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- From: skinner@sp1.csrd.uiuc.edu (Gregg Skinner)
- Subject: Re: Biblical Inerrancy?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.183525.8721@csrd.uiuc.edu>
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- Organization: UIUC Center for Supercomputing Research and Development
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 18:35:25 GMT
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- I agree that there is sufficient evidence to demonstrate that Bible is
- not in every way inerrant. But we must be very careful to choose
- accurate examples when we seek to demonstrate this to someone who
- differs. For this reason, I feel I must point out a possible mistake
- in G T Clark's post:
-
- > The bible is patently not inerrant.Read Leviticus,chapter 18(or
- > thereabouts) where it fairly clearly states that insects walk "upon all
- > fours... fourfootedly upon the ground".That's quite clearly a mistake,
- > no matter what stage it crept in at.
-
- The passage is this (from Lev. 11, NIV)
-
- All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to
- you. There are, however, some winged creaures that walk on all
- fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on
- the ground.
-
- We see that this portion of the Bible does not state that "insects
- walk upon all fours," unless, of course, the translators have made
- some kind of correction.
- --
- Gregg Skinner I do not speak for any organization.
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