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This post is just a few words of introduction and to just state what my intentions are for starting this blog.
I have had numerous conversations and debates with fellow mortals who are of the atheist/humanist/evolutionist persuasion, during which, after having explained to them their need of salvation, and after them having almost exhausted their stock of excuses for their unbelief, they hit me with what they think is the 'knock out blow'; the old 'the Bible is full of contradictions, absurdities and inconsistencies' excuse. They then proceed (they think) to add weight to their blow by directing me to the following website:
This nauseous website contains a long list of apparent 'contradictions' and 'absurdities' taken from every book from Genesis to Revelation. To accomplish this the author makes no attempt to intelligently understand any of the text and decontextualises everything. Some of the entries are so blatantly ridiculous that a child could answer the objections raised and they barely warrant an explanation. Nevertheless, I think that this website has, can and will be used to place stumbling blocks in the way of genuine seekers of the Lord, to hinder the growth of the weaker brother or sister in the faith and serves to furnish unbelievers with much material with which they can silence their consciences.
This brings me back to my intentions for this blog. I intend, over a period of time (don't know how long, may be months, but could be years) to answer each objection listed on the aforementioned website. I realise that the answers to these objections and more have been published in various works, but my aim is to gather together into a single unit simple explanations that are accessible to all.
P.S. I am no theologian, and don't pretend to be one, (and realise that there are a number of theological 'big hitters' in the blogsphere e.g. Phil Johnson, Steve Camp and others of their ilk) so if anyone objects to any of my explanations, and have the credentials to do so, please feel free to comment on or correct anything that I publish.
This post is just a few words of introduction and to just state what my intentions are for starting this blog.
I have had numerous conversations and debates with fellow mortals who are of the atheist/humanist/evolutionist persuasion, during which, after having explained to them their need of salvation, and after them having almost exhausted their stock of excuses for their unbelief, they hit me with what they think is the 'knock out blow'; the old 'the Bible is full of contradictions, absurdities and inconsistencies' excuse. They then proceed (they think) to add weight to their blow by directing me to the following website:
This nauseous website contains a long list of apparent 'contradictions' and 'absurdities' taken from every book from Genesis to Revelation. To accomplish this the author makes no attempt to intelligently understand any of the text and decontextualises everything. Some of the entries are so blatantly ridiculous that a child could answer the objections raised and they barely warrant an explanation. Nevertheless, I think that this website has, can and will be used to place stumbling blocks in the way of genuine seekers of the Lord, to hinder the growth of the weaker brother or sister in the faith and serves to furnish unbelievers with much material with which they can silence their consciences.
This brings me back to my intentions for this blog. I intend, over a period of time (don't know how long, may be months, but could be years) to answer each objection listed on the aforementioned website. I realise that the answers to these objections and more have been published in various works, but my aim is to gather together into a single unit simple explanations that are accessible to all.
P.S. I am no theologian, and don't pretend to be one, (and realise that there are a number of theological 'big hitters' in the blogsphere e.g. Phil Johnson, Steve Camp and others of their ilk) so if anyone objects to any of my explanations, and have the credentials to do so, please feel free to comment on or correct anything that I publish.
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