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Is it possible for The Bible to contain errors?

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For those who profess to follow the word of Christ, everyone agrees that the Bible is the infallible word of God as transcribed by many different men compiled together in one book. But for this question, I'm not talking about "The Bible" as in *the idea of the perfect Bible*, but of the **copies** and **translations** mankind reads; the one you and I have on our bookshelves. This may seem like a stupid question for some, and I apologize, but **is it possible for these books to contain errors?** The way I see it, The Bible is a product of mankind, written by man, transcribed by man, duplicated on printing presses created by man, and thus it may contain errors, mistakes, even contradictions; **these mistakes are the result of man's imperfection, not God's.** It occurred to me after reading through many questions on this site that some people think that The Bible is 100% infallible, let alone that their particular copy may be a poor/inaccurate translation. It's almost as if they believe it was written by God himself, so they tend to blame errors on our own reasoning and interpretation of the Bible, as opposed to the simple fact that a particular passage could have been translated incorrectly (which often seems more likely, especially when it stands out from all the rest). Note that whether errors/mistakes *do* (or do not) occur in The Bible is irrelevant; this questions asks merely ***whether it is conceivably possible*** that it could contain errors.
Asked by stoicfury (1928 rep)
May 14, 2012, 05:48 PM
Last activity: Apr 11, 2015, 08:16 AM