2:00 the Bible is the original Blockchain

@TrevoltIV

5 ай бұрын

That's actually a pretty good analogy lol. It's decentralized so it's impossible for anyone to change it.

@texforister7023

5 ай бұрын

@@TrevoltIV "... it's impossible for anyone to change it." // How so? 🔦✝

@taghkrell

5 ай бұрын

my thoughts exactly! in fact, that's what I thought telling a friend of mine who is a bitcoin fan, so he can internalize the idea of Jesus being the Son of God Himself

@milkdrinker5966

5 ай бұрын

Yo wtf, I will definitely use this analogy with my friends!

@Smarthalayla

5 ай бұрын

@@TrevoltIV Funny... the Jews were scattered all over the world for thousands of year in times there's no internet and mail, and when they came to Israel, they all hade the exact book. Well, they are God's chosen people.

So nice and refreshing to see a person genuinely seeking to understand: no shouting, no disrespect. Great job Grace.

@billiejofling9940

2 ай бұрын

Totally agree.

Many of the strongest Christians I know had a period like her. They want to know and are willing to search it out. Nothing wrong with doubts and questions, just part of the journey.

@MrsDVK

5 ай бұрын

Yes, I've been there and done that!

@harryrussell154

4 ай бұрын

"Prove all things, hold fast to that which is good." 1 Thessalonians 5:21 KJV

@akmurf7429

4 ай бұрын

It is the most important decision you'll ever make and it is worth your scrutiny to be sure you are on the right path. God is not offended by doubt or questions. He essentially says in Isaiah 1:18, test me. Although God is, offended by our resistance to the truth (Willful ignorance, Rom 10:3) God will judge apathy harshly. He will not be ignored.

@brettmciver432

4 ай бұрын

Its the glory of god to conceal a matter the glory of kings to search it out. paul called the bereans more noble because they searched the scriptures daily to see if what he was telling them matched . do you have a noble spirit? also remember this warning to those that love not truth I will send a strong delusion.

@pipoulapiquette7804

4 ай бұрын

Indeed, it's exactly what I did.

It's refreshing to see a student ask a very good question and then allow the presenter to answer without shouting him down. Regardless of what she believes, she appears to have been raised right. God Bless her and I pray that she does know the Living God as her Savior. And that goes for you too.

The original manuscript concept he spoke on just blew my mind. GOD is infinite wisdom!

@twosheds1749

5 ай бұрын

Yeh, I agree definitely, I mean God's Idea to make the parasitic wasp, malaria and rabies are inspired!!

I like Grace, she asked a question and listened and didn't get upset even though she may not agree with everything that was said. She is like most of us, trying to get answers that most of us think of but many don't ask. This is what makes our faith stronger. By the way this channel rocks!

@EssenceofPureFlavor

5 ай бұрын

Agreed. Questioners are often disrespectful trolls, but she seemed genuine. Nothing wrong with genuine questions.

@John-pd4xt

5 ай бұрын

U know y it's accurate cuz God is in control. It's accurate cuz it works but the problem is man they are private interpretation that's y so many different beliefs. This is the main error and what is missing from 97% of those that preach from the bible and it's the same main error. If u fix this error u can fix all the rest. What is missing is from the bible it's from the messages they preach. The missing piece is the u can't tell me or anyone what John 3:8 means or what everyone born of the spirit has in common with what it says in the scripture. The reason it's not in the messages they preach that's y u don't know what it means. Read the scripture and see u have no idea what it means. Now that u know u don't know what it means u can find the answer in chapters 2, 10 and 19 of the book of Acts. Did he show u that easy enough. I told u the problem and showed u an endless fact checking list and that u can't get the answer to what John 3:8 means. It would be true if can't so all u have to do is start asking cuz I can't possibly know that many people don't know what it means. U could start asking just the preachers for if anyone knew it they would but they can't cuz it's not in the messages they preach . U won't see it if u believe one lie that comes to mind that gets u to dismiss the comment. Use your free will wisely for thousands didn't and the reason for the thousands of false messages. U can't see im telling the truth unless u find out what it means. The scripture is in his word and must be in the message u believe also. Don't let him cheat u now for there's no time to waste to get ready for what is to come and if u think God will take u out without a test cuz he doesn't beat up his bride u better think again for it isn't beating up it's a test for the apostles are in the bride and u see what happened to them. Foolish so called preachers that the majority are preaching the false messages they do unknowingly.

@alphauno6614

5 ай бұрын

Perhaps hearing what the other side says is helpful in bettering your understanding. The man spoke about how there's no major theological point that is contested because of manuscript errors. I present 1 John 5:7 - The only verse in the entire Bible that affirms the concept of the trinity. There is no other verse anywhere that clearly speaks of the trinity. Turns out this verse is likely a forgery because the earliest manuscript, Codex Siniaticus doesn't contain this verse. You have no way of proving one of your most essential theological doctrine. What more is left? The fact that this man in the video conveniently left this out providing no explanation should tell you all about his motives.

@John-pd4xt

5 ай бұрын

@@alphauno6614 U said this verse is likely a forgery so your not sure but it's not a forgery. The verse is telling there's not 3 for verse 6 tells the spirit is truth and the word is truth. So the spirit and the word is truth so they are one and in the beginning God was the word and God is the father and that's y all 3 are one and Jesus the son is not sitting on the right hand of God. Jesus was the son according to flesh and that flesh is no more it's only Jesus the almighty God. The right hand of God is the power for in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily

@nathanielpappas6240

5 ай бұрын

@@alphauno6614Notice you qualified that 1 John 5:7 is the only verse that speaks of the Trinity “clearly”. That implies that there are other verses that speak of the Trinity. And there are, and there are more than just the specific words that are said. There are stories and events in the life and ministry of Jesus recorded in the Gospel that do not make sense unless Jesus has both a divine and human nature. For what it’s worth, and I’m seriously not trying to be a jerk, (I’m honestly not sure if it is original or not myself) but your argument claiming that 1 John 5:17 is a likely forgery is not good. There are many, many, verses not found in Codex Sinaiticus that are found in other old manuscripts and widely accepted by both lay Christians and scholars as original. Not being found in Codex Sinaiticus alone is not a valid basis by which to say that a verse is a forgery. Also, your argument doesn’t speak at all to the writings of the early church fathers, which are often neglected but incredibly important in putting together the truth of what the New Testament originally said. Again, I’m not trying to slam you with that, I’m not sure about this issue myself. I’m just trying to help you form a better argument.

