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Questions to Ask
For many years, I have used the following questions in pamphlets because of thei
r simplicity and effectiveness:
Why are webeing
punished for Adam's
sin? After all, he ate the forbidden fruit
, we didn’ . I ’s his problem o ours – especi lly i ligh of Deu. 24;16 whic
h s ys h childre sh ll o be puished for he sis of heir f hers.
gs 8:26 (which s ys Ah zi h beg o rule ge 22) be recociled
c 2 Ki
How
wi h 2 Chro. 22:2 (which s ys he w s 42)?
While o he cross, Jesus is supposed o h ve s id, “My God, my God, why h s h
ou fors ke me?” (M rk 15:34). How could Jesus be our s vior whe
he could ’ e
ve s ve himself? Those re’ he words of m volu rily dyig for our sis
. Those re he words of m who c hik of hudred pl ces he would r her
be!
How could Jesus be rue prophe whe he wro gly predic
ed (i M . 12:40)
h
he would be buried hree d ys d hree igh s, jus s Jo h w s i he wh le
hree d ys d hree igh s? Frid y f eroo o e rly ud y morig is d y
d h lf bes .
How could
Jesus
be our model of siless perfec
io whe he de he is mor lly
ies
perfec i M . 19:17? (“A d Jesus s id u o him, Why c lles hou me good? The
re is oe good bu oe, h is God”)?
o wh
While
o he cross, Jesus is m de o s y, “Forgive
hem F her hey k ow
hey do.” To whom ws he spe kig? Biblicis
s urlly s y “God.” Bu
I houg
h he w s god. How c god spe k o god if here is o ly o e god? Th ’s wo go
ds.
Kow Your Apologis ’s Argume s
Needless
o s y, some pologis
s for he Bible h vespe iordi e mou o
i geer l
f ime
devisi g wide v rie y ofr io liz io s o defe d religio
d he Bible i p r icul r g i s heseki ds of problems.
I y ecou er w
i h he Bible’s defe ders, kowi g pologe ic rgume s beforeh d is very impor
, bec use few bibliciss re k owledge ble d c h dle hemselves be e
r h mos . A heis s d o herfree hi kers
mus o o ly k ow heir m eri l
bu lso be w re of he rgume s mos ofe used o regul r b sis by he opp
osi io. o be prep red for he followig defeses:
The “You re kig verses ou of co ex ” rgume
imes. Freehikers
If his oe h s bee
used oce, i h s bee used millio
re supposedly
ex r ci g o e verse,
while ig ori g ll hose
i he immedi e
vici iy. No rue is he oly se reply! O e eed o ly go o Proverbs, for ex
m y is ces. The rr ive is jus
mple, o see h here is o co
ex i
series
of urel ed s eme s h le p from opic o opic.
O e eed o ly re
d he verses verb im o see wh is bei g s id, o see h o hi g is beig
ke ou -of-co ex. Th ’s grossly ujusified d i ccur e criicism i hu
dreds of i s ces. M y coflic s be wee he books of muel, Kigs, d Chro
icles, oci e o her ex mple,
i volve
o hig more h umbers d figures wh
io or he co ex u l rgume . If yoe re lly i
re
ich ’ ope oi erpre
s kig verses ou -of-co
ex i is biblicis s, who fid scores of prophecies o
f Jesus i he Old Tes me by selec ively
quo ig d isol ig cer i pss
g
es. Ayoe who h s de l wi hbiblicis s over y period of ime kows h he
y re f r be er eisogesis h exegesis.
The copyis defese rgume
Biblicis s will co cede “The Book” h sco rdic ios bu co e d h ’s bec use
heorigi l m uscrip s. O p ge
somebody i correcly copied 15 of All Abou
he Bible biblicis id ey Colle s ys, “Bu i spi e of ll his p i ful c re,
mis kes did creep i , s he documes ow i exisece show; for his work of
copyi g w s f er llhum . Perh ps o e of he mos s riki g c ses
of copyis
’s error is fou d i he ge of Ah zi h, 2 Ki gs 8:26 s i g h he w s 22 ye
he beg o reig, while 2 Chro. 22:2 s ys he w s 42. Now oe of
rs old whe
he origi
l docume s i our possessio help us i his ll, so h i is e
vide ly due o error of very e rly copyis ....”
