When 'None' Means Some (& Other Apologetic Alchemy)

A video response to Fivepointbaptist's response to the first episode of my "Brief Bible Blunders" series. Fivepointbaptist takes the "fifth gospel" approach to all of this, adding elements to the Gospel of John until it seems to make sense.

Links:

Fivepointbaptist's video "Bible Blunders Refuted!"--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzjNiJwt3xI

"Brief Bible Blunders - Episode #1"--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2EmxXdZ6Zc


(Credit for the "fifth gospel" approach to MyIntellecualJourny: http://www.youtube.com/user/myintellectualjourny )

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[MunkyDrag0n]

I am glad Jesus is so concerned about the salvation of his chosen disciples as to use hyperbole, symbolism, and figurative language. He couldn't make it too easy on them, could he?

[ProfMTH]

@MunkyDrag0n Exactly.

[markviman]

Great vid, prof. Fundie apologists play the same tricks when they try to sweep under the rug all of the passages that clearly support the doctrine of universal salvation, like "Just as all die in Adams sin, so too shall all be made alive in Christ." They like to "interpret" the word 'all' to mean "just Christians." Everyone else can burn forever... you know, because "His mercy endureth forever."

[ProfMTH]

@markviman Yep.  Thanks!

[caramonspace]

Simply put, Amazing. Thank you for expressing so elegantly what I have felt my entire life about my Christian upbringing and the hypocritical morons who enforced it; slithering their way around plainly-stated "holey" text to concoct half-fictitious arguments in support of their own pretentious egos, contradictory beliefs, and self-serving ends.

And yes, my scorn comes from one of many very unambiguous and intimately applied biblical references: Proverbs 13:24. >:(

[ProfMTH]

@caramonspace "Simply put, Amazing."

Thanks a lot.

[KayBeeEee1983]

@dannytibi "Being a fivepointer I doubt he would agree with the bible using hyperbole when it says there are "none" who do good."

Excellent point. Man, I hate baptists (hyperbole).

[dannytibi]

Being a fivepointer I doubt he would agree with the bible using hyperbole when it says there are "none" who do good. After all that would shatter his faith in TD. But as long as it agrees with his dogma, then it's OK to reinterpret and lessen the definitions of the text.

[mikefromwa]

Fivepointbaptist: "I'll just make it up as I go along..."

[DavidNeff2011]

@loudman12 lol.vwhy am I not surprised

[loudman12]

@DavidNeff2011 he deleted the video shortly after this :)

[MSPEL]

This is a phenomenon that I have recently started to notice in christian apologetic arguments. They will twist a story to the point that it is completely removed from the narrative form in order to try to force it to blend with other scripture.