Recker's World
Reason 45
The Bible is written by many people with differing perspectives not consistent with each other
Many Christians claim that the bible is a gigantic jigsaw puzzle. It is a portrait painted by an amazing artist. The books of the bible are like different parts of the puzzle, but they all fit together. Even when you have one piece that doesn’t seem to fit, it doesn’t matter. Somehow, it will all fit together once you’ve spent enough time placing the pieces.
However, anyone who has been piecing this puzzle together for a number of years will start to see that a lot of the pieces can be placed in many different ways, thus showing conflicting images. Many people will proudly display their completed puzzle showing how they have fitted the pieces together but their image will show an entirely different picture to what another person will have. Of course, they will both claim they have the pieces fitted together perfectly.
One who has been doing the jigsaw puzzle long enough may begin to wonder… Perhaps this jigsaw puzzle isn’t all it’s cracked up to be? Why do people put it together differently? Why can’t even two people come up with the same overall picture? It just never happens even though many claim to have the great Holy Puzzle Solver (the Holy Spirit) guiding them.
Once you open your eyes, once you really take a look at this so-called jigsaw puzzle without the Christian glasses, you will discover it isn’t one gigantic puzzle. It’s a whole heap of smaller puzzles, all of the same scene, but all drawn by different artists who have painted the scene through different perspectives and with differing styles.
I describe the different type of "puzzle solvers" here:
Reason 44: The gospels were manipulated to reach target audiences