Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Contradictions, Lies, and Errors

Question: Are you telling me that you believe John 3:13 is a LIE and in ERROR??
Reply:
There is yet another possibility. I argue that John 3:13 need not be viewed as either a Lie or an Error even if Genesis and 2nd Kings are understood to say that Enoch and Elijah both ascended to heaven. How can this be? Here is why: There is no need to be concerned with supposed "contradictions" if we see the Bible as a collection of stories rather than a single set of true propositions.
It seems clear enough that the Bible is a collection of stories. Etymologically, the word Bible comes from "books." It is quite literally a collection of books. One doesn't falsify a book case if two books that it contains disagree. One expects disagreement. It adds interest.
The question is, why would one expect all Biblical statements to be part of a single set of true propositions, none of which contradict. Where does this view come from? Does it have scriptural support? It seems to me to be an extra-Biblical projection.

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