Inerrant Lie #16

Another lie from "God's ineffable, inerrant word":

In his second pastoral epistle to Timothy, Paul writes: "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works [2 Timothy 3:16 & 17]." This is, undoubtedly, the most- often- cited source material used to back the so- called "infallibility doctrine" or "Chicago Statement” concerning scripture. It is also a lie.

According to Jesus of Nazareth, not all scripture is inspired by God. Some scripture is inspired by the hardness of men’s hearts, Sweet Jesus says. For instance; Moses wrote: "When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house [Deuteronomy 24:1]." Of this scripture, Jesus said, "Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so [Matthew 19:8]." Hardness in the heart of a man is not divine inspiration.

Moses isn't the only one whose perceived infallabillity Jesus blew to smithereens with his ‘God- gun’ of “dark sayings.” Speaking of all the patriarchs and their children, Jesus said, "All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers… [John 10:8]." I guess they're just like Jesus and his father that way.

Inerrant Lie #15

Another lie from "God's ineffable, inerrant word":

The apostle Luke records the ‘conversion’ of the apostle Paul, as it occurred on the road to Damascus, in Acts 9. Of this encounter, it is recorded: "And the men which journeyed with [Paul] stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man [Acts 9:7]."

Years later, Paul recounts this same encounter on the road to Damascus for the benefit of the Jews at Jerusalem. This recount of the matter is likewise recorded by the apostle Luke in the book of Acts. In Acts 22:9, Luke records Paul the apostle telling the Jews, "And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me."

It's arguable whether or not there was any "man" for Paul's companions to see, as per Acts 9:7. After all, Paul himself was blinded by the light of the one who spoke with him on the road to Damascus. Therefore the vision of Paul's companions in Acts 22:9 could well be– as Paul's was– their blindness in Acts 9:7.

Hearing, however, is not seeing. While one may be blinded by what one sees; and likewise deafened by what one hears; still hearing is more of an all- or- nothing proposition, inasmuch as the report that deafens is certainly heard: while the light that blinds obscures its own source from the view of those so blinded by it's brilliance. Therefore, the hearing of Paul's companions in Acts 9 cannot be equated with their deafness in Acts 22 without a corresponding loss of integrity: either in the manuscript; in its author; in its translation; in the One some credit for every word written in it; in the perceived veracity of those who claim the absolute integrity of the document; in the subject matter covered therein; or even in all of the above.

Is the hearing of-- or deafness to-- the words of “the word of God” a small matter? If so: why should anyone, including Paul and Luke, have invested fortunes and hazarded life- and- limb bringing the hearing thereof to the otherwise uninitiated? Either way: even a small lie is a lie.

Inerrant Lie #14

Another lie from "God's ineffable, inerrant word":

In Acts chapter 7, Stephen ["a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost" -Acts 6:5] says of Abraham: "Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell [Acts 7:4]." This does not agree with Moses' account, recorded in Genesis.

Genesis 11:26 says, "Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram [a.k.a. Abraham], Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot." Accordingly, it is 'understood' that Abram was Terah's firstborn, inasmuch as Abram is first mentioned.

Verse 32 of Genesis 11 says, "the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran [a.k.a. "Charran," above]." Genesis 12:4 goes on to say, "Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran."

It's simple math: Terah begat Abram when he was seventy years old; Abram left his father Terah's household at the not- so- tender age of seventy- five years. Seventy plus seventy- five makes Terah one- hundred forty- five years old at Abe's departure for Canaan: sixty years shy of Terah's passing at two- hundred five years of age. Like it or not, either Moses or Stephen lied about what time of Abraham's life he finally left his father Terah’s household… if they both didn't.