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David writes on 2008-08-26 23:42:49
I would only like to add to the excellent answer already given is that one of the main reasons why I personally do not believe in the "infallibility" of the Bible (i.e. error free) is because the Bible contains numerous contradictions that can not be rationally harmonized. If the Bible is "infallible," it wouldn't have such blatant contradictions as to:
(1) whether there were 2 of each kind of animal Noah was to put in the ark as commanded by the Hebrew God Elohim or whether there were seven pair of all the clean animals and only a single pair of all the unclean animals as commanded by the Hebrew God Yahweh. Clearly, parts of two separate man-made traditions were mixed and weaved together in telling the tale of Noah and the flood. This story is anything but the infallible "word of God."
(2) whether men began speaking in different languages after the generation of Noah's three sons as clearly indicated by Genesis chapter 9 or whether men began speaking in different languages at the time of the Tower of Bable as clearly indicated in chapter 10. These two stories are irreconcilable. Chapter 9 ends with the people speaking at least three different languages, and yet Chapter 10 verse 1 starts its story with the ridiculous statement "and the whole world spoke one language." Again, two different man-made stories were linked together in telling a story about how men on earth began to speak different languages. The Bible is clearly not infallible, so why should any of it be believed? If one part is shown to be lie, then the rest must be a lie as well.
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