Why don't the MV's keep their principle, the Oldest the Best?

For wisdom in interpreting the Bible, of course. But God doesn't give definite answers to that. There is no biblical evidence that he does.

But let's assume he does: So I pray, and he tells me that the longer ending of Mark is not authentic. Will you accept that? Of course not. You will say that I have misunderstood God. But you will have no basis for saying that because you can't point to anything other than your opinion as to why I am wrong.

So we need to stick to what the Bible actually says.

Of course if you are going to parse it that way. I was referring to answering the prayer the way it is prayed.

 

Not if they are already met.

Certainly. At times it is quite obvious and it cannot be missed.

If I understand your reasoning right then it would also imply that non-Christians could do nothing. Yet God uses them all the time.Textual criticism is not a spiritual problem such as gaining wisdom in the midst of trials. Textual criticism is an academic problem. If all a student had to do way pray and get A's then every spiritual person would never fail academically.

 

James 4:3, "You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures."

 

Uh- isn't this an "answer" of "NO!" in the sense I was using?

James 4:3 doesn't say that the prayer is not "answered" here, but rather that one does not receive what one asks when the request is based on wrong motives, at least as I read this verse, anyway.

Ed

 

Satan likes the easy road, making you an atheist or agnostic even. Have you heard of " The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins. Now that's Satans tool right there.

 

In the same way that you do.

Your opinion is inadequate. And you are mixing issues here.

That seems incoherent.

Apparently takes you longer than you think.

Because we have no choice. You go to TC. We all do. It is impossible not to.

Nope, not at all. It is not a matter of weakness. It is a matter of purpose.

 

Didn't you state that you have found errors in the KJV? What process did you use to discover those errors?

Was it prayer alone? Do you pray over each word of every verse until God whisper into your ear what the correct word is?

Or, maybe you compare texts?

 

Is that an accusation? Here's another one of Satans tools. Causing Christians to fight over a TRANSLATION of what was written making to busy to see what really matters.

 

So are you. You just use a different basis for TC.

Nonsense.

On what basis are you sure? Do you have Scripture from Jesus to back this up? Or are you just guessing?

Not sure what you mean here. Your example of prayer has nothing to do with this topic that I can see.

 

There is a difference between a source of information than something being a god. One does not need to be able to read to have God as their God.

Are you saying in effect that those who wrote the TC do not have the same Holy Spirit as you?

 

The answer is obvious, making this a rhetorical question.

 

Actually yes I can. I have high resolution scans of Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus and Vaticunis and several of the P series. In all I have 4 gigabytes of nothing but manuscript scans, transcripts, English bibles, Greek Editions, Hebrew Editions, Latin mss and revision transcripts and so on. Then I have a stack of printed Bibles that would be several feet tall when stacked up. If I don't buy it in print, I find somewhere to download it.

Whats with the insults anyway? Oops I forgot , your a KJVO, its in your nature after the style of Peter Ruckman.


And I will be the first to tell you that Aleph has a correction in John 3:16. A word was missing and later penned in. Which is why I chose to use A for the sig. Besides the brown look of the paper looks better for effect, Aleph is off white.

 

When you say that Mark 16:9-20 should be included in the text, you are practicing TC. Textual criticism is determining which reading is authentic. We all do it.

But he does it through the word. When you are in school taking a test and pray for the answer, I am guessing the Spirit isn't going to reveal it to you.

Then you think wrongly.