The Disunity of the Bible

[Eilonnwy]

Did you not listen to the podcast I posted?

[Minimalist]

Indeed, I want to read that book. Right now I've been reading "Who Wrote the Bible"

I would suggest reading Ehrman's "Misquoting Jesus" first, if you have not already done so. It goes into great detail about the slipshod manner that these supposedly "inerrant" texts were replicated.

Some of the "mistakes" however were not mistakes at all but rather intentional alterations to make the text fit the political needs of the church.

[Edwardo Piet]

As I have said before, "An unsupported conclusion is just an assumption trying to look presentable. Conclusions are drawn from arguments, not thin air. The burden of proof is your duty to expose the argument from which your conclusion is drawn."

What I did was said that it's no argument to just assert things. Maybe they do indeed have a hidden arguement, but if they're just going to barely assert stuff then that's not argumentation. So I say that barely asserting things is no argument, because I am telling them that if they're actually to be taken seriously they have to elaborate a bit more than simply barely asserting things with nothing to back it up whatsoever.

If I said that trees in the Amazon rainforest can talk, I wouldn't call that an argument for the truth of such a thing. Maybe I have hidden arguments for that, but it's no argument to simply assert it. And in being told that (that it's no argument) I am being told that I need to actually back up that assertion if I am to be taken seriously. It's no argument whatsoever for the truth that trees in the Amazon rainforest can talk, to simply barely assert it.

EvF

[fr0d0]

Did you not listen to the podcast I posted?

To be petty you refused to watch my 1hr video. No I didn't listen to the 3hr podcast. Is there a shortened version?

[Eilonnwy]

When did I refused to watch a video? I honestly don't remember.

[Ryft]

What I said was that it's no argument to just assert things. Maybe they do indeed have a hidden arguement, but ... [snip rest]

Um... *blinks* ... I was agreeing with you!

[fr0d0]

When did I refused to watch a video? I honestly don't remember.

I apologise that was WWLD & not you. Tried to listen to this as I'm at home convalescing and it plays terrible/ keeps juddering

[Eilonnwy]

Okay, glad we cleared that up. I was honestly confused. XD

If it makes it easier, the second episode focuses on the New Testament if you want to focus solely on that. Plus there's a great interview at the end.