[mountainlion]

Can you give me chapter and verse on that?

This punishment may be just for temple scrolls. I forgot. It is a historical practice. They were so afraid of changing a “jot or tittle” that they went to extreme measures.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I actually don't believe that. There's counter-evidence, in that tons of manuscripts have scribal errors. Here's 200,000 articles about it, if you're interested.

This, however, does not in the least undermine my respect for, and reliance on, the Bible as what it truly is, God's word. His message gets through, regardless, Deo gratias.