“the bible is a complex book full of contradictions”
I’m going to have to disagree here because I have yet to see a contradiction. Got one handy? (and please, no pointless tests for the sake of questioning my knowledge, if I’m going to dig back into it, it’s because I care, not because I feel a need to brain-masturbate via text. I don’t assume you would, but I’m not sure of what to expect out of other commentors.)
“the problem is that the bible often supports more than one view.” Ahh. But is that a factor of what it’s stating or how it’s interpreted? This is why I got into theology in the first place. And subsequently got interested in anthropology and sociology. Somewhere, I believe that something got lost in the translation, so as much as we can say that “The bible is the infallible Word of the Lord”, it’s hard to be sure when we look at anything post-nicene-council...and the gospels are personal accounts....the rest of the NT (new testament, which christianity is based on) is mostly letters to churches. (which in my opinion is some of the BEST that the NT has to offer because it’s addressed to PEOPLE and not simply a matter of doctrine.)
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Date: 2006-04-03 02:20 pm (UTC)I’m going to have to disagree here because I have yet to see a contradiction. Got one handy? (and please, no pointless tests for the sake of questioning my knowledge, if I’m going to dig back into it, it’s because I care, not because I feel a need to brain-masturbate via text. I don’t assume you would, but I’m not sure of what to expect out of other commentors.)
“the problem is that the bible often supports more than one view.”
Ahh. But is that a factor of what it’s stating or how it’s interpreted? This is why I got into theology in the first place. And subsequently got interested in anthropology and sociology. Somewhere, I believe that something got lost in the translation, so as much as we can say that “The bible is the infallible Word of the Lord”, it’s hard to be sure when we look at anything post-nicene-council...and the gospels are personal accounts....the rest of the NT (new testament, which christianity is based on) is mostly letters to churches. (which in my opinion is some of the BEST that the NT has to offer because it’s addressed to PEOPLE and not simply a matter of doctrine.)