A long, long time ago, I used to be a Christian. Then again, I also used to believe in Santa Claus. The thing that primarily killed my faith is that I read enough of The Bible to realize that it teemed with contradictions and thus couldn’t possibly have been divinely inspired, AKA the infallible words of a perfect God that was dictated to human transcribers.
Here’s a pair of verses that are completely incompatible:
And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. —Luke 12:10
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. —Romans 10:13
I used to agonize over those two, because if you commit a sin that can never be forgiven, you burn in the Lake of Fire forever—no turning back, do not pass GO, do not collect $200. So what would happen if, in the same sentence, I said, “Dear Lord, between you and me, the Holy Ghost is kind of a jerkoff, but I’m calling on your name, anyway—so save me, dude”? These two verses can’t be simultaneously true. They cancel out one another.
Another thing that ultimately made no sense was the whole Old Testament/New Testament conundrum. God actually changes his mind? In Leviticus, God lays down a bunch of laws and calls them “everlasting.” Then in the New Testament, we suddenly hear this:
For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second. —Hebrews 8:7
So God made a deal with the Hebrews that had faults in it? God is imperfect? It doesn’t compute.
Long after I stopped being a Christian, I started realizing there were other things about The Bible that made no sense, whether logically or emotionally. For example, here’s what is probably the most-quoted Bible verse of all:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. —John 3:16
I now have a son. The idea that I would send him in my stead to be crucified for someone else’s fuckups doesn’t sound like love to me; it sounds like the ultimate punk move.
Also: If Adam and Eve were the original humans, how did the world populate itself without incest?
For your edification and enlightenment, here are 30 more pairs of Bible verses that contradict one another:
1.
Thou shalt not kill. —Exodus 20:13
Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side. and slay every man his brother…companion…neighbor. —Exodus 32:27
2.
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. —Revelation 8:7
And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. —Revelation 9:4
3.
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord. —Proverbs 12:22
The Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee. —I Kings 22:23
4.
And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month…Nebuzaradan…came…unto Jerusalem… —2 Kings 25:8
…in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month…came Nebuzaradan…into Jerusalem… —Jeremiah 52:12
5.
For by grace are ye saved through faith…not of works. —Ephesians 2:8,9
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. —James 2:24
6.
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. —2 Kings 24:8
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem… —2 Chronicles 36:9
7.
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy…and they shall be your possession…they shall be your bondmen forever. —Leviticus 25:45-46
Undo the heavy burdens…let the oppressed go free,…break every yoke. —Isaiah 58:6
8.
For I am the Lord; I change not. —Malachi 3:6
And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. —Exodus 32:14
9.
For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. —Exodus 20:5
The Lord is good to all. —Psalms 145:9
10.
No man hath seen God at any time. —John 1:18
For I have seen God face to face. —Genesis 32:30
11.
For every man shall bear his own burden. —Galatians 6:2
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. —Galatians 6:2
12.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. —Romans 3:23
There was a man…who name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright. —Job 1:1
13.
Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign. —II Kings 8:26
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign. —II Chronicles 22:2
14.
Submit yourself to every ordinance of man…to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors. —I Peter 2:13
We ought to obey God rather than men. —Acts 5:29
15.
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. —Mark 16:2
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. —John 20:1
16.
And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. —Mark 15:25
…about the sixth hour…they cried out…crucify him….Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. —John 19:14-16
17.
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned… —Romans 5:12
Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death. —John 8:51
18.
Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. —Genesis 9:3
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall. —Romans 14:21
19.
Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?…And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly… —Matthew 27:13-14
Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?…Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? —John 18:33-34
20.
For he cast two pillars of brass, ofeighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. —1 Kings 7:15
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. —2 Chronicles 3:15
21.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. —Proverbs 26:4
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. —Proverbs 26:5
22.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. —Matthew 5:16
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. —Matthew 6:1
23.
And [Judas] cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. —Matthew 27:5
Now [Judas] purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. —Acts 1:18
24.
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. —Matthew 10:34
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. —John 16:33
25.
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark. —Genesis 6:19
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. —Genesis 7:2
26.
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart… —Matthew 17:1
And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. —Luke 9:28
27.
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. —Matthew 26:52
Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. —Luke 22:36
28.
Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. —II Samuel 6:23
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah…and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul. —II Samuel 21:8
29.
…the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach… —I Timothy 6:15-16
The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice…clouds and darkness are round about him. —Psalms 97:1-2
30.
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: —Proverbs 24:17
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. —Psalms 58:1
In the author's opinion, these verses represent inconsistencies which would not be characteristic of inspiration by a perfect "God." Note: The author makes a subtle distinction between the terms "inconsistency" and "contradiction"; please see his explanation in the disclaimer at the top of this...
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GE 1:3-5 On the first day, God created light, then separated light and darkness.
GE 1:14-19 The sun (which separates night and day) wasn’t created until the fourth day.
GE 1:11-12, 26-27 Trees were created before man was created.
GE 2:4-9 Man was created before trees were created.
GE 1:20-21, 26-27 Birds were created before man was created.
GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before birds were created.
GE 1:24-27 Animals were created before man was created.
GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before animals were created.
GE 1:26 Man is to have dominion over fish, birds, cattle, and all wild animals, yet–
GE 2:15-17 It is wrong to be able to tell good from evil, right from wrong.
GE 1:26-27 Man and woman were created at the same time.
GE 2:7, 21-22 Man was created first, woman sometime later.
LE 12:1-8 God requires purification rites following childbirth which, in effect, makes childbirth a sin. (Note: The period for purification following the birth of a daughter is twice that for a son.)
(Note: That God should be displeased is inconsistent with the concept of omniscience as well as with the fact that God allegedly does not change his mind: NU 23:19-20, 1SA 15:29, JA 1:17.)
