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broken telephone record holders (media.scored.co)
posted 1 year ago by Germany on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +35Score on mirror )
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MoonManMythos on scored.co
1 year ago 3 points (+0 / -0 / +3Score on mirror ) 4 children
You're really not going to like applying this logic to the NT
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TakenusernameA on scored.co
1 year ago 3 points (+0 / -0 / +3Score on mirror ) 1 child
Actually, the NT was written down pretty rapidly, Revelation was probably the latest written since it was composed by St John in his old age.
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MoonManMythos on scored.co
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And the earliest physical copy that exists is from over century after the events of the gospels
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TallestSkil on scored.co
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Why, because it hasn’t changed in ~1800 years?
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BlokeyMcBlokeFace on scored.co
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Earliest evidence is from around 150ad.

>The earliest manuscript of a New Testament text is a business-card-sized fragment from the Gospel of John, Rylands Library Papyrus P52, which may be as early as the first half of the 2nd century. The first complete copies of single New Testament books appear around 200

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_manuscript
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MoonManMythos on scored.co
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Correct, over a century following the events depicted therein
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BeefyBelisarius on scored.co
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That's just the oldest copy of what the Apostle John wrote. And don't forget Christ's ministry began ~28AD and the Apostles were fairly young men at the time.
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detransthrowaway on scored.co
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I agree. Oral tradition is often at worst simplified. You'd spend a very long time memorizing it, and an even longer time repeating it to others. It's something for those with dedication to their religion, as ancient peoples often were.
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