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The JW blood transfusion example actually comes from Watchtower proclamations, not biblical interpretation. John notes the Bible's manuscript tradition makes it more reliable than modern media like video. Even supernatural direct knowledge could still be questioned by skeptics.

4 Weird Questions That Should Not Make You an Atheist 00:15:29 – 00:18:02

Additional response to Q1 — JW example and textual reliability

Mike points out the JW blood doctrine comes from Watchtower authority, not genuine confusion about Scripture. John argues textual criticism gives us extremely high confidence in the original text, making written communication quite reliable. Braxton adds that even direct supernatural knowledge transfer could be doubted by sufficiently skeptical people.

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