Can anyone prove to me that the bible contradicts itself?

Question

I am so sick of people that don't know anything about the bible say that it is contracdictory. God is perfect and his servants know that the bible does not contracdict itself. If anyone wants to prove this please prove it and I will convert to that religion that proves the Holy Bilbe contracdicts itself. My e-mail address is l
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Answer 1

The only way to prove the Bible contradicts itself is to refuse to let the Bible explain itself.

The scriptures that have been presented as proof of contradiction can be explained by other verses. But if a person is determined to look for inconsistencies instead of harmony he or she will never be persuaded. What good would the revealed harmony do for the hardened heart ?

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. Proverbs18:2

Here is the paradox for unbelievers; it is the motive for reading the Bible that will determine whether one will understand or misunderstand the Bible. Bad motives blind the mind.

Wrong motive = wrong understanding

As also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 2 Peter 3:16

You will find in those who attack God and the Bible the same human nature that crucified Christ. This same principle at work in human nature is the stumblingblock in the way of understanding the Bible and God.

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Answer 2

Guess you'd better become an atheist, then, because I'm one and here comes the list of contradictions people like you are in denial about.

Ex 15:3/ Is 51:15: These two passages talk about how warlike God is.
Rom 15:33/ 1 Cor 14:33: These two, however, say he's peaceful.

Do tell me which it is? Is God peaceful or warlike?

2 Sam 21:8,9,14/ Gen 22:2/ Judg 11:30-32,34,38,39: Looks like God's a fan of human sacrifice.
Deut 12:30,31: Or is he?


Deut 6:4: There's only one God.
Gen 1:26/ Gen 3:22/ Gen 18:1-3/ 1 John 5:7: Oops, guess not.


Gen 9:25/ Lev 25:45,46/ Joel 3:8: Why aren't you buying slaves?
Is 58:6/ Ex 22:21/ Ex 21:16/ Matt 23:10: Maybe you shouldn't.

Do tell me which of these passages I should follow so I know whether or not to go shopping for some help around the house.


Ex 20:11: This passage states that the Sabbath exists because this is when God rested...
Deut 5:15: But this one states that the Sabbath exists because of God leading the Israelites out of Egypt. Which is it? Can you tell me?


Gen 2:18/ Gen 1:28/ Matt 19:5/ Heb 13:4: God wants people to get married.
1 Cor 7:1/ 1 Cor 7:7,8: No he doesn't.


Deut 27:22/ Lev 20:17: Don't marry your sister!
Gen 20:11,12/ Gen 17:16: Your sister's hot! Marry her!


Gen 1:25,26,27: Man was created after other animals.
Gen 2:18,19: Or was he created after?

Man can't have been created at two separate times, so which was it, before or after?

I can keep at this all day. This arguement never ceases to amuse me, the religious folks in denial about the very Bible they cherish contradicts itself when it's supposed to be the infallible word of God.

By the way, I might be an atheist, but I was raised Lutheran for twenty years and had to attend services and Sunday School every week from the time I was small. I had to go to Bible study and confirmation classes. So don't say I don't know anything about the Bible because I DO. I've read it, had to study it for 20 years, oh, and I read it just this summer and will probably do so again after the holidays.

So how about it? Ready to give up your faith? Or are you still going to be in denial about the "word of God"?

Answer 3

Why even ask? When people do point out the contradictions then what are you going to do then except look stupid. So here's my favorite contradiction.........

Turn the other cheek (meaning to forgive and forget)

Then a few verses down there's

An eye for an eye (meaning to get revenge)

These are two simple verses directly from the Bible. If I had time to find more complex ones I would but it seems that many people have already taken care of that. The problem isn't that non-Christians are making these contradictions up. The problem is that MOST (not all) Christians are too narrow-minded to accept that their religion has flaws. So now that contradictions have been posted or you even going to address them or just ignore them and pretend that everyone's wrong. By the way, I LOVE how you just assume that people who don't believe in the Bible or pick up on the contradictions don't know anything about it. Hello! Most non-Christians have read the Bible more thoroughly than even the most devout Christians and that is why we don't believe in it.

Answer 4

at the same time as it does appear like you're maximum perfect, my wager is that Genesis financial ruin a million is the wide outline at the same time as financial ruin 2 is a extra exact seem regarding the institution of the backyard of Eden. about the Gospel of John being different from the different Gospels, I heard it suggested that throughout a court docket of regulation if 4 witnesses had the very similar tale then this is a demonstration of collusion and falsification. the very fact each and every Gospel is different would not advise there is blunders because each and every author has a distinct clarification for writing. as an party, John became extra theological, Matthew extra religious, Mark extra action, Luke extra journalistic accuracy. as an party, i lately watched the action picture JFK and it became it appears that evidently glaring that each and every witness to the capturing had a distinct recollection. someone suggested they heard 4 to 6 pictures, yet another 3, yet another a million, and so on. the point being that if each and every witness probably has a rather different recollection over an experience that lasted below a minute, isn't it also real looking to settle for that the Gospel writers are also allowed to have rather different memories of three years of their existence.

