Contradictions in the Bibile
Usually, when someone writes a book, they do a 'rough draft' and then go back through it changing, polishing and perfecting the text, until they are happy with the way it is written. Some authors write their entire book several times, making changes and re-writing whole chapters, and even then they may have more work to do if the publisher has some further suggestions.
The same could be said about anything which humans do. It is almost impossible for any human to produce a major work perfect in every detail first time. Music, dance, painting, acrobatics, ice-skating, sport . . . in every pursuit there is an initial process of learning and practise, with many mistakes and finally there comes a performance which is reasonable, but not perfect.
Perhaps it is this built-in 'imperfection' problem shared by all humans, which leads some people to transfer what they have experienced in their own life (and seen in other lives) to the Bible? After all, to the believer and unbeliever alike, the Bible appears to be a book just like any other book, made of paper, ink and glue. On what basis may anyone decide that the Bible alone, in the midst of all the millions of other books in the world, is totally free of errors?
And when the Bible is heard (on tape or CD), it appears to be made of words, just like any other written document, so why should the story as heard in the Bible be any different from say a very accurate history book, or a medical dictionary? True, there are claims that the Bible 'speaks' like no other book, but there are many other religious or 'spiritual' books which also inspire and move their hearers with much the same effect. Is it all, in the...
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In order to agree with everthing written in this paper, than I would have to be completely Freudian...not meant as an insult to Freudians, just my philosophy...
But my personal philosophy on the subject put aside...this is a wonderfully written piece. It provides great in-depth analysis without getting "stuffy". It flows smoothly and is quite interesting to read...
This is a great research tool, especially for debate...
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The Bible is an important book because idiots like Bush uses it to kill others. That is why it must be discredited at all times. Anyone who believes in 4,000 year old fairytales and declares that they have the truth as transmitted to them by talking snakes and such-like must be riduculed. I suggest you start by reading my refutation of Genesis here at Cheathouse and then look at my other verse by verse rejections of each biblical book.
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