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Hi Kelly,
- Have you ever watched a debate and seen the candidates bombard each other with so many things, the other can't possibly respond to them all?
I'm thinking of one of the recent Republican debates where one candidate stated,
"There were no less than 11 attacks just mentioned so let me try and respond."
— and he was given less than a minute.
The point is, often an opponent hopes that by the sheer number of complaints and the inability of the opposition to address each issue, which could take a lengthy rebuttal, the adversary will be left looking bad.
That is what is happening. The assertion, by weight of the number of contradictions, is hoping to cripple the opposition.
In reality, each instance of an apparent contradiction must be examined, contextualized, etc., to determine if it is even contradictory at all and I assure you, there are no 400 incidents, because almost always, things that appear as a contradiction, are not at all.
For example, one of the Apostles is named Nathaniel in one place and Bartholomew in another. It is the same person — who has more than one name, as was often the case then, and is still practiced today.
Don't be intimidated by such tactics. Let that person try and enter a debate with a Bible scholar on each instance, one by one, and see whose understanding is wanting.
These persons have an agenda to discredit the Church in a drive-by manner. Let them bring up a specific contradiction and see how they do.
Peace,
Bob Kirby
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