Hi Billy, On Apr 21, 2011, at 12:47 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Yes, there are inconsistencies throughout the Bible. You see them from start > to finish, > from Genesis to Revelation. Two creation stories in Genesis, four versions of > the life > of Christ in the Gospels, and all sorts of "mysteries" in Revelation that > just don't > seem to add up no matter how much "math" you do to try and understand it all.
I mostly agree, but I would use the term "discrepancies" rather than "inconsistencies". Discrepancy is an observable fact, but inconsistency is a matter of interpretation. I fully concede that the Biblical texts are full of discrepancies, but I wouldn't say that makes it "inconsistent" in the usual connotations of the term. Some discrepancies are undoubtedly inconsistent, but not all of them are, and sometimes the difference is just a lack of imagination on our part. -- Ernie P. > > -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
