Open letter to Christians

[Nihilist Virus]

1. Definition of "Bible"

The Bible is a collection of 66 books written by about 40 authors, in three different languages, on three different continents, and over approximately 1,600 years.

2. One example of a genealogy given out of chronological order

1 Chronicles 3:15

3. Explanation of the order of the kings given in 1 Chronicles 3:15 (you abandoned your first proposal on this, right?)

The list is one of heredity (No, I didn't abandon my first proposal, I stopped discussing it because you were using it to draw an illogical conclusion, and given the subjective nature of the claim I have now chosen to offer a different one).


Prove that the two propositional statements "the third Zedekiah and the fourth Shallum" and "Shallum is older than Zedekiah" is a violation of the law of non-contradiction.

The Bible is a collection of 66 books written by about 40 authors, in three different languages, on three different continents, and over approximately 1,600 years.

Then the Bible, by definition, does not exist.  The books that were written by the authors you are presumably referring to no longer physically exist, nor are there accurate replicas.


1 Chronicles 3:15

If you are citing the point in question as an example for your case, then I can only take this as an indication that you are no longer interested in serious debate - presuming, of course, that you ever were. I find that to be a reasonable position since, according to your definition, we are arguing about a book that does not even exist.


The list is one of heredity (No, I didn't abandon my first proposal, I stopped discussing it because you were using it to draw an illogical conclusion, and given the subjective nature of the claim I have now chosen to offer a different one).

You didn't abandon your proposal, but you stopped discussing it and have chosen to offer a different one? It seems your semantic gymnastics are lacking on this one, chap.

Also, what is the alternative that you offered? I did not see it.


Prove that the two propositional statements "the third Zedekiah and the fourth Shallum" and "Shallum is older than Zedekiah" is a violation of the law of non-contradiction.

We represent their ages with numbers. Let n represent Zedekiah's age and m represent Shallum's age. According to 1 Chronicles 3:15, n>m. According to an investigation of the text, m>n. Therefore, n>m>n by the law the law of transitivity, so n>n by the law of transitivity again, and therefore n does not equal n by the definition of ">". This violates the law of identity which can be used to derive the law of noncontradiction. Therefore the law of noncontradiction does not hold, which, by definition, is a contradiction.