Totally NOT a debate about the veracity of the gospels

[*Deidre*]

No wine in the apartment. Guess I'll have to settle for a bowl of pink bud.

whatever you have to do. lol

debating while intoxicated. might be interesting to see what side turns up the winner.

brb...getting a glass (or 5) of Merlot. (so I can cope with st. discipulus.)

Back in the day I used to drink Bacardi 151.........

Straight.....

that's when you were fun?

[Mudhammam]

If every account therein were exact, then we could say it was inerrant and infer that it was thus "the word of God" rather than reports by fallible men of remarkable events.

If they're not, we can't.

That's a big Bastard of a gnat. God doesn't / wouldn't make mistakes.

And yes people, I know there are bigger and more significant contradictions, but none so clear.

I think this best explains where you're coming from. I agree with your conclusions given this proviso. Inerrant to me never involved perfection as God directly authoring the bible. I regard the bible as so far inerrant - being the work of errant man.

Elaborate?

[discipulus]

Back in the day I used to drink Bacardi 151.........

Straight.....

Wow you were BAD!

[pocaracas]

I regard the bible as so far inerrant - being the work of errant man.

Elaborate?

"the underlying content is ok... the details may be sketchy", am-I-rite, fr0d0?

[discipulus]

No wine in the apartment. Guess I'll have to settle for a bowl of pink bud.

whatever you have to do. lol

debating while intoxicated. might be interesting to see what side turns up the winner.

Back in the day I used to drink Bacardi 151.........

Straight.....

that's when you were fun?

Lol, that was when I was smoking copious amounts of strong marijuana all day long.

I was "The" proverbial hippy....hair and all...

[truthBtold]

See.. Christians and non Christians can get along as long as we r all drunk.. and not remember anything on the next thread...

[discipulus]

See.. Christians and non Christians can get along as long as we r all drunk.. and not remember anything on the next thread...

hahahahah

that made my day really...




Incidentally,

Way back in the day, like 3,000 years ago, they called it "strong drink"....

[truthBtold]

We r the world..... we r the children. .... its.... I forgot the rest.. !! Doooh!!!

[Mudhammam]

Elaborate?

"the underlying content is ok... the details may be sketchy", am-I-rite, fr0d0?

That's what I thought he meant... but can someone explain to me how the "inerrant version," or the deeper truths conveyed by man's fallibility, are so poorly communicated that Christianity hosts some 30,000+ different sects and denominations who can't even agree on how to interpret these "deeper truths"? Seems to me like God's a rather powerless and inept communicator.

[*Deidre*]

whatever you have to do. lol

debating while intoxicated. might be interesting to see what side turns up the winner.

that's when you were fun?

Lol, that was when I was smoking copious amounts of strong marijuana all day long.

I was "The" proverbial hippy....hair and all...

Some say Jesus himself was a hippie. Hmmm.

Regarding the Bible being the errant work of man. I have read that, and my 'interpretation' is that when the 'books' were compiled, there were sections left out, and perhaps tampered with. One would have to believe that 'sacred writings' existed in the first place, but let's say we all believe that, for a minute. Considering that the Bible was compiled many years after Jesus' death, stands to reason, the ''story'' got lost in translation along the way.