The Score on The Fallibility of the Bible
[Last Modified on 2007.11.09]
The bible, far from being the inerrant word of an invisible magical superhero in the sky, is a mishmash of ideas from various cultures, brought together by many different writers and editors over the course of a couple of thousand years, and riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies. If you find comfort in it, good for you — just don't try to convince us it's anything other than fiction, and keep it away from our laws and government.
- In expanding this issue, we will be exploring the many parts of the bible which contradict the bible itself, as well as the innumerable scientific and historical inaccuracies throughout the book which clearly categorize it as a work of fiction.
- Some of the passages in the bible are so outrageous or absurd that it's hard to believe they exist. Yet they do.
- You don't have to take our word for it — check out the Skeptic's Annotated Bible.
Below is our response to a commenter who "challenged" us to show that the bible contains any scientific inaccuracies (you can see the full exchange in our Rants). It wasn't at all difficult:
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