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15th April 2012, 11:07 AM | #2001 |
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The very existence of meteorites was not recognized until many centuries later.
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Science will never be able to explain how every single prophecy from the first Lord of the Rings movie came true in the third Lord of the Rings movie.
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Exactly. If the bible was the inspired word of god, why wouldn't god have told them the truth regarding meteors?
We are left with only a few conclusions: 1.) God intentionally lied to people about reality.(withholding information and letting people form false opinions is a form of lying) 2.) The bible wasn't inspired by god. Which would only mean that either god doesn't exist, or that the bible is a false representation of his will. The capacity of knowledge and learning of people 2000-3000 years ago does not differ from people today. To suggest that they couldn't adopt a new set of language to better address reality is to imply they were not yet "ready" for the truth. Why wouldn't they be ready for it? Those are weak examples of evidence for germ theory and infection spreading. And yet, the bible also demonstrates a rash handling of simple infections that would be easy to treat. Why not explain antibiotics? Jesus could have helped Cure entire leper colonies with spreading that knowledge. |
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So what? The Bible is the inerrant word of God, isn't it? He could have dictated to one of his human scribes that "there are big lumps of rock and/or iron and other metals that fall to earth and while falling, burn up and therefore give off light".
Which doesn't preclude God to tell his scribes to write down that "there are very small critters, smaller than the eye can see, that cause diseases". We've gone over this argument here many times. The prescription about latrines is crappy. It only applies to military encampments, and it fails to prescribe that the latrine should not be close to a well. And the reason? God guards the camp at night and he doesn't want to see feces lying around - nothing about sanitation. Deuteronomy 23:12-14:
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And it's still wrong. Meteorites are mostly harmless and don't cause nearly the destruction called for in revelation. Might as well say that portion of the fable describing orbital bombardment of missiles, which is an impossibility for the mere fact international law forbids such tactics.
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Can you give me some examples of fulfilled bible prophecies?
Perhaps you would like to address these failed prophecies Isaiah 19:4-5 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. Isaiah 52:1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Matthew 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Ezekiel 30:10-11 “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He and his army – the most ruthless of nations – will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.” .Matthew 16:28 "I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom." |
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The bible does not claim to be a science book, the vast majority of it deals with God's relationship with man, and spiritual and ethical matters. The little amount that does deal with science themes like Genesis could have been to satisfy the natural curiosity of the illiterate uneducated people in a manner they could easily understand without confusing them, and distracting them from the more important spiritual matters and ethical matters.
But with that said the Bible does seems to know a lot about science: Genesis 1:1a - the universe came first Genesis 1:1b - then the earth Gen 1:10 - then land and sea Gen 1:21 - then life in the sea Gen 1;24-25 - then land animals Gen 1:27 - lastly humans Also other biblical writers had other unusual scientific knowledge of such things as evaporation, condensation, a time when there was no precipitation. and that the earth hung suspended in space. Gen 2: 6,7 , Eccl 1:7 , Isa 40:22 , Job 26:7 Now back to prophecy. |
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Of course not. Science, as we know it, did not exist yet. If god was real, would he not have provided the basic understanding of the scientific method? or at least explain germ theory?
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You condensed that in a misleading way.
I think the science goes astray pretty early on: "1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light." So, first earth and the heavens, later the sun? I don't think that's quite right. And elsewhere in Genesis, is this: "18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” 19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name." Here, man was created first and was lonely, so God formed the wild animals and birds. Also a bit off, though I'm sure the apologists just see these as "difficulties", not contradictions or just blatantly wrong. |
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Let's turn those ethics upside down: if your God is a benevolent God, why didn't he include such simple precepts about basic hygiene so mankind would suffer less from diseases? As shown above, it would be simple to explain even to his then illiterate followers how this would work.
Oh yes. Is there any evidence forthcoming for any fulfilled prophecy? And how is it with those NT translations? Any evidence for the plausibility of your claimed translations? |
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Yes, if these texts were indeed the infallible word of God, they don't paint a pretty picture of God. Apparently, omniscient God lowers himself to the intellectual level of his followers and his not in any way interested in educated them or to ameliorate their lives, except then to have them jump through all kinds of hoops to please him. The rule about the latrines is a salient case in point: it's not about hygiene, it's about God not liking to see a turd here or there.
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Neither is a correct point. The Gospels are not divinely inspired as if God made them right it down, they're testaments to what the authors saw (at least superficially; we know that the gospels we have are not the originals of the writers, but words put to paper of their testimonies; chinese telephone and all)
As far as I know, God didn't write the Bible, and I doubt that's even up for discussion, so why try making it one of the choices? That's hardly fair... To take it seriously, God couldn't have intentionally lied to people because God didn't speak as if the writers were some stenographer... people only wrote their interpretation of events (or more accurately...mythological stories), right? And yes there will always be uneducated Christians who think the Bible is the unerring word of God, and they're wrong AND stupid, but let's not assume every Christian is like this, though some are. ( I should add I'm not here to be an apologist, but my ************ sensor works regardless of whether I am a Christian or not. |
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Sorry I noticed the edit after my post, so I'll address it in this one:
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It doesn't fall under category 2 however because you're accusing God of deception. HOWEVER I do like to think this makes an interesting case that if the AUTHORS made God first (probably the most likely thing...) then God would be an agent within a deceiving story... |
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I never stated that god wrote the bible. such a statement would be foolish. but clearly, the bible is supposed to be the inspired word OF god. If it contains errors, than either god 'lied'* in inspiring people, or that the information did not come from god (e.g., wasn't the inspired word).
I say lie to include lies of omission. It would be just as decietful to tell a falsehood as to withhold information critical information leaving people in ignorance. For instance, If Jesus was the son of god, then he would know Germ theory. Yet he never once shares this information... What does that say? |
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Look you don't understand what "Inspired word of God" means. It doesn't mean "Inspired word FROM God"
I just think blaming God is the ultimate strawman when you should be blaming the authors for the many many many many many errors in the Bible. Also... how the hell do you expect Jesus to know about Germ Theory? There is no reason why we should expect the Son of God to be omnipotent because omnipotent wasn't a characteristic of God then. Seriously that's like asking if Noah saves the Penguins and Kiwi's too....of course he couldn't have. They had no idea ABOUT penguins and Kiwis. Look if you're not going to assume God exists, then why must you force an argument that must assume God exists. Isn't it more accurate to just argue the truth here, that the authors of the books of the Bible were people, not God and that they're stuck with the rules of being people (ie when you don't know tits for pancakes about penguins you aren't going to include them, and when you don't know about microbes you're probably not going to include them either?) |
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I call shenanigans on the distinction you are attempting to make. Especially since we have a variety of books which claim to state the words of god directly.
My argument is the logical conclusion if god is real. He is either directly deceitful or does not care to actually share truth. The alternative solution is that the bible is NOT of god, either because the authors lied about it. This says nothing regarding whether or not god is real. |
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