Biblical "contradictions" #1: Bats are birds?

So are bats birds, scotzbhoy?

i cant seem to explain how and why 1 John 4:2 says if a spirit confesses that God is come in the flesh is of God (remember Jesus was met with spirits who aknowledged his Godhood and even mentioned his name);

there are two choices here, either spirit refers to humans, which doesnt make much sense, since John could have used a different word, or 2-nd, that confessing is different than stating. but how is that ?what exactly is the difference then ?

That's just the way they categorised things at the time. It doesn't mean they thought bats were any more similar to birds than we do; they just lumped large flying animals together in one group. They also thought the sky was a solid firmament with the stars attached to it. Fair enough, so did just about everybody else until only a few centuries ago.

awesomeness.

Wait a second, Christians say that the Bible is scientifically ahead of its' time. It's inspired by God! The Bible is supposed to be timeless.

Good work schotzbhoy! This brings to mind Romans 1: 18-23. Can't fit the whole thing on here so I would suggest you read it because my paraphrase is going to be stupid compared to the actual words! Ha ha. Here's my stupid paraphrase, "God made himself obvious to everyone. Yet some will not worship him despite the fact that he made himself obvious." Man my words are dumb compared to the bible's. Ha ha. Anyways.

God bless you scotzbhoy and everyone else. :)

Good day.

Good point
Also a prairie dog is not a dog
and a sea lion is not a lion
and a dragonfly is not...
well, you get the idea, its just
quirks of the language.

I blame his parents! Poor fucker never had a choice. Let alone free will!