What is your favorite Bible contradiction?

Question

Quote your favorite Bible contradiction. Answer only if you really have a contradiction to quote. Here is mine.----Jeremiah 32:27
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for the Lord?-------------------------------------------------- Judges 1:19 and the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

Answer 1

LOL.
I love the moron who said "there are none" ROTFLMAO!!!
Face it crap-for-brains, the bible is riddled with contradictions.
Here are a few of my favorites;
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

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

And the list goes on and on. I could be here all night listing contradictions in the 'wholly babble'.
But what does one expect from mythology? Accuracy? Don't make me laugh...

Answer 2

Jdg 1:19 -
We have here a further account of that glorious and successful campaign which Judah and Simeon made. 1. The lot of Judah was pretty well cleared of the Canaanites, yet not thoroughly. Those that dwelt in the mountain (the mountains that were round about Jerusalem) were driven out (Jdg_1:9, Jdg_1:19), but those in the valley kept their ground against them, having chariots of iron, such as we read of, Jos_17:16. Here the men of Judah failed, and thereby spoiled the influence which otherwise their example hitherto might have had on the rest of the tribes, who followed them in this instance of their cowardice, rather than in all the other instances of their courage. They had iron chariots, and therefore it was thought not safe to attack them: but had not Israel God on their side, whose chariots are thousands of angels (Psa_68:17), before whom these iron chariots would be but as stubble to the fire? Had not God expressly promised by the oracle (Jdg_1:2) to give them success against the Canaanites in this very expedition, without excepting those that had iron chariots? Yet they suffered their fears to prevail against their faith, they could not trust God under any disadvantages, and therefore durst not face the iron chariots, but meanly withdrew their forces, when with one bold stroke they might have completed their victories; and it proved of pernicious consequence. They did run well, what hindered them? Gal_5:7

They failed due to fear and lack of faith in God. The men of Judah chose to run from the chariots. Do you really think that God, who created all that is, who wiped out all but a few people on the ark, would have a problem destroying these enemies because of their chariots? Another supposed "contradiction" eviscerated.

Every supposed contradiction has been dealt with. Nothing new.

Answer 3

Here we go.

"You do err, not knowing the scriptures, neither the power of God." (Matthew 22:29)

I'll say to guy with the adultery comment that you do not understand the entire purpose of God having Hosea to marry a whore was to make a prophetic declaration to Israel, who had committed whoredom against their God. In other words, God was making an illustration to get His point across to backsliding Israel. That's the entire theme of the book, how He loved them in a way that they did not deserve.

Now for Darth's comments. Truly, nothing IS too hard for God. And the reason why all the inhabitants were not driven out of the land of Canaan was so that the inhabitants left in the land would be...OH, alright. I'll just put the whole verse in here:

"But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell." (Numbers 33:55)

They couldn't drive them all out of the land because, again, God had a higher purpose in teaching them something about removing the enemy from the midst of them. Just because God is with someone does not mean that the individual's free will doesn't prevail - just as with Adam,or anyone else that has ever sinned in all of history.

And here's another one for "Yoda" (doesn't look anything like Yoda to me). You are soooo confident that you have it all ironed out. You don't have any personal understanding of anything that the Bible is talking about, do you? The Bible works with larger concepts, such as covenants, and chosen peoples, and ages of dispensation. You didn't take any of those things into consideration, did you? These are the larger concepts of the Bible that draw the lines, and determine how the book is to be properly interpreted. You should read the context preceding John 12:40, and it speaks of you. It says he that walks in darkness doesn't know where he is going. (vs 35) If you had light to see with, you would know how to properly divide scripture, and even how to walk in the light of it's precepts. But you don't know what you are stumbling over. You also don't know what you are talking about.

Answer 4

How about this:

Adultery is wrong (Exodus 20:14, Deuteronomy 5:18 and Hebrews 13:4) and adultery is permitted (Numbers 31:18, Hosea 1:2 and Hosea 3:1).

Edit (to chewie_says): But your god is supposedly omnipotent. Why would he need to have a human being commit a sin in order to get his point across, when he is all-powerful? That seems pretty far-fetched to me. And anyway, unless you can answer all 377 of the contradictions listed in my source, it is a moot point, because if even a single contradiction is unexplainable, then the bible is not perfect.

Answer 5

Deuteronomy 32:35: "To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste."

Answer 6

Had enough yet?

A wise man once said, "Truth is not subject to the democratic process." In other words, it's not up for a popular vote. Looks like you've lost this argument, Darth.

Answer 7

There are no contradictions in the bible, that`s what the devil wants you to think. God is incapable of error. You just don`t understand the context that is being used at that time. Don`t doubt because you don`t understand. I used to come across things like that as you did, I doubted until I searched out the answers. All the times I thought there were contradictions in the bible, it was only because I didn`t understand it. In all you get, get understanding.

Answer 8

How did polar bears get on the ark?

Answer 9

http://carm.org/bible-difficulties/joshua-esther/how-many-stalls-horses-did-solomon-have-4000-or-40000

Answer 10

You have no understanding of the Scriptures because you are in opposition to God (understood by your trying to disprove His word) and He hides from you the true understandings of His word.