To his oe c oly reply, Wh origi ldocume s? How does he kow here we
re docume s of his ki d? A d where re hese origi l docume s h re ow
i our possessio? No doub hudreds of schol rs would like o h ve h ques io
swered cosiderig he f c h viru lly ll reli ble uhoriies gree h
here re o ex m uscrip
s of y llegedly origi l Bible. O pge 94 o
f I’m Gl d you Asked, pologis s Bo dMoody sy, “Errors h ve crep i o he
biblic l ex hrough scrib l mis kes d moder iz io . For ex mple, 1 Kigs 4
:26 s es h olomo h d 40,000 s lls of horses for his ch rio s, bu 2 Chro
. 9:25 s ys h he figure is 4,000. The ex gger ed figure i 1 Kigs is co
mmo scrib l error due o simil ri y i umeric l o io (Also comp re 2 m.
10:18 wi h 1 Chro. 19:18).”
e grees we h ve o copies of h
Bu how does he kow h ’s rue – sice everyo
e origi ls? Ay hig we h ve, y r sl io, be i he KJ , he R , he NA B
, he NI , e c. is o hig more
h book
composed by group ofpeople
looki
g collec
io of docume s h purpor o be ccur e represe io s of or
igi ls h o loger exis. We h ve hous ds of documes d o bsoluely c
er i w y of kowi
gwhich o esh ve copyis errors
d which
re correc
. I
oo m y c ses, es im es, “guess im es,” d vo es h ve de ermi ed he ou come.
The “Free hikers re uqu lified o cri icize bec use hey do’ kow Greek d
/or Hebrew” rgume
Biblicis s cl im you h ve o k ow hese l gu ges i order ouders d he ori
gi l me i g. I ru h, you do’ h ve o be
schol
r i ei her. O p ge 20 of
d dmis s much whe
work e i ledBible Difficul ies fud me lis , W. Ar
he s ys,
“Wi h he v rious revisedversio s h d, wi h ly ic l co cord
ce, wi h reli ble comme ries, d wi h he help of dic io ries of he Bible
l gu ge, he re der eed o kow Greek or Hebrew o verify he origi l me i
g of give p ss ge. He h s i his moher ogue he me s whereby he m y dee
rmi
r sl io s.” Moreover, o
e he correc
ess ofmos of he obscure e does
o eed o k ow hese l gu ges i order o sk ques io s like mos of hose pos
ed e rlier.
Of equ l impor ce is he f c h schol rs do
’ eve gree o how verses sho
uld be r sl ed. You
could be heworld’s gre es Greek d/or Hebrew schol r
s. o who is correc? I
d s ill h ve exper s dis gree wi h your i erpre io
f schol rs greed, here would’ be so m y versios o he m rke wi h m jor d
iffereces.
The “ ur l m ” rgume
ur l m receiveh o he higs of he piri of
Firs Cor. 2:14 s ys, “The
God for hey re foolishess u o him: ei her c he kow hem, bec use hey
re spiri ullydiscer
ed.” I o her u il you dop p r icul rmi d se
words,
, cer i me li y, you will o see he Bible is rue. All biblicis s re s
yig wi h his circul r rgume is h if you ccep i s rue, you ll see i
’s rue; d if you see i ’s rue, you’ll ccep i s rue.
The “Le crip ure i erpre crip ure” ploy
. Accordig o his you c ol
Thisis scircul
r s he “ ur l m ” rgume
y i erpre he Bible ccur ely by seei g “ he overridig heme.” Bu his defe
se is ohig more h self-fulfillig sr egy of pickig d choosig p ss
ges which
suppor
precoceived o io while igorig d r io lizig w y
hose h do ’ .
Ayo
h he Old Tes me kows h he godof he Bible
is oe
e cqu i ed wi
of he mos pp lligbei gs im gi ble. Af er ci i g lis of his rocious c
s s rew hroughou he Old Tes me ( lis ofwhich c befou
d i issues 1
15-120 of Biblic l Err cy), oe would be well wi hi his righ s o sk, “Now c
you im gie y beig s yig, “Yes h ’s my book, h represes me, h ’s
hew y I m” – especi lly supposedly perfec bei
g? No oly does o o e i
his
ory h ve worse record, bu he devilcomes ou of crip ure looki g much b
e er h “god.” Ye , biblicis s re por r yig, sellig, spre dig, d prop
g i g he Bible s HI Book. From heir perspec ive, oe c oly shudder h
e f e h w is heir rriv l. The god iwhich heybelieve is o doub w i
ig for oppor u
i y o eve he score! Af er ll wh would you do o group
of people who wro e book describi g you i such rocious m er d he
l beled d dissemi ed i s your book? Ad o hik h Jews dChris i s
chide A heis s d o her Free hikers for kig g mble. Biblicis s re eg g
ed i more w gers h L s eg s high roller!
