Re: [Fwd: Bible contradictions]
Ian Dorion (dorioni@intellinet.com)
Mon, 21 Jul 1997 12:36:38 -0600
Phipps@amrf-po.pmeh.uiowa.edu wrote:
>
> Pre-installed User wrote:
> >
> > Any skeptic, send your number one ALLEGED Bible Contradiction and
> let me > see if I can adequately refute it for you. One per skeptic,
> per day
> > please. Thank You!
> >
> > Jerry Moffitt
>
>
> Sorry for being dense, but how exactly do I communicate my questions
> (one per day) to this gentleman? Do I just post it here?
>
> I also think it's worth mentioning that I appreciate his willingness
> to take on questions. I don't think its reasonable to criticize him
> for asking people to send their #1 contradiction--I wouldn't want to
> get a post with 100's of points to address--he has said one per day,
> so that indicates a willingness to deal with multiple points over
> time. Let's give the benefit of the doubt.
>
> If Mr. Moffitt is reading this, here is my #1 contradiction (that's #1
> in chronological order according to when I noticed them). I've posted
> it before:
>
> Genesis 6:19 (KJV) "And of every living thing of all flesh, two of
> every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with
> thee; they shall be male and female." So we get two animals. Clear
> enough, but verse 20 goes over the top in restating the two-animal
> thing: "Of fowsl after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of
> every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort
> shall come unto thee, to keep them alive." Ok, ok ... so how many was
> that again?
>
> However Genesis 7:2-3 says: "Of every clean beast thou shalt take to
> thee by sevens, the male and his female [strange, since 7 is an odd
> number!]: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his
> female.[v3] Of fowls of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to
> keep seed alive upon the face of the earth."
>
> I'll be looking forward to hearing from you, Mr. Moffitt.
>
> Peace,
> john
IAN
John, that's seven of each. Seven males and seven females. At least thats the
way I read it.