What do the extensive mental contortions needed to explain the biblical contradictions tell you?

Answer 1

It makes me wonder about the extensive mental contortions necessary to find these "contradictions" in the first place.
It makes me worry about the lack of education it takes not to reallize that the Bible was not writtien in contemporaray English to begin with.
It makes me very sad to think that there are actually people out there who spend so much time looking for reasons to deny their own salvation.
It tells me that your focus is skewed.

Answer 2

Since you can apply the same contortions to any other book to make it say more or less whatever you want, it tells me that people make the bible say more or less whatever they want.

If the bible was meant to be a message on how to live, why would it have been encrypted so much as to need decoding? An omniscient god would understand this concept and ensure that the bible read with clarity instead of reading like a world war 2 code book.

Answer 3

The mental contortions needed is study and seeking truth.

For example;

God’s enemies will use scripture as Satan did to tempt Christ.
They will misquote, twist or askew the truth for their agenda.
For example, Isaiah 45:7 to say God created evil.

Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

A deeper study will always manifest truth.

(create) “bara” in the Hebrew.
The Hebrew Poel Participle of the verb “bara” which, with “evil”, requires the rendering “bring about”.

(evil) “ra, raah” in the Hebrew, is never rendered “sin”.
God brings calamity about as the inevitable consequence of sin.
It is rendered “calamity”.

God brings about calamity because of sin.

Whenever there are so-called contradictions of God’s Word, a deeper study is always required.
This requires time and effort of the individual to delve into the truth of God’s Word.
Also, use your brain and think about it.
God cannot create true love.
True love will only manifest in a being of freewill.
In like manner God cannot create evil or righteousness, but will only manifest in beings of freewill.

Answer 4

There are no contradictions in the bible... now let me ask you a question; do you ever get a sudden piercing fear deep in your heart when you think about what might happen after you die someday? Just curious...
~know JESUS know salvation...no JESUS NO salvation~

Answer 5

It occurred to me, while answering one of the more nonsensical letters that I get re my contributions here, that Orwell's "doublethink" was an appropriate concept. The gist of much of the commentary is that you have to believe in order to believe -- which is, of course, silly.

Answer 6

It may tie your mind in knots.
For me the path is straight and plain.

Answer 7

It tells me that your time is running out, and you may not make it.

Answer 8

That man has messed with it far too much!

Answer 9

That it's complete & utter bulls**t??

what do i win???