Oddbean

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 I’m used to dealing with your kind. The book of Hebrews is not attributed. And it was common practice during the Old Testament period to write under pseudonames, often a famous name, because it increased the survivability of the manuscript.

You have now shifted the goal posts twice and displayed ignorance of basic concepts essential to any serious study of the canon and provenance of Scripture. Would you like to try again?

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 Further, neither Matthew or Mark directly name their author. John only does so indirectly as “the disciple Jesus loved.”

What are you on about?

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 Name a complete manuscript of those gospels that doesn’t have attribution or you’re a liar.

You won’t he able to, because it doesn’t exist. You’re literally lying.

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 You realize the titles of the books, chapter numbers, verse numbers… none of that is original. Right? None of that is inspired by God, and there is no reason to believe it existed in the original autograph.

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 What does Stephanus’ numbering system have to do with the authorship, which is in every single manuscript?

You’re just making things up. The names are original. If they weren’t, they wouldn’t be there. God preserves his word as-is.

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 Well, that’s an opinion, not a fact supported by evidence.

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 If you don't believe God preserved the Bible, you are not a Christian.

It is a *fact* that the attribution of the gospels are in every single complete manuscript. It is a *fact* that you lied about it. It is a *fact* that we have the actual word of God. It is a *fact* that the only reason you would attack any of these things is to serve your father, the Devil

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 I hope you have a wonderful day sir.

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 Ok demon.

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 Save your energy. This is a troll. Shake the dust off your feet.

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 Thank you brother.