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The Encyclopedia of Biblical Errancy Hardcover – January 1, 1995

by C. Dennis Mckinsey (Author)
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This important new volume is the most comprehensive critique of the Bible ever written.Author C. Dennis McKinsey believes that Americans have only seen or heard the good things about the Bible, without any exposure to its many shortcomings. McKinsey argues that the lack of criticism of biblical writings has wrongly affected millions of people in their beliefs, allowing many to believe the Bible to be the infallible word of God. He maintains that it is becoming imperative not only that the Bible's inadequacies be exposed, but that its negative teachings be corrected.McKinsey thinks the Bible is a deceptively inaccurate conglomeration of mythology and folklore masquerading as a valid picture of historical reality. In The Encyclopedia of Biblical Errancy, McKinsey strives to tell both the good and the bad of biblical writings with the most comprehensive and thoroughly-researched expos? of the Bible's many errors, contradictions, and fallacies. Loaded with thousands of biblical citations, The Encyclopedia of Biblical Errancy vividly proves the Bible to be its own worst enemy.
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  1. Print length
    553 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Prometheus
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1995
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0879759267
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0879759261
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C. Dennis McKinsey (Springield, OH) is the editor of the Biblical Errancy Newsletter.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prometheus; First Edition (January 1, 1995)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 553 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0879759267
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0879759261
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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Stephen B. Gray
5.0 out of 5 stars Long and detailed but worth it.
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2012
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McKinsey's 540-page book is not aimed at scholars who know the background, context, history, etc. relating to the Bible. He aims at the ignorant bibliophile who believes the whole thing, and at those non-Christians who wonder what the fuss over the Bible is about. In those aims, he succeeds very well. He shows that the Bible is so loaded with errors that it can't possibly have been guided by God. It is a purely human work, and a lousy one at that. McKinsey proves that beyond all doubt. A few specifics about JC:

He spoke mostly about morality and about his intimate relationship with God, but his behavior was anything but what "God's son" should be. He was rude, impatient, violent at times, insulting, and quite anti-family. Bibliolaters who say Christianity is the last hope for the traditional family apparently don't know beans about JC. And JC's moral teachings such as the SCILF (Sermon on the Contradictorily Identified Landscape Feature: Matthew-mountain but Luke-plain) said very little that's not implied by the Golden Rule. And despite desperate assertions by fans of JC, he was NOT in the earth for 3 days; Friday night to Sunday morning is 1.5 days, even with the Jewish way of counting days.

McKinsey has done a great service in helping to show what an error-filled, incoherent, contradictory, ambiguous mess the Bible is. If God was involved, he's an idiot.

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Robert A. Hans
5.0 out of 5 stars Useful, keep it by the front door.
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 1999
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I have actually read this book, and I recommend you keep it handy to debate door-to-door evangelists. I now invite them into my home and sit down and talk with them. Using McKinsey's book, I have yet to lose an argument about the bible. I am amazed at how many people are able to shrug off the problems and fall back on "God said it, I believe it, that settles it" in spite of the fact that McKinsey rarely (if ever) goes outside the bible to prove it false. As he says in the EBE "...the Bible is its own worst enemy." One need only to read Genesis with an open mind to see this. It seems some people are able to take one weak argument from McKinsey's book and claim it invalidates the entire book, yet the bible has hundreds of mistakes in it that somehow are irrelevent. The EBE has mistakes in it, but Mr. McKinsey doesn't claim to be infallible, he leaves those claims to the fundementalists.
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J. Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars If you want ammunition, buy this book
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2001
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While certainly provoking intense controversy, this book is nonetheless a very useful source of information for skeptics and exploring Christians alike. Don't expect a novel. This book is a collection of biblical errors, problems, fallacies, etc., some of which (few) are repeated throughout the book. It serves best as a stuffed-full ammo box from which the skeptic or debater can take what he/she finds to be good arguments to use in debates with ignorant Christians. The book is _full_ of biblical errors and problems, the sheer weight of which essentially (and easily) destroys the validity of the bible. Many people (Christians) deride this book without ever having read it. That's not a surprise. Nonetheless, it poses some _very_ tough questions for the believer honest enough to face the issue head-on, although many will explain away this scathing biblical critique as some sort of message from the Devil. Whatever.
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Cogitator
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Books I Have Ever Purchased
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2017
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The Encyclopedia of Biblical Errancy , by C. Dennis McKinsey, is a completely marvelous book. It clearly demonstrates a vast collection of Biblical contradictions, inconsistencies, errors, and more. C. Dennis McKinsey clearly shows that the Bible is not the inerrant word of God that Christians believe it to be. Could a book said to be directly inspired by a perfect God, a God who guided its writers in every word, contain such errors ? No. McKinsey makes it clear that the Bible is nothing more than the writings of uninspired, imperfect, mortal men and nothing more. I give my highest recommendation to The Encyclopedia of Biblical Errancy.
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marcus c bock
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent. Deals somewhat topically with issues
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2015
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Excellent. Deals somewhat topically with issues, many of which are current, such as homosexuality, suffering, divorce, etc. Leads the reader to passages in the bible to where some of our thoughts/beliefs come from. Strongly shows that the bible is not necessarily the inerrant word of God as many believe. As perhaps the most remarkable book ever written...it is shown to be what it really is, a man written book with the best of all intentions. Highly recommended as a great resource of our understandings of what the bible really says about issues.
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Rick Rackham
5.0 out of 5 stars Get this book.
Reviewed in Canada on April 22, 2015
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C. Dennis Mckinsey put together this very useful and authoritive review of the entire bible. This is my second copy as it is the smaller sized hard-back book. This is one of my favorite books of all time.
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John Fontain
1.0 out of 5 stars Not AS ADVERTISED
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2013
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This is not the product which was advertised, it was a very bad published version which was not the same as one advertised
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