Greetings Bob
[27-Mar-98 19:34:00] [Bob Eyer to Joe Martin]
[Subject: MARK 16.18]
 BE> Martin to Cummins, 3-22-98: ---------------------------
 MB>>> Faith.  And why do you ask?  And why is that important?  And
 MB>>> what's your point?
 AC>> Your "faith" is nothing but an excuse to continue your charade as
 AC>> a Christian.
 BE> >You obviously have much more faith than Mark, right Andy?  Let's
 BE> >see how much.  Try Mark 16:18...  I'll pour!
 BE> That passage is not genuine Mark.  It is not in the earliest
 BE> relatively complete manuscripts.  The style and subjects covered
 BE> are not Markan in nature.  And the Ending of which it is a part is
 BE> only one of three major endings which were added after Mark 16.8
 BE> in different manuscripts beginning in the 5th century.  The other
 BE> two endings don't have the content of 16.18.
 BE> This is very poor evidence to present to a skeptic of the Bible.
SO what you seem to be saying, then, is that the Holy Bible is NOT the 
inerrant Word of God that most fundamentalists claim it is.  I'm sure
Andy-Bob  will have buttons with you about this one.  Have you uncovered
any _other_ irregularities in the Bible that would point to the fact that
what we call the Bible is merely a collection of poorly re-retranslated
writings that were misunderstood and misinterpreted by those translating 
the originals?
 Regards,
 Joe
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