Apologetics 1Arguments for

Christianity

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References Scriptural references taken from the following and their

respective copyrights retained: NIV: THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984

by International Bible Society® NASB: Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright ©

1960,1962,1963,1968,1971,1972,1973,1975,1977,1995 by The Lockman Foundation. ESV: The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) Copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a

publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. HCSB: Holman Christian Standard Bible® Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 by Holman

Bible Publishers. NLT: Holy Bible, New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House

Foundation.

The Reliability of the Bible

Number of Manuscript Copies

Pliny

Caesar

Tacitu

sPlat

o

Herodotu

s

Demosthenes

Homer

New Testament

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7 10 20 7 8200

643

5686

Source: I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek p.226

25 500 750 1000 1200 1400

Years between original and earliest copy

New Testament Homer PlinyCaesar/Tacitus Plato Herodotus/Demosthenes

Source: I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek p.226