Some contradictions?

Question

1. God is satisfied with his works
Gen 1:31
God is dissatisfied with his works.
Gen 6:6
2. God dwells in chosen temples
2 Chron 7:12,16
God dwells not in temples
Acts 7:48
3. God dwells in light
Tim 6:16
God dwells in darkness
1 Kings 8:12/ Ps 18:11/ Ps 97:2
4. God is seen and heard
Ex 33:23/ Ex 33:11/ Gen 3:9,10/ Gen 32:30/ Is 6:1/
Ex 24:9-11
God is invisible and cannot be heard
John 1:18/ John 5:37/ Ex 33:20/ 1 Tim 6:16
5. God is tired and rests
Ex 31:17/ Jer 15:6
God is never tired and never rests
Is 40:28
6. God is everywhere present, sees and knows all things
Prov 15:3/ Ps 139:7-10/ Job 34:22,21
God is not everywhere present, neither sees nor knows all
things
Gen 11:5/ Gen 18:20,21/ Gen 3:8
7. God knows the hearts of men
Acts 1:24/ Ps 139

God tries men to find out what is in their heart
Deut 13:3/ Deut 8:2/ Gen 22:12
8. God is all powerful
Jer 32:27/ Matt 19:26
God is not all powerful
Judg 1:19
9. God is unchangeable
James 1:17/ Mal 3:6/ Ezek 24:14/ Num 23:19
God is changeable
Gen 6:6/ Jonah 3:10/ 1 Sam 2:30,31/ 2 Kings 20:1,4,5,6/
Ex 33:1,3,17,14
10. God is just and impartial
Ps 92:15/ Gen 18:25/ Deut 32:4/ Rom 2:11/ Ezek 18:25
God is unjust and partial
Gen 9:25/ Ex 20:5/ Rom 9:11-13/ Matt 13:12
11. God is the author of evil
Lam 3:38/ Jer 18:11/ Is 45:7/ Amos 3:6/ Ezek 20:25
God is not the author of evil
1 Cor 14:33/ Deut 32:4/ James 1:13
12. God gives freely to those who ask
James 1:5/ Luke 11:10
God withholds his blessings and prevents men from receiving
them
John 12:40/ Josh 11:20/ Is 63:17
13. God is to be found by thos

Answer 1

Good points.

Answer 2

There are more contradictions in Cristian Bible than any normal Cristaind could count to. But since most of them never read the bible they would strongly depend on the msg from pastor, bishop, priest and so on. Bible studies don't teach you contradicting verses. THEy take what they need and ignore the otehrs.
There are several Bibles out there and some of them have less or mroe contradictions. Your question is geographical because depending on where you are Cristians are all different.
For example Bible in Africa has incldued several of Gospels that were not included in Canon BIble of 307 AD. Those GOspels explaining some things that taken out some contradictions but ofeering many others.
Quoran at the same time has less Contradictions than BIble but i would be suprised if any of Cristain even look at that Book.
Every time we go into contradiction it takes Cristian ( at least educated) to interconnect the galaxies just to come back to the point. And they all will fall into the idea its Faith and you can't use logic.
There is a good site that shows 1000's of contradictions at :
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/
And anotehr thing to note here that Cristians don't know the OT. All thier ideas are based on NT . In other words what ever was written in OT its nice story to them but not exactly what happened.

Therefore GOD and SUnday's do exists.

Answer 3

Without having someone to help guide you through the Bible, many of your interpretations come from misunderstandings. You must keep in mind that many of these are figurative. As a Catholic Christian, we do not interpret the Bible's words literally -- we interpret them contextually and understand that there will be many figurative statements.

For example, when you say that God is invisible, yet he is seen, this is not a contradiction. God is figuratively seen in spirit through all the goodness of creation in the world. God is literally invisible from physical sight, though, yes. God is everywhere present, sees and knows all things -- this is literally true; but at the same time, God is not everywhere present? You used an example for God's absence by saying that Adam and Eve hid from Him in the garden. Adam and Eve thought that they were hidden, but God knew where they were. It's like a mother who can see a child hidding from punishment after doing something wrong -- she may know exactly where he is, but she asks anyways because she wants to coax out both an explanation and apology from the child.

Answer 4

1. Gen 1:31 Yup
Gen 6:6... NO it says that he was grieved because of the way his creation had turned out.

2. 2 Chron 7:12,16... doesn't say he dwelt there, says he had chosen that temple for the sacrifices which were to be made.
Acts 7:48.... No contradiction there, see above.

You know what? You are paraphrasing everything evidently. I bet they're all like this.

Answer 5

Ok, none of these are contradictions. And the one's one's on http://skepticsannotatedbible.com are just like these, all explainable. There is no error in the Bible, only in those reading it, like you and me and everybody else.

