Did someone forget to "Proofread" the bible to remove all of the inconsistencies before it's major release?

Answer 1

Yeah, Mel Gibson was busy that week

Answer 2

Okay this is long, but it all my own words.

No. And, I have no qualms with the men who wrote it, under inspiration.

I do take issue with those who translated it. And you make have the same issues with it.

The Bible was originally written in Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew.

Then the Catholic church translated it into Latin, because that was the language that they used first. But, here again, I have an issue with 1) the translation errors and 2) later not allowing people to reading it for themselves - even burning people at the stake with it chained around their neck, if they were caught reading it. (wonder why that was?)

Then King James of England authorized a guy to translate the bible from Latin into 16th Century English (the common language at the time. This translation is known as the original King James Version. You lose something when you translate from one language through another. (COMMON SENSE) If you could compare this translation directly to a Greek to English translation - you would find some omissions and additions that were added to support the trinity teaching - that are not found in the Greek to English (which also makes you wonder of the validity of the trinity teaching, if they had to add verses in to support it). (Many people claim that the original KJV is the one that Jesus and the apostles used, but how could it have been when English did not even exist at that time?)

There are other Bible translations around today, the authors of some of which really put an effort into accurate translation, others who made more changes, like the New King James Version, which made more omissions that were done in the original.

All of this can really make one question the Bible, I understand that. But, if one were to carefully read it from beginning to end, without religious influence, one just might find it to be something else than what they thought.

And, one needs to take into account that some of it was also written in the point of view of the person inspired to write it. For example, the 4 Gospels were written by 4 eyewitnesses. Sometimes, one would say the Jesus was leaving a certain town, and another would say he was entering it. A seeming contradiction, until you realize that there were two towns, near each other, that had the same name (with something to clarify it)

Just like if you and I both saw the same car accident, but were standing on opposite street corners. I could say the car came from the right, while you said it came from the left. Both are right, because we gave the account from where we were standing.

Answer 3

Consider this; Jesus authorized more than on way to do things.
If someone thinks I am joking; recall that the Jews and the Christians are given the '2 or more witnesses' (for Christians Matt.18:16, 2 Cor. 13:1) principle. Applying this principle, along with 2 Tim. 3:16-17, leads one to believe the scriptural old testament' (which was done away) was the law of Moses, not Genesis-Malachi.

Answer 4

The bible was written by several people over thousands of years. What did you expect.

There are inconsistencies in the Koran as well.

Answer 5

What inconsistencies?

The only one I can think of is the different "mission of the twelve" stories in the Gospels.

In one Gospel it says that Jesus sent them off with just walking sticks. Another Gospel says that they didn't take walking sticks.

Walking sticks vs. no walking sticks -- hardly a big, major inconsistency there.

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Answer 6

Apparently not as in 50+ years of reading it I have not found an inconsistency.

Answer 7

The only way you'll find contradictions in the Bible is if you:

A) Don't reasearch what you're reading

B) Follow a false set of belief patterns

The Bible doesn't contradict itself unless you believe the wrong things (ie hellfire, immortality of the soul, the trinity, etc.)

Answer 8

No, but ppl don't do research to understand why certain things were said a certain way, so they think there are inconsistencies, but there aren't

Answer 9

No people could not read....lol JK don't hurt me....just remember that it is made up of several small "books" written by man...therefore there are bound to be inconsistancies. it is like three people all seeing the same accedent, you get three different stories, of the "truth"

Answer 10

You haven't read the bible, so how would you know if there are inconsistencies?