Does the Bible Contradict Itself?

[Undeceived]

Proposing what the authors intent may have been or what you think it is is completely pointless; the bible has no helpful footnotes to explain the "hidden meaning" so until any one denomination produces evidence saying they're correct you're all as wrong as each other. The author's intent matters not; a lot of christians have not read the bible, so the intent has fuck all meaning for them, and the author's intent may all be well and good, but it doesn't stop the bible being some completely irrelevant bull shit.

The counterpart to author's intent is the reader's desire. When we look for the "author's intent", we are looking into the context and language in order to tell what a line means. Usually this is easy, as the Bible is written in a straightforward style. What we shouldn't do is guess the meaning based on our own experiences, or what we are feeling that day. There is no hidden meaning. If you don't understand a verse, post it here. I and my fellow brothers in Christ will do our best to provide an explanation using Biblical and historical evidence. Chances are we'll agree, even though we come from different denominations. We must not fall into the vague "there are so many variances, everyone has to be wrong" kind of thinking. That is nonsense. We are all called Christians because we follow Christ to the best of our ability. Anyone who does not believe Jesus' words and actions are true is not a Christian. It's that simple. Denominations are to be discussed by the spiritually mature.