unchurching/Judas
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In a message dated 1/24/03 6:11:17 PM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<<
The Bible doesn't say that Judas bought himself a field with the
silver. One account has Judas hanging himself, and another account
has him falling and bursting asunder. If you think about it, a dead
body, after a few days, falling from the limb it was hanging on, or
the limb breaking...it would VERY EASILY burst asunder and its bowels
gush out. Ugh.
Have you ever read a biography of, say George Washington? Then read
another Washington bio by a different author. would they be
identical? no. No more than the four writers of the gospels used
identical words...different authors, different words, different
events highlighted. >>
This is the fairytale I always hear Christians concoct when any contradiction
is pointed out in the Bible. Takes a stretch of imagination to try and make
all those glaring errors fit.
Here are the verses, you decide just how much imagination it takes to believe
that both of these are accurate. You are stating exactly the same things I've
heard other Bible literalists say about this particular contradiction...so
apparently it's the cut and dry answer some Christian leader came up with and
gets parroted frequently.
Mt.27:5
"And he [Judas] cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed,
and went and hanged himself."
Acts 1:18
" Now this man [Judas] purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and
falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed
out."
Ren
"The world's much smaller than you think. Made up of two kinds of
people--simple and complicated.....The simple ones are contented. The
complicated ones aren't."
"Unschooling support at pensacolaunschoolers.com
[email protected] writes:
<<
The Bible doesn't say that Judas bought himself a field with the
silver. One account has Judas hanging himself, and another account
has him falling and bursting asunder. If you think about it, a dead
body, after a few days, falling from the limb it was hanging on, or
the limb breaking...it would VERY EASILY burst asunder and its bowels
gush out. Ugh.
Have you ever read a biography of, say George Washington? Then read
another Washington bio by a different author. would they be
identical? no. No more than the four writers of the gospels used
identical words...different authors, different words, different
events highlighted. >>
This is the fairytale I always hear Christians concoct when any contradiction
is pointed out in the Bible. Takes a stretch of imagination to try and make
all those glaring errors fit.
Here are the verses, you decide just how much imagination it takes to believe
that both of these are accurate. You are stating exactly the same things I've
heard other Bible literalists say about this particular contradiction...so
apparently it's the cut and dry answer some Christian leader came up with and
gets parroted frequently.
Mt.27:5
"And he [Judas] cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed,
and went and hanged himself."
Acts 1:18
" Now this man [Judas] purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and
falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed
out."
Ren
"The world's much smaller than you think. Made up of two kinds of
people--simple and complicated.....The simple ones are contented. The
complicated ones aren't."
"Unschooling support at pensacolaunschoolers.com
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<<The Bible doesn't say that Judas bought himself a field with the silver. >>
Huh. Ren just proved it DOES say that.
Will the list get an apology?
Huh. Ren just proved it DOES say that.
Will the list get an apology?
Heidi <[email protected]>
My apologies. I should have looked it up my own self.
Heidi
Heidi
--- In [email protected], starsuncloud@c... wrote:
> In a message dated 1/24/03 6:11:17 PM Central Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>
> <<
> The Bible doesn't say that Judas bought himself a field with the
> silver. One account has Judas hanging himself, and another account
> has him falling and bursting asunder. If you think about it, a
dead
> body, after a few days, falling from the limb it was hanging on,
or
> the limb breaking...it would VERY EASILY burst asunder and its
bowels
> gush out. Ugh.
>
> Have you ever read a biography of, say George Washington? Then
read
> another Washington bio by a different author. would they be
> identical? no. No more than the four writers of the gospels used
> identical words...different authors, different words, different
> events highlighted. >>
>
> This is the fairytale I always hear Christians concoct when any
contradiction
> is pointed out in the Bible. Takes a stretch of imagination to try
and make
> all those glaring errors fit.
> Here are the verses, you decide just how much imagination it takes
to believe
> that both of these are accurate. You are stating exactly the same
things I've
> heard other Bible literalists say about this particular
contradiction...so
> apparently it's the cut and dry answer some Christian leader came
up with and
> gets parroted frequently.
>
> Mt.27:5
> "And he [Judas] cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and
departed,
> and went and hanged himself."
> Acts 1:18
> " Now this man [Judas] purchased a field with the reward of
iniquity; and
> falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels
gushed
> out."
>
> Ren
> "The world's much smaller than you think. Made up of two kinds of
> people--simple and complicated.....The simple ones are contented.
The
> complicated ones aren't."
> "Unschooling support at pensacolaunschoolers.com