Let's see what the non-religious crowd thinks: Does it contradict?

I can%26#039;t seem to get a sensible answer out of these Christians, so...





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Let%26#039;s see what the non-religious crowd thinks: Does it contradict?
There are plenty of contradictions in the Christian religion.


You found one, but there is more to it, than what you have written.





Did you know that the Christian Bible was also the Jewish Bible.


In Judaism they have a word for death called Sheol.


It is a type of hell, but instead just an emptiness. King David often referred to it in his poetry.


The Christians just kind of over look that place though, because of Jesus. With Jesus they are saved from both Hell and Sheol. With out Jesus you are left with two of life%26#039;s greatest fears, hell, and death.


Hard to contradict some who are attached to a solution to those fears, don%26#039;t you agree?
Let%26#039;s see what the non-religious crowd thinks: Does it contradict?
I think death in this case is like the grim reaper as opposed to the whole concept of %26quot;death%26quot;, but i%26#039;m no defender of the bible.
Reply:Thing written in the bible is not the truth nor historical facts.


It is people%26#039;s perception of the truth.





Everyone have their own perception of the truth. When these perceptions are combine into a book. It will be full of contradictions.





You don%26#039;t take everything in the bible word for word. You must use some common sense to to do some filtering and processing of the informations and develop your own interpretation.
Reply:OK.


That King James Bible you discuss was the result


of a string of translations, the last one intentionally


loose, (they used the simplest words for general


understanding, probably at the cost of fine distinctions).


Taking it literally is as silly as quibbling over fine


contradictions.