Topics Started by srd
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To circumcise or not to circumcise?
by srd inhere's a good one for you, looking at gen 17 and paul's subversive interpretive practices.
http://contradictionsinthebible.com/is-the-covenant-of-circumcision-an-eternal-covenant-or-not/.
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Did Yahweh command child sacrifice at one time?
by srd inalthough there is no explicit commandment or stipulation that ordains child sacrifice in the bible, there are nonetheless numerous passages that discuss it as if it was being practiced.
this post lays the query out.
http://contradictionsinthebible.com/firstborn-sons-redeemed-or-not/.
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How to fight biblical ignorance??
by srd inthe bible this; the bible that; 'tis the word of the almighty.
we all be following its every word... blah, blah, blah.
many biblical scholars lament the fact that the bible is the most misunderstood, abused, and appropriated text by numerous different religious communities, each one claiming to provide its right interpretation, while ironically supporting their own belief system.
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Just learned. Genesi 1 doesn't actually depict the creation of the planet Earth
by srd inthe ancient hebrews, and their yahweh included i suppose (can i say that here?
or do you'll prefer jehovah?
), didn't even know of the earth.
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More Bible Contradictions
by srd inwe've been posting 1 a day since 1/2013 at http://contradictionsinthebible.com .
we are now at #60 -- another contradiction created when the later priestly text was redacted into the earlier yahwist and elohist texts.
the priestly author had a unique narrative chronology and interest in deathm marriage, travel, and settlement notices.
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Did Jacob steal the blessing by deceiving his father or not? Did he flee Beersheba to avoid Esau or to get married? etc.
by srd inwe are at genesis 27-28 now, doing some serious bible study through the bible's contradictions, i.e., their different textual traditions, at http://contradictionsinthebible.com.
many of you have joined un the discussion.
should finish up the book of genesis in march..
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Were the Biblical writers writing history?
by srd inand how would you know or not know.
read and respond http://contradictionsinthebible.com/how-do-we-know-that-the-biblical-writers-were-not-writing-history/.
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How can anyone claiming to be part of Yahwehs people so blatantly disregard his eternal laws?
by srd inexcerpts from http://contradictionsinthebible.com/circumcised-or-not/.
given the priestly writer's strict adherence to circumcision as the covenantal sign by which one belongs to yahweh as his people, is heir to the promise of the land, and can partake in yahweh's festivals such as the passover---all "eternal laws" expressed through yahweh's mouth!---we might rightly be able to grasp the seriousness of the charges laid against paul by the jerusalem church in allowing uncircumcised males into the covenant, into the passover feasts, and into the inheritance of the land (galatians).. paul's complete disregard for the priestly writer's beliefs, the "eternal covenant of circumcision" as the priestly writer put it, is blasphemous we might say toward this specific text, the author who wrote it, and most importantly this author's conception of yahweh!
it is no coincidence that the historical record has shown that paul's form of "christianity" was rejected by the jews, and rightly so since it also rejected the torah of moses!
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Yahweh, Beelzebub, and the birth of Satan
by srd inot theology dictates that yahweh is sovereign.
this means that he is the creator of good and evil, distributer of health and illnesses, etc.
only later does the idea of a separate "eveil" agent emmerge.
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By my count there are 79 contradictions in Genesis alone!
by srd injust posted the last 2, which once again highlight the fact that later writers, compelled by differing historical circumstances, rewrote the "historical" narratives that they themselves inherited.
an even later editor then stitched together these two narratives to form the bible as it now stands.. thursday, we now move on to the book of exodus!
http://contradictionsinthebible.com.