Biblical Contradictions?

Question

A List Of Biblical Contradictions:

http://sultan.org/articles/biblecon.txt

Answer 1

It's going to take me a long time to answer all these. Give me a little time, and people, please withhold judgement until I return.

From your website:
1. The first was praise from David. The second was involving prophesies regarding Israel for their disobedience.
2. God was historically both. "War" as retribution for disobedience. Peace for those who follow Him. That's pretty cut and dry.
3. Joseph is a descendent both of Heli, and of Jacob. Read it again. There are several Jacobs in the lineage.
4. All were probably correct. They had the same people in common: Mary Magdalene.
5. That's complicated. I understand it, but it's hard to explain. I'm going to use an analogy, and hope that it makes sense. Take a pot of water. Divide it into three parts. The first part, leave as liquid. Freeze the second part, and boil the third part until it condenses into steam. Now, each part is still water, and is still the same basic element, but in different forms.
Jesus was God, but in SOLID (ice) form. When He was crucified, resurrected, and then ascended, He rejoined God as One; in the same way that melted ice returns to the water from whence it came.
6. Genesis 1 & 2 were a rehash of the creation. Nothing more, nothing less. What is said about the beasts is that they had already been created. No contradiction there.
7. Assume that since in verse two, the guidelines for gathering various animals had already been set, that verses eight and nine are only inclusive of the animals not mentioned before.
8. That's strange. This translation is:
1 Kings 4:26
Solomon had four thousand stalls for chariot horses, and twelve thousand horses.
and 2 Chronicles 9:25
Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horses
No contradiction.
9. Different authors, different meanings for wisdom. Wisdom of the world brings folly, while wisdom in God brings contentment. Remember, in Hebrew one word can have several meanings, and we don't have those in English, although within the context that words are being used one can usually find exactly what is meant.
10. Holy Spirit and God are one in the same. No contradiction.
11. Isaiah was prophecy. Deuteronomy was guidelines. Two COMPLETELY different things. No contradiction.
12. They considered all things that flew to be birds, if they weren't insects. That's not a contradiction, that's simply what they didn't know at the time.
13. Even on your website it admits that rabbits do sometimes eat their own dung. How exactly do they eat it? They CHEW it. Not inaccurate.
14. Some insects do have legs, such as grasshoppers and locusts, which are named specifically. And to them, it would have APPEARED that they had four legs!
15. Actually, snails/slugs DO melt. Ever thrown salt on them? Or seen them disappear in the sun? It would appear that the Bible is CORRECT!
16. Genesis 1 & 2 were already explained. Genesis 2 is a rehash.
17. And? I see no problem here.
18. First one is simply how something APPEARS. If one was to stand on top of a mountain, would the earth appear round or flat?
Same with the second. I think also that it was meant as all of the KNOWN kingdoms of Israel. After all, Jesus was supposed to be king of the Jews. No contradiction.
19. Perhaps snakes DON'T eat dirt, but worms, which are similar to serpents, DO. And actually, some snakes do eat dirt.
20. Yes, it's called the earth spinning on an invisible axis, which they would not have understood at the time, and yet spoke of it: "...hangeth the earth upon nothing."
21. I don't see where they get that. That's not a contradiction, that's going with the knowledge they had at the time.
22. Genesis AGAIN? It went back to when God had created mankind, and gave a more specific account. Geez. Why is this so hard to understand?
23. A person can be meek and still become angry. Give me a break.
24. The Isaiah passage is talking about how it will appear on Earth. The Psalms passage is speaking of how it appears to God. Two different things entirely.
25. Acts is a continuation, not a contradiction.
26. They were two different sermons.
27. Who knows? Maybe they all heard different things at different times. Fact remains that it's likely that Jesus DID say all three things.
28. Both say three years. Furthermore, God did not go to David. It was a seer called Gad.

You know what? I'm done. I've done 28 of them. What I found, reading through them though, is that there WERE no contradictions, especially when I went back and read the verses myself, cross-referencing between different versions of the Bible, as well as the Greek and Hebrew words they were translated from.
So I'll add one more thing, and I'm done:
2 Corinthians 2:14
The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

I didn't do those twenty-eight alone. If only the people from your website had help from God in finding so-called contradictions, perhaps they would have been correct.

Answer 2

Bible difficulties, or apparent Bible contradictions, exist. The opponents of Christianity often use them in their attempts to discredit Christianity. Sometimes these attacks undermine the faith of Christians who either don't understand the issues or don't have the resources to deal with them.

Opponents of Christianity will cite what they consider a Bible contradiction or difficulty by comparing one verse to another (or more) that seems to disagree with the first. In doing this, several verses are often referenced as being contradictory or problematic. Therefore, to make this section of CARM easy to use, it is arranged by verse for easy lookup. Since many of the same "difficulties" deal with one verse in opposition to another or even several others, I have listed all the verses addressed in the same answer. This makes the initial list look larger than it really is. For example, how many animals did Noah bring into the ark? Genesis 6:19-20 says two while Gen. 7:2-3 mentions seven. Therefore, both verses are listed and both links point to the same answer.

http://carm.org/introduction-bible-difficulties-and-bible-contradictions

If we read the Bible at face value, without a preconceived bias for finding errors, we will find it to be a coherent, consistent, and relatively easy-to-understand book. Yes, there are difficult passages. Yes, there are verses that appear to contradict each other. We must remember that the Bible was written by approximately 40 different authors over a period of around 1500 years. Each writer wrote with a different style, from a different perspective, to a different audience, for a different purpose. We should expect some minor differences. However, a difference is not a contradiction. It is only an error if there is absolutely no conceivable way the verses or passages can be reconciled. Even if an answer is not available right now, that does not mean an answer does not exist. Many have found a supposed error in the Bible in relation to history or geography only to find out that the Bible is correct once further archaeological evidence is discovered.

http://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-errors.html

The Big Book of Bible Difficulties: Clear and Concise Answers from Genesis to Revelation
By: Norman L. Geisler, Thomas Howe
http://www.christianbook.com/difficulties-clear-concise-answers-genesis-revelation/norman-geisler/9780801071584/pd/071584?event=AFF&p=1011693&

Answer 3

If this book is perfect or if this book should have any errors in it, most humans in sin have eyes and can not see, ears and can not hear, most act on the imaginations and most things commonly seen used and available in there life, how much more an ancient book.
The first six books of the bible are 3519 years old.
NORMAL AVERAGE MAN IS NOT SUPPOSED TO UNDERSTAND THINGS OF GOD.
And if they come in contact with any one of the ELECT Mark 13:27 then he is just as foolish as the book he believes in. The bible is foolishness to the average man.

Answer 4

You must not be really convinced that the Bible is in error or you would not even bother talking about it or be on this site. Something is drawing you to it and you are fighting it. I will pray that you will not be able to get it out of your mind until you make a decision. I pray you make the right one! God bless you richly!

Answer 5

The biggest contradiction is when we deny the gift of John 3:16

Blessings,
David

Answer 6

List of the answers to the alleged contradictions

http://www.contenderministries.org/discrepancies/contradictions.php

Now go read and learn :)

Answer 7

there are no contradictions, you have to understand the whole context of the scriptures in order to interpret them correctly, yet if you desperately want to find contradictions you can make them up>

Answer 8

the bible only contradicts itself when taken out of context.

Answer 9

Please concentrate on moral lessons. You will feel a change in your life. God bless you.