Originally posted by: kage69
And about biblical contradictions, they simply do not exist
Oh? For starters...
GEN 1:25: "And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good."
GEN 1:26: "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."
GEN 2:18: "And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him."
GEN 2:19: "And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof."
Ok for this one I'm not sure what exactly the contradiction is. Are you talking about how in 2:19 it says God has formed the all the animals, where earlier it says he formed them in 1:25? If so, I think its pretty easily seen that its just a reiteration, that God brought all the creatures to Adam to be named, the same animals that he formed out of the ground earlier.
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ISA 40:22: "It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in"
MAT 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"
Once again, I'm having to guess the contradiction you are referring to. Are you saying that there is a contradiction in that the humans are "as grasshoppers" and then in MAT 4:8 have "glory"? Obviously since Jesus did not fall for Satan's temptation he did not see the same glory that the devil was trying to show him as being there. Jesus knew the sinfulness of man. But, like before I'm not sure if this is what you are trying to say.
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Ps.92:12: "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree."
Isa.57:1: "The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart."
Ok here, you really need to read the context of the verses (in fact, both the verses you listed are not the full verses). In Psalms, the righteous flourish "planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our Lord." (Ps 92:12) In Isaiah the same thing goes. "The righteous pass away; the godly often die before their time. And no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come. 2 For the godly who die will rest in peace." (Isa 57:1-2). So it's easy to see that while the righteous may perish before their time, they flourish in the purist way, in the kingdom of God due to their righteousness.
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(concerning how Juda died)
MAT 27:5: "And he cast down the pieces of silver into the temple and departed, and went out and hanged himself."
Acts 1:18: "And falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all of his bowels gushed out."
This is an interesting and common one. I don't have a source right on hand besides Josh McDowell's The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict, but evidence shows that Judas hung himself on a tree at the edge of a cliff, below which there was a grassy field. It doesn't take much insight to say that after hanging himself from the tree the branch (or rope) broke and he fell into the field, causing his bowels to come out of him.
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Luke23:46: "And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, "Father, unto thy hands I commend my spirit:" and having said thus, he gave up the ghost."
John19:30: "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished:" and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."
In Luke it says that after saying "Father, unto thy hands I commend my spirit" Jesus died. In John it says he says "It is finished," but it doesn't say he doesn't say anything else after that before dieing. It's not hard to reconcile this if you are willing to accept the fact that each Gospel is just one account of Jesus's life, and each offers something different. The same thing goes for what was written on the cross. Four different Gospels each say somethign different, so which is right? The anser: they all are. It's not a stretch to say that all four statements were written on the cross together... they are not mutually exclusive which is required to say there exists a contradiction.
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(on whether to answer a fool)
PRO 26:4: "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him."
PRO 26:5: "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit."
This one requires insight into what Proverbs is all about. Solomon wrote Proverbs if I recall correctly, and its a book about practical wisdom to lead a righteous life. With these two verses it may seem like a contradiction, but what advice do you take away from these two verses? Well, if you answer a fool's arguement, you could either fall into his trap and become a fool like him, or show him the foolishness of his arguement so he won't continue decieving himself and thinking he is right. It's advice in that it warns you of either course. Obviously, there isn't a black and white situation where you should NEVER answer someone that says something that you know is wrong, just like you can't say you should ALWAYS answer someone that says something wrong. This is practical advice for either situation.
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