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YellowStone:
I would like to thank Arcturus, Dwight and Joe for the sharing the spirit of truth that is so apparent in each of your posts. :)
Truly my Sister and Brothers, it is the wisdom of simple truth that makes this forum the wonderful truthful place it is and without each of you and the truth you share, it would be a lesser place indeed.
Not sure why I am so impressed....... :) Your posts just fit so perfectly I just had to share my thanks.
Love to you all in Christ,
Your brother,
Darren
Pax Vobiscum:
Well! Those are some responses! I would love to scripturally refute many of the claims made here, but I will just sit back for a while and let everyone calm down.
Bill, to answer your latest question, usually the verses (Lk 22:43-4) are omitted not replaced.
To claim that the Bible has not blatant contradictions is ludicrous. How one handles his or her faith based on this fact is another subject entirely. Personally, I think that Biblical contradictions and errors are a part of the Plan -- it keeps me believing in God and not putting my faith in an anthology of truly blessed writings.
We should all keep searching for deeper understanding using all of the gifts God gave us as humans.
Peace
Kat:
Interesting discussion, here is an email where Ray answers about another scripture 'contradiction' but his answer could apply here as well.
http://www.forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,2084.0.html ----
Dear Joed:
I will not take the time (it could take days) to try and unscramble all of the sources of scholarly bickering over whether words were changed or statements were added, etc. I believe Paul made the statments attributed to him regarding women not teaching in the congregation.
There are dozens (perhaps hundreds) of apparent contradictions in the Scriptures. I cannot take the rest of my life to try and explain them all. Hope you understand. It just doesn't bother me. Why spend time on what appear to be slight variations in the Scriptures? What is gained? Does the fact that the Bible says "the sun stood still in the midst of heaven," when in reality, for the sun to not move across the sky, it is the EARTH that would have had to "stand still" prove that the Bible is false, unreliable, and not of God? From the perspective of the earth, the sun DID STAND STILL IN THE MIDST OF HEAVEN. From the perspective of the earth, the sun DOES RISE and the sun DOES SET. We do not speak of earthrise and earthset.
Now for the Centurion: One account tells us that Jesus spoke to the Centurion and the Centurion spoke back to Him and the other account tells us that it was those whom the Centurion dispatched that spoke to Jesus and Jesus to them. How can they both be true? Does not this story itself give us the principle by which both can be true? Did not the Centurion state that he had authority over his men and when we spoke the word or command the word or command was to be followed?
The "friends" that the Centurion sent to meet Jesus just before arriving at the house were the Ambassadors, if you will, of the Centurion. His word was in THEIR MOUTHS. What they spoke to Jesus was the same as if the Centurion himself was speaking, and this is the way that I believe Matthew portrays this account, just as Jesus Himself is the "WORD of God" His Father. When Jesus speaks, IT IS GOD SPEAKING (listen to my Bible Conference tape on the Forum).
Don't get hung up on trivial things to the extent that you fail to see the lesson in the teaching. Forget whether it is the Centurion himself or his Ambassadors--what is the lesson to be learn from it. I assure you that both accounts give the exact, God-inspired, spiritual lesson.
God be with you,
Ray
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mercy, peace, and love
Kat
Bill:
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Bill, to answer your latest question, usually the verses (Lk 22:43-4) are omitted not replaced.
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Thanks pax
--- Quote from: Pax Vobiscum on April 13, 2007, 08:00:27 PM ---
To claim that the Bible has not blatant contradictions is ludicrous.
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How do you handle these contradictions?
Bill
Pax Vobiscum:
I handle Biblical contradictions and errors the same way I handle the contradictions and errors of everyday living:
God is love. All else is style.
Peace
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