One thing I don't get about fundamentalism is how you can hope to have one book, which is an accumulation of cultural writings going back thousands of years and which is RIFE with contradiction, and which knows NOTHING about our times, and call it the absolute truth.
A few selected contradictions from the Bible:
2 Kings 2:11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.
John 3:13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.
Matthew 5:16 Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your father in heaven.
Matthew 6:1 Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them.
Genesis 32:30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and my life was preserved.”
Exodus 33:11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend.
John 1:18 No one has ever seen God.
John 5:31 If I testify about myself, my testimony is not valid.
John 8:14 Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid.
(Go ahead, tell me those things are taken out of context. I'll tell you those are just as out-of-context as the proscriptions against homosexuality, among other things.)
This is taken from <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~owl233/biblequotes.htm">here</a>, which also lists scientific errors, ridiculous punishments, and other things that it would be awfully hard to take literally in the Bible. Worth a read.
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