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I am not bound by any ancient standards of conduct. So long as it isn't against the law in today's society, I'm free to do it. I can take back what I say.

Heck, anyone can say they're never going to smoke again. Does starting smoking again make them a liar or somehow a sinner?



Alright, contradictions in the bible:

there are discrepancies as to how many sons Abraham had. In Hebrews and parts of Genesis, he's only got the one son, Isaak but in other chapters of Genesis, he's got many more.

Were man and woman created together or separately? Genesis 1:27, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
but in Genesis 2:18-22, "And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them.... And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man."

Genesis 1:25-27, "And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image.... So God created man in his own image."

and then in Genesis 2:18-19, "And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof."

There are 457 of those at the website I provided.

Ever read a book and encounter something that was contrary to what was previously said?

sooo, would it stand to reason that, if you didn't read the original gospels and testaments, that what you believe is true now may be false?

you're arguing as if you're a theist shooting it back at me with some kind of counter.

Even if you won't accept the "Abraham had more sons since then", I question where you're reading Abraham had more sons... Not that I'm saying it isn't in there (it's been a LONG time since I've read genesis) But the Bible uses "sons of Abraham" to denote descendants of Abraham. Either way, no contradiction.

The bible simply explained that God created man and woman, and then went into detail as to how. That isn't at all a contradiction.

two down. 455 to go. bring it on.

Now I'm all curious. I didn't see a post from you in the "what religion are you?" thread. If you do not mind sharing, what religion are you? (Since you mentioned being a theist but not any particular religion, my first guess would be deist, but I don't want to make any big assumptions)

"Ever read a book and encounter something that was contrary to what was previously said?"

Ever read a book where you DIDN'T?

Pretty rare occurrence.

I am happy to grant that there are discrepancies in a compilation which is several books from different times and places, some a bit on the obscure side and all of it seriously copied and edited over centuries. Kind of reassuring, like reading accounts of the same incuident in ten different newspapers.

It helps deal with some of the double blind elephant factor.

Will it save us ANY time and frustration if I here stipulate:

There are discrepancies.

Christianity is not accessible to logic.

Lots of people calling themselves Christians have done very unChristlike things.

The scriptures should not in all cases be interpreted literally.

Many logical people working with the scriptures have tied themselves in irreducible tangles.

Moral behavior is not the exclusive property of Christians.

There are some who will enter the feast who have no idea that they might be following Christ.

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That will do for now, I will happily back any of those theses.

Explaining Christ to one who know him not is like when I was about 5 and my parents gave me a book explaining reproduction [yep, that was ALL the introduction I ever got].

Let us also recall the missionaries who rescued and raised discarded children.

Of course, they also taught them about Christianity.

They would. Shamelessly taking advantage of children abandoned to die.

didn't Mother Theresa once say that she hoped leprosy would never end because she wanted to continue having the hospices in Jakarta?