GE 2:4, 4:26, 12:8, 22:14-16, 26:25 God was already known as “the Lord” (Jahveh or Jehovah) much earlier than the time of Moses.
EX 6:2-3 God was first known as “the Lord” (Jahveh or Jehovah) at the time of the Egyptian Bondage, during the life of Moses.
GE 2:17 Adam was to die the very day that he ate the forbidden fruit.
2SA 22:7-8 (KJV) “I called to the Lord; … he heard my voice; … The earth trembled and quaked, … because he was angry. Smoke came from his nostrils. Consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.”
EZ 6:12, NA 1:2, 6 God is jealous and furious. He reserves wrath for, and takes revenge on, his enemies. “… who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and rocks are thrown down by him.”
GE 11:9 At Babel, the Lord confused the language of the whole world.
1CO 14:33 Paul says that God is not the author of confusion.
GE 11:12 Arpachshad [Arphaxad] was the father of Shelah.
LK 3:35-36 Cainan was the father of Shelah. Arpachshad was the grandfather of Shelah.
GE 11:26 Terah was 70 years old when his son Abram was born.
GE 11:32 Terah was 205 years old when he died (making Abram 135 at the time).
GE 12:4, AC 7:4 Abram was 75 when he left Haran. This was after Terah died. Thus, Terah could have been no more than 145 when he died; or Abram was only 75 years old after he had lived 135 years.
1CH 1:35-36 Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.
GE 49:2-28 The fathers of the twelve tribes of Israel are: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Joseph, and Benjamin.
RE 7:4-8 (Leaves out the tribe of Dan, but adds Manasseh.)
GE 50:13 Jacob was buried in a cave at Machpelah bought from Ephron the Hittite.
AC 7:15-16 He was buried in the sepulchre at Shechem bought from the sons of Hamor.
EX 9:3-6 God destroys all the cattle (including horses) belonging to the Egyptians.
EX 9:9-11 The people and the cattle are afflicted with boils.
EX 12:12, 29 All the first-born of the cattle of the Egyptians are destroyed.
EX 14:9 After having all their cattle destroyed, then afflicted with boils, and then their first-born cattle destroyed, the Egyptians pursue Moses on horseback.
EX 12:13 The Israelites have to mark their houses with blood in order for God to see which houses they occupy and “pass over” them.
EX 12:37, NU 1:45-46 The number of men of military age who take part in the Exodus is given as more than 600,000. Allowing for women, children, and older men would probably mean that a total of about 2,000,000 Israelites left Egypt.
1KI 20:15 All the Israelites, including children, number only 7000 at a later time.
EX 20:8-11, 31:15-17, 35:1-3 No work is to be done on the Sabbath, not even lighting a fire. The commandment is permanent, and death is required for infractions.
MK 2:27-28 Jesus says that the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath (after his disciples were criticized for breaking the Sabbath).
RO 14:5, CN 2:14-16 Paul says the Sabbath commandment was temporary, and to decide for yourself regarding its observance.
MT 10:35-37, LK 12:51-53, 14:26 Jesus says that he has come to divide families; that a man’s foes will be those of his own household; that you must hate your father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, and even your own life to be a disciple.
MT 23:9 Jesus says to call no man on earth your father.
2TH 2:11-12 God deludes people, making them believe what is false, so as to be able to condemn them. (Note: some versions use the word persuade here. The context makes clear, however, that deception is involved.)
2SA 21:19 Elhanan killed Goliath. (Note: Some translations insert the words “the brother of” before Elhanan. These are an addition to the earliest manuscripts in an apparent attempt to rectify this inconsistency.)
1SA 21:1-6 Ahimalech was high priest when David ate the bread.
1KI 3:12 God made Solomon the wisest man that ever lived, yet ….
1KI 11:1-13 Solomon loved many foreign women (against God’s explicit prohibition) who turned him to other gods (for which he deserved death).
1KI 3:12, 4:29, 10:23-24, 2CH 9:22-23 God made Solomon the wisest king and the wisest man that ever lived. There never has been nor will be another like him.
MT 12:42, LK 11:31 Jesus says: “… now one greater than Solomon is here.”
1KI 4:26 Solomon had 40,000 horses (or stalls for horses).
2CH 9:25 He had 4,000 horses (or stalls for horses).
1KI 16:6-8 Baasha died in the 26th year of King Asa’s reign.
2CH 16:1 Baasha built a city in the 36th year of King Asa’s reign.
1KI 16:23 Omri became king in the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign and he reigned for a total of twelve years.
1KI 16:28-29 Omri died, and his son Ahab became king in the thirty- eighth year of Asa’s reign. (Note: Thirty-one through thirty-eight equals a reign of seven or eight years.)
[Note: Some translations use “twenty-two” here in an attempt to rectify this discrepancy. The Hebrew is clear, however, that 2CH 22:2 is 42. The Hebrew words involved are Strong’s H705 and H8147, “forty” and “two,” respectively.]
2KI 9:27 Jehu shot Ahaziah near Ibleam. Ahaziah fled to Meggido and died there.
2CH 22:9 Ahaziah was found hiding in Samaria, brought to Jehu, and put to death.
2KI 16:5 The King of Syria and the son of the King of Israel did not conquer Ahaz.
JE 52:10-11 Instead, Zedekaih’s sons are slain before his eyes, his eyes are then put out, he is bound in fetters, taken to Babylon and left in prison to die.
EZ 20:25-26 The law was not good. The sacrifice of children was for the purpose of horrifying the people so that they would know that God is Lord.
EZ 26:15-21 God says that Tyre will be destroyed and will never be found again.
(Nebudchanezzar failed to capture or destroy Tyre. It is still inhabited.)
DN 5:1 (Gives the title of “king” to Belshazzar although Belshazzar was actually the “viceroy.”)
