Originally Posted by BOWSINGER
Originally Posted by Thunderstick
Originally Posted by BOWSINGER
Originally Posted by Thunderstick
Bowsinger
I think we have more than proven the alleged contradictions do not exist with every alleged contradiction that we have addressed with you. If you are not willing to see that, then more of the same will not profit you. I have not seen you post anything that cannot be reconciled. It comes down to what you are willing to believe and not what is honestly believable. One thing you are bringing to the forefront about the Bible is that it typically presents both sides of an issue so we can see it from all angles. A person gets very skewed in their perspectives when they always look at an issue from one vantage point.
Are you willing to look at evidence from an honest perspective? Are you able to step outside your skepticism? Do you honestly seek truth? A child cannot learn from their teacher unless they first accept that their teacher has knowledge to impart. You will never find truth until you first accept that their is truth to be known...



I want to thank you for helping me prove the Bible is riddled with contradictions. I have a lot more of them.

Every one that I have posted and you have responded; you state that there is no contradiction. Then you explain and give reasons for the contradiction.

For example...“… the earth abideth for ever.” — Ecclesiastes 1:4
the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.” — 2Pet

You responded with a good explanation about the earth being destroyed and than renewed. So the “earth abideth forever” still remains a contradiction.

However most of the others you did not respond, but you claim to have proven they do not exist. You have not done that.

You have yet to even respond to my first example about the contradictions between God in the Old and God in the New Testament. Did the authors evolve from God killing children, raining burning sulfur, and genocide to the gentle teachings of Jesus?

You tell me to seek the truth. But I say onto you that the truth in not in you.


After 4 examples if you cannot see the contradictions are in your own mind and not the text, then responding to 6 more will only illustrate the same point. Not meaning to be disrespectful but the level you go to try to prove something that cannot be proven only weakens the position you hold. The contradictions that I addressed are not very difficult to resolve--it only takes some context, honest inquiry, and common sense.


After 4 examples of Bible contradictions that you cannot resolve...I am still waiting for your response to the contradictions between God in the Old and God in the New Testament. To me, that is the biggest one of all.
Moses:
DEUTERONOMY 2:34 At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed them – men, women and children. We left no survivors.
DEUTERONOMY 3:6 We completely destroyed them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying every city – men, women and children.

Meanwhile here is another contradiction
Incest
“Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of this mother…” — Deuteronomy 27:22
“And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter…it is a wicked thing….” — Leviticus 20:17

[But what was god’s reaction to Abraham, who married his sister — his father’s daughter?] See Genesis 20:11-12
“And God said unto Abraham, As for Sara thy wife…I bless her, and give thee a son also of her…” — Genesis 17:15-16






Bowsinger,

Wish I had the time to delve more into some of your questions but I just don’t,

But, let me say a couple of things about supposed contradictions in the Bible. Many will see a “contradiction” and stumble or get stuck on it. This has happened to me where I read or see something that appears contradictory or something I simply don’t understand. Takes me time to resolve the issue or time and study to sometimes even understand the issue. The “law” had been an issue for me for years and it took me a long time to get what is now a better understanding of it. Anyway...

The example in your post Sarah and the sister thing is easy for me to understand. Sarah seems to be Abraham’s half sister or maybe at most a granddaughter of Abraham’s father. But, the law against such was not given till much later, well after his death. The same sort of thing if one thinks about who the children of Adam and Eve married. Had to be their siblings. This is another subject.

Anyway, the point is, that if one has only limited knowledge or experience in Biblical issues, one can find issues that they do not understand and then believe this “unresolved” question is a biblical error or contradiction.

When many of the supposed contradictions come up, the echo chamber effect can be there. If one only looks for answers to questions on atheistic internet sites they are simply hollering into that echo chamber and receive nothing back but their own bias.

You may consider reviewing sites devoted to Christian apologetics if you want to get out of the echo chamber.

And yes, Christians have echo chamber issues. All people do. Consider the political echo chamber sites that proliferate on the internet.

The tax collector said: “Lord Jesus, have mercy on me, a sinner.” Jesus said he went home “justified.”