God Put Contradictions In Bible To Weed Out Atheists

[stromboli]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/creationism-evangelist-god-put-contradictions-in-the-bible-to-weed-out-the-atheists/

Young Earth creationism evangelist Kent Hovind asserted this week that God had purposefully put contradictions in the Bible to “weed out” non-believers.

In a YouTube video posted on Monday, the Christian fundamentalist responds to a follower who is troubled by a contradiction in the book of Acts.

“If I was God,” Hovind explains, “I would write the book in such a way that those who don’t want to believe in me anyway would think they found something. ‘Aha, here’s why I don’t believe.'”

“And then they could go on with their own life because they don’t want to believe God anyways,” he continues. “I would put things in there that would appear without digging to be contradictions. I don’t think that’s deceptive, I think that’s wise for the Heavenly Father to weed out those who are really serious.”

Hovind says that he made a choice to “believe the Bible until it’s proven wrong.”

“I know others who have decided, ‘I’m not going to believe it until you prove everything is right,'” he notes. “Okay, you do whatever you want to do, but I made the opposite decision.”

That is some impeccable logic right there.

[Unbeliever]

"People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous."
Moliere


Apparently, Moliere never dreamed of someone like Hovind.

[Blackleaf]

So... The perfect God in His wisdom, created a perfect book with purposeful errors in it to make it less believable? I guess God is too smart to make a book with no errors at all so that no one would have anything to use against it. That's brilliant.

[Hydra009]

God wants people to believe in him and not believe in him.  Makes sense.

[Hijiri Byakuren]

I guess Hovind is still butthurt about losing a debate to Bill Nye on a global stream.

Edit: Kent Hovind =/= Ken Ham.

[aitm]

well, it worked for me…see? god must be brilliant.

[Blackleaf]

I guess Hovind is still butthurt about losing a debate to Bill Nye on a global stream.

That was him? I'm glad I never watched that so-called debate.

[Hijiri Byakuren]

That was him? I'm glad I never watched that so-called debate.

Er wait, no, I'm thinking of Ken Ham.

[stromboli]

Need to get on the same page there, Mr. Hovind

[Baruch]

Need to get on the same page there, Mr. Hovind

IMHO .. the writer of 2 Peter was referring to "speaking in tongues" as related in the Pentacoste event of Acts, and in the Didache.  It can also refer to the kind of automatic speech/oracular speech of people like Muhammad.  Basically you become your own audio Ouija board.

[Baruch]

God wants people to believe in him and not believe in him.  Makes sense.

A G-d powerful enough to make truth and falsehood, consistency and inconsistency .. would do just that.  Contingent potentiality ... as I metaphysically presume G-d to be active from, takes no sides.

The quote by the OP ... is a classic exercise in theology aka nonsense.  Nonexistence and nonsense ... don't work with people, who do exist and are sensible.  So if someone asked me, "Does G-d exist?" ... I would reply "Of course not!" ... but they would misunderstand my response.

[Solomon Zorn]

“I would put things in there that would appear without digging to be contradictions. I don’t think that’s deceptive, I think that’s wise for the Heavenly Father to weed out those who are really serious.”

Hovind says that he made a choice to “believe the Bible until it’s proven wrong.”

“I know others who have decided, ‘I’m not going to believe it until you prove everything is right,'” he notes. “Okay, you do whatever you want to do, but I made the opposite decision.”

[drunkenshoe]

That is some impeccable logic right there.

[Nonsensei]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/creationism-evangelist-god-put-contradictions-in-the-bible-to-weed-out-the-atheists/

That is some impeccable logic right there.

I'm pretty sure I've seen him say, on tape, that the bible contains no contradictions.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

“And then they could go on with their own life because they don’t want to believe God anyways,” he continues.

First: God would be cunt to do that.

Second: Kent demonstrates that the contradictions aren't necessary for atheists to not believe, leaving the believers to get all fucked up about them.