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But they’re not the same, so at least one of them cannot be accurate. At the very least, it’s a copy error by a scribe, but that still means current biblical canon cannot be considered infallible, which is a big deal if you come from a tradition that demands you accept infallibility as a core doctrine.
Because they are family members and friends, and that’s a cynically reductive way to view people. I used to be one of them and fully bought in to that belief system for decades. If arguments don’t matter to them, then I never would have examined those beliefs myself, and changed.
How is the actual number relevant? 4000 and 40000 are both a grant bunch of stalls.
But they’re not the same, so at least one of them cannot be accurate. At the very least, it’s a copy error by a scribe, but that still means current biblical canon cannot be considered infallible, which is a big deal if you come from a tradition that demands you accept infallibility as a core doctrine.
True, but what interact with these people? Arguments do not matter to them anyway.
Because they are family members and friends, and that’s a cynically reductive way to view people. I used to be one of them and fully bought in to that belief system for decades. If arguments don’t matter to them, then I never would have examined those beliefs myself, and changed.