DN 5:2 (Says that Nebuchadnezzar was the father of Belshazzar, but actually, Nebonidus was the father of Belshazzar.) (Note: Some versions attempt to correct this error by making the verse say that Nebuchadnezzar was the grandfather of Belshazzar.)
ZE 11:12-13 Mentions “thirty pieces” and could possibly be thought to be connected with the Potter’s Field prophesy referred to in Matthew.
MT 27:9 Jeremiah is given as the source of the prophesy regarding the purchase of the Potter’s Field. (Note: There is no such prophesy in Jeremiah.)
MT 1:6-7 The lineage of Jesus is traced through David’s son, Solomon.
LK 3:23-31 It is traced through David’s son, Nathan.
(Note: Some apologists assert that Luke traces the lineage through Mary. That this is untrue is obvious from the context since Luke and Matthew both clearly state that Joseph was Jesus’ father.)
MT 1:20-23, LK 1:26-33 An angel announces to Joseph and/or Mary that the child (Jesus) will be “great,” the “son of the Most High,” etc., and ….
MT 3:13-17, MK 1:9-11 The baptism of Jesus is accompanied by the most extraordinary happenings, yet ….
MK 3:21 Jesus’ own relatives (or friends) attempt to constrain him, thinking that he might be out of his mind, and ….
MK 6:4-6 Jesus says that a prophet is without honor in his own house (which certainly should not have been the case considering the Annunciation and the Baptism).
MT 2:13-16 Following the birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary flee to Egypt, (where they stay until after Herod’s death) in order to avoid the murder of their firstborn by Herod. Herod slaughters all male infants two years old and under. (Note: John the Baptist, Jesus’ cousin, though under two is somehow spared without fleeing to Egypt.)
LK 2:22-40 Following the birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary remain in the area of Jerusalem for the Presentation (about forty days) and then return to Nazareth without ever going to Egypt. There is no slaughter of the infants.
MT 2:23 “And he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: He will be called a Nazarene.'” (This prophecy is not found in the OT and while Jesus is often referred to as “Jesus of Nazareth”, he is seldom referred to as “Jesus the Nazarene.”)
MT 3:11-14, JN 1:31-34 John realized the true identity of Jesus (as the Messiah) either prior to the actual Baptism, or from the Baptism onward. The very purpose of John’s baptism was to reveal Jesus to Israel.
MT 11:2-3 After the Baptism, John sends his disciples to ask if Jesus is the Messiah.
MT 3:12, 13:42 Hell is a furnace of fire (and must therefore be light).
MT 8:12, 22:13, 25:30 Hell is an “outer darkness” (and therefore dark).
MT 3:16, MK 1:10 It was Jesus who saw the Spirit descending.
JN 1:32 It was John who saw the Spirit descending.
MT 3:17 The heavenly voice addressed the crowd: “This is my beloved Son.”
MK 1:11, LK 3:22 The voice addressed Jesus: “You are my beloved Son….”
MT 4:1-11, MK 1:12-13 Immediately following his Baptism, Jesus spent forty days in the wilderness resisting temptation by the Devil.
JN 2:1-11 Three days after the Baptism, Jesus was at the wedding in Cana.
MT 4:5-8 The Devil took Jesus to the pinnacle of the temple, then to the mountain top.
LK 4:5-9 First to the mountain top, then to the pinnacle of the temple.
MT 5:1 – 7:29 Jesus delivers his most noteworthy sermon while on the mount.
LK 6:17-49 Jesus delivers his most noteworthy sermon while on the plain. (Note: No such sermons are mentioned in either MK or JN and Paul seems totally unfamiliar with either the sermon on the mount or the sermon on the plain.)
MT 5:22 Anyone who calls another a fool is liable to Hell.
MT 7:26 Jesus says that anyone who hears his words and does not do them is a fool. (Note: The translation now prevalent, “like a foolish man,” in MT 7:26 is a dishonest attempt to alleviate the obvious inconsistency here in that the oldest Greek manuscripts use the same Greek word translated “fool” in MT 5:22 and “like a foolish man” in MT 7:26.)
MT 23:17-19 Jesus twice calls the Pharisees blind fools.
MT 25:2, 3, 8 Jesus likens the maidens who took no oil to fools. (Note: This is the same Greek word translated “fool” in MT 5:22 and MT 23:17-19.)
1CO 1:23, 3:18, 4:10 Paul uses “fool” with regard to Christians becoming fools for Christ. (Note: Again, this is the same Greek word translated “fool” in MT 5:22 and MT 23:17-19.)
1TI 5:8 A man who does not provide for his family is worse than an infidel. (Note: Providing for a family certainly involves taking “thought for tomorrow.”)
MT 10:1-8 Jesus gives his disciples the power to exorcise and heal…
MT 17:14-16 (Yet) the disciples are unable to do so.
MT 10:2, MK 3:16-19 The twelve apostles (disciples) were: Simon (Peter), Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, John his brother, Philip, Bartholemew, Thomas, Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus (Labbaeus), Simon, and Judas Iscariot.
LK 6:13-16 The above except that Thaddaeus (Labbaeus) is excluded, and Judas the son of James is added (and Judas Iscariot remains).
AC 1:13, 26 Same as MT and MK except that, like LK Thaddaeus (Labbaeus) is excluded, Judas the son of James is included, and Mathias is chosen by the others to replace Judas Iscariot.
MT 10:2,5-6 Peter was to be an apostle to the Jews and not go near the Gentiles.
MT 11:7-15, 17:12-13 Jesus says that John the Baptist was a prophet, and more.
JN 1:21 John himself says that he is not a prophet, nor is he Elijah.
MT 11:25, MK 4:11-12 Jesus thanks God for hiding some things from the wise while revealing them to “babes.” He says that he uses parables so that the meaning of some of his teachings will remain hidden to at least some persons, and specifically so that they will not turn and be forgiven.
MK 4:22 Jesus says that all things should be made known.
