Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "Socrates, Jesus, and the Fall of Rome | Dr. John Vervaeke" video.
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@Skaoutis Yes, lots of scholarship over more than 1,000 years on the "Good News", much conjecture. The copying, over and over again, also produced many variations which scholars convene and write books about.
Scholars like Bruce Metzger and Bart Ehrman have documented numerous textual variants in biblical manuscripts. and the differences which arise from copyist errors, regional dialects, and theological motivations.
What happened to the library of Alexandria? I believe the Christian Theodosius had a hand in its eventual destruction sometime in the 4th century, a few decades after the Council of Nicaea set out the creed/dogma which had the force of civil law. The Creed became a State sponsored religion. That had more effect on text than anything Paul may have written as a Hellenistic Jew. Some say there are letters attributed to Paul and not his.
Muslims love to bang on about the Bible's lack of authority since it is full of contraction and not first hand. Muslims also believe Christ did not die on the cross, shed blood, or saved anyone from sin. It is written.
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