[Timmy]

OK, to get back to the original question: what are we to do with known additions and changes to the scriptures? To summarize some facts, which I think we all agree on (correct me if I'm wrong, as if I needed to tell ya!):

1. We do not have any of the original manuscripts. They are all lost. But they were copied some number of times, and those copies were copied, etc. Some copies are also lost (almost certainly).

2. There are differences in the copies.

3. There are differences of opinion on which copies are best.

4. Even the best copies we have may have differences from the originals. Some things were added, some things were changed, some things were deleted or lost, some lost things were replaced with something.

5. We have no way of knowing what all the differences are, nor how many there are, nor how closely they resemble the originals.

6. Some of the differences may have an effect on doctrines.

This list isn't a summary only of things said on the thread, so far. I've added some details. So, anything in there to disagree with?