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Originally Posted by Harley
Why even go so far as to qualify these alleged additions by copyists? Why go so far as to add the qualifier "Some manuscripts prayer and fasting?"
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The goal is to elevate scholarship by ensuring doubt in the believer. If the reader can be "sure" of a reading in his Bible, what need does he have for them?
Also, don't lay aside the power of turning the Bible into an Ad Libs game, where the reader gets to fill in his own words and meanings as needed. People simply don't want an authority. Most people aren't interested in an immutable text of God's word, because once they have it, they have to submit to it.