i would like bible readers to verify this contradiction?

Question

Theological doctrines:

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
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 139:2,3
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 those who seek him
Matt 7:8/ Prov 8:17
God is not to be found by those who seek him
Prov 1:28
14. God is warlike
Ex 15:3/ Is 51:15
God is peaceful
Rom 15:33/ 1 Cor 14:33
15. God is cruel, unmerciful, destructive, and ferocious
Jer 13:14/ Deut 7:16/ 1 Sam 15:2,3/ 1 Sam 6:19
God is kind, merciful, and good
James 5:11/ Lam 3:33/ 1 Chron 16:34/ Ezek 18:32/ Ps 145:9/
1 Tim 2:4/ 1 John 4:16/ Ps 25:8
16. God's anger is fierce and endures long
Num 32:13/ Num 25:4/ Jer 17:4
God's anger is slow and endures but for a minute
Ps 103:8/ Ps 30:5
17. God commands, approves of, and delights in burnt offerings,
sacrifices ,and holy days
Ex 29:36/ Lev 23:27/ Ex 29:18/ Lev 1:9
God disapproves of and has no pleasure in burnt offerings,
sacrifices, and holy days.
Jer 7:22/ Jer 6:20/ Ps 50:13,4/ Is 1:13,11,12
18. God accepts human sacrifices
2 Sam 21:8,9,14/ Gen 22:2/ Judg 11:30-32,34,38,39
God forbids human sacrifice
Deut 12:30,31
19. God tempts men
Gen 22:1/ 2 Sam 24:1/ Jer 20:7/ Matt 6:13
God tempts no man
James 1:13
20. God cannot lie
Heb 6:18
God lies by proxy; he sends forth lying spirits t deceive
2 Thes 2:11/ 1 Kings 22:23/ Ezek 14:9
21. Because of man's wickedness God destroys him
Gen 6:5,7
Because of man's wickedness God will not destroy him
Gen 8:21
22. God's attributes are revealed in his works.
Rom 1:20
God's attributes cannot be discovered
Job 11:7/ Is 40:28
23. There is but one God
Deut 6:4
There is a plurality of gods
Gen 1:26/ Gen 3:22/ Gen 18:1-3/ 1 John 5:7


Moral Precepts

24. Robbery commanded
Ex 3:21,22/ Ex 12:35,36
Robbery forbidden
Lev 19:13/ Ex 20:15
25. Lying approved and sanctioned
Josh 2:4-6/ James 2:25/ Ex 1:18-20/ 1 Kings 22:21,22
Lying forbidden
Ex 20:16/ Prov 12:22/ Rev 21:8
26. Hatred to the Edomite sanctioned
2 Kings 14:7,3
Hatred to the Edomite forbidden
Deut 23:7
27. Killing commanded
Ex 32:27
Killing forbidden
Ex 20:13
28. The blood-shedder must die
Gen 9:5,6
The blood-shedder must not die
Gen 4:15
29. The making of images forbidden
Ex 20:4
The making of images commanded
Ex 25:18,20
30. Slavery and oppression ordained
Gen 9:25/ Lev 25:45,46/ Joel 3:8
Slavery and oppression forbidden
Is 58:6/ Ex 22:21/ Ex 21:16/ Matt 23:10
31. Improvidence enjoyed
Matt 6:28,31,34/ Luke 6:30,35/ Luke 12:3
Improvidence condemned
1 Tim 5:8/ Prov 13:22
32. Anger approved
Eph 4:26
Anger disapproved
Eccl 7:9/ Prov 22:24/ James 1:20
33. Good works to be seen of men
Matt 5:16
Good works not to be seen of men
Matt 6:1
34. Judging of others forbidden
Matt 7:1,2
Judging of others approved
1 Cor 6:2-4/ 1 Cor 5:12
35. Christ taught non-resistance
Matt 5:39/ Matt 26:52
Christ taught and practiced physical resistance
Luke 22:36/ John 2:15
36. Christ warned his followers not to fear being killed
Luke 12:4
Christ himself avoided the Jews for fear of being killed
John 7:1
37. Public prayer sanctioned
1 Kings 8:22,54, 9:3
Public prayer disapproved
Matt 6:5,6
38. Importunity in prayer commended
Luke 18:5,7
Importunity in prayer condemned
Matt 6:7,8
39. The wearing of long hair by men sanctioned
Judg 13:5/ Num 6:5
The wearing of long hair by men condemned
1 Cor 11:14
40. Circumcision instituted
Gen 17:10
Circumcision condemned
Gal 5:2
41. The Sabbath instituted
Ex 20:8
The Sabbath repudiated
Is 1:13/ Rom 14:5/ Col 2:16
42. The Sabbath instituted because God rested on the seventh day
Ex 20:11
The Sabbath instituted because God brought the Israelites
out of Egypt
Deut 5:15
43. No work to be done on the Sabbath under penalty of death
Ex 31:15/ Num 15:32,36
Jesus Christ broke the Sabbath and justified his disciples in
the same
John 5:16/ Matt 12:1-3,5
44. Baptism commanded
Matt 28:19
Baptism not commanded
1 Cor 1:17,14
45. Every kind of animal allowed for food.
Gen 9:3/ 1 Cor 10:25/ Rom 14:14
Certain kinds of animals prohibited for food.
Deut 14:7,8
46. Taking of oaths sanctioned
Num 30:2/ Gen 21:23-24,31/ Gen 31:53/ Heb 6:13
Taking of oaths forbidden
Matt 5:34
47. Marriage approved
Gen 2:18/ Gen 1:28/ Matt 19:5/ Heb 13:4
Marriage disapproved
1 Cor 7:1/ 1 Cor 7:7,8
48. Freedom of divorce permitted
Deut 24:1/ Deut 21:10,11,14
Divorce restricted
Matt 5:32
49. Adultery forbidden
Ex 20:14/ Heb 13:4
Adultery allowed
Num 31:18/ Hos 1:2; 2:1-3
50. Marriage or cohabitation with a sister denounced
Deut 27:22/ Lev 20:17
Abraham married his sister and God blessed the union
Gen 20:11,12/ Gen 17:16
51. A man may marry his brother's widow
Deut 25:5
A man may not marry his brother's widow
Lev 20:21
52. Hatred to kindred enjoined
Luke 14:26
Hatred to kindred condemned
Eph 6:2/ Eph 5:25,29
53. Intoxicating beverages recommended
Prov 31:6,7/ 1 Tim 5:23/ Ps 104:15
Intoxicating beverages discountenanced
Prov 20:1/ Prov 23:31,32
54. It is our duty to obey our rulers, who are God's ministers
and punish evil doers only
Rom 13:1-3,6
It is not our duty to obey rulers, who sometimes punish the
good and receive unto themselves damnation therefor
Ex 1:17,20/ Dan 3:16,18/ Dan 6:9,7,10/ Acts 4:26,27/
Mark 12:38,39,40/ Luke 23:11,24,33,35
55. Women's rights denied
Gen 3:16/ 1 Tim 2:12/ 1 Cor 14:34/ 1 Pet 3:6
Women's rights affirmed
Judg 4:4,14,15/ Judg 5:7/ Acts 2:18/ Acts 21:9
56. Obedience to masters enjoined
Col 3:22,23/ 1 Pet 2:18
Obedience due to God only
Matt 4:10/ 1 Cor 7:23/ Matt 23:10
57. There is an unpardonable sin
Mark 3:29
There is not unpardonable sin
Acts 13:39

