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Years ago I taught a large adult Sunday School class for over 15 years, thus I am extremely familiar with Biblical doctrine. There are many manuscripts of the Bible. For the New Testament alone, there are about 5,500. If we include lectionaries, which are Bibles arranged in the order they were read in the ancient church rather than in canonical order, then the number grows dramatically. Additionally, there are over 24,000 manuscript copies or portions of the New Testament in various languages including Greek, Latin, and others. The Bible is a collection of 66 books written by about 40 different authors over approximately 1,500 years. These authors came from diverse backgrounds and wrote in different languages on three different continents.
The main problem isthe original texts of the Bible were written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek over hundreds of years and underwent numerous revisions and translations too numerous to list. Thus, many of the writings are simply not true. For example, Romans 9:21 says, “Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?” The potter is a reference to God, the vessel is us. “One vessel for special occasions” means Heaven. “Another for common use” means Hell. In other words, if one lives a loving, caring, prayerful life but was made for common use; that person is going to experience agony in an eternal Hell and there is nothing he/she can do about it. This is utter and complete nonsense. How could a God of Love make such a horrible place and allow one of His/Her children to exist there forever?
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