tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post440636029674009510..comments2024-01-02T10:55:10.607-06:00Comments on Angry Astronomer: Book Review: Misquoting JesusJon Voiseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11550625188837528980noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-71465285298258992592011-05-10T18:20:36.251-05:002011-05-10T18:20:36.251-05:00Not only are there minor changes to the words, but...<i>Not only are there minor changes to the words, but there are more major changes that are still present in modern editions that greatly affect the way scripture is interpreted.</i><br><br>Evolution anyone? Maybe not genetic, but certainly the same sort of phenomenon.viggennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-26673958721089048802008-01-31T16:46:00.000-06:002008-01-31T16:46:00.000-06:00Where Ehrman errs is not "lying"; it is in derivin...Where Ehrman errs is not "lying"; it is in deriving conclusions from the available data that go beyond those data---such as concluding that an imperfectly preserved text in the present necessitates a non-inspired text in the past. Still, I value his voice and enjoy his work---as should everyone.TimothyPaulJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006779457409650888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-39800110863994710142008-01-31T16:41:00.000-06:002008-01-31T16:41:00.000-06:00Ehrman is a blatant liar?I am a professor at a the...<I>Ehrman is a blatant liar</I>?<BR/><BR/>I am a professor at a theological seminary. Although I deeply disagree with some of the conclusions that Ehrman derives from the manuscript variants, Ehrman is <I>not</I> a liar. He is---in some cases rightly---reacting against the over-rigid view of inerrancy and inspiration that he was taught. And he's a fine, respectable scholar whose work on apocalypticism in the Gospels and on the canon lists of Didymus the Blind is outstanding.TimothyPaulJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006779457409650888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-81192913269140245112008-01-30T10:48:00.000-06:002008-01-30T10:48:00.000-06:00I assume you'll be reading his critics as wellAlre...<I>I assume you'll be reading his critics as well</I><BR/><BR/>Already on my reading list. Of course, that's a long list, so it might take awhile. Right now, however, I'm reading <A HREF="http://angryastronomer.blogspot.com/2006/06/10-commandments-according-to-brother.html" REL="nofollow">Brother</A> <A HREF="http://angryastronomer.blogspot.com/2007/04/jesus-makes-you-bullet-proof.html" REL="nofollow">Jed's</A> autobiography and call to evangelism. One of the funniest books I've read in a long time!Jon Voiseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550625188837528980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-45682694193518605232008-01-30T10:36:00.000-06:002008-01-30T10:36:00.000-06:00Dude....I assume you'll be reading his critics as ...Dude....<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0830834478/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top" REL="nofollow">I assume you'll be reading his critics as well</A>?<BR/><BR/>Misquoting Truth is a great book, btw. I've also read Ehrmans.<BR/><BR/>Here's <A HREF="http://reasonablekansans.blogspot.com/2007/07/can-we-trust-gospels.html" REL="nofollow">another one</A> to read that covers the same topics.<BR/><BR/>Carry on...Forthekidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198312723247416995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-21164043961938294272008-01-26T16:26:00.000-06:002008-01-26T16:26:00.000-06:00Ehrman is a blatant liar.I looked around the web t...<I>Ehrman is a blatant liar.</I><BR/><BR/>I looked around the web to see if I could find anything discrediting him and suggesting what you said before I even picked up his book. However, I couldn't find anything. So feel free to back up your statements or I'll consider your comments as just another from a troll.Jon Voiseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550625188837528980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-16376458462738834222008-01-26T13:30:00.000-06:002008-01-26T13:30:00.000-06:00I'm not familiar with this book, but the concept i...I'm not familiar with this book, but the concept is not new and it has been my understanding that many of these variations are well known and studied among Christian theologians. The fact that many fundamentalists are overly literalistic and have no understanding of the history of the text is certainly a problem, but not one that undermines the basic tenants of Christianity as you seem to imply. I just wish more religious experts were more vocal about this sort of thing with the rank-and-file Christians so that maybe we wouldn't have such misguided ideas as ID and YEC running around today.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225141731323795678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-40244697425466963132008-01-26T12:11:00.000-06:002008-01-26T12:11:00.000-06:00Ehrman is a blatant liar.Check out some real sourc...Ehrman is a blatant liar.<BR/><BR/>Check out some real sources.<BR/><BR/>He has an ax to grind, he grew up a fundamentalist and is still a fundamentalist, just on the other side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25327006.post-70626029624709266652008-01-24T13:56:00.000-06:002008-01-24T13:56:00.000-06:00Not only are there minor changes to the words, but...<I>Not only are there minor changes to the words, but there are more major changes that are still present in modern editions that greatly affect the way scripture is interpreted.</I><BR/><BR/>Evolution anyone? Maybe not genetic, but certainly the same sort of phenomenon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com