Seems our good friend Roy has spoken (or rather, written) yet another bit of profound wisdom. From the Paris News:
Now we've seen some of Roy's...uh....'special' nuggets of wisdom before, such as his plan to give North Dakota to the Jews to solve the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Or his pontifications about how silly it was for God to choose the Hebrews as his chosen people. However much we might disagree with his reasoning, at least those previous letters of Roy's had some form of reasoning present. His latest letter to the editor....well, it took me awhile to figure out what Roy was aiming at in his Biblical criticism. Apparently, he's referring to an 'apparent' contradiction in the Bible regarding the census of the Hebrews given in both Ezra and Nehemiah. Without resorting to a lengthy (and copied and pasted) explanation, here is a link to a site that does a fairly good job of presenting a possible theory without resorting to the 'scribe errors' often cited by critics as proof of the fallacy of the Bible.Letters to the Editor
To the Editor:
A recent letter to the Editor said, “They can’t prove the Bible wrong.”
In Ezra 2:64 the Bible total is 42,360. The correct total is 29,818.
In the same story in Nehemiah 7:66 the Bible total is 42,360. The correct total is 31,089.
Numbers 31:17-18. “Now kill all the boys and women who have had sexual intercourse. Only little girls you may keep alive for yourselves.”
I Peter 4:7. The end of the world is coming soon. (Said 2000 years ago).
Some of the wording may vary slightly in different Bible translations.
Roy Bunch
http://www.geocities.com/brandplucked/Ezra2.html
As for the other passages cited, well, I have to get up early, and there's no time to go into detail on them tonight - perhaps Roy might care to elaborate at some point.
1 comment:
Just don't challenge him to a battle of the wits - he's unarmed!
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