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: : - I took some care to include contradictions that were in the same Testament; I know the Old and New Testaments are different books.: DDN: Yes, different books that contradict one another. The new testament calls the old testament "worthless" in one of MY bibles. And yet, in the old testament, Jehova says that the laws of Moses are binding contract that will last forever. This is probably the most outlandish biblical contradiction of all!
A close second is the idea of a just, loving, and all-forgiving God who loves all his children, but every so often kills them. Followed by a God that is omniscient, but had to ask where Adam and Eve were in the garden, and didn't realize that they were going to eat the fruit in the first place. I mean, seriously, he knows the future, so why'd he put the tree there if he didn't want them to eat it? Why'd he make the tree in the first place? Why'd he make the serpent? And why did he punish the kids for doing what he'd programed them to do? Clearly these stories are meant as allegories, and are not meant to be taken literally. As Robert has pointd out, if interpreted from a different perspective, the contradictions aren't all that great. The only problem is in determining the most effective way to interpret the legends. (i.e. how, or if, we can make these myths (in the literal, not the perjorative sense) useful to us.)
-Floyd
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