Faithful
08-21-2013, 07:50 PM
Scholars have addressed all of your alleged contradictions. Find out what they say instead of assuming there is no answer. For example, your first one...
"Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day" (Gen. 1.31).
"So the LORD was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart" (Gen. 6.6).
There are several figures of speech in the Bible that accommodate the human level of understanding. One is anthropomorphism (man form), where physical features are ascribed to God, e.g., the eyes of the Lord (1 Pet. 3:12), Jehovah’s arm (Jn. 12:38), etc. These depict God’s watchfulness and his power.
There is another figure called anthropopathism (man feeling), whereby human emotions are sometimes attributed to God. To say, therefore, that God “repented,” or that he was “grieved,” is simply a symbolic way of asserting that man’s conduct did not meet the divine standard. This language vividly portrays, from a human perspective, God’s displeasure at our rebellion.
"Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day" (Gen. 1.31).
"So the LORD was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart" (Gen. 6.6).
There are several figures of speech in the Bible that accommodate the human level of understanding. One is anthropomorphism (man form), where physical features are ascribed to God, e.g., the eyes of the Lord (1 Pet. 3:12), Jehovah’s arm (Jn. 12:38), etc. These depict God’s watchfulness and his power.
There is another figure called anthropopathism (man feeling), whereby human emotions are sometimes attributed to God. To say, therefore, that God “repented,” or that he was “grieved,” is simply a symbolic way of asserting that man’s conduct did not meet the divine standard. This language vividly portrays, from a human perspective, God’s displeasure at our rebellion.