Keep in mind that the Bible in its original form was compiled at the Council of Nicea under command of the Emperor Constantine, and many texts were left out for political reasons or because the different Christian factions disagreed on points of doctrine. Likewise, the Koran, though (supposedly) authored by one man, Mohammed, was transmitted orally for almost two centuries before finally being written down.
Let's assume that the individual books that make up the Torah, Koran, Bible, Apocrypha, Pseudo-Epigrapha and Gnostic texts all have some claim to divine inspiration. If human error can account for translation errors, surely it could apply to what got left in or not, or for that matter for errors, accidental or purposeful, in oral transmission. Is the holy book you base your life on what God intended you to?
2007-08-27
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