Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!stanford.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jclark@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (John Clark) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Biblical Contradictions Message-ID: Date: 17 Jun 91 00:33:48 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 18 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article psburns@lims03.lerc.nasa.gov (MAUREEN BURNS) writes: +Many of your contradictions do indeed seem to be valid. But scripture also +says (in Jeremiah, I think) that God has chosen to not reveal everything +about himself to us. He only chose to reveal to us that which we need to One can then wonder why the 'bible' was layed in concrete some 1700 years ago. Why is there no continuing 'revelation' with the same weight as those things revealed in the canonical text. With the 'skeptical' view that most denominations take regarding the revelations for say Joseph Smith, or E.G. White, one can only conclude that most Christians believe that 'revelations' stop with the incorporation of the current Bible canon. Only small interpretive alterations or 'revelations' can be allowed. -- John Clark jclark@ucsd.edu