Contradictions in Bible?

Question

Can some one clear these up?

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

Its seems odd, was the Bible corrupted or is it still god words?

Answer 1

Dear Jameel,

The Bible is God's word.

Feel free to email me if you wish further dialog.

Cordially,
John

Answer 2

I haven't been to seminary. So this is only how I understand it to be:

In Gen 1, God created human beings free of sin and capable of free will. In Gen 6, human beings were full of sin after the fall of Adam & Eve

If you read Acts 7, verse 46 said David enjoyed God's favour and
asked that he MIGHT provide a dwelling place for Him. I suppose God should be dwelling somewhere before the temple of God was built. In 2 Chron verse 16, it says His eyes and heart will be there.

In the OT, God has always been described as unapproachable or blinding light. 1 Kings 8:12 describes pillar of cloud as a form God choose to represented in the temple Solomon built. The 2 Psalm verses describe God surrounded by darkness. Is there a contradiction?

In OT, God spoke to Adam, Eve, Abraham and his descendants. in NT, He no longer does after Jesus walked the earth and believers had the Holy Spirit. No one has seen God face to face and lived. In OT, He always appeared in an form, like cloud, wrestling angel, voice or in visions. For this, I don't think there's a contradiction.

Hope this helps.

Isa 45 speaks of judgement on enemies of Israel, I think you can compare it to the plagues onto Egypt. Prov 16 speaks of using wicked ppl or regimes as a tool of judgement/or perhaps a tool to influence history. When I do find odd verses, I usually try to check out other translations. eg. NIV or NKJV or NLT

Answer 3

It is still the Lords words. There are no contradictions in the bible only in the translation into English. I personally don't think you should study it. Just read it, ask that you be given the ears to hear and then read from where ever it happens to open. What you understand and see as simple is what you are supposed to understand. If it seems contradictory you are probably over analyzing it.

As for your list, Genesis 1 happened prior to Genesis 6 so what was said in one may not have been the same by the time you get to six....the same can be said for the remaining excerpts.

Answer 4

The bible is a compilation of several men's work, who were chosen by the Catholic church sometime between 1200 and 1300-- don't confuse the bible with God, the bible is just the history of the times plus some exaggerations.

Almost every story in the bible can be found in another religion before it, nothing is new or different

Answer 5

The Bible is full of contradictions. The translators didn't do very well. The Bible is corrupted. I don't believe in God. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't. Plus, the Bible could still be generally correct as well as provide a good way to live, just it was written by man and is hopelessly flawed, but it isn't a big deal.

Answer 6

for the first one the answer is kind of obvious gen 1:31 is talking about his creation of the Universe after the six days.

Gen 6:6 shows that G-d is upset with how mankind has become corrupted. Is not as much as G-d is disssatisfied as he is saddend by the loss of potential.

as for the others I cannot answer them because I am Jewish and I do not belive in the NT so you have to find a Christian to answer those.

sad to see that none have tried so far

Answer 7

I think it is a grave injustice to associate God with the Bible's words. People have a hard time overcoming the idea, especially previous Christians, that critiquing the Bible does NOT mean questioning God. My understanding of God is so much more profound since disbelieving the Bible. The "God concept" has literally broken out of the small nutshell of narrow mindedness into a much broader view of God that it leaves in me awe to His Majesty.

Be good.

Answer 8

Only the completely blind and stupid would say that because it's god's word, we can't possibly hope to understand it, so it just is and that god is never wrong. This is what is called "brainwashed."

There are contradictions because it was written by different people who are all giving their interpretation of what they witnessed or heard along the way. Then along came translators and kings who wanted a specific verse worded a specific way (to suit his own needs) and thus, changes were made.

It's a book just like any other book and, as such, it's subject to mistakes, embellishments and outright lies. But god's followers insist it is his verbatim word, which is silly at best and idiotic and scary at worst.

Answer 9

Wow not a single Christian had balls to clear even one contradiction.
If someone thinks those aren't contradictions, fine with me, but atleast tell the guy who posted how they do not contradict to each other.

For example, if God says no one can see him or hear him (since whole Bible is the word of God), then why did God changed his mind and showed himself to someone and others were able to hear him? Are you saying that the God in Bible is Bipolar?

Answer 10

The Bible is the word of God, our life manual.
I get these questions about contradictions very often , and I share them with my questions, so that other sisters and brother in Christ can give me insight so I can share Gospel.

Answer 11

translations are hard because the words can vary in tranlsation or can mean several things> it is up to the translaters to pic the appropriate "replacement"> we must look at the context of the sentence inorder to verify its meaning> yet, the bible is 97.5% as the original> (the new testament is 99.5% like the original greek manuscripts) we must study the bible more in depht inorder to find out> peace.