{"id":1183,"date":"2017-04-03T13:09:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T11:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2017-05-05T09:35:33","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T07:35:33","slug":"sinaiticus-a-corrupted-bible-to-corrupt-a-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcgill.org.za\/stuff\/archives\/1183","title":{"rendered":"Sinaiticus: a corrupted Bible to corrupt a generation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The British Library has a number of leaves of the famous “Codex Sinaiticus”, reputed to date from the years 300AD or so.\u00a0 Their forensics experts have examined it.\u00a0 They have a number of things to say.\u00a0 Also, they say it is a fraud<\/strong>.\u00a0 This is how they say it:<\/p>\n

Although skin materials are remarkably durable given reasonable conditions of storage, collagen fibres nevertheless degenerate slowly especially when exposed to water vapour, light and heat. Fluctuations in humidity and excessive moisture levels can result in hydrolysis which, in the presence of natural and man-made pollutants such as sulphur dioxide or nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere, can catalyse oxidisation. This process of deterioration leads initially to a reduction in strength of the dermal fibre network causing phenomena such as curling and shrinkage. Over a prolonged period it can lead to a complete breakdown of the fibre structure and more permanent damage such as brittleness, splits and losses….
\nThe conservation team discovered that, despite being over 1600 years old<\/strong>, the pages of Codex Sinaiticus held at the British Library consisted of a supple, high quality parchment in relatively good condition….
\nApart from a small percentage of folios with heavy ink corrosion, most of the folios appeared to have survived the rigours of 16 centuries with an unexpected lack of damage, suffering in the main only from small tears and losses along the head, tail, fore-edge and spine folds. Much of this damage is more likely attributable to mechanical damage than physical deterioration….
\nMuch of the visual parchment evidence cannot answer many of the questions<\/strong> asked by those seeking proof about the origins of the Codex and the story of its survival…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Did you hear that?\u00a0 They looked at it, and they have NOTHING <\/strong>to say that will answer questions of authenticity.\u00a0 They cannot reconcile the visible evidence with the story spun about it.\u00a0 It is visibly evident to the document experts that Sinaiticus is a FRAUD<\/strong>.\u00a0 They don’t want to say so, but they say it anyhow.<\/p>\n

Codex Sinaiticus is a fraud, which means that all of these are a fraud too:<\/p>\n