Biblical Contradictions
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| Voting Style: | Open | Point System: | 7 Point | ||
| Started: | 7/12/2014 | Category: | Religion | ||
| Updated: | 7 years ago | Status: | Post Voting Period | ||
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 Pro  Con Believers in Christ were first called Christian in the Book of Acts. Therefore this debate has two parts- a. The 'contradictions' before Antioch Example: 1 Chronicles 21:1 and 2 Samuel 24:1 In the 1 Chronicles verse Satan initiates the census. In the 2 Samuel verse it is the LORD who initiates the census. b. The 'contradictions' after Antioch 'The soul that sinneth shall surely die...' (Ezekiel 18:20) was written pre-Christian. The contradiction is that Jesus of Nazareth knew no sin. He fulfilled every bit of the Law both the letter and the spirit of the Law. And yet the Law executed Jesus the same as it has every other sinner. Either Jesus had sin in His life or the Law committed the unlawful act of the taking of an innocent life. |
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Pro TransparentAna forfeited this round.
Con "But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people." (Jeremiah 31:33) Now the pre-Christian part of the Bible states that the LORD will put His law inside the people, the very people who stand convicted by the Law. If this is not a contradiction then there is no such thing as a contradiction. Let me ask you this- a. Pre-Antioch Are we to really expect God to write in our hearts animal sacrifice? Wanton waste is illegal. If the Mosaic system of animal sacrifice was to be enacted today it would most certainly meet with powerful opposition. Cruelty to animals is wrong. To kill animals just to fuel a fire so as to create a certain type of smell is beyond barbarism. b. Post-Antioch Human sacrifice is illegal. From the Christian perspective the taking of an innocent life is immoral. In order for Jesus to be convicted and executed the Law of Moses was bound to give just cause. Otherwise Jesus should have never died. But Jesus did die. So the contradiction is clear- Either Jesus had sin in His life or the Law of Moses is immoral for the taking of an innocent life. |
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Pro TransparentAna forfeited this round.
Con Human sacrifice The sinless nature of Christ |
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Vote Placed by Splenic_Warrior 7 years ago
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Reasons for voting decision: Although I think Pro is absolutely correct, I have to award Con conduct because of the forfeit, and arguments because Pro failed at her bop.
Vote Placed by ShadowKingStudios 7 years ago
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Reasons for voting decision: FF.
Not sure what Con is implying by human sacrifice but the sinless acts of Jesus bears no contradiction. The right question hasn't been asked.
Vote Placed by lannan13 7 years ago
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Reasons for voting decision: Forfeiture.
Not so, the contradictions are on purpose. This religion is very special, it was intentionally given outtrageously obvious contradictions-and paired with the unquestionable claim of 'written/inspired by the god. So contradictions are divine and chrsitianity leads to non-thought as any obejctive person would expect. Now why would people want to do that.
Your last is very debatable. As I stated earlier, we could formally debate any/all of these issues. Short of that I see that TransparentAna's time is running out.
Even the fact of Adam and Eve being real people or not has absolutely nothing to do with the real meaning of the story. For that matter the more people concentrate on that or on a talking snake the less likely they are going to be to actually see its meaning. I used to dismiss the Adam and Eve story as a simple ancient story of creation. However once I saw the actually meaning I now consider it one of the most profound in all of literature. The entire purpose of life is there hidden behind the trivia. And how many people see support for the Big Bang, Pangea, abiogenesis and evolution in Genesis 1? It is there as plain as day but people get too caught up with 6 days of creation or trying to prove that it has been only 6,000 years since the beginning of the the universe to actually see it.
We could debate whether or not Christianity is based solely on the words of Christ if you would be so inclined. Set one up, you take the pro position and we will see just exactly what Christianity is based on. That would be an interesting debate indeed. Just let me know if you want to do it. Thanks,
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In addition Christianity is based solely on the teachings of Christ in the NEW Testament. That is exactly why it is called the "NEW" testament. While some fantastic pearls can be found in the OT, essentially it is the background for the NT.