The Bible Is Not God's Word

Thanks again to Kohai for his contribution.How Did Judas Die?Kohai has not offered any further arguments, so at this time I consider the point dropped. If he brings it back up in the closing round, I will respond to it appropriately.Was Jesus Born of a Virgin?My opponent has not defended himself against the accusation of the "Falacy of Reverse Etymology." I therefore believe that he has conceeded the point of "spermatos" litterally meaning "sperm" as the concept of "sperm" was read into the Greek term by my opponent.My opponent then points out that "if Jesus is Messiah, he needs to have an earthly biological father." However, this requirement is not located anywhere in scripture, and if it is he has not provided it. My opponent rather cites Rabbi Meir Schuster, who was born in 1943 [A], and treats this as though it represents a contradiction within the scriptures themselves. However, not even Rabbi Schuster indicates a scriptural support for the assertion that the Messiah would have to have a physical father. According to the opening syllogism, my opponent must find contradictions within the scripture in order to invalidate it as God's word.Did God Test Abraham?My opponent claims that my distinction between test and tempt is not legitimate, because Human Sacrifice is a sin, and therefore he was enticing Abraham to sin. However, it is clear from the narrative that God never intended to let Abraham complete the act by the fact that he stopped him.Furthermore, my opponent claims that human sacrifice is something that God cannot even concieve of, but simply logic within teh verse of Jeremiah 19:4-6 proves that he is using the phrase "neither came it into my mind" hyperbolically. Simply put, he refers to it earlier in the passage, so the concept is obviously in his mind... how could he refer to it to say it never came into his mind, if it hadn't come into his mind in the first place. Rather, this is a way of God to, anthropomorphically, state that he disapproves of it and the concept is repugnant to him.Next, my opponent claims that God exercised human sacrifice in teh act of the crucifixion. I don't disagree with this assertion... which is why I do not subscribe to Propitiatiory Sacrifice. Many Christians, particiuarly Reformed Christians, subscribe to Penal Substitution where Christ is not a propitatory sacrifice, but rather serves our punishment as a substitute. This does not require human sacrifice, rather it is a person serving my punishment.Finally, He tries to build a contradiction between God apparently changing his mind and the Immutability of God. This shows that he does not understand teh term "immutability" as immutability, when used as an attribute of divinity, is refering to a change in the nature of something, not necessarily the behavior. Finally, if God never intended for Abraham to sacrifice Isaac and intended for him to be stopped, there is no change in either nature or behavior.Did Paul's Men Hear a Voice?We can trust the Book of Acts in that it records Paul's account in Acts 22, not the actual event. It faithfully recounts Paul's incorrect retelling of the event, just as it faithfully recounts the accurate account in Acts 9.Thank you again to Kohai for his arguments and candor.[A] http://rebmeirschuster.org...