Biblical Inerrancy http://biblical.justdrew.net exploring the truth Fri, 22 Apr 2011 04:04:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Science vs Ignorance: a detailed response to email BS Faith is the crutch with which religion props up the belief in something that not only makes no sense but is also unnecessary. So how do you pull that off? Make it seem like faith is a virtue and lack of it a vice.

I came across this email someone had sent me and it made me both laugh and cry a little. It’s a tired and fictional account of some valiant christian student, standing up to the bullying domination by an atheist college professor. More like the written version of a Chick comic than a true story... and just as entertaining.

]]> http://biblical.justdrew.net/2011/04/science-vs-ignorance-a-detailed-response-to-email-bs/ Got holy spirit? The most common response I get from defenders of the bible centers around the argument that states, "You must be guided by the holy spirit in order to understand the bible". Others tell me that some older translation is without error and that to clear up my cloudy understanding of the modern text, all I need do is learn ancient Greek, Hebrew and get ahold of some original manuscripts- then it will all become clear. Well, if that's true, my question is, "Why?" Those people telling me that don't actually read original texts in Greek. How did they arrive at this perfect understanding? And why would an omniscient god bury such important information in such obscurity? Doesn't my eternal soul depend on understanding this stuff? So what if my only means of understanding the word is through modern English translations? If those versions are full of errors, does god just hate English-speakers? Now back to this holy spirit guidance thing. If that is true then I am truly out in the cold. No- wait a minute. I used to believe this crap. So the holy spirit must have at one time favored me and blessed me with understanding- only to pull the plug. ]]> http://biblical.justdrew.net/2008/03/got-holy-spirit/ Contact justdrew drew@justdrew.net If you want to thank me for the work I do keeping this site up and current, visit the sites of any of the sponsors or better yet- go to the Further Reading page and buy a book listed there. I'll get credit for the referral and you'll get an excellent collection of wisdom and even more thought-provoking commentary. All the best life has to offer you, -justdrew]]> http://biblical.justdrew.net/2008/03/contact-justdrew/ I thought they were one and the same… Hebrews 4:15 Jesus says only his father is without sin - Matt 19:17]]> http://biblical.justdrew.net/2008/03/i-thought-they-were-one-and-the-same/ Holy trinity, Batman! John 10:30 Jesus and god are separate - Matt 19:16,17, Luke 18:19, implied by hundreds of others. As you may or may not know, the concept of the trinity is not actually referenced anywhere in the bible. ]]> http://biblical.justdrew.net/2008/03/holy-trinity-batman/ Secret disciple? Joseph of Arimathea is a "secret disciple of jesus" who previously feared recriminations from the Jewish Priests. - John 19:38 He was simply a previously unknown "follower of jesus" - Matt 27:57 He was an honored member of the Jewish high court who was "eagerly expecting the arrival of god's kingdom" - Mark 15:42,43, Luke 23:50 Now, if everybody who was "eagerly expecting the arrival of god's kingdom" was a disciple, then there must be have been hundreds of 'em running around the place... ]]> http://biblical.justdrew.net/2008/03/secret-disciple/ Get it right, will ya? jeremiah prophesied the 30 pieces of silver, etc. - Matt 27:9-10 However, zechariah made that prophecy - Zechariah 11:12-13]]> http://biblical.justdrew.net/2008/03/get-it-right-will-ya/ So where do ya want I should deliver dis package? Mark 1:21, 29
Simon and andrew's home was in the same place as philip's - Bethsaida - John 1:44 ]]> http://biblical.justdrew.net/2008/03/so-where-do-ya-want-i-should-deliver-dis-package/ Spirited discussion Eccles 8:8 bible zombies, this week- TabithaPeter restores spirit of tabitha after her death - Acts 9:37, 40
]]> http://biblical.justdrew.net/2008/03/spirited-discussion/ He is VERY late Mark 14:61-62 He told three disciples that they would (live to) see his return - Matt 16;28 He told the disciples he would return before they had preached throughout Palestine - Matt 10:23 The generation living at that time (circa 30 christian era) was to be still be alive when "all these things" took place - Mark 13:3-30 Might be worth noting that current scientific opinion holds that the world has not yet ended. However it has been shown that the generations of all the actors in the bible have long since passed. Hmmm. Those who crucified him will see him return (2nd time) "with their own eyes" - Revelation 1:7 Despite saying all these definite statements above, only seconds later he tells the disciples that no one - including himself (I thought he knew *everything*) - knew when the end would come - Mark 13:32 ]]> http://biblical.justdrew.net/2008/03/he-is-very-late/