MT 11:29 Jesus says that he is gentle (meek) and humble (lowly).
JN 2:15 Jesus makes a whip of cords, drives the money changers from the Temple, overturns their tables, and pours out their coins. (Note: The presence of the money changers in the outer court of the Temple had been authorized by the Temple authorities and was, in fact, a necessity since the Jews would not accept Roman coin for the purchase of sacrifices.)
MT 12:5 Jesus says that the law (OT) states that the priests profane the Sabbath but are blameless. (No such statement is found in the OT.
MT 12:30 Jesus says that those who are not with him are against him.
MK 9:40 Jesus says that those who are not against him are for him.
(Note: This puts those who are indifferent or undecided in the “for him” category in the first instance and in the “against him” category in the second instance.)
MT 13:34, MK 4:34 Jesus addresses the crowds only in parables, so that they would not fully understand. He explains the meaning only to his disciples.
JN 1:1 – 21:25 (Throughout the book of John, unlike the other Gospels, Jesus addresses the crowds in a very straightforward manner. He does not employ parables.)
MT 13:58, MK 6:5 In spite of his faith, Jesus is not able to perform mighty miracles.
MT 17:20, 19:26, MK 9:23, 10:27, LK 17:6, 18:27 Jesus says that anything is possible to him who believes if he has the faith of a grain of mustard seed. All things are possible with God. A mountain can be commanded to move and it will move.
MT 5:37, 15:19, MK 7:22, JN 8:14, 44, 14:6, 18:37 Jesus says that you should answer a plain “yes” or “no,” that his purpose is to bear witness to the truth, and that his testimony is true. He equates lying with evil.
JN 7:2-10 Jesus tells his brothers that he is not going to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Tabernacles, then later goes secretly by himself. (Note: The words “not yet” were added to some versions at JN 7:8 in order to alleviate this problem. The context at JN 7:10 makes the deception clear, however.)
MT 16:6, 11 Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
MK 8:15 Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod.
MT 16:18 Jesus founds his church on Peter and will give him the keys of the kingdom.
MT 16:23 Jesus calls Peter [a] “Satan” and “a hindrance,” and accuses him of being on the side of men rather than that of God.
MT 16:18 Jesus founds his church on Peter and will give him the keys of the kingdom.
AC 15:1-21 James presides over the first Council of Jerusalem and formulates the decree regarding the accepting of Gentiles which is sent to the other churches. (Note: Tradition has it that James was appointed as the first Bishop or Pope, not Peter.)
MT 17:1-2 The Transfiguration occurs six days after Jesus foretells his suffering.
LK 9:28-29 It takes place about eight days afterwards.
MT 20:20-21 The mother of James and John asks Jesus a favor for her sons.
MT 21:1-17 The sequence was: triumphal entry, cleansing of the temple, Bethany.
MK 11:1-19 Triumphal entry, cleansing of the temple.
LK 19:28-48 Triumphal entry, cleansing of the temple, daily teaching in the temple.
JN 12:1-18 Cleansing of the temple (early in his career), Supper with Lazarus, triumphal entry, no cleansing of the temple following the triumphal entry.
MT 21:2-6, MK 11:2-7, LK 19:30-35 The disciples follow Jesus instructions and bring him the animal (or animals, in the case of MT).
JN 19:19 “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”
MT 27:44 Both of those who are crucified with Jesus taunt him.
LK 23:39-42 Only one taunts Jesus, and he is rebuked by the other for doing so.
MT 27:46 Jesus asks God, the Father, why he has been forsaken.
JN 10:30 Jesus says that he and the Father are one.
MT 27:46-50, MK 15:34-37 Jesus’ last recorded words are: “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
LK 23:46 “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit.”
JN 19:30 “It is finished.” (Note: Even though both MT and MK allegedly represent direct quotes and are translated similarly, the actual Greek words used for God are different. MT uses “Eli” and MK uses “Eloi.”)
JN 19:25-26 They were near enough that Jesus could speak to his mother.
MT 27:62-66 A guard was placed at the tomb (the day following the burial).
MK 15:42– 16:8, LK 23:50-56, JN 19:38-42 (No guard is mentioned. This is important since rumor had it that Jesus’ body was stolen and the Resurrection feigned.)
MK 16:1-3, LK 24:1 (There could not have been a guard, as far as the women were concerned, since they were planning to enter the tomb with spices. Though the women were aware of the stone, they were obviously unaware of a guard.)
MT 24:9 Even some of the disciples of Jesus will be killed.
JN 8:51 If anyone keeps Jesus’ words, he will never see death.
HE 9:27 [All] men die once, then judgement follows.
MT 28:1 The first visitors to the tomb were Mary Magdalene and the other Mary (two).
MT 28:9 On his first appearance to them, Jesus lets Mary Magdalene and the other Mary hold him by his feet.
JN 20:17 On his first appearance to Mary, Jesus forbids her to touch him since he has not yet ascended to the Father.
JN 20:27 A week later, although he has not yet ascended to the Father, Jesus tells Thomas to touch him.
MT 28:7-10, MT 28:16 Although some doubted, the initial reaction of those that heard the story was one of belief since they followed the revealed instructions.
MK 16:11, LK 24:11 The initial reaction was one of disbelief. All doubted.
MT 28:1-18 The order of Resurrection appearances was: Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, then the eleven.
MK 16:9-14 It was Mary Magdalene, then two others, then the eleven.
LK 24:15-36 It was two, then Simon (Peter?), then the eleven.
JN 20:14 – 21:1 It was Mary Magdalene, then the disciples without Thomas, then the disciples with Thomas, then the eleven disciples again.
1CO 15:5-8 It was Cephas (Peter?), then the “twelve” (which twelve, Judas was dead?), then 500+ brethren (although AC 1:15 says there were only about 120), then James, then all the Apostles, then Paul.
