First, there are no lies or errors in the Bible. There are many books which explain the paradoxes and apparent contradictions.
Even if you believe the Bible is not inerrant - and many Christians do believe that - Christianity doesn't rest on inerrancy, correct ecclesiology, or faultless soteriology. Its foundation is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. St Paul is extremely blunt: if Christ has not been resurrected, we who believe in Him are still guilty before God, our faith is a con, and we're fools for living according to it.
The evidence of Christ's resurrection is strong. Again, read. Read Gary Habermas' books, he's one name who just came to mind. There are many others.
You tell me about a priest - riven Ireland. Gee, it's a shock to me that the Church would have been despoiled by corruption. I can tell you that except maybe 5,000 people, Reconstructionists and Catholics such as Adrian Vermuele, American Christians aren't power seekers. Look at the way Christians have accepted Trump's appointees, very few of whom are our idea of Christian lives well lived. But we are realists.
What's interesting is that many nonbelievers are coming our way on a lot of issues, such as transgenderism.
The Bible never commands Christians to seek power, or even hints at it. Instead, St Paul says, we are to pray for godly leaders who will at least leave us alone. We're to aspire to what Paul calls "quiet and peaceable lives," because it's by our conduct that unbelievers may start to suspect that we're on to something.
First, there are no lies or errors in the Bible. There are many books which explain the paradoxes and apparent contradictions.
Even if you believe the Bible is not inerrant - and many Christians do believe that - Christianity doesn't rest on inerrancy, correct ecclesiology, or faultless soteriology. Its foundation is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. St Paul is extremely blunt: if Christ has not been resurrected, we who believe in Him are still guilty before God, our faith is a con, and we're fools for living according to it.
The evidence of Christ's resurrection is strong. Again, read. Read Gary Habermas' books, he's one name who just came to mind. There are many others.
You tell me about a priest - riven Ireland. Gee, it's a shock to me that the Church would have been despoiled by corruption. I can tell you that except maybe 5,000 people, Reconstructionists and Catholics such as Adrian Vermuele, American Christians aren't power seekers. Look at the way Christians have accepted Trump's appointees, very few of whom are our idea of Christian lives well lived. But we are realists.
What's interesting is that many nonbelievers are coming our way on a lot of issues, such as transgenderism.
The Bible never commands Christians to seek power, or even hints at it. Instead, St Paul says, we are to pray for godly leaders who will at least leave us alone. We're to aspire to what Paul calls "quiet and peaceable lives," because it's by our conduct that unbelievers may start to suspect that we're on to something.