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swallowed by an earthquake. TIL,
: plague would have continued until al
t were dead, but Aaron rushed in will
/ burning censor, which atoned fol
5 the sins, and the plague was stopped
(Num. XVI.20-50). Here we have
| Aaron and Moses pictured as being
5 more just and merciful than God II
this is Mr.. Lowry's idea of God, which
: it must be if he is sincere in his con-
tention that the Bible contains no mis-
takes, that it is perfect and infallible,
l do not wonder he is afraid Of our
welfare. Mr.. Lowry mentioned Bible
contradictions, and stated that no one
had been able to show him one. He
statements being little infidels."
Here are a few of the many contra
dictions, which furnish incontroverti-
BILE evidence on the question of Bible
infallibility.
and it came to pass after these
things, that God did tempt Abraham.
| Gen. XXII:D.
Let no man say that he is tempted.
4 am tempted of God,' for God can
not be tempted of evil, neither tempeth
He any man." GAS. I:13).
The earth abideth forever" (Eccl.
I:4.
"The earth, also, and the works that
are therein shall be burned up G. Peter
iII:i0).
Elijah went ur by whirlwind into
Heaven" G. Kings II:2).
Nc man hath assembled UP TO Heaven
but he that came Town from Heaven,
even the Son of Man John III 49,
"Alichol, the dauahl of Saul had no
child lnto the day Of her death" (2
Sam. vI;23).
"The five sons of Michel, daughter
Of Saul G. Sam XXI:Sl.
"And the men which journeyed with
him (PauD stood speechless hearing
a voice, but seeing no man." (Acts
KID.
'They that were with me saw indeed
the light, and were afraid, but they
heard not the voice of Him that spake
to me-" (Acts XXII:9).
We also find contradictions in the
gospel, and with the life of Jesus alone |
we find statements that cause care |
full reader to look twice. For instance, |
according to Luke, Christ was born at |
Bethlehem. When He was 40 days old |
His parents took Him to Jersulem, to
perform some religious ceremony in
the temple. They then departed at
once to Nazareth, from where they
travelled once year to Jerusalem, to
the feast of the Passover. Thus Christ
is accounted for up till twelve years of
age. But in Matthew we are told that
after His birth and the
visit of the Magi, His parents took
Him, not to Nazareth, but down into
Egypt, not to return until after the
death of Archelaus, son of Herod.
With these points in view l would
like to ask Mr.. Lowry upon what he
rests his belief in the Bibles infalli-
bility. If one contradiction is estab
Iished the fallibility of the Bible is
proven Yet here are several, and /
can cite a hundred others a good deal
more striking than those. appearing
above.
Taking into consideration the origin
Of the Bible according to history the :
above statement as found in the book
are not surprising. In fact, nothing
else could be expected. The Bible is
If human origin, and like all other
human workmanship contains imper-
'ections. This does not mean that the
Bible is worthless. /, for one, grant
hat it is a masterpiece, from an
ethical, as well as from a literary
standpoint 1t contains thoughts of
oftiest type, and it is by virtue of
hese that it survives and will con-
inue to survive. 1t is such talk as
Ir. Lowry's that tends to kill it. With
he intelligence of the coming genera
ions these truths will be found out.
Under the idea of infallibility the
Bible is accounted worthless. The
Bible is book which is superior to
he sacred book of any other religion,