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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Not their opinions, but their discoveries. As far as texts go, there are several Old Testament texts that predate the Christian era, and some of them are consistent with what we've always had. The earliest New Testament texts only date to about AD 120, so while they are almost certainly not originals, they are early enough to withstand scrutiny. Of course there are also several other gospels which were rejected by various councils because they contrevene what is accepted as canon. That's always of interest, but they too are old enough to be considered unchanged from the originals, accept them or not.
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ome of them are consistant"? Earliest known texts written over 100 years after the fact? Other gospels not included? It all sounds clear as mud to me. You couldn't apply those issues to a more modern text and reasonably expect total accuracy regardless of who considers them to be unchanged.
In any case my take on the Bible allows for both accuracy and inaccuracy so it doesn't matter to me which one it is.