(May 11, 2014 at 10:58 pm)Lek Wrote: I'm not talking about inconsistencies. I'm talking about using different words to describe the same event or talking about different events or aspects to Jesus's ministry. When people are lying they get together and try to make sure that everyone says he same thing. If all the gospel writers wrote exactly the same, referring to exactly the same events, it would seem to be contrived.
You think the problems with the bible are simply using different words to describe the same event? It can't even get its chronology straight.
And I wonder, if the gospels all wrote the same and referred to the same events, would you then be admitting that the bible seems contrived, or would you be saying that the consistency validates it?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
