(October 14, 2013 at 10:22 am)Drich Wrote:(October 14, 2013 at 10:10 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: I hold "The Word of God" to a higher standard than you do, it would seem.
Actually you hold the Word of God to your own personal standard. Which in of itself is based on faulty reasoning. You assume God would record His word in such a way that you would not have to think about it to get its complete meaning, which means you assume that you and God think alike, or at least on the same wave length. Never mind the generation of people recording his word in this way would alienate.
When does it become clear that it isn't faulty reasoning? Consensus, which can be faulty reasoning en masse? If god wants clarity, he should be unambiguous to a 'T'. Hell, even the most straightforward lines in the bible can be confusing. Thou shalt not kill, for one. On the surface it is clear...we are to be as Jains, wearing surgical masks and not eating plant killing roots and stalks. But no!...faulty reasoning! Dig deeper and we sde pigeons getting whacked as sin offerings for menstruation, so animals are ok. But no!...faulty reasoning! Plenty of gleeful homicides are evidenced in the bible. So here we are...a clear statement of prohibition that with proper reasoning becomes meaningless. In the end, saying 'god only knows' is the only recourse, but if only he knows, why would he bother authorizing a book to speak for him?
And the troubles compound on the more muddy passages liberally sprinkled throughout the bible. I think the faulty reasoning really rests on those who wrote it. It was a mistake. Of course, then god would have been only a folk tale with few followers, if any. So thank god for the unchanging truths of the written word! Amen.
