Originally Posted by Thunderstick


My explanation would make a lot sense to other religions with holy days but it won't make any sense to someone who rejects anything holy.



That's ludicrous. Anyone who is able to read in the language the bible is printed in is capable of reading the bible and understanding the meaning of its verses.

If there is are verses that tell us that god is Love and god is good to all, and we have verses that tell us that god is vindictive, causing evil, willing to kill a man for gathering sticks for his fire, then there clearly is a contradiction between the two claims.

There is no way of reading or interpretation that changes what the verses clearly say and clearly mean into something that they don't say or mean.


In case the definition of a contradiction is not understood, here is a primer;



contradiction
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noun
noun: contradiction; plural noun: contradictions

a combination of statements, ideas, or features which are opposed to one another.
"the proposed new system suffers from a set of internal contradictions"

a situation in which inconsistent elements are present.
"the paradox of using force to overcome force is a real contradiction"
the statement of a position opposite to one already made.
"the second sentence appears to be in flat contradiction of the first"


Phrases
contradiction in terms — a statement or group of words associating incompatible objects or ideas.


Contradictions (A and not-A)

The concept of a contradiction is very important in logic. In this lecture we’ll look at the standard logical definition of a contradiction.

Here’s the standard definition. A contradiction is a conjunction of the form “A and not-A”, where not-A is the contradictory of A.

So, a contradiction is a compound claim, where you’re simultaneously asserting that a proposition is both true and false.