OMG, wow!! Do you still talk to her (your cousin)?
Yes, but we say to leave us in Allah's (god) name. But..your quote, it still doesn't answer the contradictions. It has no connection with the contradictions what so ever.
What about this:
"I am thankful i baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. Yes, i also baptized the household of Stephanas. As for the rest, i do not know whether i baptized anybody else... (I Corinthians 1:14:16).
It should be clear in that passage that Paul made a mistake and then a correction. But the mistake and the correction both remain in the Bible, Obviously, we do no object to the correction, but what about the mistake? Is that the Word of God too? If you look at the passage again, you will notice that Paul made the following three statements.
1. I baptized no one else but Crispus and Gaius.
2. Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas.
3. I do no know whether i baptized anybody else.
The mistake Paul made is his first statement that he baptized no one else except two persons name Cripus and Gaius. Then he recalled thathe had also baptized the household of Stephanas, so he made this slight correction in his next statement. But the mistaken statment is still there. Is this Inspired?
Pauls third statement shows that he is not sure of the facts:
"I do now know whether i baptized anyone else" (I Corinthains 1:16)
You see, Paul is not sure whom else he baptized. He cannot remember. He knows he needs to correct his statement further by adding more names, but he cannot remember who to mention.
So the first was a mistake, the second statment is a slight correction to the first. The third statement is an admission that the correction isnot complete. All three remain in the Bible. Are these the Words of God?
From the Qur'an:
"Have they not considered the Qur'an with care? Had it been from other than Allah they would surely have found therein much discrepancy" (surah 4:82) |