Contradictions in the Bible

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[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

So what?

[–]fschmidt 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Yes, so what? The Bible isn't a mathematical proof. It is allowed to have contradictions as long as it does its job of promoting good societies. So posting contradictions is pointless.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I didn't say there was a point, nor need for mathematical proof, other than having general knowledge about this imperfect book written by men that is revered so much, perhaps too much.

Much like the Bible, we're all walking talking contradictions full of hypocrisy, juxtapositions, and paradoxes. Without exception.

[–]fschmidt 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Telling the average Christian moron that the Bible is imperfect is like telling a 4-year-old that there is no Santa Claus - it is pointlessly cruel.

this imperfect book written by men that is revered so much, perhaps too much.

It is far less revered by the general population than it was 200 years ago, and that is a large part of the modern problem.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

As bad a you may find SaidIt, I'm pretty sure we can agree that the average folks here are at least above the average uninformed pleb and above average Christian morons, thus capable of hearing that there is no Santa Claus.

It is far less revered by the general population than it was 200 years ago, and that is a large part of the modern problem.

This moot point may be so, especially for the average uninformed plebs. Now if you could turn around Hollywood (mission impossible) or YouTube (ditto) you might have a suitable moral/ethical and decentralized bottom-up replacement for the Bible. (I'd start by adding a MetaVote™ system or something better than the simplistic up/down rankings to better gauge the content to be appropriately filtered and promoted (by who's subjective values?).)

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Almost any idea can come from the Bible since it's so full of contradictions and word salads. Orthodoxy is determined by the church's picking and choosing, and it tries to intimidate people into not questioning their narrative.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It doesn't do a great job of that. All the interpolations attempting to make it such usually just end up turning it into a word salad. At that point everything is just decided by the church.