Answer 1

They aren't contradictions.

On the surface and out of context, your paraphrases look like contradictions. It would take too long to try to explain your entire list.

Try reading the Bible in it's entirety and see what you're missing.

Answer 2

There are a lot things listed to go through everyone. However, they're not contradictions. It looks that you read the Bible, that's good. However, I'd respectfully suggest that you study the Bible, and don't forget to ask for the Holy Spirit to guide you. Without Him, then you may find some "contradictions". Who inspired the Scriptures? You know the Holy Spirit did. So who would be better to explain it than the Person who inspired it, the real Author?

"Never should the Bible be studied without prayer. Before opening
its pages we should ask for the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, and it
will be given." -- Steps to Christ, p. 91

I'm sure that there's an answer to every point you listed. For example, sin: is it pardonable or unpardonable? All sin shall be pardoned if there's repentance, but there's a sin Jesus says cannot be pardoned: the sin against the Holy Spirit. Why is it not pardoned? Because, Who convinces you that you're a sinner and guides you to repentance?... the Holy Spirit. The unpardonable sin occurs when we regret the Holy Spirit. For example, if I steal a candy from a store, I'll surely feel guilty about it. The devil may tell me that a candy is a little thing to feel guilty about. But the Holy Spirit will tell me that robbery is robbery, doesn't matter what I robbed, and would beg me to take it back. The Holy Spirit tells me my sin, but also tells me that Christ died for my sin. If I go to Him for forgiveness, He'll forgive me. However, I may not take the candy back and try to silence the voice of the Holy Spirit as well. The next time I may steal something bigger, and bigger and bigger, and each time the Holy Spirit would be telling am doing wrong, but if I keep regreting His voice, each time my coinciense will become weaker. When I first started robbering, I felt bad about it, and decided to get over it and keep stealing. Now, each time I steal, I may not hear the Holy Spirit's voice as clear as the first time telling me I'm wrong and need to repent. Someone compared it with the hand: if you're not used to heavy work, the first time you work with a work tool, your hand will hurt. If you leave the work, it will heal, but If you keep working, as time pass by, it will get used to hard work, and will no longer hurt.

The unpardonable sin is the one against the Holy Spirit. It is not that God does not want to forgive it; but rather it is becasue I have rejected the only One who can tell me I'm wrong and guide me to my Saviour. Now, I may be stealing (sinning) all my life, and still not feel bad about it. Why should I want forgiveness then if I don't feel the need for it? You see? God wants to forgive me, but it is I who don't want that forgiveness.

God is a loving God, don't ever forget that. There's not sin He cannot, either may not want, to forgive.

