and i need verses with explanations on why the two verses contradict.
2007-01-04 02:22:01 · 17 answers · asked by i totally agree with you!! not 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
or three verses
2007-01-04 02:22:21 · update #1
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 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
4. God is tired and rests Ex 31:17
God is never tired and never rests Is 40:28
5. 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
6. 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
2007-01-04 02:30:13 · answer #1 · answered by ÜFÖ 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The Word of God in its original language (Koine Greek and Hebrew) does not contradict itself. These texts were written under the inspiration of the Spirit of God (II Timothy 3:16) and were perfect.
The big hang-up for a lot of people lies in the translations of Scripture. All translations were translated by humans who were not under the inspiration of the Spirit of God (only the original authors were). This means that the possibility for error greatly increases, and unfortunately errors do exist. The best translation for the English speaking people is the King James Version. It is the version that was translated by the greatest scholars of the 17th century and done so with the greatest of care. This version does have errors, but they only exist in inconsequential information (ie. censuses, certain historical comparisons, etc.); there are no doctrinal contradications with this translation, which is the most important thing!
In other English translations such as the NIV, NKJV, NAS, and others, you will find omitted verses and doctrinal contradictions, primarily due to the fact that most other translations were translated from faulty, or inconsistent, texts that were rejected by scholars hundreds of years ago. So, if the Bible does contradict itself, it is due to the faultiness of mankind, but we do still have God's Word, especially in the KJV.
2007-01-04 02:32:25 · answer #2 · answered by ntcplanters 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All you skeptics do a very nice job mining the websites of other skeptics for alleged contradictions. That would be like a white supremacist consulting the KKK website to see if he was right about black people. For every website that enumerates the so called contradictions in scripture there is another to explain why the skeptics are wrong. Try these:
www.tektonics.org
www.answering-islam.org/bible/contra/index.html
2007-01-04 08:03:55 · answer #3 · answered by Sam H 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its not that difficult to find. Read the parable of the prodigal or lost son. The story is found in Luke 15:11–32 Read the actual words Jesus spoke. Not what someone has told you Jesus meant to say.
It tells of an unconditionally loving father who never judges or thinks of punishing his son in any way. This is the version of God that Jesus sought to teach us about.
This father has no silly ideas of judgment or punishment. Only great joy that we have returned to him.
After you have done this read any of the hundreds of depictions of an angry Judgmental punishing God scattered throughout the bible. They are not difficult to find, they are every where.
Only one of these Gods can be real.
I'm placing my bets on the one Jesus told us about. If I'm wrong, that's OK. I would much rather spend eternity with Jesus where ever he is, than spend a second worshiping The judgmental, punishing sociopath depicted in the old testament and in parts of the new.
love and blessings Don
2007-01-04 02:44:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rev.22:16
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and MORNING STAR.
Isaiah 14:12
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, SON OF THE MORNING! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
2007-01-04 02:33:06 · answer #5 · answered by Reisnoh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the magic of written words, you can take a group of word and put them in a story and 100 people read this story, 60% agree on most of the story now its there job to convince the other 40% to understand the story as they do. So no matter how you read it, it can be for you or against you if you choose
2007-01-04 02:28:18 · answer #6 · answered by man of ape 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They dont contradict. Its the understanding of the individual reading the Bible, who decides that the Bible contradicts.
2007-01-04 02:29:48 · answer #7 · answered by JDJ34 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
There is a good list on the link below... everything from how many animals were in Noah's ark to how long Jesus was in the tomb.
2007-01-04 02:29:31 · answer #8 · answered by Kilroy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The old and the new testament most blatantly contradict each other,
even the Christians know that,
I'm still not sure though why they use OT when Jesus himself contradicts it.
Eye for an Eye should be voided out by Turn the other cheek,
no?
2007-01-04 02:24:59 · answer #9 · answered by janesweetjane 2 · 4⤊ 5⤋
The bible doesn't contradict itself, seeming contradictions are a result of misunderstandings.
2007-01-04 02:26:18 · answer #10 · answered by Other sheep 4 · 2⤊ 4⤋