MT 28:19 Jesus instructs his disciples to baptize.
1CO 1:17 Although he considers himself a disciple of Jesus, Paul says that he has not been sent to baptize.
MK 1:2 Jesus quotes a statement that allegedly appears in Isaiah. No such statement appears in Isaiah. (Note: IS 40.3 is seen by some as equivalent to MK 1.2; MA 3.1 is a much better fit, however, given that Jesus is allegedly quoting word for word in MK 1:2.)
MK 1:14 Jesus began his ministry after the arrest of John the Baptist.
MK 4:11-12, 11:25 Jesus says that he uses parables so that the meaning of some of his teachings will remain secret to at least some persons. He explains the meanings of the parables only to his disciples. He thanks God for hiding some things from the wise while revealing them to “babes.”
JN 18:20 Jesus says that he always taught openly, never secretly.
MK 6:16 Herod was the source of the belief that John had been raised from the dead.
LK 9:7 Others were the source. Herod was perplexed by the belief.
MK 6:52 The people were so unimpressed with “the Feeding of the Multitude” that they did not even understand the event.
JN 6:14-15 They were so impressed that they tried to force Jesus to be their king.
MK 6:53 After the feeding of the 5000, Jesus and the disciples went to Gennesaret.
AC 9:19-28 Shortly after his conversion, Paul went to Damascus, then Jerusalem where he was introduced to the Apostles by Barnabas, and there spent some time with them (going in and out among them).
GA 1:15-20 He made the trip three years later, then saw only Peter and James.
😅I always say watu wanasema wanaamini Mungu ili jamii iwaone wema na coz wanaogopa kukufuru kisa moto...Ila in reality wanaishi Kama hayupo... And I'm happy...hata waislamu pia... I'm happy kuona watu wanaishi maisha Yao bila kujali sheria za waarabu wa kale au wayahudi miaka 3000 iliyopita...
Watu wengi wanapenda kujidanganya kupata majibu ya maswali ambayo hawana majibu, so they create a "God of the gaps" and whenever they can't answer questions or are uncertain, they turn to him.
This may have been acceptable in the past, as a coping mechanism when science and logic were not as developed.
Today, all it takes is googling "Contradictions in the Bible" or Quran, and you get irrefutable evidence that all these books are the fallible work of humankind, nothing divine.
But do most people care about contradictions?
No, they care about a story that gives them hope, regardless of veracity.
Mi najiuliza maswali mengi. Mungu Ni Nini, anataka Nini na Yuko wapi.
Ukifuatilia historia ya binadamu tokea tukiwa wawindaji maporini miungu ilikuwepo. Wazee walikuwa wanaongoza vijana kwa kuwaambia kuwa Mungu anataka mfanye hivi, na hio miungu ilikuwepo pangoni ambapo wazee tu wanaingia, baadae vijana wakajitoa akili kwenda wakaona wazee ni waongo na hamna kitu mule. Wagiriki wakaja na miungu yao wakasema ipo ya milima ya Olympus, Leo hii watu wamepanda milima yote ugiriki hawajaona miungu hio.
Wakaja wayahudi, wakasema Mungu yupo mawinguni. Ukifuatilia hata Yesu alipaa mawinguni, Mungu alifungua madirisha ya mbinguni kuleta mafuriko, alichungulia kutoka mawinguni kwenye mnara wa babel, etc. Waislamu nao wakaja na mbingu Saba sijui. Anyways wazungu wametengeneza ndege na rocket zimeenda mawinguni, nje ya dunia, mpaka mwezini. Sasa hivi watu wa dini wanasema yupo nje ya ulimwengu.
So nikagundua trend, wanamficha, wanamweka mbali ili watu wasiweze kumfikia, why? Kwa sababu hayupo? Kwa sababu hajasema hizo sheria? Why wanamficha. Afu wanakuambia anataka uamini yupo ndo utapona usipoamini unaunguzwa. Ukiuliza nikimwona afu nikamwamini, anasema no, lazma usimwone ndo uamini. Na wanaweka kifo mwisho wa kumuani ili waweze kuendelea kutunga sheria kwa jina lake na kuweza kuendelea kutawala watu kwa sababu hamna mtu Ashawahi kurudi akasema baada ya kifo kipo hivi.
Mwanasayansi mi nauliza Mbinguni Kuna Nini. Hamna njaa hamna maumivu hamna ndoa hamna chochote zaidi ya kumuabudu Mungu. Watu kanisani na msikitini hawapendi kwenda unategemea watapenda milele ya Ibada. So wakaamua kuanzisha motoni kutishia watu kwamba wataunguzwa milele. Sasa, ukifa unaacha mwili wako hapa, wanasema una roho, roho ni Nini, hoo mawazo sijui pumzi, ukiuliza unajua kazi ya ubongo ni Nini mtu hajui, haya tufanye roho ni ka upepo kanaenda motoni ehe kanaunguaje, hakana nyama, hakana nervous system hakana ngozi, hakana pain receptors, hakana ubongo au spinal cord, maumivu unayasikiaje, na bado hatujauliza huu Moto upo wapi, walisemaga chini kisa mavolcano lakini now hawasemi Tena coz of elimu.
Tukienda kwenye sheria zenyewe sijui usivae nguo tofauti, usile shellfish, usichanganye mazao, usimwage nje, usiabudu sanamu lakini abudu kitu Cha kufikiriwa na myahudi, hivi kwa Nini mtu atengeneze nyota billion 60 na sayari trillion afu aje kujali binadamu wewe ambae ni Kama vumbi kwa huu ulimwengu unamwaga wapi. Na kwa Nini sheria hizi zinaonekana Kama sheria za kabila ya la zamani huko kwenye majangwa na haziendani na sheria za binadamu kuishi na watu vizuri. Na Wanavyosema tumuabudu siku ya Saba.
