11 minutes in, Charlie gets into the discrepancy between Yahweh telling David to take a census of the people in one verse, and in another, Satan telling him to take a census.
He says that he had previously cited this as a contradiction, but no longer, since he says Yahweh is Satan and the devil.
He's right that it's not a contradiction, but for a different reason than he says. Satan means the Adversary, so the two verses are consistent because at the time, Yahweh became David's adversary, in telling him to take the census instead of having faith that he would have enough soldiers to prevail in a battle.
It's very important to get the exact meanings of these words. There are lots of contradictions in the Bible, but this isn't one of them, nor is Satan some supernatural fallen being who Charlie somewhat tongue-in-cheek says is also Yahweh.
37 minutes in, he gets into a revealing story about some fellow church members who had nothing to do with him once the heat got too hot in causing social rifts from what he had uncovered and discussed with them.
Just as most people didn't get into a particular religion based on logic, most people won't leave it on that basis either, and that's why these logical presentations are appropriate for the few % who will actually make decisions on that basis.
11 minutes in, Charlie gets into the discrepancy between Yahweh telling David to take a census of the people in one verse, and in another, Satan telling him to take a census.
ReplyDeleteHe says that he had previously cited this as a contradiction, but no longer, since he says Yahweh is Satan and the devil.
He's right that it's not a contradiction, but for a different reason than he says. Satan means the Adversary, so the two verses are consistent because at the time, Yahweh became David's adversary, in telling him to take the census instead of having faith that he would have enough soldiers to prevail in a battle.
It's very important to get the exact meanings of these words. There are lots of contradictions in the Bible, but this isn't one of them, nor is Satan some supernatural fallen being who Charlie somewhat tongue-in-cheek says is also Yahweh.
37 minutes in, he gets into a revealing story about some fellow church members who had nothing to do with him once the heat got too hot in causing social rifts from what he had uncovered and discussed with them.
Just as most people didn't get into a particular religion based on logic, most people won't leave it on that basis either, and that's why these logical presentations are appropriate for the few % who will actually make decisions on that basis.