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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
I'll admit up front that I'm to a certain extent playing devil's advocate--but it seems to me that you actually haven't demonstrated any way in which the Bible is importantly different from an open-source encyclopedia. As far as I can tell, your claim is just that the Bible is older (i.e. many people have studied it) and has given birth to more institutions. But you have to realize that it IS the case that "any joe schmo" could change the bible if they wanted--that is, any joe schmo who could read and write, or who had the resources to commission someone else to do it.
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Actually, any "joe schmo" has been changing the Bible a lot lately. Look at all the different translations coming out. One for every person.