Siku zimekuja kutengenezewa baadae Sana na zimebadilika badilika Mara kwa Mara katika historia ya Mayans na Romans. Na wamechagua sun day coz ni siku ya pagans kuabudu jua. Ila yote haya tuyaache, why Mungu muweza yote anataka hela, mwisho wa siku wote mnabidi mgundue kuwa binadamu walitengeneza miungu ili kujibu maswali magumu yasiyojibika kipindi kile na ku
Biblia ina contradictions kibao ambazo nikikupa hapa huwezi kuzitengua, hilo linaonesha Biblia ni kitabu kisicho na mantiki, kilichoandikwa na watu tu, tena zama za ujinga.
Kama mtu anaamini kweli Mungu yupo, na anahesabu dhambi, na atatoa adhabu, hawezi kufanya kinyume na maagizo ya Mungu huyo.Mungu huyo alivyojengwa kidhana ni mkubwa sana na ana nguvu sana kumuasi.
Watu kufanya dhambi ni aina fulani ya kupiga kura ya kutokuwa na imani ya uwapo wa huyo Mungu.
Bado actions speaks louder than words, whether consciously or subconsciously.
Yani hata wewe ukifikiri unaamini Mungu yupo, ukajua kakataza kuiba, halafu ukaiba, hiyo ni rebellion inayotoa statement kwamba huamini sana kwamba Mungu yupo na atakuadhibu kwenda kwenye moto wa milele kwa dhambi zako. Watu wengi sana hawaamini Mungu yupo, wangeamini, dunia ingekuwa tofauti sana na ilivyo sasa.
Nimekuomba ujibu posts #489 mpaka #493 point by point, hujajibu.
Suala zima la nani ni mwanamme na nani si mwanamme linapitia mjadala kubwa sana sasa hivi, kwa hivyo hata hilo halina majibu wazi kama unavyotaka kulifanya, kuna habari nyingi sana nafikiri huna.
Huo unaouita kuwa mpangilio wa dunia - order- kama ni lazima uwe na muumba, hoja hiyo inamaanisha Mungu muumba yote hawezi kuwapo, hapa umejenga hoja ya kwamba Mungu muumba vyote hayupo, bila ya wewe mwenyewe kujua, sitegemei ujue, ikiwa unataka nikufafanulie naweza kukufafanulia, lakini hiyo habari ya "order must come from a creator, hence God must exist", kiukweli ukiiangalia kwa undani, ni hoja ya kusema Mungu muumba vyote hawezi kuwapo.
Kwa sababu hata yeye naye atakuwa a form of order, na atahitaji muumbaji wake, na muumbaji wake atahitaji muumbaji wake, ad infinitum, ad nauseam.
Kwa hivyo hapo hakuna Mungu.
Kusema "hata wewe kuwa hai ni uthibitisho kuwa Mungu yupo" ni kauli ya imani, hujathibitisha wala kuelezea mimi kuwa hai kunathibitishaje Mungu yupo, thibitisha, usiweke madai halafu ukafanya madai hayo ndiyo uthibitisho kwa kuandika neno "inathibitisha" tu.
Naam, kwanza kabisa, kabla ya kwenda kwenye contradictions, tuanze kuangalia kwa wasomi na wanazuoni wa Biblia, je, Biblia imeandikwa vipi? Tunavyoisoma tunatakiwa tuisome vipi?
Hebu tumuangalie Professor James Kugel aliyefundisha Biblia mpaka Harvard, ameandika kitabu kizima kinaitwa "How To Read The Bible: A Guide To Scripture, Then and Now"
In How to Read the Bible, Harvard professor James Kugel leads the reader chapter by chapter through the "quiet revolution" of recent biblical scholarship, showing time and again how radically the interpretations of today's researchers differ from what people have always thought. The story of...
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How to Read the Bible
A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now
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Scholars from different fields have joined forces to reexamine every aspect of the Hebrew Bible. Their research, carried out in universities and seminaries in Europe and America, has revolutionized our understanding of almost every chapter and verse. But have they killed the Bible in the process?
In How to Read the Bible, Harvard professor James Kugel leads the reader chapter by chapter through the “quiet revolution” of recent biblical scholarship, showing time and again how radically the interpretations of today’s researchers differ from what people have always thought. The story of Adam and Eve, it turns out, was not originally about the “Fall of Man,” but about the move from a primitive, hunter-gatherer society to a settled, agricultural one. As for the stories of Cain and Abel, Abraham and Sarah, and Jacob and Esau, these narratives were not, at their origin, about individual people at all but, rather, explanations of some feature of Israelite society as it existed centuries after these figures were said to have lived. Dinah was never raped — her story was created by an editor to solve a certain problem in Genesis. In the earliest version of the Exodus story, Moses probably did not divide the Red Sea in half; instead, the Egyptians perished in a storm at sea. Whatever the original Ten Commandments might have been, scholars are quite sure they were different from the ones we have today. What’s more, the people long supposed to have written various books of the Bible were not, in the current consensus, their real authors: David did not write the Psalms, Solomon did not write Proverbs or Ecclesiastes; indeed, there is scarcely a book in the Bible that is not the product of different, anonymous authors and editors working in different periods.
Such findings pose a serious problem for adherents of traditional, Bible-based faiths. Hiding from the discoveries of modern scholars seems dishonest, but accepting them means undermining much of the Bible’s reliability and authority as the word of God. What to do? In his search for a solution, Kugel leads the reader back to a group of ancient biblical interpreters who flourished at the end of the biblical period. Far from naïve, these interpreters consciously set out to depart from the original meaning of the Bible’s various stories, laws, and prophecies — and they, Kugel argues, hold the key to solving the dilemma of reading the Bible today.
