Peace ma Lady,
On point number 1) The New Testament was put together during the days of Martin Luther. The books which were put together during those times were incorporated into the Bible because of its authenticity. Plus, this same "Bible scholar" which is skeptic on the authenticity of the gospel of Matthew backs up his claim with a theory which has no support whatsoever. Matthew stealing from Mark?! Where is his proof? The time when the Bible was considered authentic by Bible scholars is more reliable than the "opinions" of the authenticity of the Bible by "Bible scholars" today. Why? Because the times back then were closer to the truth than the times now. The proof that people have for the Bible not being authentic is the same amount of proof that there is to claim Matthew stole from Mark.....None!
Lady Fatima wrote:Point number two was that you had claimed that there were only different translations of the Bible. I had brought forth the Roman catholic version of the Bible,Douy-Rheim, which has 73 books in it, while the KJV of the bible has 66 books in it. So you can no longer say the difference is in the translation. I know that the Protestant world does not recognise those 7 extra books to be the word of God, and if you do then you are a Roman Catholic. So I guess my question is, if the Catholics are Christians and you all follow the same religion, why the major difference in your Scriptures? Are the Catholics putting their faith in "spurious" books as Jimmy Swagart says? The reason for the different versions of the Bible, is testimony that the Bible has been tampered with by man, because if that was not the case, you wouldn't have such a difference. Unlike Islam, where all the sects , even those who consider themelves to be Muslims, they all carry around the same Quran. Sadly, can't say the same thing for Christianity. Oh well
Like I said, during the time of Martin Luther, the books that were authentic were put into the Bible. Those extra books which the Roman Catholics have ARE spurious, and even with those extra books they still have the 66 which the authentic Bible has. Also, what is Christianity? What did Jesus teach? He is the way to eternal life! This is the point of Christianity. Also, where is the proof that the Qu'ran is the word of God? I mean, we don't even know if God spoke to Mohammed. So basically, it comes down to this argument: Did Jesus die or not. Prove to me that Jesus did not die. There is more evidence to support Jesus' death than God saving Him from death. And if Jesus did not die, then that's the end of Islam. So I want you to prove Jesus did not die Fatima.