RE: A Real and Significant Biblical Contradiction?
August 3, 2012 at 11:07 am
(This post was last modified: August 3, 2012 at 11:12 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 3, 2012 at 10:15 am)spockrates Wrote: Myths? Perhaps. Unrelated? That remains to be seen!
Regarding the text you quoted, the Bible is pretty clear that death is a process. No need to quote verse after verse, but if you need one:
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you."
(John 6:53)
The living are not fully alive, he seems to be saying. Paul even goes so far as to say Pagans are walking dead!
I'm not saying the same of anyone here. Just making the point regarding the consistency of the biblical teaching that death is a process. We are all born to die, unless something is done to change this process.
Nah, it's ambiguous on that point /sarcasm. There are no "real" or "significant" contradictions in the bible. You've made that perfectly clear as the judge of both counts (and the thread title left no room otherwise in any case). It's a wonderful exercise in confirmation bias though.
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