Does the bible contradict itself?

Does the bible contradict itself?

baseballchic wrote:

Does the bible contradict itself?

Does this painting contradict itself?


The painting and the bible are analogous because each are social artworks designed to elicit impressions from the viewer. They are both a hodgepodge of somewhat recognizable fragments of meaning, never intended to produce an absolute vision.

Both very good replies. Both really made me think about what was being said. Still in the first place if there is a trinity. how can all three spirits sit equally and it still be noted that there is only one God?

THE PARADOX OF THE FAINT YOUNG SUN

From the study of many stars of many different types, astrophysicists have established a model for the evolution of a typical star. All stars are born, live for a period of time, and then die. The details depend strongly on the initial mass of the star, but the energy output from every star varies throughout its life.

As first pointed out by Sagan and Mullen (1972), when this model is applied to the Sun, a paradox appears to result.

Astrophysicists are in general agreement that as star like the Sun ages, the fusion processes at its core gradually intensify. Looking backwards, this means that around 4 billion years ago, the Sun was only about 75% as bright as it is today.

This in turn means that Earth should have been completely covered with ice for most of its history. The paradox arises from the fact that all geological evidence shows that there was plenty of liquid water as far back as about 4 billion years ago.

How does one resolve the seeming discrepancy between the astrophysical evidence supporting evolution (warming) of the Sun over time with the geological evidence that Earth from its earliest days has always had liquid water present on the surface?

The bible cannot contradict itself can it? what about the theory of the doctrine of the trinity? If this theory is correct, then the bible therefore does contradict itself. It says in three different sections of the Bible this about baptism. You must baptize yourself in NONE other than the name of the father and in NONE other than the name of the holy ghost and in NONE other than the name of the son. If you were to beilieve in the trinity, how would you be able to baptize yourself in all three but also none other than each one. Therefore, there cannot be more than one God. Or any that can sit equal to them. If any sat equal to Him, why then would he have the authority to give the commandment to baptize thyself in only His name?

Unless, we ourselves, can replicate the scientific theories... we are also, as you said ~ "Basically you are getting someone elses "theory" on the subject"

The religionist, on the other hand, needs continually to re-interpret the contents of scripture in the futile attempt to make documents written thousands of years ago by ignorant and superstitious men relevant.