tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post112291939450931585..comments2024-03-20T10:47:46.434-07:00Comments on Annotated Skeptic's Annotated Bible: These are the generations... (Genesis overview)Bruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-69606312044297501522013-11-21T16:19:37.466-08:002013-11-21T16:19:37.466-08:00You've got a point, I'll have to admit. Wh...You've got a point, I'll have to admit. While I can't realistically check "every translation", I suppose I've cherry-picked a translation that happens to work. A couple things still could be said, though. The Hebrew verb in that sentence is in the imperfect tense, which I understand to indicate an ongoing action; creation was not instantaneous, but an ongoing process. Bruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-50337837506504142202013-11-21T12:41:42.867-08:002013-11-21T12:41:42.867-08:00I find the fact that you referenced NIV for the cr...I find the fact that you referenced NIV for the creation of the animals in the second creation story rather disturbing. A quick look at every other version clearly shows the distinct lack of "had". If we were to consider just plain translation alone, which is more likely, that KJV, ASV, NASV, NLT and orthodox jewish bible all got that wrong, or that the translators of NIV intentionally the thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724002433862102584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-23193738722080653422013-11-17T15:32:22.121-08:002013-11-17T15:32:22.121-08:00You know, it's funny, but while I do of course...You know, it's funny, but while I do of course hope that anything that I do, whether blogging or talking with people face-to-face about my beliefs, might have some positive effect on their spiritual life, I have no expectations that this blog will ever convert a single non-believer. Even if I were clever enough to explain away every footnote of the Skeptic's Annotated Bible, in the end itBruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-54292256356384512182013-11-17T12:24:32.422-08:002013-11-17T12:24:32.422-08:00You said it well, the Bible is just a good book if...You said it well, the Bible is just a good book if you take God out of it.<br /><br />"It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." - John 6:63<br /><br />Once the Spirit of God indwells you, the words are more than words, they are life. I think, not dogmatic about it, that if the words are spoken byCatalin Oanceanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-9198052477410806862013-11-16T17:32:15.813-08:002013-11-16T17:32:15.813-08:00I think you're right, and it matters a great d...I think you're right, and it matters a great deal where you are spiritually. I recently had a commenter who insisted that if I believed in the Bible, it could only be because I haven't really read it. I informed him that truthfully, I've only read about 60 of the 66 books comprising the Bible, but if I could read through the books of Joshua and Judges and not be turned away by the Bruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-38916607086571508142013-11-16T12:53:00.978-08:002013-11-16T12:53:00.978-08:00In regard to what he said, I don't mean to be ...In regard to what he said, I don't mean to be rude, but throwing the word of God out the door because you found what seems to be to you a contradiction doesn't really indicate a true child-like faith in God. He doesn't cite what version he was reading, what were those Hebrew sources and the Septuagint isn't the most reliable source; his only argument was that he studied the Bible Catalin Oanceanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-16399754330376590532013-11-13T12:57:47.373-08:002013-11-13T12:57:47.373-08:00No, Durokemit never told me, and I was awfully cur...No, Durokemit never told me, and I was awfully curious, too!<br /><br />The SAB does have plenty of material, though, and not all of it was stuff I could handle, so if you're interested in Bible mistakes, I've used the tag "contradiction" for any post where I come across a contradiction the SAB suggests that I couldn't resolve. (Of course it doesn't mean that there is noBruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-15319699504448399452013-11-13T10:45:17.324-08:002013-11-13T10:45:17.324-08:00I hope you are going to read this, Brucker, but I ...I hope you are going to read this, Brucker, but I will like to know that big mistake Durokemit was talking about. I don't know how to reach him and I thought he might have told it to you.Catalinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-4362415857339626872012-10-06T10:28:28.587-07:002012-10-06T10:28:28.587-07:00I was speaking metaphorically, I'm not crazy! ...I was speaking metaphorically, I'm not crazy! ;pNahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613150595253823984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-88652038014520924592012-10-03T23:21:40.372-07:002012-10-03T23:21:40.372-07:00Sure, from an evolutionary perspective that's ...Sure, from an evolutionary perspective that's the case, but that's not the perspective I was running with here. Evolutionarily speaking, <i>nobody</i> was made from <i>anyone's</i> rib.<br /><br />On a side note, I just noticed I never put in a note about something interesting I learned last year. Durokemit mentioned in the first comment that there may be pieces missing from the BibleBruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-53136289231428646582012-09-20T08:11:31.130-07:002012-09-20T08:11:31.130-07:00Just going to make one comment for now, you say
&...Just going to make one comment for now, you say <br />"Nonetheless, on a genetic level, He did anyway, since in creating a man first, one might be fair to assume the presence of both an X and Y chromosome in the first human being. But that's another matter." <br />Actually although from an evolutionary perspective humans would have arrived as man and woman, that being dealt with Nahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613150595253823984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-14165703442968028622009-02-09T05:27:00.000-08:002009-02-09T05:27:00.000-08:00Your story is truly inspiring, strange little spam...Your story is truly inspiring, strange little spammer.Bruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-54809641797223234562009-02-09T00:20:00.000-08:002009-02-09T00:20:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.wow power levelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17740059839891957088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1169271351695809552007-01-19T21:35:00.000-08:002007-01-19T21:35:00.000-08:00Each of us takes a journey of our choosing... Acco...Each of us takes a journey of our choosing... <BR/><BR/>According to Mathew 7:7 we can ask.. A door will open.. Through my own interpretation is that we just have to keep our minds open enough to see the answers we seek..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1138823025406174332006-02-01T11:43:00.000-08:002006-02-01T11:43:00.000-08:00That's not a problem. There's always a better writ...That's not a problem. There's always a better writer out there somewhere. If I only wanted to write on the condition that I was the best there is at this stuff, then I probably wouldn't have written a single post. My old philosophy instructor always told me I was much too verbose, and I believe she was right, but I've never seemed to get over it. Read some more of the blog, I'm sure quite a few Bruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1138813563474118842006-02-01T09:06:00.000-08:002006-02-01T09:06:00.000-08:00I came accross your site by accident. However, I ...I came accross your site by accident. However, I had just finished writing something very similar on Genesis. There is only one slight problem, you state things in a much better way than I can. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1130783767784747652005-10-31T10:36:00.000-08:002005-10-31T10:36:00.000-08:00I can't deny that far too many Christians don't ac...I can't deny that far too many Christians don't actually read their Bible in depth. I had an elder at a church I once attended who told me that he never bothered reading the Old Testament. I was in a Bible study group with him, and somebody was talking about something that bothered them, and he said, "Don't forget that the Bible says we need to forgive our enemies!" The ther guy replied, "I've Bruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1130774759356466312005-10-31T08:05:00.000-08:002005-10-31T08:05:00.000-08:00Some people do spend a lot of time pondering these...Some people do spend a lot of time pondering these lost books, and it's an interesting subject. I've often wondered if, for instance, Paul's Epistle to the Laodiceans were to be discovered and authenticated some day, would it be added to the Canon? Would that imply that the previous Canon(s) were incorrect?<BR/><BR/>Your talk of labelling certain books as "non-spiritual" is, I think, misguided, Bruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.com