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Old 11-30-2006, 03:09 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MickinEngland View Post
Nah, Christians LURV the Truth, it's beautiful!
That's why in the Bible we read that Jesus's attempted miracles sometimes flopped, and that elsewhere he had temper tantrums, and that he allowed his right-hand man Peter to carry a sword, and that he said the night before his crucifixion "Oh God I don't want to die tomorrow, get me out of it"..
See, none of that's been edited out over the centuries, that's why we can trust the Bible, it says the truth straight out..
Here's more on the same theme -

JUST LIKE YOU AND ME by Mick
Jesus wasn't much to look at -"He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him" (Isaiah 53:2)
And Paul was nothing to write home about -
"For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful, but his appearance is unimpressive, and he speaks poorly" (2 Cor 10:10)
And Moses admitted to being unable to think on his feet-
"O Lord, I have never been eloquent, i'm slow of speech and tongue." (Exodus 4:10)
And Jonah was so scared he refused pointblank to be a prophet -
"Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish." (Jonah 1:3)
And Jeremiah said - "Lord i'm no good at speaking, i'm too young and people won't take me seriously" (Jer 1:6)
And Jesus said "Oh God I don't want to die tomorrow, get me out of it if you can" (Matt 26:42)
The moral of all this? - many Biblical people were as ordinary as you and me..
You're right. Thanks for making that point. The bible is full of contradicting glory and stuff that just plain ole doesn't make sense. Yet people follow it like it's the truth.

Point to a passage that makes no sense and another that contradicts itself and a christian will say that's just an example of the bible speaking truth.....

No... that's an example of the bible being wrong. Blind faith is a powerful thing

But hey the bible is awesome

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