As an ex-agnostic I'll say that the DaVinci Code conspiracy theories were a source of great doubt for me. God used pastor Voddie Baucham's "Why I choose to believe the Bible" talk to help answer those questions for me back in 2011. He wiped the floor that nonsense lol. There are many answers for those who genuinely seek them.

@RS54321

5 ай бұрын

I believe that's why the Code books and movies were so popular _and_ so pushed on society...anything to get people to doubt God. I'm so glad you came out from that deception.

@markrodriguez1168

5 ай бұрын

@@RS54321 Thank you! I agree 100%. What's worse is that I was introduced to that stuff during a staff devotional meeting at a christian summer camp I was volunteering at.

@RS54321

5 ай бұрын

@@markrodriguez1168 Wowzers!! It seems that more and more 'Christian' groups/churches/etc. are accepting false doctrines and going down a very slippery slope.

@raenrfm

5 ай бұрын

Voddie is awesome. Would love to hear him live some day.

@atcjmas

5 ай бұрын

Seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened unto you.

That girl, despite her questioning, was really respectful and waited patiently for her answer. Why can't we see this type of civil behavior in other debates? Like political?

Great video. I would like to add though that I have found in 36 years of my 54 years of life as a Spirit Filled Christian, reason has never been the winner in preaching the gospel. It is the demonstration of the power and love of God through walking in the the spirit that is the winner, hands down. If people want truth they need the evidence of it in action to accept it. ❤😊 God loves all, he just can’t accept our sin, so discover his grace through faith in his word.

@tmike2552

5 ай бұрын

That's why Jesus didn't give a sign. Matthew 16:1-4 [NLT] 1 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; 3 and in the morning, foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times. 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.

@corkystorky

2 ай бұрын

@@tmike2552 He actually gave a sign - the sign of Jonah (with regards to his crucifixion and resurrection). Yes you wrote it there :D

These apologetics videos are so helpful. Beats the old days when I had to read whole books to understand/find these points.

@KasePrince

5 ай бұрын

Sometimes I think us “modern” Christians have it so easy it’s almost unfair. We don’t have to do any ground work like the previous generations.

@piesho

5 ай бұрын

@@KasePrince And that is a horrible thing to admit.

@James1v1-pf6lo

5 ай бұрын

It's impossible for heathen to understand teach or preach God's written word with truth - utterly impossible "Matthew 15:24"

@johnbreitmeier3268

5 ай бұрын

@@piesho Why is the truth horrible???

@piesho

5 ай бұрын

@@johnbreitmeier3268 What "truth"? It all just good wishes.

There is an immeasurable amount of scrutiny with a different set of standards applied to the Bible by NON-BELIEVING persons because they don't WANT the Bible to be true. In no other literature or works of History are such standards applied.

@YN97WA

5 ай бұрын

You beat me to it.

@albaraka7519

5 ай бұрын

"with a different set of standards applied to the Bible by NON-BELIEVING persons because they don't WANT the Bible to be true." Nope. We don't believe in the bible due to a lack of evidence not a lack of wanting to believe. "In no other literature or works of History are such standards applied." Do you believe in other holy books because there isn't enough evidence or just because you don't want them to be true?

@DonDezz

5 ай бұрын

Showing it is TRUE. I doubt if people critic Shakespeare's work and try to discredit it, they gladly accept his literature prose.

@peterhughes8699

5 ай бұрын

@arthurcheater - Your comment is simply absurd. FACT - there is no objective verifiable evidence for the existence of God.....or Jesus - as either a God or mortal man. FACT - if anyone makes extraoadinary claims (as Christians do daily) about the existence of anything it's their responsibility to prove it with extraoadinary EVIDENCE. If you can't do that then expect not to be beleived. FACT - that same responsilibity applies in all respected areas of human study. It is the whole basis of science. As Christians can't prove anything they claim and.... have relentlessly proven over 2000 yrs to be extremely untrustworthy, then you should not expect to have your unproven claims accepted by objective observers

@ralphangel561

5 ай бұрын

It's as simple as that

I love the Word of God. The Bible is amazing.

@antonioamaral7471

5 ай бұрын

👍🏻

@TgfkaTrichter

5 ай бұрын

ever read it?

@Albertanator

23 күн бұрын

@@TgfkaTrichter Have you?

I am a writer. A poet. I started writing when I was about 14. I am 53 years old now. When I first started writing, I used to keep note books. I wrote in pen or pencil in these notebooks, and I had stacks of them. I was also very good in memorizing them. I would say that between the ages of 14 and 25, everything I had ever written I had memorized. Fast forward to my 40's, over the years, I had misplaced some of the old poetry books that I had from my childhood, but I still remembered a lot of the poems. I was thinking about self publishing, so I was starting to try to re-write from memory, some of the poems from my youth. I got several scores of pages down, when one day, I found one of my old poetry books from when I was 15. When I compared the originals to what I had attempted to recreate from memory years later... yeah.. there were some differences. In some cases I may have forgotten an entire verse. In others I may have substituted a word in a verse...but the meaning was still clear as crystal.

"Daily dose of wisdom" - the type of online water that quenches the thirst of my soul🙏

@displacegamer1379

5 ай бұрын

I enjoy his videos. They, along with the corresponding conversations, are entertaining and a great way to pass the time.

@derekardito2032

5 ай бұрын

You cannot demonstrate that such a thing termed "your soul" actually exists.

@Pneuma40

5 ай бұрын

@@derekardito2032 nonsense ..... you misunderstand the word. You are a soul....... you exist right?

