Cascade
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For the sake (and in respect) of Mrzurnaci, I omitted my posts critiquing the bible from his thread "A List of good arguments against Islam", since it was about the Quran and Islam. I believe a thread critiquing, and finding faults or errors in, the bible may come in handy for questioning Assyrian Christians. This thread doesn't mean to proselytize or forcefully convert people, but it gives them a perspective.
Absurd science:
*All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you. There are, however, some winged creatures that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground. Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper. But all other winged creatures that have four legs you are to detest. - Leviticus 11:20-23
Insects have six legs.
*And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. Leviticus 11:5-6
Hares and rock hyraxes DO NOT chew cud.
*There are some that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, but you must not eat them. The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you. Leviticus 11:4
Unlike the hooves of pigs and other animals with divided hooves, the camel's in joined at the back. It is not two separate pieces, and thus not classed as a fully divided hoof.
*And these you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, the kite, the falcon of any kind, every raven of any kind, the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind,the little owl, the cormorant, the short-eared owl, the barn owl, the tawny owl, the carrion vulture, the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat. Leviticus 11:13-19
Bats are mammals, not birds.
*Their measure is longer than the earth and broader than the sea. Job 11:9
There is no length in a sphere. Now a flat two dimensional object would have a length.
*It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And it's inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. Isaiah 40:22
A tent would not be a good description of the earth's atmosphere nor the cosmos. It's describing a flat floor which where there is nothing below it... no heavens below the top of the earth.
*And God said, ?Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.? So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the vault ?sky.? Genesis 1:6-8
Do we really have a solid sky holding water over us? How the heck did we get to the moon? Does the space shuttle have a "firmament opener" on the front of it? This would explain why every time it rained in the Bible, that God had to "open the windows of heaven" (Gen. 7:1 and Isa. 24:18 are examples).
"The Lord reigns, he is clothed with majesty; The Lord is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength. Surely the world is established so that it cannot be moved." Psalms 93:1
The world does move.
*"The moon shall not cause her light to shine" Isaiah 13:10
The moon is not a source of light. Speaking of light, on the first day God created light. Except, God didn't create any sources of light until the forth day. So did he only invent the concept of light on the first day, but no light was around until the forth day? No matter how you look at the subject of light during the creation, it just doesn't add up. Furthermore, plants were made on the third day, before there was a sun to drive their photosynthetic processes.
*But they deliberately forget that long ago by God?s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 2 Peter 3:5
The earth wasn't made out of water.
*The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. Song of Solomon 2:12
Turtles don't even make a sound.
*He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
The earth doesn't have corners.
*Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Genesis 11:9
The world's languages evolved. They didn't appear suddenly.
Absurd science:
*All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you. There are, however, some winged creatures that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground. Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper. But all other winged creatures that have four legs you are to detest. - Leviticus 11:20-23
Insects have six legs.
*And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. Leviticus 11:5-6
Hares and rock hyraxes DO NOT chew cud.
*There are some that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, but you must not eat them. The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you. Leviticus 11:4
Unlike the hooves of pigs and other animals with divided hooves, the camel's in joined at the back. It is not two separate pieces, and thus not classed as a fully divided hoof.
*And these you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, the kite, the falcon of any kind, every raven of any kind, the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind,the little owl, the cormorant, the short-eared owl, the barn owl, the tawny owl, the carrion vulture, the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat. Leviticus 11:13-19
Bats are mammals, not birds.
*Their measure is longer than the earth and broader than the sea. Job 11:9
There is no length in a sphere. Now a flat two dimensional object would have a length.
*It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And it's inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. Isaiah 40:22
A tent would not be a good description of the earth's atmosphere nor the cosmos. It's describing a flat floor which where there is nothing below it... no heavens below the top of the earth.
*And God said, ?Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.? So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the vault ?sky.? Genesis 1:6-8
Do we really have a solid sky holding water over us? How the heck did we get to the moon? Does the space shuttle have a "firmament opener" on the front of it? This would explain why every time it rained in the Bible, that God had to "open the windows of heaven" (Gen. 7:1 and Isa. 24:18 are examples).
"The Lord reigns, he is clothed with majesty; The Lord is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength. Surely the world is established so that it cannot be moved." Psalms 93:1
The world does move.
*"The moon shall not cause her light to shine" Isaiah 13:10
The moon is not a source of light. Speaking of light, on the first day God created light. Except, God didn't create any sources of light until the forth day. So did he only invent the concept of light on the first day, but no light was around until the forth day? No matter how you look at the subject of light during the creation, it just doesn't add up. Furthermore, plants were made on the third day, before there was a sun to drive their photosynthetic processes.
*But they deliberately forget that long ago by God?s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 2 Peter 3:5
The earth wasn't made out of water.
*The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. Song of Solomon 2:12
Turtles don't even make a sound.
*He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
The earth doesn't have corners.
*Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Genesis 11:9
The world's languages evolved. They didn't appear suddenly.