay hands on the sick and heal them, and they did indeed take up serpents (Acts 28:3) without suffering harm.