RE: The Historical Reliability of the New Testament
May 24, 2015 at 5:42 pm
(This post was last modified: May 24, 2015 at 5:45 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(May 24, 2015 at 1:17 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:(May 24, 2015 at 12:50 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: by the way what do you make of the jesus the child killer as described in the infancy gospel.
What I make of it is that this is a good example of why Jesus established an infallible Church before the inerrant book was written.
The Catholic Church discerned which books were and were not inspired under the direction of the Holy Spirit.
Boy, they sure fucked up. They've classed animals incorrectly, guessed wrongly at the shape of the world, fucked up pi by calculating it to zero places ...
Bottom line: the anthology codified in the Bible was the result of a vote by men.
Also, Randy, I'm wondering when you'll answer my earlier points ... if you can.
(May 24, 2015 at 1:52 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:(May 24, 2015 at 1:45 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: (bold mine)
Infallible church? Huh. Pedophile priests; AIDS in Africa; the fact that no pope, at least in modern times, agrees with the next; the Inquisition; just to name a few.
First, go and learn the difference between infallibility and impeccability. Then you can try again.
Wait -- you don't consider the protection of pedophile priests as a failure -- in this case, a failure of conscience?
I'll get to the rest of those points later. Answer me that: you honestly don't think that protecting molesters is an ethical and moral failure?!
Tell me again how faith in god is the only source of morality.
