RE: Conflicting statements in the bible
May 2, 2013 at 12:52 pm
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2013 at 12:54 pm by Baalzebutt.)
Well, lets look at another famous "contradiction". (not really a contradiction per se but certainly unexplainable within the context of genesis.)
God creates adam and eve, they pork and have 2 sons. The sons are then sent off to far-away lands to "be fruitful and multiply".
Who, exactly did they multiply with?
This is not a contradiction in that one part of the bible says this and another part says that. It is a logical contradiction in that, according to the bible, there were only 4 people on earth at the time yet the sons were sent off and married to....who?
God creates adam and eve, they pork and have 2 sons. The sons are then sent off to far-away lands to "be fruitful and multiply".
Who, exactly did they multiply with?
This is not a contradiction in that one part of the bible says this and another part says that. It is a logical contradiction in that, according to the bible, there were only 4 people on earth at the time yet the sons were sent off and married to....who?
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein