1st century Christianity in the 21st century
Do the righteous live or not? Psalm 92:12 reads, “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree.” However, Isaiah 57:1 says, “The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart.” Is there a contradiction?
Continue reading “Do the righteous really live? Answering the Atheist”What kind of personality did Moses have? Do Numbers 12:3 and Numbers 31:14, 17, 18 contradict?
Continue reading “Moses’ personality – Answering the Atheist”How satisfied was God with creation? God said “it was good” after each of his labours and rests on the seventh day, evidently, very satisfied.
However, God has to fix up his creation as he goes, and he would certainly not be very satisfied with the disobedience of that primordial couple. (funny thing that an omniscient god would forget things)
Is there a contradiction?
Continue reading “Was God happy with Creation? Answering the Atheist”How orderly were things in creation?
#1: Step-by-step. The only discrepancy is that there is no Sun or Moon or stars n the first three “days.”
#2: God fixes things up as He goes. The first man is lonely, and is not satisfied with animals. God finally creates a woman for him. (funny thing that an omniscient God would forget things)
Is there a contradiction?
Continue reading “Was Creation Really Orderly? Answering the Atheist”There is a problem with the creation accounts. Here is the order of the first (Genesis 1), the Priestly tradition:
Day 1 – sky, earth, light
Day 2 – water, both in ocean basins and above the sky (!)
Day 3 – plants
Day 4 – sun, moon, stars (as calendrical and navigational aids)
Day 5 – sea monsters (whales), fish, birds, land animals, creepy-crawlies (reptiles, insects, etc.)
Day 6 – Humans (apparently both sexes at the same time)
Day 7 – Nothing (the Gods took the first day off anyone ever did)
Ecclesiastes 1:7 reads, “All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.” This is part of a description of the hydrological cycle. However, Job 38:22-23 reads, “Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, while i have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?” Storehouses are NOT part of the cycle! Is there a contradiction?
Continue reading “Storehouses in the Hydrological Cycle? Answering the Atheist”How is the earth supported? Job 26:7 says, “He stretcheth out the noth over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.” Yet, Job 38:4 says, “Where wast thou when I laid the foundation of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.” Is there a contradiction?
Continue reading “How is the earth supported? Answering the Atheist”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”