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Originally Posted by Wiggum_PI
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That site references Geisler for the 99.5% number, and Geisler is the one who says Metzger estimates it at 99.5% when Metzger doesn't. So that reference to 99.5% is wrong. Or not wrong, just made up.
Plus the article they quote for the statistic is published by Moody which is an institution that starts from a position of inerrancy.
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Originally Posted by Moody
Moody Bible Institute believes strongly in the factual, verbal, historical inerrancy of the Bible. That is, the Bible, in its original documents, is free from error in what it says about geography, history and science as well as in what it says about God. Its authority extends to all matters about which the Bible speaks.
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So their position is backwards.. rather than examining the evidence and deciding if something is inerrant (or historically or scientifically accurate) and coming to a conclusion, they decide on what they believe and then work backwards to try and find evidence to support it.
Moody clearly denies evolution, so I'd question their scholarly integrity... or at the very least I'd examine anything from there with a bigger grain of salt than usual.