RE: Conflicting statements in the bible
May 2, 2013 at 1:10 pm
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2013 at 1:10 pm by Baalzebutt.)
(May 2, 2013 at 1:00 pm)John V Wrote:(May 2, 2013 at 12:52 pm)Baalzebutt Wrote: Well, lets look at another famous "contradiction". (not really a contradiction per se but certainly unexplainable within the context of genesis.)This is a very common error - reading "only" in where it isn't there. BTW, you should actually read it sometime, you have some details wrong.
God creates adam and eve, they pork and have 2 sons. The sons are then sent off to far-away lands to "be fruitful and multiply".
Who, exactly did they multiply with?
This is not a contradiction in that one part of the bible says this and another part says that. It is a logical contradiction in that, according to the bible, there were only 4 people on earth at the time yet the sons were sent off and married to....who?
Then please fill me in on the details I have wrong. To me it seems simple. Genesis gives no account of others being created so "only" is a perfectly logical assumption.
BTW, I have read it, I just don't have it memorized.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein
