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 PRIOR ISSUES OF BIBLICAL ERRANCY
(Index of Major Topics)

  1983
#1 (Jan.)   Original Sin, Contradictions, and Apologetic Defenses
#2 (Feb.)   The Resurrection, Jesus--the Imperfect Beacon, Contradictions and Apologetics
#3 (Mar.)   Salvation, Prophecies, Jesus--the Imperfect Beacon, Evil's Source, God's Nature
#4 (Apr.)   Biblical Morality, Contradictions, Critique of a Baptist Pamphlet
#5 (May)    Peter's Character, Contradictions, and Apologetic Defenses
#6 (June)   The Virgin Birth and Apologetic Defenses, Greek and Hebrew
#7 (July)   Original Sin, Messianic Prophecies, Micah 5, Inerrancy, the Resurrection
#8 (Aug.)   Slavery, Women, & Apologetics, Coping with Apologists, Deceptive Paul
#9 (Sept.)  Biblical "Science" and Apologetic Defenses, Jesus--the False Messiah
#10 (Oct.)  Prophecies, Apologetics and Paul, Biblical "Science"
#11 (Nov.)  The FLOOD (Part 1), Apologetic Responses to Paul--the Deceptive Disciple
#12 (Dec.)  The FLOOD (Part 2), Apologetics, "Thou Shalt Not Kill," Critique of Paul--the Deceptive
                    Disciple, Is the Bible Needed?
 

   1984
#13 (Jan.)  The Patriarchs, Radio Appearance, Biblical "Science"
#14 (Feb.)  Debate on Slavery, the Talmud, the Sanhedrin, the Flood, Human Sacrifices, Biblical Morality,
                    and Coping with Apologists
#15 (Mar.)  The Trinity, Ethical Dilemmas, Biblical "Science," "Quibbling"
#16 (April) IGNORED TEACHINGS (Part 1), MM O'Hair's Letter, Hitler and the Klan as Christians
#17 (May)   IGNORED TEACHINGS (Part 2), Testing the Bible, "Former Christian's Letter
#18 (June)  IGNORED TEACHINGS (Part 3), Grammatical Criticisms, the Trinity
#19 (July)  MOSES AND THE PENTATEUCH (Part 1), Testing the Bible, "Thou Shalt Not Kill"
#20 (Aug.)  MOSES AND THE PENTATEUCH (Part 2), "Call No Man Father," Deeds Versus Faith
#21 (Sept.) CREATION (Part 1), What is Science?, Creationist Defenses
#22 (Oct.)  CREATION (Part 2), Pascal's Wager, Apologists Defend Creationism & a Response thereto
#23 (Nov.)  Biblical "Math," the Matriarchs, The Book of Mormon, Apologists & Biblical "Math"
#24 (Dec.)  JESUS, THE IMPERFECT BEACON (Part 1), Isa. 7:14 & Psalm 22's Messianism, Cain's Wife
 

   1985
#25 (Jan.)  JESUS, THE IMPERFECT BEACON (Part 2), Suffering of the Innocents, Biblical "Science"
#26 (Feb.)  Extrabiblical Subjects, Defenses of Jesus, Debate vs. Faith, Translations
#27 (Mar.)  JESUS, THE IMPERFECT BEACON (Part 3), Defenses of Jesus, Biblical "Math" & Creationism
#28 (Apr.)  JESUS, THE IMPERFECT BEACON (Part 4), Defense of Inerrancy, Defenses of Jesus
#29 (May)   False Teachings, Defenses of Jesus, Specific Criticisms of the Bible
#30 (June)  Isaiah 52-53, Inapplicable Messianic Prophecies, Should One Use Extrabiblical data?
#31 (July)  Isaiah 42:1-20, Gen. 49:10-12, Jesus Disqualified, What is Needed?, Trivia
#32 (Aug.)  DID JESUS EXIST (Part 1), Defenses of Jesus' Existence, Is the Extrabiblical Needed?
#33 (Sept.) DID JESUS EXIST (Part 2), Comments on Jesus' Existence, Why BE Exists, Faith
#34 (Oct.)  Biblical Geography, Questions to Ask, Who Killed Jesus?, A Suggested Study Program
#35 (Nov.)  PROPHECY (Part 1), Sabbath Day's Journey, Biblical Geography, Programs Being Considered
#36 (Dec.)  PROPHECY (Part 2), Biblical Defenses & Pascal's Wager, the Trinity, Christian TV
 

   1986
#37 (Jan.)  Letters to the Editor On: Prophecies, Geography, and How Best to Cope with Biblicism
#38 (Feb.)  PROPHECY (Part 3), How to Combat the Trinity, Ankerberg's Trinitarian Debate
#39 (Mar.)  PROPHECY (Part 4), Capitalizing Religious Words, Who Serves the Devil, Censorship
#40 (Apr.)  JESUS vs. PAUL (Part 1), Sabbath Day's Journey Revisited, Where Did Josiah Die?, Tactics
#41 (May)   JESUS vs. PAUL (Part 2), Josiah, Dating from Jesus' Birth, Anti-religious Strategy
#42 (June)  JESUS vs. PAUL (Part 3), Adam and Sin, Jesus and Jonah, Supporters of BE Take Action
#43 (July)  Cannibalism, Biblical Communism, The New Atheism vs. BE, CRI's Questions to BE
#44 (Aug.)  Peter vs. Jesus, Peter vs. Paul, Peter vs. Peter, Alpha and Omega Ministries vs. BE
#45 (Sept.) God, Prayer and Miracles, BE's Antisupernaturalism, Questions for Apologists by Potts
#46 (Oct.)  BIBLICAL "HISTORY," (Part 1), Debate with Alpha and Omega Ministries, God and the
                    Devil's Deeds
#47 (Nov.)  BIBLICAL "HISTORY," (Part 2), Debate with Alpha and Omega Concludes, My FFRF Speech
#48 (Dec.)  Letters to the Editor On: The Age of Accountability, What Died in the Flood?, Confronting
                    Apologists & Spreading the Word
 

   1987
#49 (Jan.)  BIBLICAL "HISTORY" (Part 3), Jesus' Trial as "History," Debate  with Dr. Peter Ruckman,
                    Debating Strategy
#50 (Feb.)  BIBLICAL "HISTORY" (Part 4), Population Figures, Number of Errors in the Bible, Zebulon
                    and Geography, Extrabiblical Information
#51 (Mar.)  Alcohol, Abraham/Terah revisited, Biblical "History," BE's caption, BE's needed
#52 (Apr.)  Genesis Questions, Gambling, Debate with Alpha and Omega Renewed, Does God lie, Praying
#53 (May)   PREDESTINATION (Part 1), Apologists versus Predestination, Apologists and alcohol,
                    BE's Objection to the Psycho-Social Approach
#54 (June)  PREDESTINATION (Part 2), Sinless Perfection, The Book of Mormon Revisited, BE on Radio,
                    Aiding BE
#55 (July)  PAUL (Part 1), Answering Common Criticisms of BE, Did Adam "Replenish," Persuading with BE
#56 (Aug.)  PAUL (Part 2), Debating who wrote Biblical books, Luther rejects the Book of Revelation, Con-
                    fronting Fundamentalists
#57 (Sept.) PAUL (Part 3), More Debate with CRI on the Bible's Validity, A Book Summarizing BE
#58 (Oct.)  AM. RAT. CONV. SPEECH (Part 1), Why Be Concerned, Tactics to Use, Apologetic Arguments
#59 (Nov.)  AM. RAT. CONV. SPEECH (Part 2), My Overall Strategy, What's Needed, Questions. & Answers
#60 (Dec.)  PAUL (Part 4), AM. RAT. CONV. SPEECH (PART 3), Complimentary letters about BE
 

   1988
#61 (Jan.) PAUL (Part 5), Credentials to Critique, More Tactics, Does BE Confront Fundamentalism Only
#62 (Feb.) PAUL (Part 6), Is the Resurrection Important, Over-reliance on Bible's Inhumanity/Immorality
#63 (Mar.) Answering Morey, Which is the Best Version?, Interpreting Part of Job, Arguments to Use
#64 (Apr.) Debating Alpha/Omega on Reliable Translations, Can Biblicists Be Persuaded; Are they Ill?
#65 (May) The Crucifixion, Children, Is Alpha/Omega Fair & its defense of Dr. Archer & the "Originals"
#66 (June) VERSIONS DIFFER (Part 1),  The Originals,  More on Alpha/Omega's Fairness & Criticisms
#67 (July) VERSIONS DIFFER (Part 2), A & O vs. Ending of Mark, The Expediency of Newer Versions
#68 (Aug.) VERSIONS DIFFER (Part 3), Letters to an Anti-theist vs. BE on Original Sin & the Resurrection
#69 (Sept) VERSIONS DIFFER (Part 4), Heaven, Noah/Job vs. All Have Sinned, Jesus/Jonah on 3 days/nights
#70 (Oct.) VERSIONS DIFFER (Part 5), Church by Another Name, KJ Reliability, Critiquing Archer's Tome, BE
                    on God, Tactics & Courage
#71 (Nov.) Works or Whim, Universalism, Jesus' Genealogies, Guidelines for Inserting Letters
#72 (Dec.) Homosexuality, Abortion, FFRF's Support & Restating BE's Position on Freethought Meetings
 

   1989
#73 (Jan.) Comparing Versions, Quality of BE, Mark Pott's Letters on: Heaven, Greek/Hebrew, Being
                    Saved Without Hearing, Salvation and Hitler, Apologist Clayton, Is Jesus for All?
#74 (Feb.) Apostles, Polygamy, NT Supports Miraculous, Peter Vs. the NT, BE Vs. Catholic Answers
#75 (Mar.) Jesus Isn't Qualified, IGNORED TEACHINGS (Part 4), BE's Pamphlets Criticized, Inerrancy
#76 (Apr.) MESSIANIC PROPHECIES (Part 1), KJ Vs. Others, Nineveh's Size, Modems & Bulletin Boards
#77 (May) MESSIANIC PROPHECIES (Part 2), MENSA's Newsletter Attacks BE on John 14:6 & Rom. 3:23
#78 (June) MESSIANIC PROPHECIES (Part 3), Defending 7 & 23 in Pamphlet, Letter To Get Me on TV,
                    My Letter to FCC
#79 (July) MESSIANIC PROPHECIES (Part 4), Holy Ghost, Defending 4, 5 & 7 in Pamphlet, KJ Vs. Others
#80 (Aug.) MESSIANIC PROPHECIES (Part 5), Anti-Intellectualism, Defending 2, 6, 14, 17, & 18 in Pamphlets
#81 (Sept.) PETER vs. OT (Part 1), Pro-intellectualism, Apostles Died for Jesus?, Comments on The
                    Bible Examined
#82 (Oct.) PETER vs. OT (Part 2), Anti-Bible Tactics, Capitalizing Words & Dating Events, Conversing
                    with FFRF, the Word "Eisogesis"
#83 (Nov.) JESUS, THE IMPERFECT BEACON (Part 5), Debating "Take Up the Cross," Debating The Bible
                    Examined
#84 (Dec.) JESUS, THE IMPERFECT BEACON (Part 6), MENSA on Fetuses Accepting Jesus.  Heaven, Hell or
                    What?, The Burden of Proof
 

   1990
#85 (Jan.) JESUS, THE IMPERFECT BEACON (Part 7), Original Sin, Noah & Job Sinless?, Hell's Length
#86 (Feb.) JESUS, THE IMPERFECT BEACON (Part 8), Baptism, Jesus' Genealogy, Capitalizing Words
#87 (Mar.) QUOTES (Pt. 1), Capitalizing, John 5:37, Which Gospel Came First, Ed's Unprintable Letter
#88 (Apr.) QUOTES (Pt. 2), Abiathar & the Shewbread, Nonexistent Prophecies, Bias of A & O Church
#89 (May) QUOTES (Pt. 3), FAIR'S Aid Offer, BE/Atheism, Good Brains Gone Awry, Namecalling, TV & LCD
#90 (June) Chronological Contradictions, Imminence, Miracles, Exclusivism, Ways BE is Aided, Anti-CRI
#91 (July) SABBATH (Pt. 1), Applying "Generation" to Jews, Studio in St. Louis, Passing out BE's
#92 (Aug.) SABBATH (Pt. 2), Critique of Martin's Attack on Sabbatarianism in Kingdom of the Cults (Pt. 1)
#93 (Sept.) Kingdom of the Cults Vs. Sabbatarianism (Pt. 2), Extensive Debate with A & O Ministries
#94 (Oct.) # 8 & #17 in Jesus Pamphlet, Salvation by Grace, How Many Commandments?, OT
                    Fasting, Paul & Baptizing, God's Nature
#95 (Nov.) QUOTES (Pt. 4), Prompt Delivery, Sabbath, Bemoaning Religious Influence, My Media Style
#96 (Dec.) QUOTES (Pt. 5), BE vs. A & O Ministries, Kind Letters, Jews for Judaism on the Resurrection
 

   1991
#97 (Jan.) ACCOMMODATIONS (Pt. 1)--OT Misquotes, Bible-belt, Debating Church of Christ Members,
                    Extrabiblical Data
#98 (Feb.) ACCOMMODATIONS (PT. 2)--OT Misquotes, Circular Reasoning on God, Which Ten Commandments?, FFRF's
                    Tactics, $10,000 Challenge
#99 (Mar.) ACCOMMODATIONS (Pt. 3)--OT Misquotes, Using Extrabiblical Data, 16 Tactical Errors of Rationalists
#100 (Apr.) God's Nature Revisited & Bitheism, Barker's Defense of FFRF & BE's Lengthy Reply
#101 (May) Defense by CRI's Bowman (Pt 1), Gordon Stein's Comments on BE & BE's Reply, Changing
                    Our Tact, Letters
#102 (June) QUOTES (Pt. 6), Concluding Defense by CRI's Bowman (Pt. 2), A & O's Defense of Trinity &
                    BE's Reply (Pt. 1), Adam and Perfection
#103 (July) QUOTES (Pt. 7), A & O Versus Its Critics, CHALLENGE Attacks BE, Till on Jews for Judaism
#104 (Aug.) ACCOMMODATIONS (Pt. 4)--Nonquotes, REVIEW of When Skeptics Ask (Part 1), Spreading BE
                    Ad Hominem, Encountering JW's, Religion in Schools
#105 (Sept.) KORAN (Part 1), REVIEW of When Skeptics Ask (Pt. 2), Bonnell Vs. A & O, Focus on Bible First
#106 (Oct.) KORAN (Part 2), REVIEW of When Skeptics Ask (Pt. 3), Sikos Decries A & O's Critique of BE
#107 (Nov.) KORAN (Part 3), REVIEW of White's A Few Thoughts on Atheism, Baptist Youth Camp and Computer BB
#108 (Dec.) ACCOMMODATIONS (Pt. 5)--Misinterpretations, Readers Debate Christians in Arizona and at Missouri picnic
 

   1992
#109 (Jan.) ACCOMMODATIONS (Pt. 6)--Misinterpretations, More Debate with White on the Trinity, Reader Exposes
                    Koran, Reader Fears End-time Prophecy
#110 (Feb.) QUOTES (Pt. 8), Love the Sinner/Hate the Sin, Even More Debate with White on Trinity,
                    Anti-intellectualism
#111 (Mar.) QUOTES (Pt. 9), Debate with White on Being, Person, & Athanasian Creed Concludes, BK Critiques Points
                    1 & 2 in BE's Pamphlet, Christian Liberalism
#112 (Apr.) Forgeries, BK Critiques Points 4-8, 11, 12 in BE's Pamphlet, RM of Red Deer, Canada Debates Christians
#113 (May) Letters to the Editor, BK Critiques Points 13, 15-19, 21 in BE's Pamphlet, BB Explains Evil, Argument
                    from Silence, Finding Anti-Christian Info, Books to Read
#114 (June) Why Be Concerned, Christian JB of Dayton Attacks BE, Letters Compliment RM of Red Deer
#115 (July) GOD (Part 1), JB of Dayton Concludes, God Fosters Abortion, RS of Texas Leads Student Atheist Group
#116 (Aug.) GOD (Part 2), Radio Comments are Attacked, Reader Lists Points BE Should Make, Porphyry Vs. Augustine
#117 (Sept. GOD (Part 3), JM Publishes Tract Attacking BE's Pamphlet: Bible is God's Word? (Point 1), Reader Vs.
                    Mormons
#118 (Oct.) GOD (Part 4), JM's Tract Continues: Points 2-3, Reader Defends Atheism Against Christian, Deprogramming
#119 (Nov.) GOD (Part 5), JM's Tract Continues: Points 4-6, Ten Commandments, Readers Use BE in Debates
#120 (Dec.) GOD (Part 6), JM's Tract Continues: Points 7-9, Debating and Why Biblicists Avoid Debates

   1993
#121 (Jan.) WORKS, JM's Tract Continues: Points 10-11, Reader Attacks Doctrine of Salvation, Gospel's Muddle
#122 (Feb.) FAITH (Part 1), EXCLUDED LITERATURE, JM's Tract Continues: Point 12, Teacher Uses BE in College Class
#123 (Mar.) FAITH (Part 2), JUDAISM Vs. CHRISTIANITY, JM's Tract Continues: Point 13 on Science, Supporter Writes
                    Newspaper and Uses BE
#124 (Apr.) Prayer, Joshua, JM's Tract Continues: Points 14 & 15, Several Sets of 10 Commandments
#125 (May) JESUS & MESSIANIC AGE (Pt. 1), JM's Tract Continues: Points 16 & 18, Reader Defends BE Against
                    Rev. Veader, Reader Confronts JW's
#126 (June) JESUS & MESSIANIC AGE (Pt. 2), Age of Accountability, JM's Tract Continues: Points 19 & 20,
                    Christian Decrys Bibliolatry
#127 (July) Ten-Year Summation & Plans, JM's Tract Concludes: Points 21, 22, 23 & 24, Copyist Error Defense,
    "Baths" of 1 Kings 7:23
#128 (Aug.) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ON: the Resurrection, Complimenting & Helping BE, Tactics to Use, Catholi-
                    cism and Images, Reader Debates Biblicists, OT Repulsiveness, University Debate with Minister
#129 (Sept.) Biblicist O'Brien Backs BE, Is Resurrection Important, Should BE's Caption Be Modified, Should We
                    Debate Biblicists Extensively & With What Strategy
#130 (Oct.) Archer's Encyclopedia (Pt. 1), Biblicist Defends the Flood and the Animals Activity, Did BE
                    Leave Its Subcaption?,
#131 (Nov.) Archer's Encyclopedia (Pt. 2), Christian Promotes Christianity and Attacks Atheism, Biblical Phallicism
#132 (Dec.) Archer's Encyclopedia (Pt. 3), Are Christians Environmentally Concerned & Do They Behave for Personal
                    Gain, Does Biblicism Foster Anti-War Feelings & Anti-Sexism, Is Human Nature the Cause?
 

   1994
#133 (Jan.) Critique of a Pros Apologian Article, Are Humans Pieces of Dung, Christian Intolerance, The Frontal
                    Assault Method, Why God Isn't the Author, Hit and Run
#134 (Feb.) Proper Behavior Despite Bible--Not Because of, Anti-semitism, God's Power Resolves All Contradictions,
                    Ultimate Anti-Intellectualism
#135 (Mar.) Archer's Encyclopedia (Pt. 4), Parts of DeWitt's Beyond the Basics, Taking it to Biblicists, Trinity,
                    TV Program Underway
#136 (Apr.) Parts of DeHaan's 508 Answers to Bible Questions, Parts of Stewart's 99 Questions People Ask Most About
                    the Bible, Resurrection Redebated
#137 (May) Reason to Believe, SCRIPTURE MIXTURE (Part 1), Hard Questions, More Than a Carpenter, 101 Questions
                    About Jesus, Answering Christianity's Most Puzzling Questions (Vol. 1), Eccle. 3:19-21
#138 (June) So the Bible is Full of Contradictions? (Pt. 1), What Animals Entered Ark?, Egypt's Horses Died?,
                    Is John the Baptist Elijah?, Did God Rest?, Wisdom Brings Happiness?, Will Earth Vanish?,
#139 (July) Johnson's So the Bible is Full of Contradictions? (Pt. 2), Did Jeremy Say It?, Could Jesus Do the
                    Deed?, Events on Paul's Trip to Damascus, Did Jesus Rise First?, Will All Israel Be Saved?
#140 (Aug) Johnson's So the Bible is Full of Contradictions? (Pt. 3), Debate on God's Powers, Public Access Taping
#141 (Sept) Did Jesus Exist/Talmud, Evidence That Demands a Verdict on Talmudic Comments on Jesus,
                    Freethought Comments on Slavery, Fundamentalism, Jesus, Interpretation, Mental Health
#142 (Oct) Letters on God's Powers, M. Jako on Strawmanish Stuff, Liberal Christianity, & Spiritual Scam, Internet
                    Atheist Resources, Policy on Quoting BE, PO Stamps Religion on BE, Prometheus Ads Our Book
#143 (Nov.) SCRIPTURE MIXTURE (Part 2), Sisson's Answering Christianity's... Questions, Ryrie's Basic Theology,
                Bowman's Why...Believe in Trinity, Blaiklock's Jesus, Man or Myth, Little's Know Why You Believe
#144 (Dec.) Haley's Alleged Discrepancies of the Bible (Part 1), Rev. BB Attacks BE and Our Pamphlet on the Bible
 

   1995
#145 (Jan.) Haley's Alleged Discrepancies of the Bible (Part 2), Rev. BB's Attacks Pts. 1 and 2 of THE BIBLE IS
                    GOD'S WORD? Pamphlet
#146 (Feb.) Haley's Alleged Discrepancies of the Bible (Part 3), Commentary on Body-Snatchers Movie, Rev. BB's
                    Attacks Pts. 3 and 4 of our Pamphlet
#147 (Mar.) Rev. BB's Attacks Pts. 5, 6, 7, and 8 of our Pamphlet THE BIBLE IS GOD'S WORD?
#148 (Apr.) Rev. BB's Attacks Pts. 9, 10, 12, and 13 of our Pamphlet, Letter Discusses OT topics
    like bestiality, barbarism, bloodshed,bigotry & brutality
#149 (May) Letters on: the word 'perfect' & its application to God, salvation, Paul & What
    He Wrote in the NT, New Book We'd Like toe Publish, Islamic Mouthpieces
#150 (June) Haley's Alleged Discrepancies in the Bible (Part 4), Rev. BB's Attacks Pts. 14, 17,
    18, of our Pamphlet, Writer Critizes Haley
#151 (July) Haley's Alleged Discrepancies in the Bible (Part 5), Rev. BB's Attacks Pts. 19, 21, 22,
    Compliment of Stein Comment, Appeal for Public Access Help
#152 (Aug.) Haley's Alleged Discrepancies in the Bible (Part 6), Rev. BB's Attacks Pts. 23 & 24,
    Special Sabbath & Resurrection Dating, Saluting those who aided us
#153 (Sept.) Letters on: Refighting the word "perfect" & God, Was the Bowl 30 cubits round, Rounding
    numbers in 2 Sam. 24:9 vs. 1 Chron. 21:5, Strong Appeal for help on Public Access
#154 (Oct.) Letter on: Did Jesus Raise Himself, Dogs & Evolution, Battles on Simple Contras, Versions & Did Bible
    Exist, Does Rev. 22:18 Apply to Whole Bible, Answering Prayers, Joshua/Number of villages
#155  (Nov.) Ararat, Mountains, & the Flood, Refighting 'perfect' again, OT Resurrections?, Brusing Satan's
    Head, Reader Questions On Brusing Satan's Head, Lot's Daughters & Eve, Reader Affects Biblicist
#156 (Dec.) Dan Barker's Pamphlet Why Jesus Regarding Peaceableness, Family Values, Justice, Morality, Reliability,
    and Role Modeling, DA Attacks Publishing Compliments of BE, Perfection & God again, Nephilim
 

   1996
#157 (Jan.) Free Inquiry Article "Pique," Rowell" Article Denouncing Discussion with Biblicists,
    Is Jesus' Resurrection Unique?, Did Nazareth Exist?, Reader Comments on CRI
#158 (Feb.) Letters on: Translation Errors, Are Contras Conclusive?, Arguments Over Biblical History,
    Translation Debate, Are Bats Birds?, Was Resurrection Unique? What is a Bath?, My Bio
#159 (Mar.) Did Jesus Say Slay People, Math, Pi, and 500,000 vs. 470,000 people, DA Argues Peace,
    Evil, Do Dead Rise, Does Forever Mean Forever, Errors in Translation
#160 (Apr.) My Reply to Archer's Attacks on my Book (Reviling God, Depriving Life of Meaning, Is Bible Needed,
    Did Adam Die that Day, Taunting Jesus, Greek/Hebrew, Golgotha, Prophecy) Letter to CRI
#161 (May) Letters on: Who Ascended to Heaven First?, Do Harlots Enter Heaven, Reading for Contras,
    Anti-biblical Tactics, Value of Pi, Critic of Biblicists, Translating 'Replenish'
#162 (June) Haley's Alleged Discrepancies in the Bible (Part 7), DA on Nothing New Under Sun, God
    Creates Evil?, Our Philosophy vs. Theology, To Baptize or Not, Did Jesus Order Slaying
#163 (July) CRI Stops Me from Replying to Archer, Versions Differ on Rising 'Again,' 'Rivers' of Egypt &
    Interpretations, Using Septuagint, 2000 vs. 3000 baths, Playing my tapes & am I an atheist
#164 (Aug.) Letters on: Reader Attacks Pamphlet JC is the Answer? on Points 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 17, 18, 20,
    & 22, Prisoner Seeks Help, Reader Compliments my Book and Suggests Some
#165 (Sept) Reader Detects a New Strategy, My Stratgy and Opposition, Free Inquiry's Fight Back Manual, More
    Original-Text Arguments, Septuagint Again, Citation Errors, Reconciling Contras & Originals
#166 (Oct.) Letters on: Pro-religious laws, Readers Decries CRI, Meaning of 'Again' in John 20:9, Do Prostitutes
    Enter Heaven, Where is Burden of Proof, Reader Abandons Logic, Compiling the KJV/Its Validity
#167 (Nov.) Letters on: KJV, Recent Versions & Validity, Attacking my Motives, Wednesday Resurrection Defense,
    God's powers, Nothing New Under Sun, Baptize or Not, Freebie to Prisoner, Get on Internet
#168 (Dec.) Letters on: Our Editorial Policy, KJV/Other Versions & Manuscript Validity, Translating Errors and
    Validity, Rivers of the Nile, Septuagint Again, Prayer & Literal Interpreting
 

   1997
#169 (Jan.) Martin's Kingdom of the Cults (Part 1)/Makes 6 Points, Defraud Not & the Commandments, Reader
    States His Anti-biblicist Strategy & Favorite Points, My Tactics Changed, BE on the Web
#170 (Feb.) Kingdom of the Cults (Part 2), Jonas 3 Days/3 Nights, Reader Describes His Journey from Fundamentalism,
    Reader Divides Bible Facts from Lies, Inmate's View of BE, BE Teaches Logical Thought
#171 (Mar.) The Bible Has the Answer by Morris & Clark (8 Points) (Part 1), "Why I Am Not a Christian" by a Reader,
    8 Pts. Against Liberal Christianity, Dealing with Liberalism, BE has Website
#172 (April) The Bible Has the Answer (6 Points) (Part 2), All Black White Horse, Reader On the Real Jesus/Attacks
    Liberalism as Deceptive, Tactics, Question on FA, Station Replies to Censorship Charge
#173 (May) The Bible Has the Answer (15 Points) (Part 3), Reader Concludes His Attack on Liberal Christianity,
    Suppression by Opponents Vs. Apathy of Supporters, Am. Atheists/Zindler Publishes My Article
#174 (June) Brearey of Freethinker Compliments Our Book in Article "Stand By Holy Writ," Virgin Birth, Earth
    Rotating & Gravitation, Unitarians, 3 Days/3 Nights, Supporter Debates on Net, Jesus Tempted?
#175 (July) Religious Editor of Tentmaker Recommends Our Book, 'Defraud Not' & 10 Commandments, Reader Describes
    Net Debate with Biblicist Mainly on Ezra 2 Vs. Neh. 7, Liberalism Again & Jesus Seminar
#176 (Aug.) The Case of Jesus the Messiah by Ankerberg, Weldon, and Kaiser (16 pts.), Was Jesus Poor, Am I
    Ascerbic, the spiritual/natural man, Chaplain Censors Prisoners
#177 (Sept.) Letters on: Church/State, Jesus vs. Paul, Why I do It, Reader Proposes Anti-Religious Cartoons Like
    Jack Chicks, Actual Religious Bloopers, Students Religious Bloopers
#178 (Oct.) Who Moved the Stone by Morison (27 Points On Embellishments, Eisogesis, Suppositions, "Probablys," &
    Speculations), Was Ahaziah 22 or 42, Was Crucifixion on Friday, Reality Vs. Perception
#179 (Nov.) Genesis & Evolution by DeHaan (13 Pts on Belief Without Proof, Gen. 1:1, Bible Covers All?, Creation/
    Evolution, A Beginning?, Debasing Mankind), Openness, Read Back Issues, Rivers of Egypt
#180 (Dec.) The Christ by Remsberg on Other Saviors (Pt. 1), Rivers of Egypt & Textual Validity & the Originals,
    Septuagint, the KJV, Ahaziah 22 or 42, Translating, Ankerberg & Censorship, Our Tactics
 

   1998
#181 (Jan.) The Christ (Pt. 2), Jesus Copies Buddha, Does the Bible Con- tradict Itself by Arndt (Pt. 1-Abraham/
    Isaac, 'Begotten,' Egypt's Dead Animals, God's Orders?, Michal's Sons), Bible Code Predictions

#182 (Feb.) Does the Bible Contradict Itself (Pt. 2-Words on Cross, Does God Know All), Ingersoll, Matt. 12:40,
    John 3:13, Luke 23:43, God vs. Perfection, Bible on Adultery, JB Explains Loss of Faith
#183 (Mar.) Does the Bible Contradict Itself (Pt. 3-Does God Lie or Protect the Just), Age of Sources,
    Chemistry, Big Bang, Evolution, Prisoners/Self-Esteem, Testing God, JB's Letter to Pastor
#184 (April) Letters on: Translating & KJV, Evolutionists, 'Rivers' of Egypt, Proof & Miracles, Contras & Burden of
    Proof, Defining River, Are Branches Rivers, A Bayou, Factors in JB's Deconversion
#185 (May) Does the Bible Contradict Itself (Pt. 4-Ask/Receiving & Prayer, Biblical Adultery, JB Refutes His
    Pastor on Many Points (4 Pages)
#186 (June) Does the Bible Contradict Itself (Pt. 5-Is Man Over Beasts, Soul/Spirit, Is Jesus Prince of Peace,
    Plan for Tomorrow?, Internet/Proselytizing/Notebook, Closure Explaining Why BE is Ending
#187 (July) Letters on: Colorblindness/Deafness, Cross Inscription, Who Must Prove Correct Wording, Jacob or Heli,
     Revisiting Biblical Adultery, River Branches & Bayous, JB Attacks His Evasive Pastor
#188 (Aug.) Does the Bible Contradict Itself (Pt. 6,-Is Jesus Omniscient, Do Good to Non-Believers?, JB Replies to
    Pastor's Letter, Cloven-Footed Camels & Do Hares Chew Cud, Are Mustard Plants Shrubs?
#189 (Sept.) JB's Tough Questions for Christian Church (Pt. 1-Inconsistencies, Omissions, Misinterpretations,
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COMMENTARIES
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Tape
Numbers    MAJOR SUBJECTS With Contents

1A.   BIBLE'S FORMATION: (Side A/49min) Inerrancy, Canon's Formation, Excluded Literature
                         (Side B/49min) Originals, Variances, Versions Differ, Greek/Hebrew, Interpreting

2B.   "JESUS CHRIST IS THE ANSWER?"  Pamphlet Which Asks Biblicists 22 Questions About Jesus Christ
                         (Side A/40min)   (Side B/43min)

3C.   "THE BIBLE IS GOD'S WORD?"  Pamphlet Which Asks Biblicists 24 Questions About the Bible
                         (Side A/42min)   (Side B/43min)

4D.   CONTRADICTIONS: Numerical, Theological, Chronological, Factual, Philosophical, Ethical, Etc.
                         (Side A/43min)   (Side B/43min)

5E.   JESUS: (Side A/46min) Resurrection, Crucifixion, Ascension, Genealogy
             (Side B/41min) Ancestry, Historicity, Extrabiblical Sources

6F.   JESUS: (Side A/46min) Credentials, Unqualified Messiah, Debunked, Incarnation, False Prophet
             (Side B/46min) Virgin Birth, Trinity

7G.   JESUS: Deceptive Deeds & Statements, Character, Integrity, and Credibility
                     (Side A/43min)   (Side B/45min)

8H.   JESUS: Second Coming, Messianic Age, Messianic Prophecies
                     (Side A/43min)   (Side B/45min)

9I.   CHARACTERS OF: (Side A/44min) God
                     (Side B/44min) Patriarchs, Peter, All Prophets, Matriarchs

10J.  INJUSTICE: (Side A/45min) Original Sin, Evil, Innocents, Suffering, Atonement
                 (Side B/42min) Heaven, Exclusivism, Hell, Sexism, Slavery

11K.  SCIENCE: (Side A/42min) Math, False Science, Geography
               (Side B/44min) Flood, Science vs. Creationism, Biblical Day?

