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Christians Do Not Have Any Original "Sacred" Documents Christians Do Not Have Any Original "Sacred" Documents

09-24-2011 , 03:18 PM
In a remarkable contrast to the large numbers of original documents from the ancient Egyptians, the Christians do not have any original, sacred, inspired-by-god documents.

Matthew - No, trust us.
Mark - No, trust us.
Luke - No, trust us.
John - No, trust us.
Acts of the Apostles - No, trust us.
Romans - No, trust us.
1 Corinthians - No, trust us.
2 Corinthians - No, trust us.
Galatians - No, trust us.
Ephesians - No, trust us.
Philippians - No, trust us.
Colossians - No, trust us.
1 Thessalonians - No, trust us.
2 Thessalonians - No, trust us.
1 Timothy - No, trust us.
2 Timothy - No, trust us.
Titus - No, trust us.
Philemon - No, trust us.
Hebrews - No, trust us.
James - No, trust us.
1 Peter - No, trust us.
2 Peter - No, trust us.
1 John - No, trust us.
2 John - No, trust us.
3 John - No, trust us.
Jude - No, trust us.
Revelation - No, trust us.

This follows the tradition established by their holy predecessors who claim to have once had the official Ten Commandments, but lost them.

The practice was again repeated by Joseph Smith, Jr. when he held, and then translated the Golden Plates. Smith eventually obtained testimonies from eleven men, known as the Book of Mormon witnesses, who said they had seen the plates. After the translation was complete, Smith said he returned the plates to their angelic guardian.

All we have are nth generation copies of all these sacred documents.

But many original ancient Egyptian document still exist , and they are older than all the non-original New Testament copies, older than the non-original Ten Commandments, and older than the non-original copies of the Golden Plates. The Egyptians called their hieroglyphs "words of god".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient...ian_literature

Is there a logical explanation for this?
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09-24-2011 , 03:24 PM
Maybe Christians were just a disorganized and careless lot who didn't take proper care of important valuables?
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09-24-2011 , 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by VP$IP
Is there a logical explanation for this?
Christians were persecuted in the early days and so lacked the stability necessary to preserve libraries. Not to mention the cataclysm that befell Jerusalem in 70 AD. Therefore it is not surprising that only copies remain. This happens a lot in history when cultural continuity is broken. For example, the only remnants of certain types of Greek statuary are in the form of Roman copies.

Is there a logical explanation for whatever point you're trying to make, or would that require too much of a high-content commitment?
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09-24-2011 , 03:54 PM
09-24-2011 , 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Concerto
Christians were persecuted in the early days and so lacked the stability necessary to preserve libraries. Not to mention the cataclysm that befell Jerusalem in 70 AD. Therefore it is not surprising that only copies remain. This happens a lot in history when cultural continuity is broken. For example, the only remnants of certain types of Greek statuary are in the form of Roman copies.

Is there a logical explanation for whatever point you're trying to make, or would that require too much of a high-content commitment?
Do you have a similar explanation for the Golden Plates and the original Ten Commandments?
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