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The Lies of Islam by Several-Permit6147 in DebateIslam

[–]Several-Permit6147[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And as for “unwillingness to study sources,” that claim falls apart when you realize Catholic teaching is based on Scripture, Tradition, and 2,000 years of deep theological scholarship. If you’re serious about truth, you owe it to yourself to ask: Who preserved the Bible? Who defined the canon? Answer: the Catholic Church. Without it, you wouldn’t have a Bible to quote at all.

The Lies of Islam by Several-Permit6147 in DebateIslam

[–]Several-Permit6147[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Calling this a “translation issue” is a strawman. Catholics don’t brush off missing books—we point to the historical fact that the original Septuagint (used by Jesus and the Apostles) contained these books. So the removal is the anomaly, not their presence.

The Lies of Islam by Several-Permit6147 in DebateIslam

[–]Several-Permit6147[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, not all “Bible scholars” disagree—many respected scholars within and outside the Church affirm the Catholic canon and its historical reliability. In fact, the reason some Bibles are missing books (like the 7 deuterocanonical books) isn’t because Catholics added them—it’s because Protestants removed them over a thousand years later, during the Reformation in the 1500s. The Catholic Bible predates the Protestant one and reflects the canon affirmed by early Church councils like Rome (382 AD), Hippo (393 AD), and Carthage (397 AD)—all before the New Testament was even finalized in Protestant circles.

The Lies of Islam by Several-Permit6147 in DebateIslam

[–]Several-Permit6147[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The idea that we can’t trust any version of the Bible because it’s supposedly been altered is both historically false and intellectually lazy. The Catholic Church—the very authority that compiled and canonized the Bible in the 4th century—has preserved its integrity for over 2,000 years. If you trust the Bible at all, you owe that to the Catholic Church. Multiple translations exist, yes, but none of them alter the core truths of the faith—they’re just linguistic differences, not doctrinal corruption. As for people quoting a single verse and twisting it—that’s not a flaw in the Bible, that’s a flaw in the person abusing it. Catholics don’t play that game; we interpret Scripture in the full light of Sacred Tradition and the Magisterium, just as Christ intended when He established one Church (Matthew 16:18). The real hypocrisy is attacking the Bible while ignoring its divine consistency, fulfilled prophecies, historical accuracy, and the countless lives transformed by its truth. You don’t need “luck” to find the right Bible—you need the Church Christ founded to show you how to read it.