1st century Christianity in the 21st century
Genesis 3:14 reads, “And the LORD God said unto the serpent, because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.” Snakes, while built low, do not eat dirt. Is there a contradiction?
Continue reading “Does a serpent really eat dirt? Answering the Atheist”What is the shape of the earth? Isaiah 40:22 says, “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.” Yet, Matthew 4:8 reads, “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.”
Astronomical bodies are spherical, and you cannot see the entire exterior surface from any place. The kingdoms of Egypt, China, Greece, Crete, sections of Asia Minor, India, Maya (in Mexico), Carthage (North Africa), Rome (Italy), Korea, and other settlements from these kingdoms of the world were widely distributed. Is there a contradiction?
Continue reading “What shape is the earth? Answering the Atheist”Genesis 30:39 reads, “And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.” An odd form of genetic engineering, don’t you think? Is there a contradiction?
Continue reading “Strange Genetic Engineering in Flocks? Answering the Atheist”Are birds from the water or the ground? Genesis 1:20-21 reads, “And God said, ‘Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creatures that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.’ And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind; and God saw that it was good.” However, Genesis 2:19 reads, “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.” Is there a contradiction?
Continue reading “Are birds water or land animals? Answering the Atheist”Leviticus 11:21-23 reads, “Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.”
Insects do not have four feet! Is there a contradiction?
Continue reading “What? Insects don’t have four feet! Answering the Atheist”Leviticus 11:6 reads, “And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof, he is unclean to you.” Rabbits do not chew the cud!
“Gerah” means to chew cud or also perhaps grain, or berries. It does NOT mean dung, and there is a perfectly adequate Hebrew word for that, which could have been used. Furthermore, the phrase translated “chew the cud” in the KJV is more exactly “bring up the cud”. Rabbits do not bring up anything; they let it go all the way through, then eat it again.
The description given in Leviticus is inaccurate. Rabbits do eat their own dung; they do not bring anything up and chew on it.
Continue reading “Do rabbits really chew the cud? Answering the Atheist”The bat is not a bird! In Leviticus 11:13-19, we read, “And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the ossifrage, and the osprey, and the vulture, and the kite after his kind; every raven after his kind, and the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, and the little owl, and the comorant, and the great owl, and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.” Again, Deuteronomy 14:11-18 declares, “Of all clean birds yet shall eat. But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagles, and the ossigrage, and the osprey, and the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, the little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, and the pelican, and the grier eagle, and the cormorant, and the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.” Is there a contradiction?
Continue reading “Why is the bat listed with birds? Answering the Atheist”Who is punished for the sins of the father? Isaiah 14:21 declares, “Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathes; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.” Yet, Deuteronomy 24:16 states, “The fathers shall not put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall be put to death for his own sins.” Is there a contradiction?
Continue reading “Are children punished for their father’s sins? Answering the Atheist”Was Jesus the result of human or ghostly impregnation? In Acts 2:30, we read, “Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne.” However, in Matthew 1:18, it is written, “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: when as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.” Is there a contradiction?
Continue reading “Jesus’ conception: of human or spiritual origin? Answering the Atheist”How many stalls and horsemen did Solomon have? In 1 Kings 4:26 we read, “And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.” However, 2 Chronicles 9:25 records, “And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chaiots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, adn with the king at Jerusalem.” Is there a contradiction?
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