The Bible Is Not God's Word

How did Judas die? My opponent neglected to respond to the fact that Judas supposedly saw Jesus. Therefore, the contradiction remains. Anyhow, we will see how his attempts fail. Traditional AnswerThere are several things wrong with the traditional answer:(1) It does not explain why Paul thought Jesus appeared to Judas. (2) Judas never dropped from a high place, the passage does NOT record any mountain cliff. (3) Matthew states that Judas returned the silver, and hanged himself. Acts says that he bought a field and "fell hedlong. " This shows that he NEVER fell from a cliff. The implications if Acts is correct is that Judas was thrown ahead, and the impact was so hard that his bowles bursts open. Furthermore, there is no evidence Judas fell vertically, only horizontally, so your explanation does not work. (4) Another problem, the 30 pieces of silver, Acts states that he used the silver to purchase a field, but Matthew states that he returned the silver to the priest, then hanged himself. (5) If Judas fell from the ropes to the rocks below, then he could not have fell headlong. How can you fall headlong from hanging? Your answer is insulting our intellegence. (With all do respect). [1]Idiomatic AnswerMy opponent states that Matthew really means that he got choked up with grief. However, the idiomatic answer does not answer the question as why it is an agreed upon translation by Biblical and Greek scholars, one would think that they would understand an idiom when they see it. For example, if someone sees the phrase, "It is raining cats and dogs," we obviously understand that as idiom. Please provide me a few reputable scholars that believe it is idiom. Textual CorruptionThe textual corruption is also known as the "copyist error" defense. The issue is, of course, we do not have the copyist error. Therefore, this is based upon circular reasoning. This also does not explain why Judas saw Jesus. What my opponent also means is that the text as we have it to-day is errant; thus God did not protect his word as he promised he would. Was Jesus Born of a Virgin? The word "seed" in that passage, literally means "Sperm. " Therefore, there is a contradiction. If Jesus was supposedly born of a virgin, then he could not have been made "of the seed (spem) of David. "Furthermore, the problem arises that Jesus was born of a virgin; therefore, according to Jewish law, he could not have been a legal descendend of David. More ContradictionsI clicked "review" in the last argument and mistakingly clicked, "Submit" instead of, "Make change," so I wish to apologize to my opponent for bringing up a few new arguments in this round. Does God Tempt People?1. James 1:13, "Let no man say. .. I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. "2. Genesis 22:1, "And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham. "Does God tempt people? [2]Did Paul's men hear a voice?1. Acts 9:17, "And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. "2. Acts 22:9, "And they that werew ith me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. " [2]Paul can't even get his own story straight! For more, pease see source 3 References[1] . http://www.answering-christianity.com...;(Note: I am not a Muslim, but use Islamic sources for counter-apologetics). [2] Barker, Dan. Losing Faith In Fith. [3] . http://paulproblem.faithweb.com...