How to Read the Bible is, quite simply, the best, most original book about the Bible in decades. It offers an unflinching, insider’s look at the work of today’s scholars, together with a sustained consideration of what the Bible was for most of its history — before the rise of modern scholarship. Readable, clear, often funny but deeply serious in its purpose, this is a book for Christians and Jews, believers and secularists alike. It offers nothing less than a whole new way of thinking about sacred Scripture.
Hapo ndipo tatizo lako lilipoanzia. Hujawahi kukisoma Bible, badala yake umesoma Maandiko ya watu ambao ama hawauielewa au wamekusudia kuwapotosha "wajinga"
Kama siyo msomaji, unaweza kudanganywa. Mtu anaweza kukudanganya kwa makusudi au kwa yeye naye kutokujua huku aliamini yupo sahihi.
Biblia kama Biblia Haina contradiction yoyote.
Dhamiria kukisoma kuanzia Mwanzo hadi Ufunuo uone utakachogundua. Hautamaliza kabla hujakiri kuwa si kitabu cha kawaida.
Ndicho kitabu pekee ambacho kumekuwa kimbilio baada ya Vitabu vingine vyote dunianai kushindwa.
Ndicho kitabu pekee ambacho kinaishi hivyo kutokupitwa na wakati. Kilifaa zamani, kinafaa Sasa na kitaendelea kufaa milele.
Watu wengi wanapenda kujidanganya kupata majibu ya maswali ambayo hawana majibu, so they create a "God of the gaps" and whenever they can't answer questions or are uncertain, they turn to him.
This may have been acceptable in the past, as a coping mechanism when science and logic were not as developed.
Today, all it takes is googling "Contradictions in the Bible" or Quran, and you get irrefutable evidence that all these books are the fallible work of humankind, nothing divine.
But do most people care about contradictions?
No, they care about a story that gives them hope, regardless of veracity.
Hapo ndipo tatizo lako lilipoanzia. Hujawahi kukisoma Bible, badala yake umesoma Maandiko ya watu ambao ama hawauielewa au wamekusudia kuwapotosha "wajinga"
Kama siyo msomaji, unaweza kudanganywa. Mtu anaweza kukudanganya kwa makusudi au kwa yeye naye kutokujua huku aliamini yupo sahihi.
Biblia kama Biblia Haina contradiction yoyote.
Dhamiria kukisoma kuanzia Mwanzo hadi Ufunuo uone utakachogundua. Hautamaliza kabla hujakiri kuwa si kitabu cha kawaida.
Ndicho kitabu pekee ambacho kumekuwa kimbilio baada ya Vitabu vingine vyote dunianai kushindwa.
Ndicho kitabu pekee ambacho kinaishi hivyo kutokupitwa na wakati. Kilifaa zamani, kinafaa Sasa na kitaendelea kufaa milele.
Bro umesoma chuo kweli...unajua maana ya reference...hebu soma hizi verses kwenye Biblia yako Kama ni uwongo...unadhani ye mjinga kuweka mpaka citation ya verse ili ukajiprovie mwenyewe...tumia akili mtu mzima wewe acha kubishana ujinga
Haha 😂 so lemme get this straight mi kuwepo duniani means story ya wayahudi na waarabu wa kale kuhusu Adam na Eve na dunia kutengenezwa in six days na kufufuka kwa Yesu Ni ukweli...kuwepo kwa sayari doesn't mean Mungu yupo au Mungu wako wa dini yako ndo wa ukweli..vitu vipo tu Kama hujui cause ya kitu usibet kuwa ni Mungu Tena wa dini Fulani
Hapo ndipo tatizo lako lilipoanzia. Hujawahi kukisoma Bible, badala yake umesoma Maandiko ya watu ambao ama hawauielewa au wamekusudia kuwapotosha "wajinga"
Kama siyo msomaji, unaweza kudanganywa. Mtu anaweza kukudanganya kwa makusudi au kwa yeye naye kutokujua huku aliamini yupo sahihi.
Biblia kama Biblia Haina contradiction yoyote.
Dhamiria kukisoma kuanzia Mwanzo hadi Ufunuo uone utakachogundua. Hautamaliza kabla hujakiri kuwa si kitabu cha kawaida.
Ndicho kitabu pekee ambacho kumekuwa kimbilio baada ya Vitabu vingine vyote dunianai kushindwa.
Ndicho kitabu pekee ambacho kinaishi hivyo kutokupitwa na wakati. Kilifaa zamani, kinafaa Sasa na kitaendelea kufaa milele.
Unaweza kujibu posts nilizoposts kwa points zilizomo katika hizo posts?
Unachofanya hapa ni logical fallacy inaitwa "ad hominem attack".
Yani umeshindwa kujibu hoja nilizoweka katika posts #489 mpaka #493.
Unanishambulia mimi kwa kusema sijawahi kusoma Bible, unanishambulia mimi binafsi badala ya kujibu hoja zangu.
Mimi kwetu kanisani, sijaanza kusoma Biblia mimi, babu yangu alikuwa Mchungaji, Biblia kwetu ni kama maji ya kunywa, si watu wa kuisoma Jumapili, nimekua katika nyumba ambayo tunasoma Biblia kila siku, na mimi mwenyewe nimeisoma Biblia in detail, naijua kifalsafa na ki theology.Ndiyo maana naweza kukupa vitabu vya wanazuoni.
Na wewe mpaka sasa umeshindwa kujibu posts #489 mpaka #493 point by point.
Badala ya kujibu points nilizotoa, unanishambulia mimi binafsi.
Hiyo ni logical fallacy, ni ad hominem attack, ni tabia ya mtu ambaye hawezi kujibu point kwa point.