Answer 5

In the old testament (I don't know where) I recall this: An eye for an eye, etc. However the new testament says to turn the other cheek. My feeling is that if there are any contradictions in the old testament vs the new, that the new testament's teachings would replace anything contradictory in the old.

I think that many people take a statement from the bible out of context, giving it a meaning other than what it is supposed to be.

Answer 6

Depends on how long of an answer you want to read.... here's some for starters. :)

GE 1:3-5 On the first day, God created light, then separated light and darkness.
GE 1:14-19 The sun (which separates night and day) wasn't created until the fourth day.

GE 1:11-12, 26-27 Trees were created before man was created.
GE 2:4-9 Man was created before trees were created.

GE 1:20-21, 26-27 Birds were created before man was created.
GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before birds were created.

GE 1:24-27 Animals were created before man was created.
GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before animals were created.

GE 1:26-27 Man and woman were created at the same time.
GE 2:7, 21-22 Man was created first, woman sometime later.

GE 1:28 God encourages reproduction.
LE 12:1-8 God requires purification rites following childbirth which, in effect, makes childbirth a sin. (Note: The period for purification following the birth of a daughter is twice that for a son.)

GE 1:31 God was pleased with his creation.
GE 6:5-6 God was not pleased with his creation.
(Note: That God should be displeased is inconsistent with the concept of omniscience.)

GE 2:4, 4:26, 12:8, 22:14-16, 26:25 God was already known as "the Lord" (Jahveh or Jehovah) much earlier than the time of Moses.
EX 6:2-3 God was first known as "the Lord" (Jahveh or Jehovah) at the time of the Egyptian Bondage, during the life of Moses.

GE 2:17 Adam was to die the very day that he ate the forbidden fruit.
GE 5:5 Adam lived 930 years.

GE 2:15-17, 3:4-6 It is wrong to want to be able to tell good from evil.
HE 5:13-14 It is immature to be unable to tell good from evil.

GE 4:4-5 God prefers Abel's offering and has no regard for Cain's.
2CH 19:7, AC 10:34, RO 2:11 God shows no partiality. He treats all alike.

GE 4:9 God asks Cain where his brother Able is.
PR 15:3, JE 16:17, 23:24-25, HE 4:13 God is everywhere. He sees everything. Nothing is hidden from his view.

GE 4:15, DT 32:19-27, IS 34:8 God is a vengeful god.
EX 15:3, IS 42:13, HE 12:29 God is a warrior. God is a consuming fire.
EX 20:5, 34:14, DT 4:24, 5:9, 6:15, 29:20, 32:21 God is a jealous god.
LE 26:7-8, NU 31:17-18, DT 20:16-17, JS 10:40, JG 14:19, EZ 9:5-7 The Spirit of God is (sometimes) murder and killing.
NU 25:3-4, DT 6:15, 9:7-8, 29:20, 32:21, PS 7:11, 78:49, JE 4:8, 17:4, 32:30-31, ZP 2:2 God is angry. His anger is sometimes fierce.
2SA 22:7-8 (KJV) "I called to the Lord; ... he heard my voice; ... The earth trembled and quaked, ... because he was angry. Smoke came from his nostrils. Consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it."
EZ 6:12, NA 1:2, 6 God is jealous and furious. He reserves wrath for, and takes revenge on, his enemies. "... who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and rocks are thrown down by him."
2CO 13:11, 14, 1JN 4:8, 16 God is love.
GA 5:22-23 The fruit of the Spirit of God is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

GE 4:16 Cain went away (or out) from the presence of the Lord.
JE 23:23-24 A man cannot hide from God. God fills heaven and earth.

GE 6:4 There were Nephilim (giants) before the Flood.
GE 7:21 All creatures other than Noah and his clan were annihilated by the Flood.
NU 13:33 There were Nephilim after the Flood.

GE 6:6. EX 32:14, NU 14:20, 1SA 15:35, 2SA 24:16 God does change his mind.
NU 23:19-20, 1SA 15:29, JA 1:17 God does not change his mind.

GE 6:19-22, 7:8-9, 7:14-16 Two of each kind are to be taken, and are taken, aboard Noah's Ark.
GE 7:2-5 Seven pairs of some kinds are to be taken (and are taken) aboard the Ark.

GE 7:1 Noah was righteous.
JB 1:1,8, JB 2:3 Job was righteous.
LK 1:6 Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous.
JA 5:16 Some men are righteous, (which makes their prayers effective).
1JN 3:6-9 Christians become righteous (or else they are not really Christians).
RO 3:10, 3:23, 1JN 1:8-10 No one was or is righteous.

GE 7:7 Noah and his clan enter the Ark.
GE 7:13 They enter the Ark (again?).

GE 11:7-9 God sows discord.
PR 6:16-19 God hates anyone who sows discord.

GE 11:9 At Babel, the Lord confused the language of the whole world.
1CO 14:33 Paul says that God is not the author of confusion.

