Christians, How do You Deal With Troublesome Scriptures?

1213 said:

I think God has not made errors, you think He has done errors, how can we decide who is correct, you or me?

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I don't actually believe that this god exists, so I don't believe that He actually made errors. I'm referring to scripture, Genesis 6:6:

"And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart."

Perfect beings have no regrets about their choices.

Also, His remedy was faulty. We are told that He drowned most of the earth and repopulated it using the same breeding stock. How could that possibly eradicate sin from the planet? How could that possibly not result in the same situation that the Great Flood was said to be sent upon the earth to remedy?

If you can't answer that, perhaps you agree that the choice was an error.

It Aint Necessarily So said:

I don't actually believe that this god exists, so I don't believe that He actually made errors. I'm referring to scripture, Genesis 6:6:

"And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart."

Perfect beings have no regrets about their choices.

Also, His remedy was faulty. We are told that He drowned most of the earth and repopulated it using the same breeding stock. How could that possibly eradicate sin from the planet? How could that possibly not result in the same situation that the Great Flood was said to be sent upon the earth to remedy?

If you can't answer that, perhaps you agree that the choice was an error.

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New American Standard Bible Isaiah 29:16
You turn things around! Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay, That what is made would say to its maker, "He did not make me"; Or what is formed say to him who formed it, "He has no understanding "?

2ndpillar said:

New American Standard Bible Isaiah 29:16
You turn things around! Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay, That what is made would say to its maker, "He did not make me"; Or what is formed say to him who formed it, "He has no understanding "?

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So true!

But is it not also written that, "Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech. Within it is a flowing spring. Within it are couches raised high" - Qu'ran Al-Ghashiyah 88:11

Please take a moment to let that wisdom soak in (and we know that it is wisdom because it appears in an ancient holy book like yours).

Couches will be raised high! Do you understand the implications? It's not just the couches that are slated for elevation. Love seats, too. Love seats will be raised on high by the angels as they weep.

But there is more. Chaises will be lifted, davenports will ascend, and settees will float. And behold, for it is written: divans will sprout wings to take to the air even as chesterfields follow and head for the heavens.

I find holy books to be great sources of wisdom and comfort. Please feel free to cite them as authoritative - any of them.

It Aint Necessarily So said:

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"And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart."

Perfect beings have no regrets about their choices.

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Why not? If you do everything perfectly and then somebody else does bad things, it doesn’t mean you have done mistake.

And as I think I said earlier, “regret” in that could be translated “was sorry”. Being sorry doesn’t mean that person has done mistake.

It Aint Necessarily So said:

Also, His remedy was faulty. We are told that He drowned most of the earth and repopulated it using the same breeding stock. How could that possibly eradicate sin from the planet? How could that possibly not result in the same situation that the Great Flood was said to be sent upon the earth to remedy?

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Bible tells the goal was to drown the ones Bible tells. And God seems to have been successful. Bible doesn’t claim God’s goal was to end all future evil also with that move.