Originally posted by Nellinator
The author of this website is a bit of a joke. He claims to be analytical, but he were, he would have no problems with the Galatians passage.
I found his argument pretty valid *surprise, surprise*
I can relate, because being an ex-Christian like him, he admits that what actually turned him away from Christianity was the Bible itself...same here.
When I actually READ the Bible more and more, in effort to develop stronger Faith, it really just turned me away.
The condoning of violence is the number one reason I reject the Bible. The Bible contradicts my own personal morality, and due to all the contradictions the Bible DOES in fact possess, I could not make myself beleif in something with such error.
Originally posted by Nellinator
There are two reasons I see for these to be the same.
1) In the case that you didn't read the passage, it would be important to note that it deals with the prophecy of Isaiah, an important prophecy, which is why it belongs Isaiah. This prophecy and its fulfillment had a major impact on the history of Israel as it was the destruction of Assyria, giving it a place in the history book of 2 Kings.
So what ?
Why repeat it word for word ?
Sounds like lazy writing to me.....
Originally posted by Nellinator
2) The books of the OT were copied on seperate scrolls and reading in the Temple involved reading from one scroll. The process of copying of scrolls was a complex ritual that left no room for error (hence the absolute symmetry between the passages). Since I have shown that this passage has a place in both books and that both would be incomplete without it, it is easy to understand that if the Priest were reading from one scroll or the other and that passage was left out, the Word would be incomplete. Therefore, it is best included in both so that reading from either scroll would give historical setting for further reading and create unity and flow on both scrolls.
I understand that any human can make an honest mistake like that while putting the Bible together...but thats EXACTLY my point !
Human Beings wrote and organized the Bible...its self-evident, and that simple. If a Perfect God truly wrote it, there would be no contradictions, no confusion, no eaxct repeats, no errors, and no hate and no violence....but since the Bible possesses all these things, it seems more human and not divine.