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pink sasquatch
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Message 8 of 85 (151485)
10-20-2004 11:31 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by jt
10-20-2004 11:09 PM


Hey JT,
I do not think that fallacy applies to the Bible...
The exception to this fallacy is when the authority being appealed to cannot be wrong.
While I respect your belief that the Bible contains infalliable truth, I cannot except it rationally or logically, since the Bible fails in these ways on a number of points:
- different versions of the Bible contradict each other
- there are contradictions within the Bible
- parts of the Bible are in code (as popularly accepted for Revelations)
How can a source (really sources) containing so many possibilities contain a single infalliable truth?
The Bible allows for endless interpretation, and is thus only as infalliable as those interpreting it, who we know are definitely falliable.

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pink sasquatch
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Message 18 of 85 (152029)
10-22-2004 3:19 PM
Reply to: Message 17 by jt
10-22-2004 1:28 PM


JT,
A statement you make here:
Our fallability restricts our ability to know the true meaning of the Bible, but doesn't affect the Bible's infallability at all.
Exactly. Even if the Bible is 'true' (despite the inconsistencies and various versions) - it's truth is sullied by our falliability.
Therefore, we can't infalliably use it as an infalliable source to argue for definitive truth.

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