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Old 06-07-2007, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by jdlongmire View Post
I am not 100% up to speed on the variants issue, but I believe that the cornerstone of the Bible's veracity is that the Scriptures are so consistent over the span of thousands of years and multiple authors, testifying to the inspiration of the HS.

My summization on the variants is that, while variants exist with differing degrees of "variation", they still do not detract from overall orthodoxy, thus the HS inspired message is not impacted by them and this fact substantiates the infallibility of the words from the HS.



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I understand that argument. What I am trying to understand is the argument that the existance of variants actually strengthens our confidence in the authority of scripture.
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