RE: Does the Bible Contradict Itself?
July 30, 2012 at 9:02 am
(This post was last modified: July 30, 2012 at 9:09 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Denied what, that a Protestant reading of scripture still leads to contradictions? I'll handle that right now. No interpretation changes what you find in the black and white, that any given group has an excuse (and that's precisely what it is) for why any two parts of a text appear to conflict in the here and now after greater scrutiny or a better understanding of the world around us is part and parcel with maintaining a faith. A Catholic excuse, a Protestant excuse, it matters very little in either case. At what point would any groups revision or interpretation of divine words render those words obsolete in favor of their interpretation? So, the faithful have found ways to -in their estimation- make the bible seems less absurd/contradictory/idiotic....well, no surprise there, they've had alot of time to think about it. There are no "apparent contradictions" that's apologetic horseshit, invoked immediately before an excuse -and generally a fairly vapid one- will be offered.
Ambiguity when the arguer/believer wishes for the text to be ambiguous, specificity when the arguer/believer wishes for the text to be specific. Ala-
Genesis is literal but the text is ambiguous as to whether or not homosexuality is verbotten.
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Genesis is ambiguous but the text clearly condemns homosexuality.
The text is not ambiguous, anywhere. Sometimes the text does not agree or conform with some logical principle, some established law of the cosmos, some other part of the text, or some specific belief that a person holds. Sometimes what we find in the text leaves us, today, scratching our heads going "wtf?". This is not ambiguity.
If there was a group of religious folks making things (anything) vanish or disappear, I'd call that a miracle, and their cult would require a little more of my attention.
Ambiguity when the arguer/believer wishes for the text to be ambiguous, specificity when the arguer/believer wishes for the text to be specific. Ala-
Genesis is literal but the text is ambiguous as to whether or not homosexuality is verbotten.
-or-
Genesis is ambiguous but the text clearly condemns homosexuality.
The text is not ambiguous, anywhere. Sometimes the text does not agree or conform with some logical principle, some established law of the cosmos, some other part of the text, or some specific belief that a person holds. Sometimes what we find in the text leaves us, today, scratching our heads going "wtf?". This is not ambiguity.
If there was a group of religious folks making things (anything) vanish or disappear, I'd call that a miracle, and their cult would require a little more of my attention.
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