12L.  BELIEVING: (Side A/42min) False Teachings, Perfection, Prayer
                 (Side B/41min) Testing the Bible, Miracles

13M.  SOCIAL ISSUES: (Side 1/45min) Abortion, Alcohol, Anti-semitism
                     (Side 2/45min) Cannibalism, Children, Communism, Death Penalty, Divorce, Gambling

14N.  SOCIAL ISSUES: (Side 1/41min) Homosexuality, Human Sacrifice, Anti & Pro Intellectualism, Intolerance,
                                        Loaning
                     (Side 2/46min) Nationalism, Polygamy, Poverty, Profanity, Self-degradation

15P.  BE'S PHILOSOPHY: (Side 1/39min) Why Be Concerned, Tactics To Use, Apologetic Defenses
                       (Side 2/42min) Best Overall Strategy, What's Needed, Procedures to Follow

16Q.  PROPHECIES: (Side A/46min) Non-Existent Prophecies, Incorrect or False Prophecies
                  (Side B/43min) Unfulfilled, False Prophecies by Jesus, Book of Revelation

17R.  SALVATION: (Side 1/45min) Faith, Works, Grace, Whim
                 (Side 2/45min) Predestination, Universalism, Annihilationism, Heaven

18S.  BIBLICAL HISTORY: (Side A/42min) OT Fallacies, NT Fallacies
                        (Side B/44min) Jesus' Trial, Population Figures, Forty

19T.  BIBLICAL HISTORY: (Side A/44min) Two Creation Accounts Conflict, Self-Contradictions of 1st & 2nd
                                           Accounts, General Problems
                        (Side B/45min) Moses and the Pentateuch, KORAN

20U.  SABBATH: (Side 1/43min) Saturday is Sabbath, Christian Arguments for Sunday
               (Side 2/44min) How the Sabbath Changed, THE BOOK OF MORMON
 

21V.  PAUL: (Side A/46min) Contradictions, Misquotations
            (Side B/43min) Nonquotes, Ill-Conceived Comments, Misinterpretations, False Prophecies

22W.  ACCOMMODATIONS: (Side A/44min) Misquotations, Nonquotes
                     (Side B/45min) Misinterpretations, IGNORED TEACHINGS

23X.  CONFLICTS: (Side 1/46min) Jesus vs. Paul,  Peter vs. OT
                 (Side 2/45min) Peter vs. NT,  Peter vs. Paul, Peter vs. Jesus,  Peter vs. Peter

24Y.  NEW TEST. SERVES RULERS: (Side A/45min)  (Part 1) Acceptance and Submission
                                               (Part 2) Reject Wealth and Possessions
                               (Side B/45min)  (Part 3) Expect Rewards, Justice, & Protection
                                               (Part 4) Remain Closeminded & Avoid Discussion
                                               (Part 5) Conclusion--Bible Fosters Slavery

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MEDIA AUDIO TAPES
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Tape Numbers:               (WO/Comm. = Without Commercials)

#1.  On WAVI Radio in Dayton, Ohio, with Host Chris Mitchell.  First radio appearance.  Quite nervous.  Many opposing calls.  Pseudonym used by me was Jim Lentz.  3/11/78.  66 Minutes W/Comm.

#2.  On WHLO in Akron, Ohio with sympathetic Host, Bill Heins, a United Church of Christ minister.  My pseudonym-Jim Lentz.  Pretty standard program.  5/7/78.  88 Minutes W/Comm.

#3.  On WHLO Radio in Akron, Ohio with Church of Christ minister, Bill Heins.  My pseudonym-Jim Lentz.  Substandard audio quality after 44 Minutes.  Otherwise, average.  10/15/78.  86 Minutes WO/Comm.

#4.  The final two appearances of 4 appearances on WCSU Radio of Central State Univ.  Small, low budget station.  Host Dick Weakley and I talked with almost no calls or arguments.  Low key, very informal and unemotional. My pseudonym-Jim Lentz.  10 Minutes of off-the-air discussion after the programs.  1st Tape is 31 Minutes; 2nd is 39 Minutes WO/Comm.  7/24/80.  Total 70 Minutes.

#5.  On WING Radio in Dayton, Ohio.  Informal, non-combative discussion with Church of Christ Host, Bill Nance, who later managed a Christian Radio Station.  Few Calls.  My pseudonym-Jim Lentz.  10/14/80.  55 Minutes WO/Comm.

#6.  On WING Radio in Dayton, Ohio.  Hosted by Church of Christ Supporter, Bill Nance.  Combative Calls.  My pseudonym-Jim Lentz.  11/2/80.  69 Minutes WO/Comm.

#7.  Debate with Prof. David Warren of Cedarville Bible College on WING Radio in Dayton, Ohio.  Hosted by Bill Nance of the Church of Christ.  My pseudonym-Jim Lentz.  5/9/82.  74 Minutes W/Comm.

#8.  (PART 1)  On WING Radio in Dayton, Ohio, with Host Bill Nance.  Quite combative with extra-sophisticated calls.  My pseudonym-Jim Lentz.  7/20/83.  90 Minutes.

#9.  On WING Radio in Dayton, Ohio, with low key Host Stacy Taylor.  Hostile Callers.  My pseudonym-Jim Lentz.  Occasional static interference.  Volume drops at 80th min.  5/21/84.  90 Minutes.  W/Comm.

#10  (PART 1)  Wide-ranging, living room roundtable slug-fest with 2 Church of Christ Ministers, one of whom had his own Sunday call-in radio program, an elder, and 2 laypeople.  7/20/84.  90 Minutes.

#11  (PART 2 of Tape #10)  The slug-fest continues with heavy emphasis on the Trinity and Sexism.  After 33 minutes the elder and the minister with the radio program left.  7/20/84.  90 Minutes.

#12  (PART 3 of Tape #10)  The slug-fest concludes.  Often more heat than light with repetition.  Heavy on baptism, salvation, faith vs. works & situation ethics.  7/20/84.  90 Minutes

#13  On WRVA Radio in Richmond, Virginia.  Unneutral host, Jerry Lund.  Many antagonistic calls.  9/26/84.  50 Minutes W/Comm.

#14  (PART 1)  On WCKY Radio with antagonistic Christian Host, Jan Michaelson.  My pseudonym-Jim Lentz.  Many opposing calls and an extended debate on Adam, Noah and "perfection."  10/20/84.  90 Minutes W/Comm..

#15  On WROK Radio of Rockford, Illinois.  Sympathetic Host, Lee Carick, took me through the topics that interested him most.  Few calls.  54 Minutes WO/Comm.

#16  Radio clash with Dr. Peter Ruckman, Founder of the Pensacola Bible Institute.  Antagonistic Host was Alan Stang.  10/29/86.  53 Minutes W/Comm.

#17  (PART 1)  On WSB Atlanta with Host Mike Malloy.  A barn-burner.  Many hostile calls.  Very combative.  2 Kings 18:27 was actually censored when I read it on-the-air.  11/12/86.  90 Minutes WO/Comm.

#18  (PART 2 of Tape #14)  On WCKY.  10/20/84.  46 Minutes.  W/Comm.
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          (PART 2 of Tape #17)  On WSB in Atlanta.  11/12/86.  30 Minutes.

