Re: [OT] Good, evil and religion [WAS] Re: A way to compile 3rd party modules into deb system?

[judd@wadsworth.org]

On  9 May, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 04:28:53PM -0400, judd@wadsworth.org wrote:
>> On  9 May, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
>> > On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:49:41PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
>> 
>> > ...
>> 
>> >> I seem to remember that there are also a fair number of
>> >> contradictions and race conditions between various parts of it.
>> >> 
>> > Please point one out.
>> > 
>> > Regards,
>> > 
>> > -Roberto
>> > 
>> 
>>      One example - the gospels (Luke and Mark, IIRC) differ on the
>> day that Jesus was crucified.
>> 
> Could you be a little more specific?  I don't recall such a
> disgreement among the Gospels.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Roberto
> 

This is a well known contradiction to biblical scholars.  I don't
remember the exact verses, but the gospels state in some places that the
last supper was the passover meal and in other places state that
passover was the day after the crucifiction.  If you can wait until
Mon., I'll look into it further.  Or you can read the passages carefully
yourself.

FWIW, there are many contradictions in the bible.  And historical
inaccuracies, etc.  I don't consider that to be a barrier to faith, but
it appears to be for some people who insist that the current versions of
the bible are totally without error as a basic tenet of their belief.

Also, one should remember that "the bible" is not one book but a
collection of writings by many authors in different cultures over
a span of thousands of years.  Many types of literature are included,
such as historical accounts, creation myths, poetry, etc. 


-Chris

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