In Christian apologetics, the argument from undesigned coincidences aims to support the historical reliability of the Bible. So named by J.J. Blunt, based on previous work by William Paley,[1][2] an undesigned coincidence is said to have occurred when an account of one event in the Bible omits a piece or pieces of information which is filled in, seemingly coincidentally, by a different recording, which helps to answer inquiries raised by the first.[3] According to this approach, undesigned coincidences often occur when one account forgoes a reason for an action which is given by a different account (which often does not mention that action). In this case, so the argument goes, there was a complex unified story both authors are writing down despite gathering data from different witnesses.[4]
^Paley, William (1810). Robert., Paley, William, Rev. Potts (7 ed.). J. Faulder.
^Blunt, John James (2008). Undesigned Coincidences in the Writings Both of the Old and New Testaments, an Argument of Their Veracity : With an Appendix, Containing Undesigned Coincidences Between the Gospels, and Acts, and Josephus. Read Books. ISBN 978-0-243-82545-5. OCLC 1147805536.
^"Undesigned Coincidences in the Bible". The Daily Apologist. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
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