@James1v1-pf6lo

5 ай бұрын

Thumbs up to all the atheist here - all Europeans are atheist by nature - I'd appreciate someone explaining to me why most pretend not to be - like seriously

@TgfkaTrichter

5 ай бұрын

@@James1v1-pf6lo most of western Europeans are atheists and they are becoming more every day, which makes their lifes also better. The scandinavian countrys are the most atheistic in europe and also the happiest on the entire planet.

Appreciate you Brandon! Thank you for your consistency in putting these videos together and helping answer tough questions. God is good!

@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom

5 ай бұрын

All the time! 🙏❤️

after genuinely searching for the truth, having doubts, and trying to find the right answers, getting the real biblical message's gist is a huge gain.

Outstanding, thank you for posting that chart! I love having something I can print out and hover over in my little collection. Thanks and God bless!

Great video. Thanks for the chart.

That concept of how to preserve the original will fly over a lot of people's heads, sadly. As well as how we only need the gist of something rather than the exact words in the exact order. I think the concept of convergence that Wallace from Cold Case Christianity really helps for those that are interested. Jordan Peterson even pointed out that part of how you arrive at the truth requires a convergence from different angles.

@saintmalaclypse3217

5 ай бұрын

Any other book that was "good enough" with just the "gist" of it would be summarily ignored when people claim it is the word of God. God isn't powerful enough to give us more than just the "gist"?

@JiraiyaSama86

5 ай бұрын

@@saintmalaclypse3217 He gives us sufficient reason and evidence. He gives us the choice to believe or not.

@bricaaron3978

5 ай бұрын

@@saintmalaclypse3217 *"God isn't powerful enough to give us more than just the "gist"?"* Well? What do you think? _Is_ the Creator powerful enough?

@justin10292000

5 ай бұрын

​@@saintmalaclypse3217The "gist" of it is, when unbelievers read the Bible they cannot TRULY understand it, unless and until Holy Spirit opens their hearts and minds to Spiritual Truth.

@fish7678

5 ай бұрын

@@saintmalaclypse3217 He most certainly is powerful enough to give us more than just the "gist." He chose to give us only the gist. Perhaps that's because it's the gist that matters the most. I can show you a hundred films, books, and stories that all communicate the same lesson. What is more important, the lesson, or the story that communicates the lesson? Is that really His reason for only giving us the gist? I can't say. Only God knows. I don't think it matters either way if all we have is the gist. God told us what He wanted to tell us. That's good enough for me.

Thank you for sharing this with the world!!🌎 Much brotherly love in Messiah Yeshua all the way from Florida, USA!!🇺🇸

Brother your channel is such a bresse of fresh air. I learn so much from this clips! Dont ever stop! Youre doing Gods work and preaching all at the same time with classy moustache and style hehe

@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom

5 ай бұрын

Haha! Thanks brother

I love this man !! A truly man of God .. I hope I will meet him someday ❤ thanks for all your enlightenment about the Bible sir by going to different universities 💪🏼

Nice work bro so proud of u this time there is captions that's really great❤❤

So instructional and yet enjoyable at the same time. Thank you.

Thank you GOD BLESS EVERYONE

Exactly, well said conclusion, and I would add that our focus needs to be not on all sorts of specific texts and points, but rather on the message of the entirety of the New Testament, from which we get a very clear presentation of the central theme, that being the gospel.

Great video. Thank you brother!

Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾 His grace and mercy be upon you and your loved ones 🕊️🥛🍯

Hi there, I'm a new believer and I'm trying to strengthen my faith so I can defend it. Thank you so much for this channel.

All this tells me is that God is at work preserving his Word . All glory to the Lord

This is a great explanation. Thank you 🙏

@Jamie-ck5qm

5 ай бұрын

BS The only book you should need is the bible and NOT con men like this guy. WHY DO YOU NEED TO BE TOLD WHAT THE BIBLE MEANS? AND MAGICALLY ONLY AGREE WITH THE STUFF YOU LIKE AND IGNORE GOD

I love this example of each church and scholor having their own copies and fact checking each other. Its very simple to understand how protected, respected and authentic the Word of God is.

@jakerazmataz852

5 ай бұрын

But it's not. God didn't write the bible. It is the greatest work of fiction in history. It was written long after Jesus supposedly walked the Earth. It has been re written and re interpreted many times. "Most Jews and Christians believed Mosaic authorship until the 17th century. Today, the majority of scholars agree that the Pentateuch does not have a single author, and that its composition took place over centuries." "That single author was believed to be Moses, the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of captivity in Egypt and guided them across the Red Sea toward the Promised Land." Neither, is God.

@crazyprayingmantis5596

5 ай бұрын

Yet there's 45,000 different Christian denominations 😂

Thanks for the videos Brandon!

Considering that we have much more and much earlier manuscripts for the New Testament books than almost any other text from the same era, I’d say we’re sitting pretty. I actually took a college course on the history of the Bible at Liberal University about a year ago. From what I’ve learned, we have a verifiable embarrassment of riches when it comes to the ancient texts and their accuracy.

@JamesRichardWiley

5 ай бұрын

Do you mean Liberty University founded by religious con man Jerry Falwell?

@noyota

5 ай бұрын

I made a rather comprehensive self-study for thirteen years, sent my research to two American professors just for the sake of interest, a third one in South Africa 🇿🇦 somehow got to read it and offered me a Ph D. But several basal ganglia strokes prevented that. NT manuscripts can be stacked 1.5 miles high. NT manuscripts are digitised with 150MP digital cameras. It is done at 6000ppi. KJV isn't a translation of original languages, but a revision of revisions. NET was translated meticulously from the original languages. Obfuscated text was discovered by the digitising process. Medeaval translators didn't even know it was there, so how can theirs be accurate or inerrant? With digital technology, one of the seals of Revelation was opened, and the Book opened.

@giuseppesavaglio8136

5 ай бұрын

How can you get an unbiased education about the Bible when Liberty University’s Doctrinal Statement begins like this: "We affirm our belief in one God, infinite Spirit, creator, and sustainer of all things, who exists eternally in three persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. These three are one in essence but distinct in person and function. " etc. They already have a biased answer.

