tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post5051220201864432912..comments2024-03-01T07:35:49.740-08:00Comments on Come Reason's Apologetics Notes: Bible Contradictions - Three Common Errors in Assuming ContradictionsLenny Espositohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04064209669748618955noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-40621661475819331952013-04-15T13:41:56.171-07:002013-04-15T13:41:56.171-07:00Bernie, You need to re-read what a contradiction i...Bernie, You need to re-read what a contradiction is. This is not a contradiction. If Ehrman (or you) are asserting a contradiction, then you must back up your assertion. If your claiming that you think the accounts cannot be harmonized, that's a different claim. But I don't see a contradiction here.Lenny Espositohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04064209669748618955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-81544216543112811162013-04-15T13:40:22.787-07:002013-04-15T13:40:22.787-07:00"Ehrman himself knows that these statements a..."Ehrman himself knows that these statements are neither contradictory nor do the text necessitate their exegesis to be in conflict at all. Ehrman uses these for shock value."<br /><br />Like Bart Erhman has said, you can create a gospel story by combining all 4 from the Bible; but please be aware that in doing so, you are essentially creating a 5th version.Bernie Dehlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03919318328504104290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-42488454822051293032013-04-15T13:21:06.511-07:002013-04-15T13:21:06.511-07:00Like this supposed contradiction quoted in the art...Like this supposed contradiction quoted in the article?<br /><br />"But if Matthew and John were both written by earthly disciples of Jesus, why are they so very different, on all sorts of levels? Why do they contain so many contradictions? Why do they have such fundamentally different views of who Jesus was? In Matthew, Jesus comes into being when he is conceived, or born, of a virgin; in John, Jesus is the incarnate Word of God who was with God in the beginning and through whom the universe was made."<br /><br />Is that a REAL contradiction? Is it possible that the virgin birth and the eternal God the son can both be true? Of course, and the creeds of Christendom have affirmed both for nearly 1700 years. Ehrman himself knows that these statements are neither contradictory nor do the text necessitate their exegesis to be in conflict at all. Ehrman uses these for shock value.Lenny Espositohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04064209669748618955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-19683953760879995262013-04-15T13:08:34.858-07:002013-04-15T13:08:34.858-07:00Maybe you should provide one from a real critic, a...Maybe you should provide one from a real critic, and mention who they are. Bart Erhman would be a good source, who wrote extensively on it.<br />Example:<br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101389895<br />Bernie Dehlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03919318328504104290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-34007668017729293772013-04-15T12:36:57.344-07:002013-04-15T12:36:57.344-07:00RE: "Example: How Many at the Tomb?"
It...RE: "Example: How Many at the Tomb?"<br /><br />It seems like you pick a weak example. Why not pick one of the strongest examples of a contradiction?Bernie Dehlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03919318328504104290noreply@blogger.com