No Sale.
per wikipedia re ~ Significance to the Canon of the Bible
The significance of the [Dead Sea] scrolls relates in a large part to the field of textual criticism and how accurately the Bible has been transcribed over time. Before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest Hebrew manuscripts of the Bible were Masoretic texts dating to 10th century CE such as the Aleppo Codex.
The biblical manuscripts found among the Dead Sea Scrolls push that date back a millennium to the 2nd century BCE. Before this discovery, the earliest extant manuscripts of the Old Testament were in Greek in manuscripts such as Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209 and Codex Sinaiticus.
The Bible record was complete within less than 100 years after Christ. The Catholic church has been in existence since about 300 AD. BTW I feel compelled to reply and/or post when fact-checking fails.
Well I still mostly enjoyed our conversations A_Perfect_Lady.
Wouldn’t it be nice, if in the future, all us FReepers [only ‘preaching’ what I attempt to do myself too]
could be more vigilant trying to avoid 2 main things:
1 [above] No attacking the messenger(s), and
2 Labeling people according to their responses or beliefs.
Labeling / blaming Atheists, Christians, Fundamentalists, etc. leads to attacking the messenger - we need to just stop and realize we are all unique individuals and then refocus on the message.
I love finding the explanations for historical events and defending my faith and beliefs by continually looking to see how and where it fits in with my worldview.
I think most freepers no matter what their beliefs look to accomplish the same, I think it’s why at the end of the day we are all kfs: kindred ‘freeper’ spirits.
Peace to all kfs!