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Burninglight
Even if this Codex Sinaitiu was reliable, I don't see how it hurts the message of Christ's death and resurrection. And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. They were afraid of what? Was it because they didn't see Christ in the tomb? How does this take away from the death and resurrection of Christ? The point is we Christians believe the story of Christ's death and resurrection, and we put our faith in it. We believe Satan would have us believe it is not true. We believe in it as strongly as you do in Islam; so, both our religions can't be right. The judgment day is what I look forward to. I look at the fruit of both our religion, and I see more peace and love in Christianity. Jesus said you will know prophets by their fruit. I see the fruit of Islam in Iraq by how they are killing Christians and hanging their heads on poles. I don't want any part of a religion that does such things.
Peace to you
The gospel of Mark is the oldest of the four gospels written in about 40 AD , The fact that it contains such manipulation gives us many conclusions:
1. The oldest written gospel according to christians contained manipulation in its central theology (ressurection)
2. The fact that the gospel of Mark contradicts the other gospels because there is a difference between not telling anyone and telling someone
In the original in Mark they told no one :
”8 And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
but this ending did not appeal to the other writers so they added something in Matthew:
”8 So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.9 And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”
Matthew 28 : 8-10
The first passage shows them with fear and not telling anyone and the second they were with joy and told others clear contradiction in the text
As for the codex Sinaticus (350 AD) it is not just the oldest bible with the whole NT but also the oldest manuscript with the ending of Mark , This short ending of mark also exist in the Codex Vaticanus (4th century)
These are the two oldest manuscripts we have of the ending of Mark. These old manuscripta also contains other multiple varriations from what we have today
The rest of what you said contains a diversion from the actual subject in an attempt to disuade yourself of the topic, but just read about the catholic crusades against the arab christians and the thousands they killed in jerusalim , try to read about the incusitions or the burning of protestants in england , or the hundreds of genocides committed by the roman empire after adopting christianity against jews, pagans and other christian sects called heratics. The history of your religion in rome my friend contains the blood of thousands and thousands of innocents just look at what the spanish did to the original indians in south America when they conquered it.
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