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Re: 22/7 & infinities (was: Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil?)
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Thu, 26 Aug 1999 00:49:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom McDonald writes:
> > Presumably you're not going to claim that both of these are true? Yet • they
> > are both very clearly written down.
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> I can explain them as far as the context of "the reward he got for his
> wickedness" if we consider the verse after Acts 1:18, and the verses • following
> Matthew 27:5, respectively. Here is a good example why it is good to read • more
> than one biblical account of the same story to clarify details. I've • included
> the verses you were kind enough to provide:
<big snip about story of Judas dying>
> How's that?
Well I have to admit to being impressed by the effort you've made to
reconcile
those accounts. Trouble is there's a point where what you are doing ceases
to look like a legitimate and reasonable interpretation and starts to look
more
like you're trying to fit what it says round to match your prior
beliefs.
I'd say your analysis goes way beyond that point.
Those two stories are quite clearly *different* stories. Wouldn't it be
reasonable to assume that if they were intended to be the same story, then
you'd
be able to see how they matched without having to go through the kind of
mental
contortions you've just achieved? Yes there are many
ways you can hang yourself. But I don't know of any way that involves
your intestines falling out!
Here's another interpretation - which seems a lot more sensible to me.
Assuming that the Bible is the word of God[1] then perhaps the point of
having these two apparently contradictory accounts in it is this:
It is God's way of showing
us that we should not take everything in the Bible literally, but should be
more
careful to think about what is said and try to see the real meaning behind
the stories.
Does that sound any better?
Simon
http://www.SimonRobinson.com
[1] I'm pretty dubious about that but I'll accept it for the sake of
argument.
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