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You have any evidence of this?
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The DSC’s were then send to be hidden and later if the need arise could suddenly be found and above all else this would make people believe even more strongly in the bible.
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There are 5000+ extant manuscripts of the NT alone, dated as early as 60AD. The Dead Sea Scrolls make up a very small portion of that 5000+.
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It is a tool to control, especially in the hands of a charismatic leader. When any group of people get together with a common goal there is a strong tendency for the minds to move in similar directions, more so when the are guidelines and rules in place to follow.
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Any group of people believing something similar of course, by very definition, agree to certain things. To say the Church has monotonously followed every tittle of thought within and never disagreed is an absurdly false claim.
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I believe the Bible has excellent lessons and moral guidance but in the wrong hands, as is the case with many groups today, it can be misused.
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I won't disagree with it being misused.
But I think it has in it some things that make it more than just "moral lessons and guidance". When it claims to speak of God coming down to earth and dying for all, that's something you take a little more seriously.