For today’s post we will tackle the question the Skeptic Annotated Bible asked: Should we follow our own hearts?
Here are the two answers which the skeptic believes indicate a Bible contradiction:
We should follow our heart and eyes.
“Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.” (Ecclesiastes 11:9)
We should not follow our heart and eyes.
“It shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot,” (Numbers 15:39)
“He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But he who walks wisely will be delivered.” (Proverbs 28:26)
(All Scriptural quotation comes from the New American Standard Bible)
Here’s a closer look at whether or not there is a contradiction:
The Domain for Truth 