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.)
um 1? more like 10, 50, 100. i have no idea what you mean by tests? but the contradictions are everywhere. like "thou shalt not kill" and "love your neighbor" yet God tells the isrealites to kill all kinds of sinners in hebrew law and sends them to war. "i bring not peace, but a sword" as a quote from jesus - who is the "prince of peace". "honor your father and your mother" - and jesus's declaration that the disciples are his brothers and rejection of his mother (even though she was clearly a believer). the book of proverbs is an immense source of contradictions with the old testament, full of promises of wealth, wisdom and earthly goods as reward from god for good behavior. yet these are exactly what we are not to expect in the new testament. it is also exactly the opposite of what happens in the book of job (unil the end, anyway). both old and new testaments support both divine sovereignty and human free will.
yes there is interpretation here, and in some cases (like divine sovereignty and free will) i advocate for upholding both. but they are still contradictions.
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Date: 2006-04-06 08:47 am (UTC)um 1? more like 10, 50, 100. i have no idea what you mean by tests? but the contradictions are everywhere.
like "thou shalt not kill" and "love your neighbor" yet God tells the isrealites to kill all kinds of sinners in hebrew law and sends them to war.
"i bring not peace, but a sword" as a quote from jesus - who is the "prince of peace".
"honor your father and your mother" - and jesus's declaration that the disciples are his brothers and rejection of his mother (even though she was clearly a believer).
the book of proverbs is an immense source of contradictions with the old testament, full of promises of wealth, wisdom and earthly goods as reward from god for good behavior.
yet these are exactly what we are not to expect in the new testament. it is also exactly the opposite of what happens in the book of job (unil the end, anyway).
both old and new testaments support both divine sovereignty and human free will.
yes there is interpretation here, and in some cases (like divine sovereignty and free will) i advocate for upholding both. but they are still contradictions.