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Because I see these human errors as theologically irrelevant.If the Bible is so filled with errors why do you profess to be Christian???
So you believe in a Book that's filled with errors. Hmm. You need to look in your mirror. It's not the Bible that's wrong.Because I see these human errors as theologically irrelevant.
Ask an inerrantist whether Jesus sent his apostles out with sandals and staff (Mark 6:8-9) or without them (Matthew 10:10), and the answer will come back “The gospels must have been describing two different missions.” Ask where the “must have” comes from, and the answer ultimately comes back, in words or substance, that the consistency of Scripture is a given.
Even for the inerrantist, it is not crucial to know whether the disciples were sent out with or without sandals for a particular mission. They don’t care which instruction was given, any more than they care whether the law requires driving on the left or on the right side of the road. But they care deeply that only one instruction was given, for otherwise their world would be as chaotic as a world in which the law allowed driving on both sides of the road. If the texts of two gospels give two different answers to any question―even to the issue of apostolic footwear―they care deeply that one of them be explained away.
It’s a slippery slope thing with them. It’s a Luke 16:10 thing. Most of us would not be scandalized in the least by one of two gospel authors getting a theologically-irrelevant detail wrong. But the inerrantist demands literal historical truth on every detail, however minor, because for him, there aren’t two gospel authors. There is only one, and He cannot err.
I do not see the point in downplaying the human element like this. I expect theological truth from my Bible, not factual accuracy on minute historical details. And I am not scandalized by inaccuracies as to the latter.
That saw cuts both ways. Why would you? You didn't refute the contradictions.If the Bible is so filled with errors why do you profess to be Christian???
Can you answer the @RedFan questions?You still didn't answer my question. A Christian would!
I didn't say the Bible is filled with contradictions. YOU did.That saw cuts both ways. Why would you? You didn't refute the contradictions.
Better question: Why are you attacking our Bible and calling yourself Christian? I don't think you have a clue.
Believeth what?Mk 16 He that believeth not shall be DAMNED!
And that ain't good!
This indicates that ALL eventually experience the consuming fire of God's presence - but not all can survive that experience. Fire either refines or destroys, depending on what the substance is composed of.Mark 9:49 NIV
Everyone will be salted with fire.
Christianity isn't just the Bible. There should be a relationship with God, a religious practice, and a fraternity with others who believe.If the Bible is so filled with errors why do you profess to be Christian???
God of the Bible Whom you reject.Believeth what?
It's referring to Bible choppers, for one.The statement is not specific. Get it right or you will be toast.
Actually you will be anyway. We all will.
I'm just a Bible believing Christian. I don't think you have a clue what you are.This comes before Mark 16.
Mark 9:49 NIV
Everyone will be salted with fire.
IOW, you pick the parts you like.Christianity isn't just the Bible. There should be a relationship with God, a religious practice, and a fraternity with others who believe.
The Bible remains important as a source of revelation, but it isn't necessary that every bit of it be regarded as words straight from the mouth of God Himself. That clearly isn't the case for every verse, or even for most verses. Where God directly speaks the Bible tells us so. The rest we should regard as the words of faithful but fallible men.
You do it too. Everyone does. Not really a legitimate rebuttal.IOW, you pick the parts you like.
No one here is attacking the Bible as uninspired by God, @Jack. We just have a respectful disagreement on whether every sentence is literally true. Some sentences cannot be, because two writers describe the same event differently. Some sentences are metaphors, some are hyperbole.I'm just a Bible believing Christian. I don't think you have a clue what you are.
I can't say I've never, but... I actually have rules for interpretation. They are simple:IOW, you pick the parts you like.
Because it is not the physical cities but the people that are suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.- How is it that Sodom was punished with eternal fire?
- What does this tell us about the use of the term "eternal" elsewhere in scripture?
Jude 1:7 NIV
In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion.
They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
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Many people read this phrase as if it meant "the people that are eternally suffering the vengeance of fire".Because it is not the physical cities but the people that are suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
In Jude it is the people who are the subject of eternal fire and not the source.Many people read this phrase as if it meant "the people that are eternally suffering the vengeance of fire".
The "eternal fire" emerges as a constant stream of fire from God's eternal throne (as in Daniel 7:9-10). The wicked are burned up in the judgment by this eternal fire emerging from before God's throne. The emphasis should be on the Source of the fire being eternal - not that those who are judged by it will suffer eternally.
In Jude, it is the fire itself which is eternal - the cities' suffering is not said to be eternal. God's eternal fire in vengeance destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities of the plain. Jude had to be referring to God as the Source of that eternal fire coming in a constant stream from before His throne, since the flames which destroyed all those cities ceased burning after the next day when Abraham viewed that smoking zone from a distance. The eternal fire coming from God's enthroned presence in heaven never ends.In Jude it is the people who are the subject of eternal fire and not the source.