Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: BAE101@psuvm.psu.edu (Lemming) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Is the Bible God's Word? Message-ID: Date: 11 Oct 89 08:25:56 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Penn State University Lines: 31 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , bnr-fos!bmers58!davem@watmath.waterloo.edu (Dave Mielke) says: > >apparent logical contradictions. He has, however, written it in such a >way that those who read it with the understanding that it is the Word >of God and, therefore, cannot contain any contradictions whatsoever, >will find a harmony throughout the Scriptures that is so remarkably >pure and perfect that it can be nothing other than the work of someone >with infinitely more wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and >organizational capabilities than any man (except Jesus) has ever had. > I find it amazing that so many of the people who do read the Bible with the assumption that it is the word of God can come up with vastly different interpretations. If all of these people had the God-given ability to understand the Bible, all religions would be the same. We can draw two possible conclusions from this: 1. Only one religion is right. (My, how bigoted!) 2. These people do NOT have a God-given understanding of the Bible. If you read something and expect to find no faults, you will of course overlook and faults that there might be. I, personally, find 2 to be more probable. But go ahead and be self-deluded. You seem to be happy. Just don't try to force your ideas on me. ------- ======================================================================== | Alex Elliott (The Lemming) | A circle is a line which meets | | BAE101@PSUVM.BITNET | its other end without ending. | ========================================================================