Originally Posted by Thunderstick
Originally Posted by TF49

DBT ……… you posted:

“Not that any of this matters to the contradiction between descriptions of a God of Love and the vindictive Tyrant of the old testament. If one is true, the other must be false, hence a contradiction between the two sets of descriptions.”

You are wrong in your statement. You are not simply pointing out a contradiction. You are clearly making an interpretation of Scripture and are indeed therefore concluding there is a contradiction. If you were not interpreting scripture …...(wrongly) … you would not even note a supposed contradiction. You have concluded that God is “a tyrant” and you have concluded that the description of a “God of Love” is incongruent.

You have come to these conclusions based on…. your own opinion….. and then insert your opinion in a terribly skewed interpretation of the Bible.

Yep, not a bible scholar…..

btw…. what you have done here is called “eisegesis.”




DBT, you also posted this:

“You yourself happen to be assuming the vindictive tyrant over the God of Love, who does not keep a record of wrongs and is 'good to all' unconditionally.”

Here you go again…. you make a statement and this statement is indeed your “interpretation” of verses that you do not quote but make clear reference to.

You make the statement that God does “not keep a record of wrongs” and is “good to all” unconditionally.

When challenged on this, you retreated to bafflegab and obfuscation.

You have indeed interpreted and have posted that God does “not keep a record of wrongs.”
You have indeed interpreted and have posted that God is “good to all” unconditionally.

Both of your interpretations are inconsistent with even a basic level of scholarship. You seemingly have no idea of the context or application.


When challenged, you retreat to “cut and paste” ….. that is all you can do …. you cannot support nor explain what you said.


The point is this: You have little knowledge of the Bible and little knowledge of biblical interpretation. But, you plunge ahead anyway in your zeal to …..what?
.........influence folks with even less knowledge than you….. Is that it?


Anyway, gotta go, have another road trip.


I have concluded you cannot have a reasonable discussion with DBT.




Only because you are unwilling to consider what is being pointed out.

You and other believers cannot contemplate the possibility that there are contradictions in the bible because it puts your own faith into question.


Yet the contradictions are there.

They are not my contradictions. These are contradictions that were recognized centuries ago. Contradictions that have never been resolved.