He said inspired, not infallible. The books are still the product of humans.
>Yeah, but I always wonder about this part: "God inspired human authors >to compose sacred books." > >Really? Cause these books are sure aren't very clear, clearly come >from millennia of tales pre-writing, and clearly were gathered from >multiple sources. > Because they are still the result of humans. Humans are, by definition, imperfect. I am so glad to be imperfect as I can enjoy life and the fixing of those big little faults I have. >So if God did all the work to inspire people to write the works, why >are they so fecked up? Take the Septuagint, for example. Or the Dead >Sea Scrolls. Or the comparison of them: > >http://www.geocities.com/r_grant_jones/Rick/Septuagint/spappendix.htm > They are sacred texts, not history. Jesus taught in parables, why can't God? >And if Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel were the only people on Earth ... >where'd Cain get a wife from? Was it Eve? > Who knows, I'll ask him if and when the time comes. However, my reservation is in fiddler's Green. >Are these the kind of inconsistencies the best that the inspiration of >God can come up with? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:234652 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