The “Cri ics re over-usig he li er l ppro ch” defese
“You h ve o re lize here re symbolic me i gs d me phors” is hecommo
re
fr i.This defe se is usu lly employed
whe he commo se se i erpre io of
obvious i ccur cy or bsurdiy. Al
he ur l me ig of he words cre es
hough v lid for o o
se i few i s ces, i is e rly lw ysemployed
defe
her re so h o esc pe mess. A excelle ex mple is he begi i g of h
e Bible, i he hirdch p er of Geesis. God ells Ad m d Eve o o e he
forbidde
frui “les you die.” Theye he frui ,bu do hey die? No, of co
urse
o . I f c ,Ad m lives o be o eof he oldes me i he Bible ccordi g
oGe. 5:5. Is e d of dmi ig h heir god deceives i his my hic l cc
ou, pologis s will seek o i erpre he verse “spiriu lly” by s yig h
lier l de h ws o ie ded. Bu wh does he verse s y? I is cle r o ll
bu he mos i r sige .
The “Th ’s wh i s ys bu h ’s o wh i me s” rgume
To h oe c ’ help bu sk: If h ’s o wh i me s, he why w s i r
sl ed h w y? Advoc es of his cic re cu lly s yig hey could h ve c
os ruc ed more ppropri
e versio of he ex h p el
of expers d,
i so f r s he ex u der co sider io is co cer ed, he l er re i compe e
. I effec, dheres o his defese re coedig hey kow Greek d Hebr
ew be er h dis i guished group of schol rs. ir u lly every versioof he
Bible o he m rke w s composed by group of Greek d Hebrew r sl ors wh
mi ed wide
o ex v rie y of
m uscrip
s d chose he wordi g hey deemed mos
sui ble. For his defese o meri serious cosider io i would h ve o em
e from someoe who w s o oly exceedigly dep i
he
r of r sl ig bu
ex remely well versed i Greek d/or Hebrew. Ufor u ely, hose who rely upo
i mos re ofe yhig bu.
The rgume ivokig cul ur l differeces.
ohig more h duck- d-dodge sr egy of cl imig we d
Esse i lly hisis
o ’ door sy i ow d ys he w y hey did b ck he. Ufor u ely his
ploy
wo ’ s d he s ri – o o ly bec use of i s very limi ed pplic bili y,bu
bec use i s dvoc
es re g i llegi
g h hey k owGreek, Hebrew,
d he
culur l co ex of words be er h hose who did
he r sl
i g. If he r
sl ors of moder versio chose E glish word o represe word used hous
ds of ye rs go d pologis co eds he word chose coveys he wrog im
pressio or ide , i is icumbe upo him o provide more ccur e versio. A
ll oo of e he de r c or is ei her uwillig or uqu lified o offer l er i
ves.
The defese ccusig cri ics of pe iess
A defese of e relied upo
ccuses
cri ics of pe iess. Pe iess is m er
of opiio, dwh ispe y o some is jus ifi bly serious o o hers. Effec i
ve l wyers of e use de ils deemed
“pe y”by heir opposi io . Iroic lly, f
er ll iss id d do e, Chris i pologis Rich rd isso provides s poig
comme
o hese pologe ic defeses s yo
e, whe he s yso p ges
55 d
56 i heseco dvolume of Asweri g Chris i i y’s Mos Puzzli g Ques io s, “Pe
ople do s r ge higs whe hey re cor ered by f c s. Whe evidece c o be
deied, me who c re o hig for he ru h simply become illogic l. Mids become
willfully igor d emo ios ur hos ile.”
How relev , how prev le , d how coge !
UMMARY
I summ ry, Aheis s d o her Free
hi kers should be re so bly well cqu i ed
wi h pologe
ic works d rgume s. O e should
prep re s would ge er l goi
g i o b le. A yo e who i e ds o fire some hi g over o he o her side shoul
d kow wh could re ur i respose! All e ms i spors sed ou scous o ev
lu e he opposi io . Busiesses
buy d lyze heir compe iors’ produc s;
d ll io s spy o o e o her co s ly. E ch k owshe mus discover wh re
sides i he o her’s rse l before success is re lis ic opio. Those who e
g ge i di loguewi hou h vigdoe heir homework c expec o be hi wi h u
f mili r rgume s, hrow off
r ck, d eve u erved o some ex e . o, kow
i g wh liesi he oppo e ’s i ve oryprior o e cou eris bo h prude
d wise.
