Gringo

Is anyone willing to do a verse by verse Bible study on this forum? It would incorporate a lot of things the other forums discuss but it would be applied in a systematic way to Scripture. I think it would work best if the focus was on what does this verse mean or what does this passage mean. We could get into discussions about contradictions along the way.

Many Christians talk about looking at the Bible with a Berean attitude, this is an excellent opportunity. As a rattled Christian myself, this would be a good way for me to deconvert or to build my faith one. There are probably other Christians who feel the same way. For the Atheists, this may build their arsenal, if they care to. I've looked at many lists of Biblical contradctions and although many contradictions exists, many on the lists really are taken out of context and others are easily reconcilable with little rationalization.

In the verse by verse Bible studies I have at church, we gloss over more blatant (alleged) contradictions than most of the others I see debated in the forums. I would like to see these contradictions explored further with constant cross-references. Often times in the forums, the Christian simply accuses the unbeliever of taking Scripture out of context, but in a systematic Bible study, it's hard to do that because, we are always talking about the context.

Right now, I'm in two Bible studies, one on Matthew and one on Exodus. But although we look and talk about these contradictions, we don't fully explore them. This is a way for the unbeliever to tell the believer to put up or shut up about Biblical inerrancy. We could also But the only way to keep the communication open is stick with the Biblical texts. I hope some of y'all are interested, because jumping around and trying to disprove this verse or that verse is not working to change anyone's mind or create empathy for the other side.

For those who are interested, which book would you like to begin with? I've only been in a Bible study with four books so far: Genesis, Exodus, Matthew and Revelation. I wouldn't mind doing any of them over again, especially in an eclectic group of atheists and theists. Any book y'all would decide upon would suit me.

beoba

Isn't there a skeptic's bible somewhere? I forget the URL right now...

Ovazor

Do you mean the Skeptic's Annotated bible which can be found <a href="http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/" target="_blank">here</a>?

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Gringo

Yes, the <a href="http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/" target="_blank">Skeptics' Annotated Bible</a>

That would be a good resource to use in a Bible study. But that by itself wouldn't be a substitute for a Bible study. Each person would be raising his / her own questions, objections and points as he / she read through the Scriptures. But those sites would provide alot of ammunition to bring to the friendly fray.

CX

This might be an appropriate thread for BC&A

Bree

Agreed.