@justin10292000

5 ай бұрын

​@@giuseppesavaglio8136EVERYONE is biased, and Truth doesn’t depend on the messenger. Genetic fallacy much?

@giuseppesavaglio8136

5 ай бұрын

​@@justin10292000 If the messenger has a "statement of faith identifier, " i think this is an exception to the rule. Unless it can be shown otherwise.

Great explanation...Thankyou...Greetings from the Netherlands🌞

@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom

5 ай бұрын

You're welcome! :)

I really like this girls line of reasoning and thought. She really puts her own faith to the test, which I have a great deal of respect.

Great work done. Congrats.

You have to love Frank. His "I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist" podcast is a treasure (complete with its own app to hear the older episodes)!

@RitmosMC

5 ай бұрын

I watched some of that, it's absolute garbage lol... the guy has no idea what he's saying

@Jamie-ck5qm

5 ай бұрын

You can not reason with people who believe things for no reason and WORSE!!!! Lie to themsleves and attempt to insult my intellgence with BS like FRANK @@RitmosMC

@RitmosMC

5 ай бұрын

@@Jamie-ck5qm Fr bro hears 1 sermon about atheists and thinks he knows more about atheists than they themselves do

@Heygoodlooking-lk9kg

5 ай бұрын

Faith is believing something without evidence, gullibility,,,, so called believers claim to believe because they were taught to believe and they think life after death sounds like a good idea, but eternal life is a gift? I'm 73 and I'm getting a little bored with it now,,,, for all eternity,,, that's a punishment

@BlueLuna5

5 ай бұрын

I tried to be an atheist and couldn't do it. I even teach science and love it! 😂 Macro evolution is a BS concept that doesn't exist. It's part of a Marxist movement to keep people in their place. You want to find purpose and financial freedom from the rat race of life? Too bad... you're just an animal. They literally call people animals in science textbooks. I don't mean mammal, they literally refer to people as animals. Evolution is in captions and any origin concepts bc they are presented as opinions. It's very difficult to lie and they lie by omission more than anything.

I enormously admire Mr Turek’s knowledge and his teaching skills. As well as his patience with sometimes arrogant students. Though I only recently discovered him online, I am very grateful for his teachings: I am learning so much from him! Thank you, my Lord God!

@mattpfarr6129

5 ай бұрын

It seemed to me she came with a legitimate question she had. That doesn’t make one arrogant. I ignored my questions for a long time and it led me down a dark path. Mostly because I was afraid of people reacting harshly for asking the questions.

@mattpfarr6129

5 ай бұрын

It seemed to me she came with a legitimate question she had. That doesn’t make one arrogant. I ignored my questions for a long time and it led me down a dark path. Mostly because I was afraid of people reacting harshly for asking the questions.

@maggiegoossens1894

4 ай бұрын

@@mattpfarr6129 sorry if this came over the wrong way. I was not talking about this specific student, it was meant generally. I realize that I should have added the word ’sometimes’ before the word arrogant. Thank you for pointing this out, I’m going to correct it now. Bless you!

Love your channel man!

Great, great wisdom.

Very enlightening!

@void9837

5 ай бұрын

Psalm 143:10, John 14:16-17

Good points. Some words translate different in different versions but generally they’re pretty close. Whenever I read i’d like to use a parallel Bible and whenever I find anything, that’s standing out interesting or anything that confuses me I go read other versions and compare them. I usually just read the NIV because it’s easier but also look at King, James and I got a living Bible and there’s NLT in several others, there’s also, a reference I use once in a while, called Young’s literal translation, which is kind of hard to understand, but sometimes gives a little perspective. Most importantly, though I think when you read, it’s good to pray first and read in the spirit. Pray for the Holy Spirit to fill you and give you discernment and guide you and interpret what you’re reading within you. It’s also important to understand that a lot of people out there, attacking the scriptures and trying to discredit them, it’s OK to listen to other people teach us, but we should always understand that every human being is very flawed very imperfect human that gets lots and lots of things wrong, and we should always consider that when listening to them and their interpretations or versions or teachings And understand that they could very well be flawed even a pastor in a church, some of the things that come out of the pope mouth, I find ridiculous, but we need to understand that we shouldn’t be looking to humans, we could fellowship, and share with them and study with them but Whenever anything comes into question we need to go back to God‘s word as God says about it because I don’t care how great your pastor is or how high up in some church organization, they are, what they’re saying, contradicts with God‘s word then they’re just wrong. This is why we need to pray for discernment, and for the spirit to guide us so we’re getting it right from the source.

@ShaneZettelmier

5 ай бұрын

@user-on8gd3rc3o ummm. Wrong. You clearly didn’t read God‘s word accurately, the old testament, or maybe you just believe the stuff that people wrote and changed, and made up 500 or 600 years later. Those man-made religions created by those who rejected God’s word and his law, and broke his covenant and rejected their Messiah. May God bless you with his truth and guidance and his spirit and the gift of discernment to lead you to his and to his salvation

@joepromedio

5 ай бұрын

Don't listen to @user-on8gd3rc3o . This is normal for those who are without the Holy Spirit, who confirms and guides those who believe, as we read God's Word. Your comment is spot on.

@RitmosMC

5 ай бұрын

@@ShaneZettelmier There is no truth in the Bible. Or at least, very little. The entirety of Genesis goes against modern science as a whole...

God bless you, Dr. Turek 🙏 ❤

This KZread channel is 🔥🔥 Love it!

Books about history is read, studied and taught. Never questioned as much as the Holy Bible. People who don't love God and seek God doesn't want the Holy Bible to true so their conscience is not compromised.

@ramigilneas9274

5 ай бұрын

There isn’t a single supernatural even in recorded history that historians agree on actually happened… so maybe you simply don’t like that historians treat the Bible like any other ancient text.

@AutisticVaxtard

5 ай бұрын

Historians work for a paycheck

@ramigilneas9274

5 ай бұрын

@@AutisticVaxtard The paycheck of Apologists is much much bigger.

@6502Assembler

5 ай бұрын

You're not helping your argument here...

@TgfkaTrichter

5 ай бұрын

Name one historical text or event, that the overwhelming majority of historians is sure has happened, that require magic to work!

