Thread: Would you delete a copy of the Koran?
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Old 09-19-2010, 05:03 PM   #162
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
That is of course a pretty standard "disclaimer" that many sacred texts make. Eg, the following from the book of Revelation in the Bible:
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I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
Although it's probably true that most Bible-believers believe the author was referring to the Bible as a whole, I believe the author of those words intended them to refer only to his Book of Revelation; not the entire collection we know today as the Christian Bible. Remember; most scholars believe it was written toward the close of the first century, when there was not as yet a universally accepted New Testament canon.
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