>>>>>>>The Bible DOES NOT contradict itself.
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>>>>>>In Genisis 32:30 Jacob says "I have seen God face to face".
>>>>>>In Exodus 33:20 God says "Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live"
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>>>>>As I've already stated, I sometimes need help with these passages - I'm not a Bible expert
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>>>>I've you're not a bible expert, why do you so strongly state (using capitals) things like:
>>>>- the bible does not contradict itself
>>>>- the bible says marriage is exclusively between a man and a woman.
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>>>>It clearly doesn't say these things. Is it just wishful thinking? Guessing? You've been told this?
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>>>One can know something without being an expert. By "expert" I mean being able to intimately know its contents and to be able to defend it in its entirety without outside help.
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>>Were going to answer the question?
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>I thought we'd already addressed those issues - but - here is a quick synopsis:
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>While the Bible does not specifically say that marriage must be between one man and one woman, we talked about how God's design (Adam and Eve) was a marriage between one man and one woman. We also talked about how just because the Bible does not specifically forbid something does not make it right (example of a man marrying a horse.) Remember?

Maybe the Bible doesn't forbid some things because God sees no problem with them. The problem here is that as I said before, you are predisposed to certain beliefs, and then the Bible is used to rationalise those beliefs. If the Bible doesn't say something is wrong, then how did you (whose entire belief system stems from the words of the Bible) come to the conclusion that they are wrong. Remember telling us that you believe every word in the Bible as written? How did you reserve to yourself the right to interpret the Bible beyond what it actually says?

>As far as the Bible not contradicting itself, it's very difficult for me to give examples of that - how about you provide examples where the Bible does contradict itself (which I think you have already done and I thought I answered those - maybe it was someone else.)