01 Aug '09 00:39>3 edits
originally posted by rwingett
"The Skeptic's Annotated Bible has compiled a list of 434 contradictions in the bible. Are you claiming that none of these are really contradictions?"
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/by_name.html
–noun 1. the act of contradicting; gainsaying or opposition.
2. assertion of the contrary or opposite; denial.
3. a statement or proposition that contradicts or denies another or itself and is logically incongruous.
4. direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency.
5. a contradictory act, fact, etc.
Taken out of context anything can be made to appear as a contradiction.
rwingett, there are no contradictions in the Bible except for between inferior translations that fail to carry over the correct meaning or thought of any particular phrase or sentence from the original language.
To me, it is irrational, if there be a God, to think that whatever He communicated to man would be anything other than pure Truth without error. Not only would His communication be pure, but it would be recognisable by those who are His. That isn't to say that all believers believe everything God says.
On the contrary, some, if not most believers, are duped in one way or another into believing something about the Bible that isn't true.
Even me.
What is even more irrational to me is debating about the veracity of scripture with someone that doesn't believe God exists.
And why would someone that doesn't believe God exists want to debate about it with someone who does?
That, is a contradiction!
"The Skeptic's Annotated Bible has compiled a list of 434 contradictions in the bible. Are you claiming that none of these are really contradictions?"
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/by_name.html
–noun 1. the act of contradicting; gainsaying or opposition.
2. assertion of the contrary or opposite; denial.
3. a statement or proposition that contradicts or denies another or itself and is logically incongruous.
4. direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency.
5. a contradictory act, fact, etc.
Taken out of context anything can be made to appear as a contradiction.
rwingett, there are no contradictions in the Bible except for between inferior translations that fail to carry over the correct meaning or thought of any particular phrase or sentence from the original language.
To me, it is irrational, if there be a God, to think that whatever He communicated to man would be anything other than pure Truth without error. Not only would His communication be pure, but it would be recognisable by those who are His. That isn't to say that all believers believe everything God says.
On the contrary, some, if not most believers, are duped in one way or another into believing something about the Bible that isn't true.
Even me.
What is even more irrational to me is debating about the veracity of scripture with someone that doesn't believe God exists.
And why would someone that doesn't believe God exists want to debate about it with someone who does?
That, is a contradiction!