Haha 😂 so lemme get this straight mi kuwepo duniani means story ya wayahudi na waarabu wa kale kuhusu Adam na Eve na dunia kutengenezwa in six days na kufufuka kwa Yesu Ni ukweli...kuwepo kwa sayari doesn't mean Mungu yupo au Mungu wako wa dini yako ndo wa ukweli..vitu vipo tu Kama hujui cause ya kitu usibet kuwa ni Mungu Tena wa dini Fulani
Mungu angetaka watu wamwamini angewatokea watu wote at the same way. Sio huyu kaona hiki huyu kaambiwa hiki huyu sijui kaambiwa lugha hii... Sio kosa langu kutoamini. We unafata mkumbo coz we huamini Krishna au Zeus au kina James Smith unaamini particular Allah au Yahweh coz ndo dini ulizoletewa na wakoloni wako, usingeletewa ungeabudu miungu ya kabila lako na ungesema una uhakika nao wapo...na kila mtu wa kila dini anasema ana uhakika mungu wake yupo, anaongea nae, anajibu maombi, anafanya wepesi...🤣Sasa Mungu wako wangapi.... We mwenye uhakika mlete hapa tumwone
Hata mtoto akiwa tumboni mwa mama yake angeambiwa kuwa anaye baba na ndugu wengine, angeweza kubisha kwa kuwa hawaoni. Wala asingeamini kuwa yumo kwenye tumbo la mtu mwingine, kwake, tumbo la mama yake ndiyo ulimwengu wake halisi.
Ni sawa na wewe. Ukitoka kwenye huo mtazamo, "utamwona" Mungu.
Mtazamo wako unekutengenezea kaulimwengu kako binafsi kanakokufanya usimwone Mwumbajibna mmiliki wa Dunia yote.
Hata mtoto akiwa tumboni mwa mama yake angeambiwa kuwa anaye baba na ndugu wengine, angeweza kubisha kwa kuwa hawaoni. Wala asingeamini kuwa yumo kwenye tumbo la mtu mwingine, kwake, tumbo la mama yake ndiyo ulimwengu wake halisi.
Ni sawa na wewe. Ukitoka kwenye huo mtazamo, "utamwona" Mungu.
Mtazamo wako unekutengenezea kaulimwengu kako binafsi kanakokufanya usimwone Mwumbajibna mmiliki wa Dunia yote.
Unaweza kujibu posts nilizoposts kwa points zilizomo katika hizo posts?
Unachofanya hapa ni logical fallacy inaitwa "ad hominem attack".
Yani umeshindwa kujibu hoja nilizoweka katika posts #489 mpaka #493.
Unanishambulia mimi kwa kusema sijawahi kusoma Bible, unanishambulia mimi binafsi badala ya kujibu hoja zangu.
Mimi kwetu kanisani, sijaanza kusoma Biblia mimi, babu yangu alikuwa Mchungaji, Biblia kwetu ni kama maji ya kunywa, si watu wa kuisoma Jumapili, nimekua katika nyumba ambayo tunasoma Biblia kila siku, na mimi mwenyewe nimeisoma Biblia in detail, naijua kifalsafa na ki theology.Ndiyo maana naweza kukupa vitabu vya wanazuoni.
Na wewe mpaka sasa umeshindwa kujibu posts #489 mpaka #493 point by point.
Badala ya kujibu points nilizotoa, unanishambulia mimi binafsi.
Hiyo ni logical fallacy, ni ad hominem attack, ni tabia ya mtu ambaye hawezi kujibu point kwa point.
Unaijua kifalsafa na kitheolojia! Hilo nalo ni tatizo.
Ungeijua katika KWELI ndipo ungekuwa huru.
Unaweza ukasoma Theology na ukahitimu, lakini kama Biblia unaisoma kama kitabu cha kawaida tu, haitakusaidia cho chote. Utaishia kupata vyeti vinavyoweza kukupa "ajira" na si maarifa yatakayokupa majibu maishani.
Kuosoma Biblia kama kitabu cha kawaida kutaishia "kukuvimbisha" kichwa.
Lakini utakapogundua kuwa BIBLIA ina Maneno yalivyo hai, uisomapo, kutainawirisha roho yako.
Unanijua kifalsafa na kitheolojia! Hilo nalo ni tatizo.
Ungeijua katika KWELI ndipo ungekuwa huru.
Unaweza ukasoma Theology na ukahitimu, lakini kama Biblia unaisoma kama kitabu cha kawaida tu, haitakusaidia cho chote. Utaishia kupata vyeti vinavyoweza kukupa "ajira" na si maarifa yatakayokupa majibu ya maisha.
Kuosoma Biblia kama kitabu cha kawaida kutaishia "kukuvimbisha" kichwa.
Lakini utakapogundua kuwa BIBLIA ina Maneno yalivyo hai, uisomapo, kutainawirisha roho yako.
Unawezaje kuongelea kweli bila logic ambayo ni sehemu ya falsafa?
Unaelewa kwamba dhana ya kutengansha ukweli na uongo ni logic tayari hiyo?
Unaniambia habari za kutoisoma Biblia kama kitabu cha kawaida tu, wakati mimi nimekuwekea kitabu cha jinsi ya kusoma Biblia "How To Read The Bible", hujaweka comment yoyote kwenye post hiyo #489, kwa nini?
Nimekuwekea contradictions nyingi sana za kwenye Biblia posts #490 mpaka #493, hujapangua hata moja, kwa nini?
Unanijua kifalsafa na kitheolojia! Hilo nalo ni tatizo.
Ungeijua katika KWELI ndipo ungekuwa huru.
Unaweza ukasoma Theology na ukahitimu, lakini kama Biblia unaisoma kama kitabu cha kawaida tu, haitakusaidia cho chote. Utaishia kupata vyeti vinavyoweza kukupa "ajira" na si maarifa yatakayokupa majibu ya maisha.
Kuosoma Biblia kama kitabu cha kawaida kutaishia "kukuvimbisha" kichwa.
Lakini utakapogundua kuwa BIBLIA ina Maneno yalivyo hai, uisomapo, kutainawirisha roho yako.
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