#19  Debate in 1987 with James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries in Arizona.  57 Minutes WO/Comm.  Plus 13 Minutes chosen at random on WKRC Radio in 11/78 in Rushville, Indiana.  Total 70 Minutes.

#20  (PART 1)  On WWKB in Buffalo with Soft-spoken, sympathetic Host, John Otto, who mostly asked me questions that interested him.  7/31/87.  90 Minutes W/Comm.

#21  (PART 2 of Tape #20) On WWKB in Buffalo.  7/31/87.  90 Minutes W/Comm.

#22  (PART 2 of Tape #8).  40 Minutes
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          Forty minutes W/Comm. on WWKB in Buffalo with openminded Host, John Otto.  Joined while in progress.  11/8/87.   40 Minutes.

#23 Battle with Church of Christ Minister, Gaston Cogdill, on WLW Radio in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Host was Catholic, Mike McConnell.  My pseudonym-Jim Lentz.  Abrupt ending.  1/26/88.  90 Minutes WO/Comm.

#24  Informal speech to Humanist Luncheon on Strategy and Tactics.  62 Minute Talk followed by 25 Minute Question & Answer Session.  5/89.  Total 87 Minutes.

#25  On KLIF Radio of Dallas, Texas, with relatively neutral host, David Gold.  1/29/90.  30 Minutes with abrupt ending WO/Comm.
                                                     PLUS
          On WYSO Radio of Antioch College.  Low key, non-combative interrogation of my analysis.  Not the most stimulating tape.  Good questions by Host, Sherry Novick.  My pseudonym-Jim Lentz.  Few calls.  1/1/81.  40 Minutes WO/Comm.
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          On WBLY Radio in Springfield, Ohio.  Another low key, unemotional, lecture style presentation with few calls.  My pseudonym-Jim Lentz.  Low power station.  2/16/81.  20 Minutes W/Comm.

#26  On KFI Radio in California with sympathetic Host Phil Hendrie.  Many calls.  Pretty standard fare.  2/4/90.  72 Minutes W/Comm.

#27  On WOAI Radio in San Antonio, Texas with antagonistic host, Carl Wigglesworth.  7/11/89.  31 Minutes W/Comm.
                                                     PLUS
          Potent debate on KLIF Radio with Dr. H. Wayne House, Professor at the Dallas Theological Seminary.  Relatively neutral Host David Gold.  3/20/90.  52 Minutes W/Comm.

#28  Sample extracts chosen at random from TAPES 5, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, & 23.  90 Minutes.

#29  Debate with Dr. Robert Morey, Executive Director of the Research & Education Foundation, on KBRT Christian Radio in Los Angeles, California.  Host, Greg Koukl, "edited" a two hour program.  5/19/90.  87 Minutes WO/Comm. but with short gaps.

#30  "Why Expose the Bible" Speech with Q & A to an Atheist Luncheon in Columbus, Ohio.  1/19/91.  Speech is 57 Minutes with a Q & A Session of 19 Minutes.   Total 76 Minutes.

#31  "Why Expose the Bible" Speech with Q & A to an Atheist Luncheon in Detroit, Michigan.  3/17/91.  Speech is 54 Minutes with a Q & A Session of 29 Minutes.  Resembles Tape #30.  Total 83 Minutes

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A national periodical focusing on Biblical errors, contradictions,
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COMMENTARY

THE RESURRECTION--Among those beliefs crucial to Christianity few are of greater importance than that of the Resurrection.     In I Cor. 15:14 ("And if Christ be not risen, then our preaching Is vain and your faith Is also vain") Paul went so far as to allege the very foundation of Christianity rests upon its occurrence.  Yet, why should the Resurrection be of such significance?  Elijah raised a child from the dead (1 Kings 17:17, 21-22); Samuel said to Saul, "Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up" (I Sam. 28:7, 11, 15); Elisha raised the dead son of a Shunammite (2 Kings 4:32, 34-35); a dead man being lowered into a grave revived when he touched the bones of Elisha (2 Kings 13:21); Moses and Elijah revived at the time of the Transfiguration (Luke 9:28, 30); the saints arose at the time of Jesus' death (Matt. 27:52-53); Jairus' daughter rose from the dead (Matt. 9:18, 23-25); the widow at Nain's son rose from the dead (Luke 7:11-15); and Lazarus rose from the dead (John 11:43-44).  All of these people ascended from death and all did so before Jesus.  So, by the time Christ rose from the dead this was a rather common occurrence.  Why, then, atttribute so much importance to the Resurrection?  One would think that it would have been met with a resounding yawn followed by: So what else can you do. People not only rose before Jesus but after him as well.  Peter raised Tabitha and Paul raised Eutychus.

THE FLOOD--A topic that has always been of great interest to students of the Bible is the Flood, an alleged event more cataclysmic than any other natural disaster in history. BE will not discuss the scientific data used by proponents to support their beliefs but, instead, will concentrate upon the great number of difficulties, impossibilities, and unanswered questions accompanying the biblical account.  Anyone believing In the Flood must provide rational answers to the following questions: (a) Gen. 6:16 says, "A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above .... " How could so many creatures breathe with only one small opening which was closed for at least 190 days--150 plus an additional 40 days (Gen. 8:3-6)? (b) Gen. 6:15 says, "The length of the ark shall be 300 cubits (450 feet--ED.), the breadth of It 50 cubits (75 feet--ED.), and the height of It 30 cubits (45 feet--ED.)."  How could two of every animal survive for approximately 10 months on a boat encompassing 1,518,750 cubic feet? The food alone would absorb tremendous space.  (c) Gen. 6:17 says, "I do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein Is the breath of life, from under heaven; and everything that Is In the earth shall dle."  Gen. 7:4 ("...and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth") reenforces this point.  Yet, how would a flood destroy sea animals, such as whales, porpoises, sea snakes, dolphins, sea turtles, and all animals living entirely under water?  (.d) Gen. 7:8-9 says, "Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and female, as God had commanded Noah."  The problems associated with the account of the creatures entering the Ark are particularly interesting.  How did animals that are restricted to certain parts of the earth get to the Ark?  Penguins, kangaroos, polar bears, koala bears, and many others would have had to have crossed vast oceans.  How animals from other- continents managed to cross the seas can only be surmised.  How did many of the animals withstand climatic changes?  Many of those from polar regions could riot have withstood the heat of the Middle East.  Slow animals from other continents--snails, sloths, turtles, and so forth--must have started their journey to the Ark before the earth was created.  How did only 8 people feed and water the world’s greatest zoo for many months?  How were animals prevented from killing their natural prey?  How was the Ark kept sanitary since there was only one window and one door?  How did the animals know where to go when the time arrived to enter the Ark?  After being released, how did they return to their respective regions of the world?  The vegetation which many animals eat only grows in certain parts of the world.  How was it brought to the Ark for storage?  Are we to believe that two of every species--two dogs, two cats, two horses, two snakes, and so forth--entered the Ark?  If so, then are we also to believe, for example, that the tremendous variety of dogs in the world today, from the great dane to the Chihuahua, descended from two of the species?  This would mark a tremendous evolutionary change In only a few thousand years.  Yet, bibilcists are the ones who denounce the evolutionary concept.  (g) Lastly, Gen. 7:15 says, 'And they went in unto Noah into the Ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein Is the breath of life."  How did water creatures such as whales, porpoises, sea snakes, dolphins, and so forth enter the Ark?  The text says 'all flesh' entered.  Moreover, since millions of species of animals exist throughout the world, how could a pair have been taken from each?  There are over 500,000 separate species of insects alone.  These are only a few of the problems associated with the Flood that believers must address.

