Book of Contradictions: A Challenge

[Cinjin]

The only people who have to redefine words and interpret scripture are christians trying desperately to defend the contradictions found therein.

Spin it how you like. It's a contradiction .... and it's FAR from the only one. How do you defend the blatant contradiction of facts that Min presented in post #2 or that RefJer presented in post #3? Are you going to argue interpretation then?

You are making excuses for your deliberate misinterpretation CC. You're not interested in exact interpretation of the original meaning, but the opposite: in hailing the correctness of an interpretation of an interpretation. You'd rather rely on chinese whispers than go to the source for the real answer. If you were honest you'd want to know the most accurate answer as well... but the common misunderstanding of those in the dark is what conveniently fits, so you're sticking with that. Not a very respectable position.

You're right about a couple things in that rebuttal Frodo...
1. I am not interested in your interpretation. I am only interested in reading what it ACTUALLY says.
2. Millions of people reading the Bible are most definitely in the dark and take the book at face value - just as their preacher tells them to do. I am reading word for word - and since most people do not have the doctrinal background and historical manuscripts to decipher whatever the fuck it is those tent dwellers were trying to say - than they too are forced to take the bible at face value.

.... Now lets get back to the real point. It is you and Nimrod who have not proven to me that "rested" does not mean "rested" and "tired" does not mean "tired".

BOTH of you have been arguing whether interpretation is valid and ignoring the real OP.