Hmm... except it is based on the lie of there being
no contradictions in scripture and therefor can not possibly be an «infallible» rule.
There are
no contradictions in scripture.
In addition to that I would add that when one begins to think thoroughly about the idea that women should not teach scripture most (if not all) churches will have some sort of gaping hole that they have incorporated into their belief regarding this that has absolutely no scriptural foundation — not to mention they typically fail to confront
the contradictions in scripture regarding women in leadership.
When Jeremy said this author says there are
contradictions in scripture the red flag goes up «liberalism» we use to call them non-believers 30 years ago but now they are believers but I don't see how when you put your faith in the Bauble to be true for your salvation and you life then you say not all of it is true that would be self - relevant contradiction in itself.
Liz, you stated that there were «
contradictions in scripture».
Quite to the contrary, if approached properly, supposed
contradictions in Scripture can actually help strengthen our faith.
Is there
a contradiction in Scripture, or is something else going on in one (or both) of these passages?
I can't help but be entertained by the verbal gymnastics whenever a person of faith is confronted by an obvious
contradiction in scripture.
Not exact matches
It's a cherry - picking of
scripture used to address what's happening right now
in popular culture,» says Knust, author of the recent book «Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising
Contradictions on Sex and Desire.»
It is only when we detach «texts of
Scripture» that there are apparent
contradictions in the sayings of Christ.
Unlike old - time liberals who busied themselves with finding «
contradictions»
in the Bible, and unlike fundamentalists who busied themselves with trying to explain away those «
contradictions», these Bible readers see a series of robust arguments among the many voices of
scripture.
One can lay out all the evidence and build (and have built) an airtight case against every single religion on Earth past and present, but still believers will not budge from their point of view, even when presented with the lies and
contradictions in the very
scriptures they they base their beliefs on.
Such a creator is not the personalized one held by believers
in this forum and can not be arrived at using said arguments due to
contradiction with
scripture.
Eichenwald also focuses on narrative «
contradictions»
in the biblical account
in order to undermine appeals to
Scripture; specifically, the Christmas story, the Easter story, the Flood narrative, and the Creation accounts.
One can lay out all the evidence and build (and have built) an airtight case against every single religion on Earth past and present, but still believers will not budge from their point of view, even when presented with the lies and
contradictions in the very
scriptures they base their beliefs on.
When confronted with a
contradiction in their dogma or
scripture or just the ugliness of some of the things the bible says the first reaction of the apologists is to state absolute knowledge that it can not be so.
On this level, there can be direct
contradictions between the statements of different theologies.63 Thus, Boff's social notion of the Trinity could offer a double criticism to Panikkar's Cosmotheandrism:
in regard to
Scripture and Tradition, Panikkar has shifted away from the Trinitarian revelation.
But
in contrast to the scribal assumption that all passages of
Scripture are equally binding and that apparent
contradictions are to be reconciled, Jesus sets one passage against another.
When science posits a truth that seems to contradict
Scripture (lack of evidence of a global flood, for example), the Bible's inherent elasticity simply envelops the new finding, and any apparent
contradiction is relegated to the realm of parable (where Noah's ark resides,
in the view of many Catholics).