Lamentations

questions: 5

Old Testament · questions that cite Lamentations.

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These marks echo where critical scholarship tends to land on each question — not GEBible’s own ruling.

Seen as a contradiction
Genuinely disputed
Seen as reconciled

Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Has there ever been a just person?

The tension: Ecclesiastes 7:20 flatly denies there is any just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

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Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
Is it OK to drink alcohol?

The tension: The Bible's stance on alcohol is not a spectrum — it is a pile of mutually inconsistent positions.

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Is God merciful?

The tension: Dozens of texts describe YHWH as merciful, gracious, slow to anger, abundant in loyalty — Exodus 34:6, Deut 4:31, the Psalms, the prophets, the New Testament l…

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Is God the creator of evil?

The tension: Isaiah 45:7, Lamentations 3:38, Amos 3:6, and a stack of prophetic passages including Jeremiah 4:6, 18:11 and 2 Kings 6:33 explicitly attribute the creation or…

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Does God listen to and answer prayers?

The tension: Proverbs 2:3-5, Proverbs 8:17, and Matthew 7:8 / Luke 11:9-10 promise that anyone who seeks God will find him — ask and receive, knock and the door opens.

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