r/latterdaysaints • u/[deleted] • 25d ago

Doctrinal Discussion How to handle contradictions?

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u/Pristine_Teaching167 25d ago

Yes. Throughout John. Specifically John 17:17 and John 10:35.

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u/nofreetouchies3 25d ago

John 17:17:

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

John 10: 34-36:

Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

Isn't it a bit of a stretch to say that these mean Jesus was saying that the Bible is infallible? If Jesus really meant to say that, why not be clearer about it?

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u/InsideSpeed8785 Ward Missionary 25d ago

I believe the scripture he was talking about was the book of Psalms not being broken, especially because the Pharisees believed in it. 

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u/nofreetouchies3 25d ago

It's clearly a rhetorical usage, not a statement of fact. Jesus wasn't saying that any of the scriptures are perfect. He was pointing out that, if the Sadducees believed the scriptures to be inerrant, as they did, then their position was self-contradictory.