I loved this message. Great!

Great stuff!

Another important detail that sticks out to me in this video is Bart Ehrman being caught in yet another lie. In a response to a William Lane Craig interview where Craig says that Ehrman is a "textual critic" and that he is "not a historian", Ehrman accuses Craig of "not knowing what he is talking about" and claims he was not trained as a textual critic, but rather as a historian. But in Ehrman's own collaborative book with Metzger, we see his very own quote acknowledging that he is, in fact, a textual critic trained in textual criticism, not a historian. Bart Ehrman also appears to be a classically trained compulsive liar.

@noyota

5 ай бұрын

I harbour no respect for an obstinate non-believer that only offers opinion, i.e. cranial flatulence.

@void9837

5 ай бұрын

We know the people in the Bible were real, we know where their tombs are. The stories in the Bible point out their fallacies so we can learn from their mistakes. We know Lot's wife turned to salt and the evidence thereof. That's why we seek the Holy Spirit for revelation to understand the scripture. John 14:16-17

@Sak-pz5bp

9 күн бұрын

@void9837 No, you don't know a person turned into salt. That would be magic, which doesnt exist in reality. You really believe that happened?

Thanks!

@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, Julius! ❤️

I love how he makes the point that they are an oral culture and their memories and minds are quite strong.

@jjevans1693

4 ай бұрын

Lololol. I bet you know all about oral culture .

Thanks for sharing! One of the best arguments I have heard on this was by Dr Jay Smith, he is an apologist especially to the Muslim. His explanation and study on the authority of the Bible is excellent. In fact, through his comparison with the Koran, which claimed the original copy was "perfectly preserved" has demonstrated it is impossible in reality to do so for any ancient scripture.

Did anyone notice she asked two completely different questions and he had his slides at the ready to answer these exact questions, only using his remote control? Something tells me she was planted there with these specific questions.

@tmike2552

5 ай бұрын

You can't come to that conclusion the way the video is cut. He pulled up a powerpoint with the answer on his laptop, then he moved the slides forward with the remote. Also, the second question was related to the first, not completely different. It's almost as if he's done several presentations with Q&A afterwards and has been asked these questions before.

1:46 He's correct in his assertion. When we examine other related sources and compare them, we can observe changes over time. There are approximately 5,800 Greek New Testament manuscripts, but the majority of them date back to 900 years or more after the original compositions. Between 100 and 200 CE, we only have a few of these manuscripts. Fast forward another 100 years, and we find around 50 more manuscripts, giving us about half of the New Testament. It's not until the 4th century CE that we get a complete version of the New Testament. It's important to note that even this 4th-century version of the New Testament doesn't match the version we have today. This is due to the fact that the New Testament is an 'eclectic text.' It's a compilation based on scholarly estimates of the most original readings from the available manuscripts. The variations we find in these manuscripts are not just minor errors. They include additions, deletions, and changes in meaning. This is exemplified by verses like Matthew 17:21, which may be absent in some modern Bibles. The significance of this lies in how various Christian doctrines have been shaped and altered in response to the evolving text of the Bible.

@posavka

5 ай бұрын

when in doubt the unbiased and infallible opinion of displacegamer1379 comes to the rescue…lol, seriously what..That’s why you should research orthodoxy, the true church established by Christ, where all canon books of the bible are included, no alteration.

@displacegamer1379

5 ай бұрын

@@posavka The establishment of the church is credited to Paul, not Jesus. Furthermore, your statement contains assertions that are not only incorrect but can be demonstrably proven as such. Additionally, it's important to note that not all books of the Bible were written during the lifetimes of Paul or Jesus. Some were not written until after that period.

You’re a good man. I just wanted to thank you for what you do

I like Grace, she reminded me of me, when i was looking for the truth, i went looking at the quran, the buddhist, and now i am a proud Christian

@brokenvessel4171

3 ай бұрын

Perhaps you should read my book, Humility and How I Obtained It.

Lovely reaction video. Only thing I would add is Jesus spoke Greek as well as Aramaic. Also the reason for the four gospel is audience. 2 were tailored to Jews and 2 tailored for gentiles. Furthermore 1 for time served Jews and 1 for new Jews. Same again for gentiles those believing and those on the fence. It's absolutely stunning.

@NdxtremePro

5 ай бұрын

And you can tell he spoke Greek because he is constantly quoting the Greek version of the Torah and Old Testament books.

@phil42

5 ай бұрын

Prove that he quoted the Greek scripture

@displacegamer1379

5 ай бұрын

"Also the reason for the four gospel is audience. 2 were tailored to Jews and 2 tailored for gentiles. Furthermore 1 for time served Jews and 1 for new Jews. Same again for gentiles those believing and those on the fence. It's absolutely stunning." The claims presented in that statement do not seem to be supported by any academic literature that I am aware of. If there are indeed academic sources that back up these assertions, I would be very interested in reviewing them. Please feel free to share any relevant scholarly work that substantiates these claims.

@Th3BigBoy

5 ай бұрын

​@@phil42I don't know how.

@domini1331

5 ай бұрын

When Jesus spoke, as per Gospels, nobody (including his disciples) understood what he spoke. Neither Jesus bothered to write down his teachings. We have no idea who wrote the Gospels. It is unlikely that anyone who wrote the Gospel verses had been with Jesus, grasping what he taught. It is only beliefs that matter, whether true or not.

Those who love to make excuses for the bible having errors never bother to seek the truth diligently 24/7 for lifetime. They accuse the bible of having errors because it is easy. It is like those who love to call others racist and Nazi because it is easy. Many will never spend their lifetime seeking the truth but rather let experts say what is right or wrong. This is why so many fall into this trap because they rather want easier answers instead of seeking the hard truth for themselves. In the end those who seek easy answers will fall for the deception 100% over those who diligently seek the truth each day for their lifetime. So even scripture said the end time will fill with deception and many will be given over to their lust without knowing it will destroy them.

