bchbum566: i have answer for you if you still want it
Atheist142: sure
bchbum566: the reason the tweo are different is because different people remember
different things
Atheist142: I don't remember the question, dumb me...
Atheist142: could you refresh me?
bchbum566: hang on
Atheist142: sure
bchbum566: the fig tree withering
Atheist142: ooh.
Atheist142: Well that's the problem....
bchbum566: what
Atheist142: if the Bible is wrong or interpretable on small details, then how do we
know it's not wrong or interpretable on bigger ones?
Atheist142: Kind of destroys the "infallible word of God" thing
bchbum566: i'll give you an example that will clarify my answer
bchbum566: two people go to magic mountain at the same time
Atheist142: yes, I know what you're talking about...
bchbum566: they both come back and are asked how did it go my their mothers
bchbum566: they will each say different things
bchbum566: if yopu know than what is wrong
Atheist142: but if it's contradictory there, then how can the Bible be the infallible
word of God?
Atheist142: M
bchbum566: why is it contradictory
bchbum566: i thought i was addressing it
Atheist142: well, say if they are different there, then how do you know the whole
thing wasn't completely made up? Don't you have some sort of standard for truth
for the Bible?
bchbum566: there arer four different books that telkl the same story right?
Atheist142: There are small differences in all of them, though.
Atheist142: Enough to be noticeable. This means they were written by man and
not by God, which means they may not be true. At leaast from my perspective.
bchbum566: so what you are saying is that four peopel must write the exact same thing for
it to be true
Atheist142: no, I'm saying you can't tell if the Bible is true or not so you shouldn't
base your entire belief system on it.
Atheist142: That's like me picking up the Cinderella story and saying it was true
just because it was written.
bchbum566: but what you just told me was that they differed in many ways
Atheist142: they did, which shows it could not have been authored by God, or
anyone God-inspired, or it would be perfect.
Atheist142: If it was authored by a man, or many men, then you can't tell the
truthfulness of it in itself.
bchbum566: is was written by God, because they all have the same message from four
different vantage points
Atheist142: how do you explain the contradicions then?
bchbum566: they aren't contradiction
bchbum566: s
bchbum566: do you want me to say why again
Atheist142: wait, they were authored by God, but with the problems of a man's
perspective?
bchbum566: not problems, different perspectives
Atheist142: no, they are two different stories--by a day.
Atheist142: a whole night went by before one happened, and the other was
immediately
Atheist142: plus the fact that Jesus punished the tree for not bearing fruit--when it
was not fig season.
bchbum566: what is wrong with that
Atheist142: that strikes me as a bit odd, but nothing more :-)
bchbum566: why
Atheist142: Well, if it was not fig season I would not be looking for figs, and if I
was, I would not get mad if I didn't find any because there aren't supposed to be
any in the first place!
Atheist142: But it's just me, I suppose
bchbum566: he was in the mood for figs
Atheist142: well, does that warrant the killing of the poor, innocent tree? :-)
bchbum566: my mom just told me to go, but we'll talk later i hope
bchbum566 signed off at 8:35:14 PM.