"All the paternal love which has come down from generation to
generation through the channel of human hearts, all the springs of
tenderness which have opened in the souls of men, are but as a tiny rill
to the boundless ocean, when compared with the infinite, exhaustless
love of God. Tongue cannot utter it; pen cannot portray it. You may
meditate upon it every day of your life; you may search the Scriptures
diligently in order to understand it; you may summon every power and
capability that God has given you, in the endeavor to comprehend the
love and compassion of the heavenly Father; and yet there is an infinity
beyond."

If you have any Bible questions, you may ask at:

http://en.bibleinfo.com/

Am sure they'll answer you in a couple of days.

You may also try:

http://www.adventistbiblicalresearch.org/

http://www.amazingfacts.org/

Please, read http://www.whiteestate.org/books/sc/sc12.html

Jesus loves you. God bless you!

Answer 3

You know, two can play the cut & paste game. You didn't even do your own original research -- you just parroted something that you got from somewhere else.

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Perhaps you have seen them -- those lists of alleged "Bible Contradictions".

They're frequently posted to mailing lists and other discussion forums, and various lists can be found on a number of web sites. Do they prove the Bible to be flawed? Do they present valid observations and arguments? And if so, what does that mean? ...

...The following is a good approach to take with those who post lists of contradictions:

Find out if the person is posting his own observations, or those of someone else. If it is someone else's material, ask whether the poster agrees with all the issues presented.

Rather than tackle a whole list in one sitting, deal with one issue at a time. Ask the poster to pick the first issue. Once you've discussed it, you pick the next issue.

Find out what you know about the issue. It may be tempting to simply cut-and-paste a ready answer, but it is better to first see how far you get on your own. There is, of course, no need to re-invent the wheel. But even if you end up quoting someone else's answer, you should have studied the issue yourself, and formed your own opinion.

At this point you may discover whether you have a serious discussion partner, or someone who is not interested in pursuing the issues. Either way, your efforts have not been in vain. You may have learned something yourself, and next time you will be better prepared to answer the objection. Too, you have demonstrated to the poster, as well as to those following the exchange, that alleged contradictions can be properly explained.

If the orginal poster enters into a serious discussion, you may want to continue the thread for a while. However, your object is not so much to convince him or her of your point of view, but merely to show that the alleged contradiction does have an explanation you, as a Christian, can live with. Remember, you get to pick the next issue. Present and deal with it as before.

If the orginal poster is unwilling to pursue the discussion, or rejects your answer without debating its merits, do pick an issue yourself. Present and deal with it. Others may pick up the discussion, but here too, even if they don't, you'll have demonstrated a willingness and ability to address the issues head-on.

In answering contradictions and other difficulties provide URLs and other references to the sources you use. This will help sincere inquirers to further investigate

Answer 4

Your point exactly..... GOD IS EVERYTHING, IS EVERYWHERE and you can try to make this hard or make it easy and accept that God made us the heavens and the earth, he came to earth in manform, (Jesus) died for us so that we may be pardoned against sin because he knows that we arent perfect and if he wouldnt have we would go straight to hell. Because we are not perfect....none of us and what a loving GOD to understand that and give us a chance, should we fear GOD, absolutely he is all powerful but he is just like a mom or dad, if we strive to do our best, he is happy!! If we go about life with an I dont care attitude and screw up knowing we can do better, he is not happy, he just wants us to strive to do our best in everything we do, live and teach of his good word. So please understand that we dont know everything, we werent meant to. The Bible was written by several different authors, they were people they werent perfect either!! So just believe in Jesus Christ that he died for our sins and try to do your very best morally and ethically, it is hard but he never said it was easy, we will screw up but we need his forgiveness to carry on and he does understand. He was merciful enough to live it himself. If you try to find contridictions in anything you will but do as I do honey, just believe and he will work miracles in your life as well as he did mine!! God Bless You!

Answer 5

You said verify "THIS" contradiction...... yet you list no less than 57 of them!! do you really think anyone is going to even READ all of them, let alone answer every one?? You're sadly mistaken if you think anyone in their right mind would even attempt more than one or two for a lousy 2 points.

Answer 6

God makes the Rules.

Answer 7

The bible has so many contradictions so that church leaders can twist and manipulate to bible to fit the particular situation they are in. Remember that David Koresh and Jim Jones used the bible to trick and kill their followers.

Answer 8

WOW DUDE! TAKE IT EASY. SOMEONE MAY SAY YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON AND SOMEONE ELSE MAY COME ALONG AND SAY YOU'RE NOT. BOTH CAN'T BE TRUE ...... OR CAN THEY? IT'S ALL THE PERSON'S PERSPECTIVE. PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW GOD VIEW HIM AS BEING CRUEL, UNJUST, ETC WHILE PEOPLE WHO LOVE HIM VIEW HIM AS BEING LOVING AND GENTLE. DON'T BE LOOKING FOR ALL THE CONTRADICTIONS OR YOU'LL MISS THE POINT OF THE THING AS A WHOLE.

Answer 9

Does any of your "contradictions" change the core message of the bible? Read to find out.

Answer 10

you have no authoritative interpretation. the church does.

i can twist and manipulate anything i want as well...to make it fit my view point. this is an unoriginal tactic.

nice try though.

i give you points for the effort