1. In the beginning, everything was good. Then, man sinned. After that, all was not good.

2. The verses you chose for this argument are given a new light when in the Message.
2 Chron 7:12,16 (The message)
God appeared to Solomon that very night and said, "I accept your prayer; yes, I have chosen this place as a temple for sacrifice, a house of worship.Believe me, I've chosen and sanctified this Temple that you have built: My Name is stamped on it forever; my eyes are on it and my heart in it always.

3. You did not word this correctly. God LIVES in unapproachable light (1 Tim 6:16) and is SURROUNDED by a cloud.

4. These verse are very self-explanatory. No one has seen God's face, but Jesus, who IS GOD, has shown Himself to men.

5. Ex 31:17 talks of God ABSTAINING from work and resting. Jer. 15:6 has nothing to do with the subject, and Is. 40:28 says He doesn't grow tired, which He doesn't. And according to dictionary-reference.com, "abstain" means "To refrain from something by one's own choice".

6. Yes, God CAN see and hear everything. But, He can send His spirit to BE there.

7. God KNOWS what is in men's hearts. However, from time to time He will test them, to test their response to a certain calling or situation.

8. With God, all things are possible. The only verse you had that said otherwise was referencing the people of Israel. They were afraid of men; they failed at that point to see God's omnipotence.

Judges 1:19 (NLT)

The LORD was with the people of Judah, and they took possession of the hill country. But THEY [the people of JUDAH, as I said] failed to drive out the people living in the plains because the people there had iron chariots.

9. God doesn't change. PEOPLE change, and God punishes or rewards accordingly.

10. This can be answered by the previous answer, (# 9). Again, God will punish to keep His people in line, and a good parent would do the same to their children. The children being punished probably won't like the punishment, and might even complain or fight back. But later, when they are more mature, they see they they were punished because their parents loved them and were molding them to become good adults. God, and good parents, will also give rewards to those who obey.

11. AGAIN, God will bring punishment. And, if His people don't listen, and are stubborn, God will let them do what they want, as indictated in Ezek. 20:25.

12. God DOES give to His children who ask in faith. The verses you mentioned told of those who DIDN'T ask in the first place.

I really hope that this helps clear up any confusion; God bless!

Answer 6

The passages apply to the SUBJECT being discussed and the lesson - this is the most important thing. You left out the rest of the passages, therefor taking things out of context.

Also, not all the words in the Bible are meant to be taken in the literal sense. The Bible is a book of faith, teachings, history and humanities but its writings were meant to be understood in simple prose too - such factors are dependent on the events, lesson, time in history and author. The Bible should be interpreted correctly in order to be fully understood - there are books that you can read to help you clear up these contradictions that you see. Check on amazon.com. Self-interpretation of the bible is like studying Plato's writings on your own without at least one college class on philosophy or guides and books about Plato - you will end up with more questions and doubts than answers and understanding.

Answer 7

When taken out of context, the bible (or any text of that matter) will say anything. Read the Bible in its original language, finding out real translation of the words, and maybe it won't seem so contradictary. For example, the orignal language bible, God is actually described but which part of the trinity is speaking. The piller of Smoke, God who was with daniel in the pit is God the Son, before he became Jesus.

However, it seems you are too stuck on proving people wrong to do a little research. All bibles are translated, get the real scope, get to know the real bible.

Answer 8

I donated a year of my life doing nothing but studying the Bible from every aspect possible ,I came out with a conclusion that there was once a Bible which was the true word of God, but humans interfered and began to add or remove verses according to their viewpoints .
this happened through the years until this day when you find that it's full of contradictions and mistakes simply because it's no longer the word of God (alone).
maybe I should shearch for some other book to believe in ,because I don't believe in the Bible anymore.

Answer 9

your issues here are from text which some people learn from childhood..no matter what country..everyone learns from childhood..who would defy an adult and not follow the religion chosen by them?
each generation does this..so what everyone believes is taught to them from childhood..parents raise the children the way they were raised..if along the way something was incorrect in the rasing of the child who is to blame then?
Allah? God? the parents? who?

Answer 10

Those are not contradictions, look at them truly! If i made something perfect with free will and then it chooses to destroy itself then does that make me contradict myself in that it wasn't made perfect in the first place. I made it to work for eternity but i can't dictate that it should, it can but i can't force it to work for eternity. I love it so I gave it free will. God was seen by man before sin and after sin we got separated from him. Why would you put all this up they oblivious all have situations assigned to them to explain them, they are not contradictions. Matthew 18:6 if you cause others to stray it will be counted against you.

Answer 11

Oh, yeah, the Bible is full of contradictions. I am actually really glad you posted this so I can point out some of them to my more conservative Bible thumping friends. Personally, my faith is based on my relationhsip with God, not the Bible. That's why its called faith, instead of simply following directions.
By the way, where is you question?