Arguments For The Reliability Of Scripture

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The most convincing arguments for the reliability of scripture is one that there are no original manuscripts. This makes it difficult to understand what occurred during the ancient world when there are no original hand-written documents. The second argument is interacting with people who don’t trust the Gospels and having an understanding that the Bible speaks truly.
In Dr. Elmer Towns video Does the Bible have authority he states that “all scripture is given by inspiration” and “the Bible guarantees Gods message”. The fact that there are no original manuscripts is what make people question what is written in the book of the bible. God inspired the original documents written in the Bible and the Bible tells states that Jesus Christ and the

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