GE 11:12 Arpachshad [Arphaxad] was the father of Shelah.
LK 3:35-36 Cainan was the father of Shelah. Arpachshad was the grandfather of Shelah.

GE 11:26 Terah was 70 years old when his son Abram was born.
GE 11:32 Terah was 205 years old when he died (making Abram 135 at the time).
GE 12:4, AC 7:4 Abram was 75 when he left Haran. This was after Terah died. Thus, Terah could have been no more than 145 when he died; or Abram was only 75 years old after he had lived 135 years.

GE 12:7, 17:1, 18:1, 26:2, 32:30, EX 3:16, 6:2-3, 24:9-11, 33:11, NU 12:7-8, 14:14, JB 42:5, AM 7:7-8, 9:1 God is seen.
EX 33:20, JN 1:18, 1JN 4:12 God is not seen. No one can see God's face and live. No one has ever seen him.

GE 10:5, 20, 31 There were many languages before the Tower of Babel.
GE 11:1 There was only one language before the Tower of Babel.

Answer 7

Michael gave some good sites. The bible does contradict itself if you want to take it literally. The thing is, though, Christians often insist that the bible is literally true until such contradictions are found, and then those contradictions are interpreted away as metaphors or different views of the same truth. Biblical literalists can't have it both ways. If in a book it says both that God is tired and needs to rest and that he is never tired and never needs to rest, for example, a literal interpretation would have to conclude that it is a contradiction. What is often done, though, is to interpret the passages as having different meanings, perhaps one is literally true, the other metaphorically true. If you do this, as Christians often do, you will never find contradictions. The words of the bible then are not taken literally, but rather have meaning read in to them. Christians read the bible with the assumption that it is true, and then interpret it in such a way as to make sure that it is true. If I did this in regards to my personal life, I could plausibly claim that I never lied, never contradicted myself, or anything else negative. If you believe the bible must be interpreted literally, you can't fall back on non-literal interpretations to explain away apparent contradictions. And if you believe that the bible should not be interpreted literally, then you have a real mess on your hands because you have to try and figure out how it should be interpreted.

Answer 8

It's really simple. According to the Bible, HaMasiach will draw ALL Jews into one nation Israel.

About a week and a half ago, I attended a synagogue Shabbat service. Needless to say, there were Jews there, ethnic and religious both.

Jesus himself never claimed to be HaMasiach. Jesus was never annointed with the oils set aside to annoint the King of Israel (all kings of Israel were Masiach, hence why the big one, the king of prophecy, was specified by HaMasiach). Jesus did not fulfill all of the prophecies. Jesus already had his second coming (Um, what else would you call his time between being resurrected to the time he ascended? Christians are waiting for a THIRD coming).

In short -- Jesus failed vital prophecies. He could not have been HaMasiach, but yet, the New Testament claims that he was HaMasiach.

The New Testament contradicts the Old Testament. Since the Old Testament describes the coming of HaMasiach, the Old Testament is the only way to know HaMasiach. You cannot reject the Old Testament and still be able to recognize HaMasiach.

Further, the Old Testament makes it clear that God makes only *ONE* Covenant, and that Covenant is absolutely eternal, until the end of time. Jesus claimed he fulfilled the covenant and created a new one. This contradicts the very spoken word of God. A Covenant is eternal. God said, "Okay, Moses, you follow these Laws, and I'll be your God and eventually I'll give you a King of Kings." The contract doesn't expire when the King of Kings comes, that part of the bargain is just fulfilled. You'll notice that the rest of God's side, and all of Moses's side, were promises in perpetuity -- for all times, til the end of time. God sending HaMasiach did not abolish the Laws of Moses. Even Jesus tried to hold to this, saying "I come not to abolish the law but to fulfill it." you'll notice he didn't say "Not to abolish the law but complete it..." because if it was completed, it would have been abolished.

Further, in the Great Commissioning, Jesus specifically tells the Apostles to NOT go to the Gentiles -- HaMasiach was to bring Torah to the hearts of *ALL* men. Paul goes into a town and the teachers immediately call his bluff, so he shakes his garments (note: he was commanded to shake his FEET, not his clothes), and goes to teach the Gentiles instead, in direct contradiction of Jesus's command.

You follow a false prophet.

Answer 9

No. No one will ever "prove" this to you. You have faith. Faith operates as a psychological defense mechanism in spite of your ability to reason. As a result, no matter how much evidence is amassed that illustrates problems with your faith, you will find an intellectual means of rationalizing away these contradictions. Faith is a powerful tool for combating cognitive dissonance - the feeling of anxiety and unease you get when fact contradicts your cherished assumptions.

So, no, no one can ever disprove the Bible to you. It would be a waste of time to try for the above reasons. Only you can open your own mind.

Answer 10

We could start with the "inconsistencies" in Genesis 1 and 2 and even Christian biblical scholars concede that a problem exists. We could then go on to the differing views as to when the book of Daniel was written and by whom-liberal Christians and conservative Christians have differing views. I've studied scripture and Christianity so I know about the genuine contradictions and absurdities in the bible.