Yes, you are correct, I admit my error. But I've heard that these scrolls match more than 99.9% of the exact text that we have that was copied over the centuries - something like only 1 letter out of every 1000 is different. That says something about the accuracy over the years, doesn't it?
Matthew Small -----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 4:51 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Science, for dummies > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 4:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Science, for dummies > > "It's not as if the original text is still laying around somewhere and can > just be re-translated." > > They are called the Dead Sea Scrolls. > http://www.centuryone.com/0063-2.html Actually the scrolls were new when much biblical content was already thousands of years old. Although numerous the scrolls are fragmented and incomplete in and of themselves - they do not cover all of the material in "the Bible" or even come close to it. As amazing and interesting as they are, they're definitely not "the original bible". Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174452 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