CONTRADICTIONS--If there is any area in which the Bible's imperfections and errancy is most apparent it is in that of inconsistencies and contradictions.  The Book is a veritable miasma of contradictory assertions and obvious conflicts.  But, then, this Is to be expected in any writing formulated over approximately 1,500 years by 40 to 50 different writers, few of whom seemed to be very concerned with what the others had penned.  Moreover, the highly repetitive nature of the Bible accounts for many of the disagreements.  It would have been far better for those attempting to defend the Book if, for example, Deuteronomy had not repeated so much of Exodus, Chronicles had not repeated so much of Samuel and Kings, and the gospels had not been so repetitious. But they do repeat and, thus, problems exist.  Despite all the historical, mathematical, ethical, philosophical, geographical, theological, and chronological difficulties contained therein, some die-hard fundamentalists carry their hopelessly doomed resistance to the bitter end.  As Incredible as it may seem, there are still some individuals who say, "The Bible Is perfect and Inerrant.  There are no conflicts."  So, for the benefit of these holdouts we will provide a list of some simple, straight-forward problems in the KJV that even some well-known spokesmen for the fundamentalist position grudgingly concede: (a) David took 700 (2 Sam. 8:4) vs. 7,000 (I Chron. 18:4) horsemen from Hadadezer; (b) David slew the men of 700 chariots and 40,000 horsemen (2 Sam. 10:18) vs. David slew of the Syrians 7,000 men which fought in chariots and 40,000 footmen (I Chron. 19:18); (c) Jehoiachin was 18 (2 Kings 24:8) vs, 8 (2 Chron. 36:9) years old when he began to reign and he reigned 3 months (2 Kings 24:8) vs. 3 months and 10 days (2 Chron. 36:9); (d) There were 800,000 (2 Sam. 24:9) vs. 1,100,000 (I Chron. 21:5) men in Israel who drew the sword; (e) There were 2,000 baths (1 Kings 7:26) vs. 3,000 baths (2 Chron. 4:5); (f) Saul’s daughter, Michal, had no sons (2 Sam. 6:23) vs. 5 sons (2 Sam. 21:8) during her lifetime; (g) Lot was Abraham's nephew (Gen. 14:12) vs. brother (Gen. 14:14); (h) And finally, Joseph was sold into Egypt by Midianites (Gen. 37:36) vs. Ishmaelites (Gen. 39:1).
     Besides hundreds of singular contradictions, the Bible has several instances in which contradictory statements appear in blocks or groups of anywhere from 10 to 25. The numerous problems associated with the Resurrection show this quite well (See: BE #2). Probably the most blatant example concerns the listings In Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7 of the family units of the returning exiles.  There are about 33 units that appear In both lists starting with the children of Parosh.  Fourteen of these units disagree as can be seen by simply reading down the lists and comparlng the numbers.  Moreover, biblical writers often had difficulty In adding figures and this Instance Is no exception.  Ezra 2:64 says the whole congregation together was 42,360, whereas, one need only add the figures to see that it is actually 29,818.  Neh. 7:66 says the total number of returnees was 42,360; whereas, the actual number of people listed In Nehemiah Is 31,089.

JESUS, THE IMPERFECT BEACON--For 2,000 years Christians have alleged that Jesus of Nazareth is God incarnate, the sinless being, the embodiment of perfection (I Peter 2:22 and Isaiah 53:9).  Yet, the NT has many statements and acts by Jesus which prove the contrary.  He, like Paul, repeatedly made false statements and inaccurate prophecies.  The following are a few examples: (1) "Go to the feast yourselves: I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet come.  So saying he remained in Galilee.  But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but in private" (John 7:8-10 RSV).  Jesus broke his promise by going up secretly after saying he wouldn’t.   (2) “... but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire" (Matt. 5:22).  Yet, Jesus repeatedly called people fools as Matt. 23:17, 19 ("Ye fools and blind") and Luke 11:40 ("Ye fools") demonstrate.  (3) And in Matt. 27:46 Jesus cried with a loud voice, "...My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me."  These aren't the words of a man who went to the Cross willingly to dle for our sins.  These are the words of a man who can think of a hundred places he would rather be.  They certainly aren't the words of someone who has the situation under control.  How could Jesus be our Savior when he couldn't even save himself?

REVIEWS

     On page 23 in “Reasons Skeptics Should Consider Christianity” McDowell and Stewart provide a list of 8 commonly given reasons for believing the Bible is inerrant. 'The evidence that the very words of the Bible are God-given may be briefly summarized as follows:  (1) This Is the claim of the classical text (2 Tim. 3:16); (2) It Is the emphatic testimony of Paul that he spoke In Words... taught by the Spirit (I Cor. 2:13); (3)It is evident from the repeated formula, "It Is written"; (4) Jesus said that which was written In the whole OT spoke of Him (Luke 24:27, 44, John 5:39, Hebrews 10:7); (5) The NT constantly equates the Word of God with Scripture (Matt. 21:42, Rom. 15:4); (6) Jesus Indicated that not even the smallest part of a Hebrew word or letter could be broken (Matt. 5:18); (7) The NT refers to the written record as the "oracles of God" (Rom. 3:2, Heb. 5:12); (8) And occasionally the writers were even told to "diminish not a word' (Jer. 26:2).  John even pronounced an anathema upon all who would add to or diminish from this book.
      The fallacy in the above lies in the fact that all 8 reasons are making the same point In different words--the Bible is inspired because it says so, which, of course, is no proof whatever.  Many writings In history have claimed divine authorship but no prudent observer would accept them on this basis alone.  McDowell and Stewart acknowledge as much on page I of “Tough Questions Skeptics Ask”. ... the Bible claims to be a record of the words and deeds of God, thus the Bible views Itself as God"s Word.  The mere fact that the Bible claims to be the Word of God does not prove that it is such, for there are other books that make similar claims."
     One of the most controversial verses In the Bible is Ex. 20:13--”Thou shalt not kill." In “Answers to Questions About the Bible” Robert Mounce attempted to answer the question: "Does the commandment, 'You shalt not kill,' mean that Christians are not to go to war?"  His response was: "That the 6th commandment is to be understood as a prohibition against murder and is not a blanket condemnation of the taking of life under any circumstances is seen by the fact that God not only authorized capital punishment (Gen. 6:9) ... but also sent his people into war (I Sam. 15:3) .... that armed resistance Is a permissible ingredient in the unhappy history of man is acknowledged by Scripture."  But the verse said nothing about murder.  It said, "Thou shalt not kill." Killing Is a broader term encompassing murder.  The fact that the biblical God killed and ordered killing only highlights the inconsistency of God ordering man not to do that which he, himself, commits.  The societal difficulties that have arisen over this verse, especially during wartime, have caused proponents such as Mounce to change the word "kill" to "murder" in many versions.  Although the KJV, the RSV, the NAB, the Jerusalem Bible, the Geneva Bible, and the Douay Version use "kill," translators of  the NASB, the NWT, the NIV and the Masoretic text opted for the more expedient term "murder.”  It would be rather difficult for military and law enforcement agencies to function if their members really believed the KJ maxim, "Thou shalt not kill."
 

DIALOGUE AND DEBATE

Letter from MJ of Ferndale, Washington
     Dennis, I wish to make a few comments on what you said about the Flood.  First you quoted Gen. 8:4 ("And the ark rested in the 7th month, on the 17th day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat") and then commented, "How could the ark have rested upon several mountains at once?"  I personally had no problem with that verse--as many elements of our modern language use Identical usuage.  If you Interpret many of our statements today, literally, word for word, you would have difficulty functioning normally.  As children, we would often Interpret our brothers and sisters' comments and/or commands literally--word for word--to render their statements useless, or create nonsense out of commonly used phrases.  Please let's leave that method to pranksters....

Editor's Response to MJ
     Dear MJ. Gen. 8:4 says "mountains," plural, not "a mountain," singular.  Translators should have left off the “s" if only one mountain was intended.  You're speaking as if the "s" didn't exist.  Apologists repeatedly say one should read the Bible as one reads a newspaper, which is what I"m doing.  I assume the Book says what it means and means what it says.  If you are going to change a plural to a singular because it sounds absurd, are you going to deny the miracles of the Bible because they are absurd also?  The Bible says a woman turned Into a pillar of salt, for example.  Is that any more or less incredible than a ship landing on several mountains at once?  If you are going to rewrite an incident because it makes no sense, then you might as well rewrite others.  And, of course, if you alter the Bible's miracles in such a manner as to make them appear natural, then you will "gut' the Book in the process.  The Resurrection will vanish and Jesus will no longer be the god/man.  In essence, if you are going to start rewriting the text because verses don’t make sense, you face the problem of deciding where this will end and what's left when you are through.

Letter from MH of Dayton, Ohio
     I've read your "Bible Errancy" newsletter.  The Bible says In I Cor. 2:14, "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."  You are dealing with a spiritual book when you deal with the Bible.  The Holy Spirit moved men to write the Scriptures, and to understand the Scriptures, you too must be spiritual.
     Actually, you need to be born again.  Jesus, God manifest In the flesh, said, 'Ye must be born again."  The enclosed tract will tell you how to be saved.  Please read it.

