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RE: Won't Change Anything

Comment comment by scottb on 16 January 2008

I'm not so sure. Remember that the bible texts were gathered together and the canon was only gradually established. It seems likely that the Synods that voted on the canon were aware that the texts they had were copies of copies, and that the relative importance of them wasn't necessarily known to the copyists.

Islam, however, has this basic belief that the importance of their scripture was instantly recognized and they've been preserved perfectly since they were first written. I imagine that helps provide significant support for literalist interpretations. Introducing that little wedge of doubt could really be the tipping point for Islam to develop a more meaningful group "moderate" believers to help balance out the fundamentalists.

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RE: Won't Change Anything by Anonymous :: NR0

Maybe won't change anything soon, but sooner or later- probably later by a good degree- this will get out. But of course the same can be said for all texts about anything historical or otherwise, and peopel's views do change given time. If only we had a stable, bounded, absolute truth we knew has never and will never change. But we live on Earth, right?

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