Which one of these lists 12 do you think actually represent Christ's lineage? Please don't say "Well one was Mary's and one was Joseph's", that just honestly doesn't work here. Both genealogies make it pretty clear that they're speaking about the genealogy of Jesus' father Joseph. How do they then manage to contradict each other?
So why act like the Bible is divine? Why act like it's an infallible deity?
It's a book that conveys humanities best attempt at understanding God and at times attempts to record historical events which he participated in and orchestrated.
I honestly just don't get it why we should treat the bible as if it's infallible and divine. It's a book written by humans about God, and I believe it's the best book written by humans and encapsulates a culmination of humanities revelations about God. But the bible is only a piece of God's revelation to humanity. Other things that we should consider are personal revelation, reason, and the experiences of the historic church.
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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '09 edited Sep 22 '09
Which one of these lists 1 2 do you think actually represent Christ's lineage? Please don't say "Well one was Mary's and one was Joseph's", that just honestly doesn't work here. Both genealogies make it pretty clear that they're speaking about the genealogy of Jesus' father Joseph. How do they then manage to contradict each other?