Editor's Response to MH
     You asked me to read your small tract entitled, "In Devil's Hell."  I did and found it to be typical of the pamphlets that we often find in bus terminals, on library tables, and on door knobs.  It is permeated with the urgent need to accept Jesus, be saved and fear hell.  Much was asserted; nothing proved.  Now I ask you to respond in kind.  Read BIBLICAL ERRANCY, but not through a filter composed of Christian fundamentals. Among other things, the issue I sent you proved the Bible is not to be trusted as a reliable source.  Yet, your tract avoided the evidence entirely and blindly plodded forward.  Instead of proving the Bible is true, you just assume as much.  But I provided evidence to the contrary.  It says, for Instance, that "all have sinned," which Is completely false.  How do I know?  Your book says so.  Don't you believe it?  Gen. 6:9 ("Noah was a just man and Perfect In his generations") and Job 1:1 ("That man Job was Perfect and upright....") say Noah and Job were perfect; so obviously these men could not have been sinners.  How can you be a sinner and be perfect? The Bible has hundreds of problems and I f you will only bear wi th me, I wi I I prove as much in the months to come.  But you must be reasonable.  I can't cover the entire book In one Issue.

Letter from VT of Huron, California
     Greetings!  Your comments and opposition to the TRUTHS set forth In the Bible is (in my opinion) really UNFORGIVABLE.  It Is certainly unfortunate that you ever got started doing this kind of thing....  Your mentor, -'ole Thomas Paine would be so PROUD OF YOU....  You don't believe the Bible Is God's word, and yet you are willing to spend all your time and energy running it down....  You must get a great deal of satisfaction out of your VOCATION.

Editor's Response to VT
     Greetings VT.  What "truths" are you referring to?  Perhaps we should go through past issues of BE to find some?  I'm glad you said "in my opinion" because in my opinion, and that of countless others, it's anything but unforgivable.  You are correct when you say that it's unfortunate I ever got started in -this.  It"s unfortunate for all those who project the Bible as something it most assuredly Is not.  I don"t spend all my time running down the Bible, VT, nor is this my vocation.  I just feel that exposing the Book is something that must be done.  Believe me when I say I can think of many works of literature I'd rather be reading.  Scripture is often boring, repetitious, infantile, and obscure.  Many parts are so vague that one guess Is as good as another as to what was meant.  The fact remains, however, that it is the book for a substantial segment of the population.  That's where they are and that's where critical thought needs to be.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter from DW of South Pasadena, California
     Dear Dennis.... once one realizes the Bible is not the word of God, one should go on to establish a positive philosophy of life and not worry much about that book.  That approach is obviously outside the scope of BE's calling.  I"m finding the goals of (several freethought groups--ED.) ... of much more interest than debating fundamentalists.  But I wish you luck at freeing more mlnds from the myths of Biblical Inerrancy, and I'll keep reading BE....

Editor’s Response to DW
     Dear DW.  You have touched upon one of the most divisive issues in the freethought movement.  Do we directly confront and challenge the supporters of religion and the Bible or do we go our own way by setting a good example and developing a positive philosophy while letting them go theirs?  The approach of the organizations you mentioned is contrary to that of BE's.  This country is composed of millions of people whose support for the Bible ranges all the way from lukewarm to fanatical.  In numbers and wealth their dominance is overwhelming and easily proven. One of their spokesmen alone, Pat Robertson, has a yearly budget far in excess of that of all freethought groups combined.  The disproportionate relationship between forces explains why television projects so many people who belong in the Middle Ages.  We are told to turn off the set or change the channel if we don't like the program, but Isn't it about time they started changing the TV, not us?  Even the government buttresses them.  If I was told I would no longer be taxed or subject to audits while my neighbor continued as before, that would be positive assistance, not just hands off.  Atheists, humanists, and other groups have provided more than enough proof to show that the partition between church and state more closely resembles a sieve than a wall.  This situation must be altered.  Establishing a positive philosophy of life is commendable, but what follows?  What do you do with it?  Do you rest on your laurels and hope religionists will follow your example?  How could that happen when they don't even know your beliefs? In effect, the  status quo would remain as before with biblicists dominating the scene.  Two crucial questions must be faced by all freethought organizations: (1) Why should religionists, biblicists, and apologists come to the freethought movement when they are convinced they already have the truth and (2) why should these same groups listen to anything our movement has to offer when they have been taught from infancy that atheism, humanism, agnosticism, etc. are works of evil?  To some, they are the devil incarnate.  The only way to dispel people of these illusions is to go on the offensive, which few freethought organizations and publications are willing to do.  Some even admlt their reluctance.  But, the fact is that a major reason the Bible is so all-persuasive is that millions of its supporters have taken their case to others.  Missionaries have traveled throughout the world and converted millions as Christian dominance in Latin America demonstrates.  Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses have not become rapidly growing sects by sitting at home praying the world will see the wisdom of their ways and beat a path to their door. Aggressive proselytization Is their hallmark.  Your tactics of adopting a "positive philosophy of life" actually amounts to nothing more than assuming a defensive posture, i.e., accepting conditions as they are, and is doomed from the beginning.  You don't win on the defensive.  Freethought organizations and publications are not significantly converting people to their point-of-view but only picking up those who have rejected religion and/or the Bible for reasons of their own.  Members of the religlous/biblical community must be re-educated from the ground up.  Most have been programmed from birth and it's up to us to deprogram.  Although Important, battles over prayer in the schools, nativity scenes, "In God We Trust" on the currency, etc. are essentially secondary.  As long as people believe the Bible is God,s word, conflicts of this kind will continue unabated and remain an understandable by-product.  Once people no longer believe the Bible or have their allegiance to it dramatically shaken, their Interest in these secondary issues will naturally fade.  That"s why BE teaches a kind of Sunday-School-In-Reverse.  We teach people all of the facts they should have heard In Sunday School, but didn't.  Clergymen certainly aren't going to do so; that's not what they are paid for.  People have a right to hear both sides.  That's their prerogative.  But we can't do it alone.  You mentioned "luck," but that’s not what matters.  Thousands of knowledgeable people willing to put in the needed time and effort are what count.  Serious and intense effort over many years in a protracted struggle are mandatory.  Anti-religious humor, denunciations of the religious mentality, exposures of corrupt ministers or popes, and comparable tactics are subordinate, if not superficial, and easily countered.
     Your comment with respect to fundamentalism missed the mark, DW.  BE doesn't exist to debate fundamentalists.  Millions of people in this country are not fundamen- talists or atheists but lie somewhere on the long spectrum inbetween.  The common denominator is that nearly all support the Bible to some degree.  BE seeks to debate those most supportive of the Book while all others are observing.  Views can then be sharply delineated and many people be moved further from the Bible by having their convictions shaken.  Converting a fundamentalist in a dialogue is of far less importance than influencing the audience.  Many among the latter have no strong views one way or the other and are just listening.

Letter from KDB of Largo, Florida
     Dear Dennis.  WOW!  Totally awesome!  Fifteen adjectives indicating extreme surprise, fascination, enjoyment, and approval!  In other words, i like it. I Just received #56 and #57 which began my subscription.  Wadda Trip!  There is just so much good stuff on the reprint list, that it may constitute mental cruelty.  Which do I order first? ... Please create a TRACT to give out.  (That has been done--ED.).  It must avoid obscene (hard to resist) insulting language, and set forth the truth in plain verifiable speech ....

Letter from DAP of St. Petersburg, Florida
     Dear Mr. McKinsey.  I thought I was a fairly smart guy until I read your work.  I now see I'm just a beginner.  What you have produced is simply outstanding.  I have in my miniscule library works by some of the authors that are mentioned in your offerings. (Kersey Graves, Ingersoll, Joseph McCabe, Paine, etc.).  I would suggest to you, and rightfully so, that the works you have generated are of equal literary status!  I would also suggest that you may have exceeded these aforementioned gentlemen in that you seem to have written more for the comprehension of the "common man."  Literary enlightenment is useless to someone who cannot understand what he is reading: Clarlty, Brevity, and Ease of Understanding are musts....
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