@leehensley5019

5 ай бұрын

@scourdx Are you telling us you are on some 24/7/365 lifetime quest seeking the truth because you have not found the truth, been saved, and born again? Actually, I don't think you are being honest with us at all. I am willing to be bet that you arrived at your decision that you had found the lion's share of the truth sufficient to make the decision to be saved and born again well, well, well short of the 24/7/365 lifetime quest for the truth you dishonestly speak of. I am willing to bet you arrived at that decision in a far, far shorter timeframe and, for someone who throws around the word easy, in a far, far easier manner than the 24/7/365 lifetime quest for the truth you dishonestly speak of. But, you are to be OBVIOUSLY forgiven for screwing up your own personal story because as I say its OBVIOUS your post is all about the some "other guys." Those "other guys" not on your imaginary 24/7/365 quest for the truth you didn't take (prior to making your decision). Those "other guys" who love to call others racist and Nazi. Those "other guys" that let experts says what is right and wrong. Those "other guys" that.... Naw, the truth of it is out of your own mouth and NO it doesn't read or sound like the product of a 24/7/365 lifetime quest for the "truth." Far from it in fact. It reads like what a stupid liar would post, idiot.

@valeria262

5 ай бұрын

It helps that most so called faithful believers can't recognize direct passages from the book they hold so highly

@valeria262

5 ай бұрын

"Easier answers"? How laughably asinine. What easier answer is there than preexisting rules and punishments by an overseer that will punish or reward you accordingly rather than relying on your own experiences to set your morals and remaining firm in what you believe yet knowing to be malleable enough to consider you might be mistaken and humbly teachable

@scourdx

5 ай бұрын

@@valeria262 When COVID hits, are you scared of death and willing to take experimental drugs that may or may not save you because the mainstream says so or are willing to lose your job because you see the mis-treatment of those who don't want to participate. When you are selfish and self-centered, you will choose to preserve life because it is easy. How you respond shows you choose an easy path because you never question yourself and re-examine daily how you can fall under a delusion. When pressure is placed on you, you will cave to whoever is in authority. The upcoming tribulation will test everyone. Trust me, you will be one of the Nazi/Marxist/Islamist sympathizers who ask for the death of everyone that doesn't conform to your ideology because it is easy to not get involve than to stand up for the truth.

@valeria262

5 ай бұрын

@thetruthofchristalwaysprev1269 what utter childish nonsense. That is 1000% the same logic children run on when you ask them a question and in their defensive embarrassment spout off "yeah I know, I want to see if you know!" How embarrassing it must be to live life so ashamed of your lack of knowledge and ability to discern a difference between what you know with certainty and what you believe and that neither are absolute

Grace asked good questions! Frank was trying to respond to her underlying concern, but a more direct answer to her first question is that scribal errors can be accounted for in a variety of ways. Some changes were accidental (copying a word twice, omitting a word, skipping a line, misspelling, etc...) but some changes were intentional (conflating readings, clarifying speakers, etc...). Frank is right that we know where these variants are. In response to her 2nd question, I would add that we don't have to blindly follow the majority text. It's not the number of manuscripts that determine the original. Often, it's the shorter and harder reading that most likely gave rise to the later readings in the majority text. Variants in the New Testament don't have to shake our faith.

That’s chart at the end is mind blowing!

I’m a textual critic. I have been one (published) since 1984. I’m still looking for the “errors” that these poor people seem to drudge up from cynics (who are not textual critics, theologians or linguists). Yet, these poor people march up to the microphone and repeat from a book they read without checking credentials or critically analyze the book they just read. When did our minds become just sheepish mush?

@MrChiangching

5 ай бұрын

Cool story, Bro! 😅

@alwaysadawg6488

5 ай бұрын

Some Bibles translate the Hebrew word "sheol" (which means the realm of the dead where ALL souls, good or evil, go after death) as "hell". Given that "hell" is supposed to be a place where only evil people go, I'd say we have found an error.

@truthvfiction

5 ай бұрын

@@alwaysadawg6488 Well, you’re referring to translation (Hebrew to English). I think the context of discussion here is transmission (Accurate hand copying of Hebrew to Hebrew, Aramaic to Aramaic, Greek to Greek). That being said you are partially correct in your mention of translation variation. The Hebrew term Sheol (שְׁאוֹל), is a general term used differently in various contexts. Sometimes it refers simply to the grave, in other instances it refers to the abode of the dead something like Tartara or Hell. The former is most common however. How it is translated is commonly done based on context (as almost all translation is done), and uncommonly done based on its comparative use in the area or region in that time. So, generally speaking a less-than translation from Hebrew to English would not be considered an error in transmission. From the standpoint of translation it would simply be a less than scholarly work. Find two or three English translations to compare if you do not have language skills in Hebrew. This normally clears up any misunderstanding. If you have any additional questions let me know and I’ll be happy to help.

@MrChiangching

5 ай бұрын

Look no further than Bart Ehrman, ever hear of him "Mr. Textual Critic"?

@truthvfiction

5 ай бұрын

@@MrChiangching Yes, I was a student of Dr. Metzger’s also, Princeton class of 1978 for my ThM. Dr. Ehrman is popular young man like Dan Brown is popular but not much of an actual textual scholar. He is more interested in composing works of nonsense and publishing books for money than the work of being a textual student. Are you familiar with the Claremont Profile Method of textual analysis? I did my Thesis on this method that long disproved Ehrman’s nonsense. By the way, my thesis was performed before Ehrman was born. Just so you know, it cannot be learned online so we will see if you can demonstrate your “skills” in this field that you are challenging me on. Please go ahead and tell us all about your skills now. I will be delighted to hear about them young man. It is now time to shine and show you are more than a gullible man.

Eherman has resorted to pedantry, which is borderline intellectual dishonesty - and why he published 2 different versions of the same subject. For him, it takes more faith to disbelieve than it does to believe.

@gracesalva8428

5 ай бұрын

Simple and true word of God: “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?" Only Lord will judge the wicked, so If Eherman and others like him lost in pride will not repent of own sins for making God a liar during this life time THEIR future s in danger! It is also written in copies of copies of copies of copies...... 😢🤔

Great job 👏

This is so valuable

I assume Dr Frank Turek knew this question was coming because he had the needed information at hand and ready to pull up.

