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1. Codex Sinaiticus does not "contain no mention of Jesus' resurrection." The resurrection story is told in the other three Gospels. It's only the Gospel of Mark that ends abruptly.

2. Most ancient versions of Mark do end after chapter 16, verse 8. A few add one conclusion or another, but those conclusions differ. One explanation is that the last couple of pages of the author's original manuscript were lost before our existing copies could be made.

 

In other words, specific passages of a flawless and holy document are completely false and just added in to bolster a story.

 

What do you have against editing, you heathen?

 

Are you saying God needs spellcheck!?!

 

No. Just a good editor. He's only Godlike, you know.

 

Mark was a takeout writer who got laid off near the end of his project.

 

If he had managed to sell a Falafel House ad, he would have been kept on.

 

The publisher laid Mark off.

 

ScribePharisee was there and should know.

 

His company got bought up by Jerusalem Register Company.

 

"All right, check this out. The tomb is empty. Must have been cleared out by a grave-robbing ... (sees a rabbit hopping in some nearby bushes) bunny. Yeah, a giant bunny. Who laid eggs ... to ... ummm ... sully Jesus' name. Yeah. That's it. Let's go collect some eggs and make an omelet so that rabbit can pay his penance! Yeah!"