46 : “ A nd w he n Je su s ha d cri ed wi th a lo ud vo ice , he sai d, Fa th er, int o th y ha nd s I co m m en d m y sp irit : an d ha vi ng sai d th us , he ga ve up th e gh os t.” John 19:30 “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.” Ge n 32: 30 st at es “… fo r I ha ve se en G od fa ce to fa ce , an d m y life is pr es er ve d. ” John 1:18 states, “No man hath seen God at any time…” Factual Errors 1 Kings 7:23 “He made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.” Circumference = Pi() x Diameter, which means that the Bible is saying that Pi() = 3. A strict literalist who believes a perfect God would allow no error must admit that in this case their perfect God is allowing some pretty sloppy approximations. How sloppy does it have to be before it’s just wrong? Lev 11:20-21: “All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.” Fowl do not go upon all four. Lev 11:6: “And the hare, because he cheweth the cud…” Hare do not chew the cud. Deut 14:7: ” “…as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof.” This is wrong on both counts: Hare don’t chew the cud and camels do divide the “hoof.” Jonah 1:17 says, “…Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights” Matt 12:40 says “…Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly…” whales and fish are not related Matt 13:31-32: ” “the kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed which…is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown is the greatest among herbs and becometh a tree.” There are 2 significant errors here: first, there are many smaller seeds, like the orchid seed; and second, mustard plants don’t grow into trees. Matt 4:8: ” Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them.” Unless the world is flat, altitude simply will not help you see all the kingdoms of the earth. See C. Dennis McKinsey, The Encyclopedia of Biblical Errancy (Amherst: Prometheus Books, 1995), which is an extensive compilation of scripture problems.
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