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jjramsey · 10-22-2006, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Amaleq13

It should suggest to you that attempting to offer an argument that an inerrantist will consider cogent is a complete waste of time.

I'd disagree. Strictly speaking, there are no errors in the Bible that cannot be reconciled with some combination of stretched interpretations and stretched facts. However, not all inerrantists are aware of the stretching involved, nor are they necessarily comfortable with the stretching involved when they are made aware of it. If you can show them in a discussion how much contortion is necessary to justify the bible's "inerrancy," you may induce in them some cognitive dissonance that they will have to deal with.

GenesisNemesis · 10-22-2006, 07:59 PM

Apparent contradictions. No infallible work would even contain APPARENT contradictions, not even if Free Will were the cause of it.

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