@jannaswanson271

5 ай бұрын

Actually he probably has some quick and talented help. He gave the one behind the screen plenty of information and time to look up the text he needed.

@10speed4

5 ай бұрын

@@jannaswanson271 possibly. In no way do I believe he’s trying to pull one over on us. I’m sure they edited out a good bit of the video to keep it short.

@charlesiragui2473

5 ай бұрын

He gets this question all of the time. Ehrman, as he says, has popularized this criticism so he has a polished answer.

What I find fun is, for all these critics that write books against the Bible, they so much want their books to be TRUE instead of the Bible,. I find this oxymoronic and funny at the same time. Any honest man, who are truly honest, who does not think the Bible is true and does not believe it, will just leave it like it is and let it be. I don't see the relevance of creating books and then selling books for money on things that you don't believe in.

@usernametaken6659

5 ай бұрын

They write them because they know the bible is true. They try very hard to supress the truth. God says that they know He exists and they have no excuse.

@connieclarius1992

5 ай бұрын

AMEN !! My thoughts exactly...Atheist say Jesus doesn't exist....so why then are they so offended by His name.....or find the need to disprove Him if He's not real.....😢❤..

@robertdixon9531

5 ай бұрын

Mary Magdalene, Philip and Thomas were walking beside Jesus at that time and was giving knowledge and wisdom...why do Christian go against their words..just cos they don't mention any miracles of Jesus..

Thank you 🙏

Thank you Sir

I think the only thing that I would call an error is the red/Reed sea issue. When it was translated to the Septuagint from Hebrew that small error was made. Almost everyone’s bible says Red Sea but it used to be reed sea which is in a completely different part of Egypt. It also makes the exodus crossing make waaaaay more sense also fits the archaeological record better. Also I don’t see how admitting this somehow diminishes the truth of the Bible.

@TgfkaTrichter

5 ай бұрын

What were Jesus final words on the cross? How many angels were at the tomb? How many women were at the tomb? What were they doing after they had discovered the tomb is empty? I could go on for a long time.

@shanezarcone5401

5 ай бұрын

@@TgfkaTrichter If these are truly the things stopping you from believing you can easily find explanations to all of the things you mentioned. The problem is that I don't think these supposed contradictions are truly what's stopping you from believing, I think that most likely you don't want the Bible to be true, and so search for reasons to reject it and ignore anything that tells you that Scripture is in fact reliable.

@TgfkaTrichter

5 ай бұрын

@@shanezarcone5401 I think that most likely you don't want the Quran to be true, and so search for reasons to reject it and ignore anything that tells you that Scripture is in fact reliable. One word changed, do you see the problem? And btw: thanks for admitting that you have no way to adress the many glaring contradictions, plot holes and outright false statements in the bible.

@robcrobert

5 ай бұрын

@@TgfkaTrichter the King James Bible is the perfect word of God in English. No errors or contradictions. It is preserved by God

@TgfkaTrichter

5 ай бұрын

@@robcrobert nice claim. I would love to see your evidence for that, caust most people that actually study the bible and the original texts disagree.

People with ZERO FAITH can go on and on about non existing errors! These folks are best ignored.

@kiwisaram9373

5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately such a response only confirms their suspicuons that you have no answer and are trying to hide something or are embarrassed because you have no about such things because you are merely indoctrinated.

@chrishilliard3031

5 ай бұрын

The Sinai bible is the oldest version of the bible and the oldest gospel of the oldest bible doesn't mention the ressurection......OOOPs. There are an agreed number of differences from the Sinai version and the KJV and that number is 14600. The KJV was completed in 1611 by eight scholars whose job was to come up with an acceptable version for the king and his parliament, accuracy had very little to do with it.

@Pneuma40

5 ай бұрын

@@chrishilliard3031 I am not sure where you are sourcing your information or what your point is. What does KJV (not the only English translation and there were several prior to KJV) have to do with anything? Did someone disillusion you? Paul wrote about the resurrection prior to any gospels and quotes even earlier creeds in those letters creeds dating back to the time of the resurrection.

@inertiaspinner555

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@Pneuma40what did Chris say that makes you think he was dillusioned? I’m sure you’ve heard of the Council of Nicaea and obviously you’re aware of the many translations/versions of the what we today call the Bible. You know there was a time when believers in Yeshua were split with concepts like the resurrection, as a matter of fact that division still exists to this day. As a Theosophist with Gnostic leanings I’m here to tell you there are those of us who believe in Jesus but our perception is a completely different narrative than the majority who believe in in the Roman narrative, which btw has been a constant evolving story. Gospel of Thomas and others aren’t “official” canon and the only reason they were “Lost” is because they were suppressed, with global violence. Anyone who understands the amount of evil it took to erase and censor so much information should question the entity which controls the official narrative. Be in this world, NOT OF IT…

@xenomorph6961

5 ай бұрын

There wasn't a world-wide flood.... What else do you need?

Hallelujah ! Glory and Honor to the Great Redeemed of our Souls (YESHUA) !!!

that was fascinating. I wish all classes were this interesting to me

This video is an example of why we shouldn't trust the word of soothsayers like Bart Erhmann and instead take the Bible at face value.

@elmercoblentz9432

5 ай бұрын

Exactly, the reason people take it upon themselves to make the Bible appear true, is because there are people who look up to them to do that. Insecurities with the future. Rather than accepting death as a vital part of life. God’s word should stand on its own.

The original blockchain

@ChrisRobison

5 ай бұрын

As a technologist and one who actually understands blockchain, there is no relation between the Bible and blockchain. No even remotely.

@wmalgal

5 ай бұрын

I'm also a software engineer and the original comment is actually correct. At a very basic level. You are making sure there are no changes in the "chain" of manuscripts by comparing it to other "nodes" in the chain. That is.. Comparing to other copies.

