Direct attacks on the Word of God

Again, Icthus, who is questioning the autographs? You've stated in other thread (rather implied as you have here tha people are doing it) that there are people who are questioning such. Whom? Have I overlooked their posts?

 

I've read them, and I don't see any such attack. Maybe you should point out EXACTLY where the attack allegedly is, or what you perceive as an attack.

 

Volumes have been written on this subject—and volumes have been written on this subject because the answers are highly complex, a fact that I have already briefly illustrated.

The Bible makes no claim to be inerrant.

No, it does not.

No.

This question is packed full of non-Biblical assumptions. Remove the non-Biblical assumptions from your question and I will answer it.

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Thank you, Scott. I had indeed overlooked this.

 

There's much more if you care to go lookin':

Note the certainty asserted by the words used.

There is no room left for a differing opinion, interpretation, or view of the evidence... if you don't agree with this "enlightened" position, you must be ignorant, stupid, or dishonest (aka: ultraconservative/fundamentalist).

The position stated by CBTS here BTW is the "conservative" position.

 

Craigbythesea: No, it does not.

Craigbythesea: No.

This question is packed full of non-Biblical assumptions. Remove the non-Biblical assumptions from your question and I will answer it. </font>[/QUOTE]

 

If this is CBTS's position then let him have it. That would classify me as an ultraconservative/fundamentalist for sure!

If that is "enlightened"....well...I'll stay in the dark, thanks!

 

Let me add...the reason I missed these posts is because I don't usually read CBTS's posts. There are others here I avoid also, or just skim over them.

Icthus, I owe you an apology...there are indeed some here on the BB that question the infallibility of the originals.

 

Here is the full version of the post that "threw me for a loop".

Craigbythesea


Marcia wrote,

quote:

It is not irrelevant as to whether the original documents were inerrant or not, because it goes to the very nature of God. If God inspired the original biblical books, and if God is perfect and without fault, then it is only a logical conclusion that the originals are inerrant.


Craig replied;

You appear to me to be assuming that God inspired the actual words written in the original documents. However, the internal evidence that this is not the case is conclusive. Each individual writer’s personality, theology, vocabulary, phraseology, style, etc., are manifested in all 27 books of the New Testament. And of course Luke expressly refutes such a notion,

Luke 1:1. Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us,
2. just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,
3. it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write {it} out for you in consecutive order, most excellent Theophilus;
4. so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught. (NASB, 1995)

Additional internal evidence includes the fact that many passages in the New Testament were poorly worded, giving us a multitude of ambiguities that have caused debates, squabbles, fights, controversies, disputes, etc., ever since they were first written. Many professional writers today could do very much better, and I personally believe that God could do even better than those professional writers. Therefore, we know for a fact that either the New Testament documents as we have them today are radically different than what they were originally, or they were not very well written to begin with. Therefore, there can be no possibility whatsoever that the originals were inspired by God word for word.
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And this is the point of view of a man who is/was a pastor?

RUN SHEEP RUN! THE WOLVES ARE GONNA GET YOU!

In HIS service;
Jim

 

Truly, Truly sad......

I figure it this way....The God we serve is big enough to give us a Word we can trust. I believe His word is true, so I therefore believe that the autographs were inspired, inerrant, given by His Holy Spirit to the men who wrote, 'cuz that's what the Bible says! 2 Tim 3:16,2 Pet 1:21

 

Where are the Baldknobbers when you need them?

 

Since JESUS made all languages, and controls'em all in His office as The Word, it stands to reason He has supplied His word in those languages in forms readable for the various peoples in the various eras. Greek and Hebrew are quite different from English, and modern Hebrew is quite different from the Proto-Hebrew used by Moses. Yet, Jesus has seen to it that the same messages are conveyed in every language. This obvious fact is lost on the One-Versionists who incorrectly claim THEIR fave version is THE "OFFICIAL" one.

 

You guys can think CraigByTheSea is nuts.. well.. come on down to New Orleans and enroll yourself in New Testament Survey at our seminary..
Man named Hunter wrote the text book that was used... (I am praying they no longer use it.. with the new direction the SBC has taken, I assume it is not used any longer)... this guy says the same thing Craig is saying. Hunter is completely against the inspiration of the written word.. PERIOD.

 

I suppose that if I read Craigbythesea’s posts out of the context of the debate, I would agree that he is nuts. But those who have read this thread in its entirety have read his post in the context of the debate and they know that he is not nuts at all. He has no idea who this guy “Hunter” is, but apparently he believes something VERY different than does Craigbythesea. If you want to know what Craigbythesea really believes and why, you can read his posts in the full context of the debate beginning here:

http://www.baptistboard.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/4/2318.html?

 

Please keep your discussion to the issues. This is not a forum to discuss our views of other posters. Feel free to express your views on their opinions, but not on them as individuals.

Roger
C4K
Moderator

 

If anyone is interested in studying the subject of the inspiration of the Bible, a good bibliography of the subject can be found here:

http://cranfordville.com/BiblioInspiration.htm

 

Let’s take a look at the view posted by Icthus in the same thread,

Please notice especially the first paragraph,

What do you guys think of these views?