(November 18, 2013 at 1:45 am)MindForgedManacle Wrote: Well, this is fun. The mental contortions one has to go through to maintain Biblical inerrancy is indeed great; I used to have to do them. One interesting thing to note is that these contortions almost NEVER occur for theological positions that the Christian in question already accepts from verses they claim are explicit.
"Is Jesus God?"
"Of course he is! This verse here says so!"
"What about this one where he says he is not God? Or that he is not good, but only God is? Or that he doesn't know when he will return, but only God does (and thus he's not omniscient)?"
"Well you, when read properly (by someone who is already a Trinitarian), it can be interpreted as saying..."
It just never ends, because intellectual integrity and consistency aren't to be used to invalidate the faith, and an inerrantist can't think it even could in principle.
With statements like that I can see why you were having to do contortions.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
