Book of Contradictions: A Challenge

[reverendjeremiah]

I have never in my reading the Bible encountered something which to me seemed to contradict anything else...if that's the stupid answer you're looking for, I mean.

Translation: I have only read a few bits and pieces of the bible that my Pastor and study group told me about.

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Min, I seriously wonder how people put up with a cranky old guy like yourself in real life.

The Hell you say.. I wish me and Min werent seperated by so many states. The idea of hooking up with Min on the weekend for beer and grilled animals appeal to me.

..and it has nothing with the fact that Im hitting 40 this year either.

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Fail. That second verse doesn't say that He does not rest, it merely says that He does not tire. The first verse says that He rested, not that He tired.

LMAO ... what was I thinking ... "I'm not tired - I'm going to go rest". Yeah, that makes sense.

you tool! Go play in the kiddies pool - it's adult swim time ok little man.

What? You've never laid down and taken a nap just because you felt like you had no work to do? Man, you're really missing out.

Watson says, all the time hoping that nobody asks "why would an all powerful deity need to rest after doing so much work?

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You are a rediculous little ding dong aren't you. Go find a sandbox to play in. If you're going to offer me arguments like that you're not going to leave Frodo with anything to use and two....

LMFAO.."ding dong". I love that word..its so childish and still funny as hell.

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The Hebrew word used for "kill" is ratsach, which refers more to the act of murder.

There's a significant difference in the meaning of these two words/passages. One passage refers to the act of killing in battle, while the other prohibits the shedding of innocent blood. This is no different than asking a Marine not to murder anyone, yet asking him to kill in battle, there is no contradiction.

Skeptics consistently refer to the KJV in demonstrating some of these points. The KJV doesn't always select the most appropriate word for conveying the meaning of a passage. I don't think I've ever seen an example were the KJV wasn't the primary source of reference, though I'm sure there are some.

Another reason for these apparent contradictions is the limited number of words/letters used in the Hebrew language. A significant part of translating Hebrew words is based on context, like the two passages used above. It's clear on context alone what is being stated and this again is easily demonstrated in are own modern day vernacular.

"I'm going to kill my daughters boyfriend if he doesn't bring her home before midnight!"

They tell us that "the bible is the perfect word of god", then when we start pointing out contradictions we are told "That is a translation error..the original language..blah blah blah.."

I stop it right then and there. If someone needs to understand the original languages, then 99.999% of the believers are believing their religion off of a faulty manuscript. I rest my case. thanks for agreeing with me that this book is faulty.

Any other faults...er..."mistranslations" that I need to be aware of?

an all powerful gods word can be mistranslated for hundreds of years?

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Oh FFS you are making excuses already! You're so deluded you can't even take advice from fellow atheists. I've told you already how mindblowingly easy it is to defeat you. And you make the excuse that you found me the easiest ones? Please mate... do me a favour and grow a spine.

Wait..you have "theist" and "agnostic" in your signature and you act like this? You call someone deluded, yet your signature suggest that you worship and believe something you admit cannot be known?



I dont know wether to verbally abuse you or pass you another beer and wait for the next hilarious thing to come out of your mouth.