So when God wrote the Bible, did he use a No. 2 pencil?

Question

He should of wrote in pen...
...for as long as mankind can remember, the Bible has gone through thousands of revisions, testaments, and alterations...all the works of human beings. Didn't he know that pencil is erasable, and thus, likely for anyone to alter his work? :-/
Oh so sad.
Oh, wait! Don't they say, "Don't always believe what you read."? Hmm....?

Answer 1

Some people answering your question have no sense of humor whatsoever....
Oh, and yes, he used a pencil cuz when Satan (or whatever his angel name was) fell from grace, he took all the pens with him to hell.
And God was left-handed too. Just thought I'd add that. Power to the lefties!!!

Answer 2

It was written with blood.

As for changes in the text, consider this. In 1948 the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Before this, the oldest manuscripts available were copies that were made about 900 AD or later. The manuscripts found in 1948, however, were copied about 200 BC to 100 AD, making them almost 900 years older than the oldest available copies of the Old Testament.

One scroll found in the Dead Sea caves was of particular importance. It was a scroll of the book of Isaiah (only a few parts were missing). What was amazing about this scroll was that when it was compared to the text of Isaiah produced 900 years after it, they matched almost word for word. Only a few small variations existed. The Dead Sea scrolls had proven to the world that the Old Testament had been copied faithfully
and passed down to the current time. Once again, the world witnessed that God had made sure that His Word was accurately passed from one generation to the next!

This and other evidence shows that the Bible is accurate!

Answer 3

God wrote the Ten Commandments with His finger.
Exodus 31:18; 32:16

The Bible is a reflection of this and more.

Answer 4

He might have... depends on who HE was in spirit with at the time.. God's Will works through us all right?

OH.. and ya know that old saying. "that's why God made pencils with erasures"?
I think God made pens / stone tablets.. but for those who didn't truly believe in the Will of God, then I think then MAN created the pencil so that we can make revisions to things...

I have more teachings if you would like to see what God has worked through with my will.
on this site...
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/oceanremix
or
http://geocities.com/oceanremix/linesoftruth.html

Answer 5

Really?
How do you explain the complete scroll of the Prophet Isaiah discovered among the Dead Sea scrolls, dated by scholars as having been written between 100 BC and 100 AD, showing virtually no difference between our earliest manuscripts (which at the time of its discovery dated back to 1000 AD)?

There are no ancient manuscripts that come remotely close to the Books of the Bible in the weight of their textual evidence and reliability.

Answer 6

Well, it was men who wrote the bible inspired by God. Yes I see what you mean though, the bible has been revised dozens of times. This is one the reasons why I question faith. I am spiritual, just not religious.

Answer 7

the transmission errors in the bible are much smaller than you suggest (considering the number of manuscripts in existence, remarkably small).

there are even fewer transmission errors in the koran.

does this make the koran true, truer?

i think you need to research the transmission process of pre-print texts before you put too much weight on this argument.

(why do you need to show errors in a text which teaches that the earth is flat)?

Answer 8

Well, you see, he was at an impasse when it actually happened. On one hand, writing it in pen would make it more permanent, but on the other, he had previously ordained the No. 2 pencil as the one great holy writing instrument. He decided to be consistent and use the pencil.

Answer 9

I like the way you put that. :) People want to forget that the Bible has been through so many translations and that the Church decided what to put in it to begin with. Though like anything, it is up to an individual what they get out of the Bible.

Answer 10

You mean "should HAVE written."
(Many people make the mistake of saying "should of," but it's grammatically incorrect, for "of" is a preposition, and you need to use a verb.)

I just know how you atheists always want everything to be totally correct. :)


He did not write it.
Men wrote it.
You didn't know that, did you?

Did you know that for over 50 years, there have been erasable pens? It's true!

Not to worry....I don't always believe what I read.