Would you like to see some biblical contradictions?

Question

Of course you would:
God good to all, or just a few?
PSA 145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

JER 13:14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

War or Peace?
EXO 15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

ROM 15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen

Josephs Father?
MAT 1:16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

LUK 3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli

And I though the word of God was perfect.

Here are a LOT more:

http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/jim_meritt/bible-contradictions.html#good_to_all

I guess you could say a HELLuva a lot more.

Answer 1

Aren't you so smart. You think you just proved that the Bible is worthless because you took a bunch of verses out of context and made them look like they contradict each other.
And you relied on someone else to do the work for you too... wow.

You know, the Bible does say some things about those who mock God, and if you look at history, those who did make a mockery of God didn't end up too well so maybe you should do some research about that.
Just remember, you have 1 life to live and it's a shame to waste it on making fun of people who have done you no harm.

Answer 2

1) "Good to all or a few?" You should have continued reading Psalm 145. Go down to 20: "The LORD preserves all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy." So -- He is good to all who LOVE HIM. This does not contradict Jer. 13:14 -- in fact, it SUPPORTS IT! (This is where you're supposed to make a Homer Simpson "Doh!") The judgement given in Jer. 13:14 is explained in verse 25: "Because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood." In other words, they had stopped loving God and turned wicked.

2) "War or peace?" Exodus 15 documents the song the Hebrews sang after successfully crossing the Red Sea and seeing the Egyptians destroyed. In that sense, they saw the protective aspect of their God for the first time and rejoiced in it. He is a God who knows how to protect with war against His enemies, but His justice is completely righteous. There is no joy or pleasure in this for Him. At the same time, He is a God of love. I see no contradiction, since the attribute you attempt to label as "unjust" is actually justice personified. Don't forget, you just learned that Psalm 145:20 says He destroys those who do not love Him. Pharoah and his armies certainly qualified.

3) "Joseph's father?" Matthew documents Joseph's family line; Luke documents Mary's family line. If you read Hebrew, you'd know this is true. So, I guess you'll just have to trust me!

Answer 3

These are old, silly arguments whcih have already been rebutted long ago:

"We are born with two genealogies, one from our father and the other from our mother. It stands to reason that if Luke traces through Mary, and Matthew through Joseph, then Christ will have two different genealogies. If my theory is correct, and the account of Matthew traces through Joseph, and Luke traces through Mary, the combined accounts may read like this:http://www.westarkchurchofchrist.org/library/genealogy.htm


It looks like you are purposefully taking passages out of context in order to force a confusing interpertation.

"What follows is a reply to a list of 143 purported Bible contradictions, along with a suggestion for more contradictions not found in this list. You will find below the index to the contradictions but first I want to discuss some possible objections as to how the contradictions are being resolved:

Answer 4

Even though many writers wrote the Bible over many years, there are no contradictions. One author
does not contradict any of the others.
The Bible includes discussions of hundreds of controversial subjects. (A controversial subject is one that
creates different opinions when mentioned). Yet the writers of the Bible spoke on such subjects with
harmony from the first book of Genesis through the last book of Revelation. This was possible because
there was really only one author: God. The writers only recorded the message under His direction and
inspiration. For this reason, the content of the Bible is united.

Answer 5

Regarding Jesus lineage: The Matthew account traces Jesus ancestry through Joseph (Jesus father) and Luke's account traces through Mary (Jesus mother). Therefore, it is no contradiction but rather a proof of Jesus link to the Davidic line of kings in Israel from both parents.

The other statements are simply taken out of context.

You are looking for contradictions but only skimmed off what you wanted to find. Sorry.

Answer 6

2Timothy 4:2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.
2Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
Galatians 6:8 The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

Answer 7

First I their is no contradiction with your first questions. God is a God of love

John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life John 3:17 "For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
Rom 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Rom 5:6 ¶ For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Rom 5:10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

God is also a God of wrath on those who refuse to repent.

Revelation 14 that it includes some of the most violent expressions of God's wrath, "
"Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come "
"he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; "
"So the angel swung his sickle to the earth and gathered {the clusters from} the vine of the earth, and threw them into the great wine press of the wrath of God"
" And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses' bridles, for a distance of two hundred miles."
Onc should study the word wrath in the bible, in the NIV bible it comes up 190 times, it clearly shows God's wrath against the sin and the sinner, The wrath of God is clearly taught to be on BOTH the sin and the sinner,
Rom 1:18 ¶ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.
John 3:36 "He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

There is nothing intrinsically impossible about wrath and love being directed toward the same individual or people at the same time. God in His perfection must be wrathful against His rebel image-bearers, for they have offended Him; God in His perfection must be loving toward His rebel image-bearers, for He is that kind of God.
From, The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God, by D.A Carson


Second
LUK 3:23 , MAT 1:16 ,. their is NO contradiction here eather. One is traced through His LEGAL father, Joseph and the other through His ACTUAL mother, Mary, Matthew gives the offical line, since he addresses Jesus genealogy to Jewish concerns. Luke, with a broader GREEK audience in view, addresses himself to their interest in Jesus as the PERFECT MAN,

I suggest you buy a book.
When Critics Ask, by Norman Geisler & Thomas Howe.

Answer 8

There are thousands. What do you expect when you put 54 men in a room and make them re-write the bible and then hand the whole thing over to Francis Bacon to proofread?
It's going to be Effed- up!

Answer 9

Ah, don't forget Jesus talking to himself, since he is "God".

You see, this is why I'm so proud of being a Wayists. Christians are evil and follow a book of lies and contradictions.

Answer 10

it really is the excellent. God says now to not homicide and interior the subsequent few verses, he starts killing. Exodus 20:13 You shall not kill/homicide. Exodus 12:29-30 And in the lifeless of nighttime the LORD killed each and every of the firstborn sons contained in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn son of the captive contained in the dungeon. Even the firstborn of their cattle were killed. Pharaoh and his officials and each and every of the persons of Egypt wakened in the course of the nighttime, and loud wailing replaced into heard throughout the time of the land of Egypt. there replaced into not a unmarried abode the position someone had not died. ()