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Most Christians will tell you that there are no contradictions in the Bible and that God makes no mistakes for he is perfect.

But did you know that we don't even have to go past the first two chapters in the very first book in order to find an example of both?
Genesis chapters 1 and 2.
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Amish · 22-25, M
From what I know is that the Bible has no contradictions on its position that earth is flat.

Isaiah 11:12 : “And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.”

Revelation 7:1 : “And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.”
@Amish

Indeed.

"He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth"
Isaiah 40:20
Not a sphere or ball, mind you but a 2 dimensional circle.

Or indeed, Matt 4:8 " Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory."
Gotta be hard to see the whole world from a mountain, no matter how tall if the dang thing is hidden by the curve of the earth.
Amish · 22-25, M
@Pikachu so for this aspect we are able to prove that there are no contradictions. God is consistent as per Bible. Hope newer editions won’t do injustice to that.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
That Jesus character is the most imperfect major character in the biblical fairytale.
@Diotrephes

Nah.
Samson is way worse.
gregloa · 61-69, M
Man made the mistakes. Just like you are now.
@gregloa

Knowing that Adam would be better off without her

...ok....i ignored your weird misogynist comments before...is this meant to be a joke?
Are you sure you're actually joking? It's getting weird, bud.
It also would still represent a mistake on god's part if you say god knew Adam would be better off without a woman and then made a woman anyway...

don’t believe God made mistakes

I know you don't believe that otherwise we would not be disagreeing here.
The question is, is that based on what the scripture actually says or on church tradition?

He gave them free will

Free will has nothing to do with this particular issue. The actions of man do not enter into it.
The apparent mistake is entirely based in the story of how god created.

So....did you watch the video?
Do you still think "had formed" is the most accurate translation rather than the most convenient one?
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@gregloa

Woof. I know you're getting upset when i see wall of text with no paragraph brakes😅
I'm just gonna say a few things and leave it at that.
Do feel free to make a response though.

The video is nothing more than the arrogance of another know it all atheistic choice

Dan McClellan is not an atheist.
Mormon, actually. So a weird sort of Christian but a sect of Christianity non the less and by no means an Atheist.
But he is indeed a published Biblical scholar so the ad hominem basis of your criticism is not a good look... After all, you made no response to the actual content of his criticism.
Think on that.

Is Gods Word not clear that Man is better off without women?

How could any thoughtful person make that conclusion from god saying it is not right that man should be alone...and making for him a woman to be his companion?
Do you think god was wrong to do so? Surely that's a necessary conclusion if you say man would have been better off without woman...
Do you find you have issues with women in general?


. You have to take the Bible entirely, not partially

Do you remember the two mistakes i mentioned at the start?
That's one of them: Supposing that the Bible is univocal, that it has one voice, one message and one narrative instead of a myriad over the course of the centuries of writing of which it is composed.

and to say the KJV matches the Hebrew text perfectly is absurd

lol that would be an absurd thing to say...which is fine because i did not say that.
In fact most of the texts which are written in "plain english" do not use the pluperfect "had formed" for the reasons i mentioned. The NIV is one of the few that do. Why do you suppose that is?

Aaaanyway.
I think we can agree that we've reached the end of the productive portion of this conversation.
You've made it clear that you're not open to entertaining this argument while i feel that you have made no substantive argument in rebuttal.
As i said, do please make a response if you would like to do so and we'll leave it at that.👍
AdmiralPrune · 46-50, M
Why do you care what other people think?

Literally every post you make is the same.
@AdmiralPrune

As if that's not fun for me too...😘
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@AdmiralPrune

lol aww kitty putting his claws out now 🤭
No love, at three strikes you simply lose my attention. No big deal for either of us, i'm sure.
But thanks for the little dopamine hit even if you couldn't rise to the level of discourse i was looking for...


 
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