RE: Why the "There are so many interpretations of the Bible" claim is confused
October 19, 2015 at 3:31 pm
(October 7, 2015 at 12:51 am)Delicate Wrote:Really? Because god says in Deuteronomy that a son should not pay for his fathers sins, pretty reasonable command, but in exodus he kills the pharoahs young son,(October 7, 2015 at 12:44 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: Ambiguities and varied interpretations don't bother me -- it comes with the written word.
The big problem with the bible are the internal contradictions and flat-out errors written therein.
Another problem is the lack of any evidence for its major claims.
In short, the problem isn't interpretation, it's that the bible is horseshit.
This to be a bit more robust approach to criticizing the Bible. Level 2. Kudos.
That being said, very few claims of contradictions and errors actually hold up under scrutiny.
Many skeptics study the issue just enough to support their conclusions and then ignore everything else. Then they blow the apparent discrepancy totally out of proportion.
But on the flipside, are the inerrantists who hold the Bible to be the literal, physical, magical word of God. Can't have two more ignorant groups of people go at it than these two.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.