Th ’s o o s y he opposi io wo ’ score some poi s. A o e ime
or oher, every Freehiker h s o f red s well s he would h ve liked. Bu
, he secre
is o do your rese rch, be prep red, be logic l, re ur o he fr
ce.
y, d do’ qui . If you h ve do e wh is required, hey wo ’ h ve ch
I is o so much
h sciece,
logic, df c s resuperior o supers i io ,
f i h, d revel io . I ’s h hey re ’ eve i he s me le gue.
A p l vr imu ável de Deus
L ur chlessiger é um perso lid de do rádio meric o que dis ribui coselho
s p r pesso s que lig m p r seu show. Rece emee el disse que homossexu l
id de é um bomi ção de cordo com Leví icos 18:22 e
ão pode ser perdo do em
qu lquer circu s â ci . O ex o b ixo é um c r ber p r Dr . L ur , escri
por um cid dão meric o e mbém dispoibiliz d I ere .
"C r Dr
. L ur : Obrig do por er feio o p r educ r s pesso s o que diz
respei o à Lei de
Deus.Eu e ho pre dido mui o com seushow, e e ocomp ri
lh r o co hecime o com s pesso s qu s posso. Qu do lguém e defe d
er o homossexu lismo, por exemplo, eu simplesme e o lembro que Levíicos 18:22
cl r me e firm que isso é um bomi ção. Fim do deb e.
M s eu preciso de su jud , e re o, o que diz respei o lgum s leis espe
cífic s e como seguí-l s:
) Qu do eu queimo um ouro o l r como s crifício, eu sei que isso cri um o
dor gr dável p r o e hor (Leví icos 1:9). O problem são
os meus vizi hos. El
es recl m m que o odor ão é gr dável p r eles. Devo m á-los por heresi ?
b) Eu gos ri de veder mih filh como escr v , como é permi ido em Êxodo 21:
7. N époc u l, qu l você ch que seri um preço jus o por el ?
c) Eu sei que ão é permi ido er co o com um mulher equ o el es á em se
u período de impurez me sru l (Leví icos 15:19-24). O problem é: como eu digo
isso el ? Eu eho e do, m s m iori d s mulheres om isso como ofes
.
d) Leví icos 25:44 firm que eu posso possuir escr vos, o homes qu o mul
heres, se eles forem compr dos de ções vizi
h s. Um migo meu diz que isso se
plic mexic os, m s ão c de ses. ocê pode escl recer isso ? Por que eu
ão posso possuir c deses ?
e) Eu e ho um vizi ho que i sis e em r b lh r os sáb dos. Êxodo 35:2 cl r me
e firm que ele deve ser mor o. Eu sou mor lme e obrig do m á-lo eu mesmo?
f) Um migo meu ch que mesmo que comer moluscos sej um bomi ção (Leví
icos
11:10), é um bomi ção meor que homossexu lid de. Eu ão cocordo. ocê po
de escl recer esse po o ?
firm que eu ãoposso me proxim r do
g) Leví icos 21:20 l r de Deus se eu
iver lgum defei o visão. Eu dmi o que uso óculos p r ler. A mi h visão e
m mesmo que ser 100%, ou pode-se d r um jei iho?
h) A m iori dos meus migos homes p r b rb , iclusive o c belo d s êmpor
s, mesmo que isso sej express me e proibido em Leví icos 19:27. Como eles dev
em morrer ?
i) Eu sei que oc r pele de um porco mor o me f z impuro (Leví icos 11:6-8), m
s eu posso jog r fu ebol meric o se us r luv s ? ( s bol s de fu ebol meric
o são fei s com pele de porco)
j)Meu io em
um f ze d . Ele viol Leví icos 19:19 pl do dois ipos difer
e es de vege is o mesmo cmpo. u espos mbém viol Leví icos 19:19, porqu
e us roup s fei s de dois ipos diferees de ecido ( lgodão e polieser). El
e mbém ede xig r e bl sfem r mui o. É re lme e ecessário que eu ch me
od cid de p r pedrejá-los (Leví icos 24:10-16) ? Nós ão
poderí mos simples
me equeimá-los em um cerimôi priv d , comodeve ser fei o com s pesso s qu
e m êm rel ções sexu is com seus sogros (Leví icos 20:14)?
Eu sei que você es udou ess s cois s fudo, e ão es ou cofi e que poss j
ud r. Obrig do ov me e por os lembr r que p l vr de Deus é e er e imu áv
el.
eu discípulo e fã rdoroso."
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P r quem pes em rgume r que Jesus veio p r mud r udo isso, é sempre bom
r o que o Filho f lou
lembr sobre mud r p l vr do P i: "Não peseis que vim d
es ruir lei ou os profe s; ão vim des ruir, m s cumprir. " (M eus 5:17)
Evi do por Pe rius Melo