(December 18, 2017 at 2:56 am)Godscreated Wrote:(December 17, 2017 at 3:44 pm)Jehanne Wrote:
- 24% believe Bible is literal word of God, the lowest in Gallup's 40-year trend
- View of Bible as secular stories and history at 26%, up from 21% in 2014
- The largest segment, 47%, still think Bible is inspired word of God
http://news.gallup.com/poll/210704/recor...d-god.aspx
The contradictions in that poll are obvious, why didn't you see them. bias blindness no doubt.
GC
(December 17, 2017 at 10:52 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Probably the biggest problem (tee hee) with Biblical Inerrancy is that Holy Scripture faithfully records both of Jesus' crucifixions.
You just can't accept that you've been shown there is only one crucifixion can you.
GC
(December 17, 2017 at 7:40 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Probably GC. Maybe Steve? Most will argue for the possibility of every snatch of scripture that comes up being true, whether they claim it all is or not.
There's no probably about it.
GC
We have a CLEAR crucifixion story on Maundy Thursday in John. So God clearly demands belief in a Thursday crucifixion. No doubt about it.
Mark and Luke are on board with Friday, and that's well and good too, but Friday does not equal Thursday, so God in His infinite Plan and majesty wants His believers to believe in a Friday crucifixion too. I'm thinking a believer need not question His plan, and just stick with believing it, since Scripture offers no other choice. Indeed.
And to be clear, I'm even spotting the believers here a PASS (out of my generosity!!) for not rubbing their noses also insisting on a THIRD crucifixion on Wednesday since Matthew invoked Jonah's 72 hour stay inside a whale as an harbinger of Jesus staying dead, dead, dead for 72 hours also, and that GROSSLY mungs up a Friday crucifixion (other than God inspiring those accounts too. And a case could be made that in honor of the Holy Trinity, Jesus very well could have been crucified THREE physical times, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, AND Friday.)
I've almost convinced myself there, in fact, that a triple could very well indeed be ordained as the ultimate revelation of the Holy Magnificence of the Trinity.
Praise the TRINITY !!!
So, sorry believers, but you're not believing very well there if you only believe Jesus was nailed up once. The Lord God Almighty has ordained belief in MULTIPLE (lest Holy Scripture be questioned!) crucifixions, and the only REAL question is whether or not Jesus was crucified twice, or THREE times.
The single crucifixion tale is as dead as the tree(s) Jesus crosses were made from.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.