What is the biggest bible contradiction?

Which would make him somewhat more than human.A man who is also a God is more than human.Brian.

I wasn’t born until 1963! I think Jesus sinned more than the average guy. I know it fits Jesus so well, at least the version of Jesus created in the Gospels anyway. I think the majority of mankind have far higher morals that the bloodthirsty Yahweh. If your reality was illuminated then you would know that there is no such thing as God. I can only conclude that you are deluding yourself. Pity Jesus was never called ”Emanuel’, it might have at least given Him an outside chance of being a messiah. I didn’t say that though!I just said He wasn’t the Messiah, the Bible and history pay testimony to that. I find it difficult to believe that anyone who has studied the Old Testament can possibly consider Jesus as the Messiah. The thing is, we have no idea of what He is quoted as saying is actually what He did say. The Jesus of the first century could be oblivious to all the crap in the NT that is attributed to Him. Of course these aren’t the only two possibilities.He could be a liar.He could be God.He could have been mad.He could have been a figment of someone’s imagination.He could have been misrepresented in the Gospels.I’m not sure which one I’d go for. I think the only one I could exclude with any certainty is the God option.The big problem is the poor quality of the sources that we have. The Gospels themselves are hugely unreliable, as they are contradictory, contain obvious impossibilities, are rife with historical inaccuracies, and we have no idea who wrote any of them. Well, there were many Christs in the OT, every Jewish king was a ”chirst’. You need to believe this to maintain your delusion, no point in having an open mind is there? Ever tried self esteem classes?Brian.

Well, at least I have given you other options apart from Lord or lunatic.There's also the historical inaccuracies to consider, and the obvious impossibilities (such as the dead walking the streets and the impossible three hour eclipse).Brian.

Yes, but we need evidence with which to come to conclusions. Take the dead walking the streets after Jesus died. How likely is it that this is true, in the context of historical research?Brian.

That doesn't make Him a liar. He could have genuinely thought that He was God. Lying is deliberately decieving someone. Yes, this would have been better.Of course, any one of us could be God, or not.Brian.

I have read a lot of Lewis, and he is a very skilful writer, very easy to read. I have enjoyed a few of his books, in fact I only finished reading 'Surprised by Joy' on Friday. I think he was certain to return to Christianity and he basically talked himself into it. But that doesn't take away from his quality as a writer. It means how can we verify the likelihood that the event happened. How do we go about checking if it was possible? Have we anything to compare it with, do any other writers mention it, is it something that was likely to happen unnoticed? of course it does, all of history is constructed by the human mind. We would first have to define what a miracle is and if what happened fits into that defintion, or if there was a natural explanation for it. Even if it was a 'miracle' it doesn't follow that there is a God. Of course He would have to say that, covering the bases.Maybe if Jesus came to earth and performed this task under scientific conditions then He would be taken seriously. But, as it stands, Jesus isn't really any more credible than any other magician. Well, to be fair, there always is. It may well be.But, isn't the natural world the only world we can examine and verify? Christians have their absolutes as well you know.However, when we examine the Gospels and add up the errors in them, including the historical inaccuracies, it is really only fair to reject them as reliable. There may well be some truth in them, but I think it would be difficult to weed these things out.Brian.

Nah.I was set free from the myth of Christ a long time ago.I hope you don't waste your whole life away self deluding yourself into thinking some ancient campfire tales are true.Brian.

I think we are within topic range But the thread will be closed soon as there's a software problem when threads go over 300 messages.I'm sure there will be a part two though.Brian.