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michaelrobin Junior Member (Idle past 2337 days) Posts: 3 From: Tempe Joined: |
However, I certainly understand how there appear to be many contradictions. The truth is you will come to understand the apparent contradicitions once your understanding increases. The bible is a spiritual book and you will only understand certain things as you grow spiritually. Since spiritual growth is a like lot natural growth it may take you quite some time before you come to understand what I am speaking about here. Just be patient trust in God and not your own understanding and one day you may come to understand as you ought to understand. Have a great day.
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Coyote Member  Posts: 5899 Joined: Member Rating: 4.2 |
You can see the date of the post in the top bar, on the left side. But just above I responded to your first post on this thread. Perhaps you could address that? Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
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AdminPD Inactive Administrator |
Glad you decided to add to our diversity. We have a wide variety of forums for your debating pleasure. As members, we are guests on this board and as guests we are asked to put forth our best behavior. This topic is in a science forum, which requires evidence or reasoned argumentation when making your point. Stick to the topic of whether God can lie and don't venture into the realm of general contradictions. In the purple signature box below, you'll find some links that will help make your journey here pleasant. Please direct any questions or comments you may have concerning this post to the Report Discussion Problems Here 3.0 thread. If you have any questions or comments concerning this post, please send a message to AdminPD using the messaging link at the top of the page. Again, welcome and fruitful debating.
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AdminPD Inactive Administrator |
quote:He's talking about text against text, not text against the real world. Even the originator is talking about text against text. Participants please refrain from useless comments devoid of evidence or reasoned argumentation. Please direct any comments concerning this Administrative msg to the Report Discussion Problems Here 3.0 thread. Any response in this thread will receive a 24 hour suspension. Thank you
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jar Member  Posts: 29138 From: Texas!! Joined: Member Rating: 2.8 |
at the Bible is resplendent with errors and contradictions. Since spiritual growth is a like lot natural growth it may take you quite some time before you come to understand what I am speaking about here. Just be patient trust in God and not your own understanding and one day you may come to understand as you ought to understand. Have a great day. Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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Phage0070 Inactive Member |
Unless the statement that it is impossible for God to lie was, itself, a lie. You can't argue that it couldn't have been a lie because you already agree that other contradictory statements in the Bible wouldn't refute that statement; in other words, they would be lies. So the question becomes that considering you already admit the Bible contains false statements one way or another, how would you know that the false statements are the ones claiming that God can lie rather than the ones claiming that he cannot?
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arachnophilia Member (Idle past 201 days)  Posts: 9068 From: god's waiting room Joined: |
Frankly, "studied in great depth" and "no contradictions" is itself a contradiction. Either you've studied it in depth, or you've found no contradictions. It's impossible to do both, as the contradictions are rather plainly evident. Now, I realize they do this thing called "Bible Study" in church, in which people read passage from the Bible, talk about their morals, and pretend to understand what it all means. But exercises in apologetics, misrepresentation, and distortion are not studying the Bible in great depth. Indeed, they are very shallow and vain pursuits, and will never get you any closer to understanding the Divine. Rather, all you will ever understand is what your church tells you to believe.
I whole-heartedly reject the "decoder ring" school of theology. The Bible is not a secretive text; it says what it means. If I were to need God to personally hold my hand through it, I would not need the Bible as I would have God personally holding my hand. Any interpretation that begins "we have the secret true meaning" must be wrong because it betrays its own source material. Why bother with the Bible at all? Now, as for contradictions. Since you have replied to a post that was six years old, I will respond with a post i made six years ago: quote: It remains unaddressed at the time of this post. If you can understand why both of those verses are simultaneously true, yet contradictory, and why both are present in the Bible (one right after the other, I might add), then you will have greatly increased your understanding of the Bible, its function, and its origin. However, any attempt to rectify the two verses such that they do not contradict will also detract from the truth of at least one of the two verses. Enjoy.
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purpledawn Member (Idle past 926 days)  Posts: 4453 From: Indiana Joined: |
The originator's point being that since elsewhere in the Bible God is called Almighty (omnipotent), it should be possible for God to lie. He feels the verse in Titus contradicts that notion. IMO, he is reading more into the Bible than is there. Omnipotence/Almighty mentioned in Revelation 19:6 and elsewhere deals with authority, not ability. Great power, great importance. In Titus 1:2, I don't think our English word "cannot" is a good choice. The word apseuds implies truthfulness, not inability to lie. IOW, just because one doesn't lie, doesn't mean one is incapable of lying. So omnipotence has nothing to do with whether one is capable of lying or not and apseuds isn't implying inability to lie. We know God is capable of lying, so the next question would be, did the Bible writers show God lying or deceiving anyone in the Bible?
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Jon Inactive Member |
The most obvious: quote: Jon Edited by Jon, : there's a quote in my colon! Check out Apollo's Temple! Ignorance is temporary; you should be able to overcome it. - nwr
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purpledawn Member (Idle past 926 days) Posts: 4453 From: Indiana Joined: |
Where's your evidence that the author had God make an untrue statement with the intent to deceive? The writer has God threaten to kill A&E if they eat from the tree, when they actually eat from the tree he decides not to kill them. Instead he gives an alternative punishment. Is it considered a lie when someone gives a lesser punishment than the one threatened?
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Theodoric Member  Posts: 5765 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: |
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purpledawn Member (Idle past 926 days) Posts: 4453 From: Indiana Joined: |
quote:Make your argument and present your evidence. We're looking at the text. I'm not going to guess what your point is or whether you have evidence for it.
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jar Member Posts: 29138 From: Texas!! Joined: Member Rating: 2.8 |
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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