@ChrisRobison

5 ай бұрын

@@wmalgal ⁠ Except with blockchain you are using hashing techniques to ensure that. That is totally different from what we are talking about here, because there are differences between many of the manuscripts. And the problem is, we can’t reconstruct whatever the original one was. We are just coming up with our own manuscript so to speak that is our own best guess but it could be entirely different. But even then for a lot of manuscripts, there are at least 100-200 years between the manuscript and the first witness of the text.

@Rope_Adope

5 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRobison who is Satoshi Nakamoto?

@ChrisRobison

5 ай бұрын

@@Rope_Adope No one really knows. That's the name attached to the paper that proposed blockchain, but it appears to be a pseudonym. That actual author has not made him/herself known to the world.

The perfect explanation ever🙏🏻Jesus💓💓

Where does the ancient manuscript comparison chart come from? I'd like to reference it in one of my works. Excellent video!

People who pick the Bible apart and claim it's not accurate are simply looking for an excuse not to believe. They are in rebellion against God and do not want to be held accountable to Him.

Errors in grammar or sentence structure does not change the message. There are NO errors in the message that follows an unbroken thread all the way from Geneses to Revelation. To infer otherwise is blaspheme

@MadnessGuy655

5 ай бұрын

Exactly and like what the video states, we have plenty of documents/manuscripts that we can compare to the Bibles we have to see if what we’re reading is, in fact, accurate. Just goes to show the Bible is the Truth & is accurate.

@displacegamer1379

5 ай бұрын

This is just laughably untrue.

@MadnessGuy655

5 ай бұрын

@@displacegamer1379 You claiming it’s untrue without any evidence or information provided by sources/facts doesn’t make you correct. If anything, that’s laughable

@displacegamer1379

5 ай бұрын

@@MadnessGuy655 You did not provide any evidence. If you did not provide any evidence, then I do not need to provide any evidence. We are both just making assertions here.

@MadnessGuy655

5 ай бұрын

@@displacegamer1379 The manuscripts/documents are the evidence. You’re the only one making assertions.

God is love.God bless to Paster and all.

@HUNTSMARTFASTHARD

5 ай бұрын

Actually when you read the Bible it's clear gods a murderer.

Dr. Turk, I love you. Though I am sure about these variations of the copies yet I know from my side that all what you said is TRUE

All the errors prove that its an accurate fairytale

@wjdyr6261

5 ай бұрын

What errors?

@SibusisoHlophe-dp5lq

5 ай бұрын

Even a fairtyle has more weight that this nonsense. 🚮 🚮 🚮

@guillermoelnino

5 ай бұрын

Hows those global warming predictions going? Did y ou r cult finally get one right?

@SibusisoHlophe-dp5lq

5 ай бұрын

@@guillermoelnino there's no global warming in the bible.

@guillermoelnino

5 ай бұрын

@@SibusisoHlophe-dp5lq once again the ytriD reggiN purposefully misinterprets something in order to blatantly lie about what was said.

Jesus is Lord God Almighty clothed in unsinful humanity and He is the author of *eternal life* to all who trust Him alone for salvation. Jesus paid for all the sins of all the world at the cross (past, present, and future). That payment is put to your account when you have believed on Christ alone for salvation. *This means that saving repentance is realizing that you are a sinner deserving of God's just punishment in Hell and turn (repent) from whatever you trusted in before, if indeed you trusted in anything; to trusting in the person and finished work of Christ alone for salvation.*

@brianc81

5 ай бұрын

John 10:11-15 says Jesus laid his life down for the sheep, not the goats! Universal atonement makes Christ into a failure, having Christ atoning, paying the sin debt for everyone without exception, and yet they still go to hell.(unbelief is a sin) There is not one person that Christ died for that is in Hell.

@hogansheroes2793

5 ай бұрын

@@brianc81 The payment was made in in full. That payment is put to your account when you have believed on Christ alone for salvation. 1 John 2:2 , "And He is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world." Guess again later false teacher, Calvinist goat.

i enjoyed this, very much.

Wow! God is great!

Psalms 111 : 7, 8, 10. “ If they speak not according to this it is because there’s no light in them.”

Thank you

The very first bible I ever bought I bought it before I deployed to Afghanistan. Never read it but my roommate was big in his Christian faith so I went to church with him on Sundays. Fast forward to 2023 my wife bought me a study Bible and the different wordings in that compared to Jason Camacho’s bible in his 40 day bible study program that he does in Above Approach Ministry, actually helps me not only understand scripture better but makes me work for the understanding because of the wording being different.

@She_iswise

5 ай бұрын

The Quran are the literal words of God Almighty

Love that manuscript comparison chart! Do you have a source for it?

Student witnesses Frank's skill in working backwards from a conclusion and rejecting any criticisms of that conclusion he is working backwards from

This is how I think of it…….God is perfection….agree? If God is perfection…certainly his word is perfection…..regardless of how it is written. The meaning and reception of God’s word cannot be broken because it is perfection.

Its interesting how her question played into the power point.

Great video...❤❤❤

God bless him

God 'inspired' men to write the bible with a few imperfections in our earthly copies as a mark of our humanity...imperfection.Only God is perfect...but I love this video.God bless

Great trustworthy answer.

yes... an accurate MEANING.. VERY GOOD.🙂

You put out a lot of great videos. And, I appreciate that. However, I rarely like to watch them because I don't care about the constant interruptions. I might suggest a brief introduction and perhaps your own comments to wrap it up. These changes would make your great videos so much easier for me to watch. Thanks! (BTW: I appreciate that you kept it to one interruption on this particular video.)

The quote from Bart Ehrman's book needs to be extended because Ehrman goes on to say that "there are still other passages that could be used to argue for the same belief" but also that "there are other textual variants ... that are crucial to the meaning of a passage"

@Jonahch2v9

5 ай бұрын

Seems like a dishonest man. His criticism of the Bible's reliability actually holds true of any ancient document. The standards that he claims "discredit" the Bible are also true of the Quran (even more so), yet when pressed, he refuses to also "discredit" the Quran.

This is a really good counter to her assumptions.

If you Pray Before Reading the Bible and ask God to REVEAL THE TRUTH, HE WILL REVEAL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP HIM ( GOD ) !!! HE HAS FOR ME 💯🙏❤️😃👍