(on seeing god)
"... I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." -- Genesis 32:30
"No man hath seen God at any time..."-- John 1:18
(on honoring parents)
"Honor thy father and thy mother..."-- Exodus 20:12
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. " -- Luke 14:26
(on gods power)
"... with God all things are possible." -- Matthew 19:26
"...The LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron." -- Judges 1:19
2007-02-21 07:48:13 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
wanna elaborate?
2007-02-21 07:48:39 · update #1
OOOO i think they are!!
2007-02-21 07:49:18 · update #2
thats it? thats all youve got to defend it with? the famous christian line 'dur you took it out of context' wow i expected alittle better from u
2007-02-21 08:02:25 · update #3
I'll start with the last: "he" is Judah, not the LORD. It was Judah who "could not2.
Next one up:
Yes, Jesus wanted us to honour our parents too. Here he was talking comparatively. To love God so much, any other relationship would be as "hate". It is also a question of choosing God over one's family.
On the other hand Jesus condemned the pharisees for using some human religious precepts as an excuse for not taking care of family.
Finally, your first example: (this is the only one that poses any difficulty).
I think there are different levels of "seeing" God. For example, when Moses wanted to see God's glory, God had him hide in the crevice of a rock, so he saw God's glory reflected, probably, and heard the voice.
One can see an Angel of the Lord, also called a theophanie (a visible revelation of God), without seeing God in all his glory. In 1 Corinthians 13, at the end of the famous passage on love, we read: "Now we see in a glass, darkly... but we will see face to face" (look it up, I am paraphrasing from memory here).
So while I recognize that this one is a little more difficult than the first two, it really does not trouble me. It is not the first time the same word is used in different ways.
2007-02-21 07:59:27 · answer #1 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hearby declare you guilty of the same thing you probably hate about a lot of Christians: taking Bible verses out of context and manipulating them to mean whatever you want them to.
Don't feel badly, though. I pick on Christians for doing the same thing. I'll bet you cannot count the amount of times they've thrown Bible versus at you, but the Bible doesn't really work like that. It was written in a certain time and context, historically and philosophically. You can make it say just about anything you want to if you cherry-pick the verses. You can do the same thing with the Constitution or a science book, but the Bible is particularly fun because people get so riled up.
So I guess, technically, I am arguing that those are not contradictions. All of those verses are taken out of context and are subject to manipulated interpretation as such. Creative, though. I'll give you credit for that!
2007-02-21 15:58:50 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not when you understand that there is God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
2007-02-21 15:57:26 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. E 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"... with God all things are possible." -- Matthew 19:26
I like this one. Here's a list of things I'd like to see people that see themselves as "with God" do:
- Fly (without mechanical help, and straight down isn't flying)
- Cure a disease (any disease)
- End hunger
- End war (this one will be really hard, because God seems to like war)
Just a short list
2007-02-21 15:55:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
,While you look in the parable's, pray that the holy spirit teaches you what you are suppose to know about them and, then share what was taught. As for asking a human to know is like going to the bread store looking for nuts and bolts.
2007-02-21 15:56:28 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not just try to explain it?
I think there are obvious contradictions but it is THEY who manipulate it and interpret it any which way they like to attempt at remaining consistent.
2007-02-21 16:04:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will get many christian answers saying you are wrong and going to hell etc, don't worry as the bible has 100's of contradictions that christians explain away as poor translation, confusion by the writers etc.
The bible is one big condradiction.
2007-02-21 15:54:28 · answer #7 · answered by Jason Bourne 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'd say so.
Here are some more to make you think:
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/donald_morgan/inconsistencies.html
2007-02-21 16:04:04 · answer #8 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I will need to study them and see.
2007-02-21 15:54:43 · answer #9 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please study the two sites' content below for a comprehensive list of so-called biblical contradictions.
http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/bible.htm
http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/bible.htm
2007-02-21 15:54:14 · answer #10 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