> I participate in Farrell Till's Inerrancy discussion list.  Jason used
> to post there until his motives were uncovered and his behavior
> repudiated.  Recently, his name came up in discussion with another
> Christian who wanted to claim that Farrell was unjust in his treatment
> of Christians.  I posted an update about Jason, including the
> information already in the group discussions here, and interestingly
> enough, Jason hadn't been as quiet as we might have presumed, though
> his activities are a bit less public.  It seems that Jason was
> privately taunting at least two of the atheists who participate in the
> discussion list and, during the exchanges that subsequently ensued,
> Jason admitted that he's never read the entire Bible!

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> Apparently, Jason told his correspondent that he had read "43 books"
> in the Bible.  When asked about this, Jason replied, "I have not read
> the entire Bible.  It's not on my short list of things to do...I'd
> like to do it one day, but I have no immediate plans to do it."

> Jason, who claims to be a "Bible scholar" and who presumed to write a
> rebuttal to the "Skeptic's Annotated Bible" based on his own, alleged
> expertise, has never read the entire Bible.  The comments were dated
> March 5th - just 15 days ago. Jason has had an Internet "ministry' for
> 10 years and claims to have been first saved when he was 7.

> Jason, again:  "While the Old Testament has value, much of it wasn't
> written to me.  It was written to the ancient Israelites.  I haven't
> read the New Testament cover to cover, but I'm quite certain I've read
> 99% of it."

> This really didn't surprise me all that much, but we need to keep in
> mind the alleged expertise that some of us, and more of you, have seen
> Jason speak of all of these years.

> No. Each story gives a completely different account of how
> Judas died and the events surrounding his death. Here's the
> story in Matthew -
> Matthew 27:3-10 (KJV)
> Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was
> condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty
> pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I
> have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And
> they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast
> down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and
> went and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the
> silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them
> into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. And they
> took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to
> bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field
> of blood, unto this day. Then was fulfilled that which was
> spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the
> thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued,
> whom they of the children of Israel did value; And gave them
> for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
> And here's the story in Acts -
> Acts 1:18-19 (KJV)
> Now this man [Judas] purchased a field with the reward of
> iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the
> midst, and all his bowels gushed out. And it was known unto
> all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is
> called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The
> field of blood.
> So, if we ask the following questions about each story, we
> get different answers.
> 1. How did Judas die?
> 2. What happened to the money that Judas got for betraying
> Jesus?
> 3. Who bought the field?
> 4. Why was the field known as the field of blood?
> According to Matthew, the answers are:
> 1. he hanged himself
> 2. he threw it into the temple
> 3. the priests did, using the money that Judas threw in the
> temple
> 4. because it was purchased with the money that was given in
> payment of Judas' betrayal of Jesus
> According to Acts, the answers are:
> 1. he fell and burst open (which, admittedly, makes little
> sense)
> 2. he bought a field with it
> 3. Judas
> 4. because Judas died in it
> See that? Four questions, four different answers.
> Yes, I know, you're going to claim that both are true and
> you'll have some ridiculous version of events that
> contradicts both stories, but makes you feel all warm and
> fuzzy. Well, try this. Pretend that you knew nothing of
> either story, and you were reading Matthew for the first
> time. Would your answers to my four questions differ from
> what I wrote above for Matthew? If so, please explain how and
> why. Next, pretend you've heard neither story and you're
> reading Acts for the first time. Would your answers to my
> four questions differ from what I wrote above for Acts?
> Try this experiment, ask several people if they know how
> Judas died. Divide the people into three groups, those that
> say they don't know, those that say he hanged himself and
> those that say he died from a fall. Ask half the people in
> each group to read Matthew 27:3-10 and then answer my four
> questions. Ask the other half to read Acts 1:18-19 and then
> answer my four questions. See how many come up with the
> apologetic you propose.
> I actually tried that once, albeit with a rather small sample
> size. It was a few years ago, and unfortunately, I didn't
> keep any notes, so I might not remember all the details quite
> right. I'll try to tell you the results as best I can.
> I asked five people, all christians, if they knew how Judas
> died. Three said they didn't know and two said they thought
> he died by hanging himself. I told them all to pray to the
> Holy Ghost or do whatever ritual was necessary to be able to
> read and understand the bible.
> Each person answered pretty much along the lines of the
> answers I gave above for each book, except for one lady gave
> one answer that was just off the wall. The guy who said Jesus
> died by hanging, but was told to read Acts, searched for the
> verse where it says he hanged himself. He said that according
> to Acts the answers were the ones I gave above. He agreed
> that the bible contradicts itself on this point. Of course,
> he wasn't a fundy.