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Conservapedia talk:Is the Bible Inerrant? (view source)
Revision as of 12:23, April 9, 2007
, 12:23, April 9, 2007→I do not understand this argument.
::The problem with the non-overlapping magisteria idea is that they ''do'' overlap. The Bible talks about things to do with astronomy, geology, etc.
::The problem with the non-overlapping magisteria idea is that they ''do'' overlap. The Bible talks about things to do with astronomy, geology, etc.
::[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 01:46, 9 April 2007 (EDT)
::[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 01:46, 9 April 2007 (EDT)
==What about the big contradiction?==
All of these pale beside the big contradiction—between the Old Testament and the New?
Is all of the Old Testament the infallible word of God, and its laws good for perpetuity?
:Old Testament: Yes. (E.g. Leviticus 3:17, "It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood..." and similar language in numerous other places).
:New Testament: No. Maybe. ''Some'' of it, but exactly ''which'' parts of it is a matter of widely varying interpretation and opinion.
It is widely stated that the "New Testament supersedes the Old." Since the Old Testament in many place calls its laws perpetual, "supersedes" would seem to mean "contradicts."
However, there is no simple statement to the effect that "the New Testament supersedes the old." This view seems to be an inference from passages in the New Testament which are elliptical: Luke 22:20, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you;" Matthew 5:38-48, "Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.... Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate." Mark 2:27, "And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath."
So, is clear enough that according to the New Testament, not ''all'' of the Old Testament is to be considered the infallible word of God. But nothing in the New Testament clearly catalogs of ''which'' parts of the Old Testament have been superseded, leaving this to be a matter of interpretation—which is interpreted in widely varying ways. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 08:23, 9 April 2007 (EDT)