Where does the Bible contradict itself.. if indeed you think it does?

Question

I have heard that it does. I have read it cover to cover several times, everything taken into context, it never contradict's itself.

Answer 1

Investigation by even the most skeptical will also reveal that there exists NO SINGLE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY that has been shown to prove error, factually or doctrinally, in the Bible. There is lots of speculation and hypotheses, but not a single verifiable fact. If you or anyone should discover one, you will become quite famous. Yet, since recorded history, no one has offered it up and entered their names into the history books. Instead what we have is pseudo-science pandering to the masses, as in the recent John Cameron tomb of Christ debacle.

If you run across what you think is a biblical contradiction, please study the two sites' content below for a comprehensive list of so-called biblical contradictions.

http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/bible.htm#INDEX

Answer 2

(1) Nowhere in the Bible does it say that the Bible is the only source of God's Word.

(2) The first Christians "were persevering in the doctrine of the apostles" (Acts 2:42; 2 Tim 1:14) long before the New Testament was written — and centuries before we knew with certainty which books were part of the New Testament.

(3) The Bible affirms that Christian teaching is "preached" (1 Pet. 1:25), that the Apostles' successors were to teach what they have "heard" (2 Tim. 2:2), and that Christian teaching is passed on both "by word of mouth [and] by letter" (2 Thess. 2:15; 1 Cor. 11:2).

(4) Not everything Christ did and said is recorded in Scripture (Jn. 21:25).

(5) New Testament authors availed themselves of sacred Tradition. For example, Acts 20:35 quotes a saying of Jesus that is not recorded in the Gospels.

(6) Scripture needs an authoritative interpreter (Acts 8:30-31; 2 Pet. 1:20-21, 3:15-16).

(7) Christ left His Church with divine authority to teach in His name (Mt. 16:13-20, 18:18; Lk. 10:16).

(8) The Church will last until the end of time, and the Holy Spirit protects the Church's teaching from corruption (Mt. 16:18, 28:19-20; Jn. 14:16).

(9) The Church — and not the Bible alone — is the "pillar and bulwark of the truth" (1 Tim. 3:15).

(10) The Bible refers to more sources of the Word of God than only Scripture. Jesus Himself is the Word (Jn. 1:1, 14), and in 1 Thess. 2:13, St. Paul's first epistle, he refers to "the Word of God which you heard from us." There St. Paul is clearly referring to oral apostolic teaching.

Source(s):

Catholic

Answer 3

You lie. You have never read the bible cover to cover.

A very basic example is in Genesis 37. Joseph's brothers, after throwing him into a well decide to sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites. At which time they see not Ishmealites, but Midianites passing by. So they pull Joseph out and sell him not to the Midianites, but to the Ishmaelites. Yet when these Ishmaelites arrive in Egypt in verse 36, they are Midianites once again.

Apologist have come up with a dozen absurd rationalizations to justify this twisting logic. Yet there is only one truth behind it all. The story of Joseph was one that was common to both the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah. In one version of the tale Joseph was sold to the Ishmealites. In another version of the tale Joseph was sold to the Midianites.

To the editor that compiled both tales into a single document, each was weighed equally. No changes were made to clarify the story, and we see evidence of both traditions.

However, to many Christians, the idea that the Bible is comprised of multiple documents and multiple authors is just too much to take. They insist that Moses single-handedly wrote the first five books of the Bible, including the passages that detail his own death.

The Bible is full of contradictions. Contradictions that can be explained. Unless you are so delusional that you cannot accept what is completely obviously.

Answer 4

Au Nom De Al Dawa
Salut Hexa Heaxia Et Alehem Al Olya

answer: that the human race is more valuble than "The One and Only Most Beloved Son of the Lord God Almighty, Whose Orders are Obeyed by Gabriel and Michael and all other Angels???
Such a valuble chap is sacrificed for the salvation of mankind which contains GWBII, Khomayni, Manson, Goliath, Pharoh Khabice, Miloshovuch, Ben Ladin, Bundy, Dahmer, Mac Veigh, Khamenei, Mulla Mohamad Omar, Ariel Sharon, Sadam, Rafiqdoost, Karadzich, Child Molestors, Rapists, Kidnappers, Cececeko, Pinoche, Nixon, Jezebel, Ahab, Yazid, Shemr, Hajaj, Ziad, Bin Marjaneh, Omayah, Jack the Ripper, Sokarno, Soharto, and other similar roaches and flies.

That God's Alleged Son is more worthless than Abel's Lamb who was sacrificed fior God, that God Sacrifices him for sons of Cane.

Bye.

Answer 5

Goes to show that you're a liar, and a bad one at that.

There's an enormous contradiction right from the get-go... read Genesis chapters 1 and 2.

When you read the Bible with religious blinders on, under the assumption that everything in it is true, of course you're not going to find any contradictions... you're not actively looking for them.

Do you want a SHORT list? Here.
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/short.html

Answer 6

Did Jesus go to Egypt to escape Herod or didn't he?

Were the children slaughtered or weren't they?

Did the family make the trip to Bethlehem or didn't they?

Were there wise men or just shepherds?

There are thousands more.

Two completely different Nativity stories. If you are honest, you will acknowledge them, or you can be a liar and live in denial.

Answer 7

I've been reading the Bible all my life, and what initially appeared to be contradictions were actually some things I did'nt manage to understand because of my limited knowledge.

After a couple of years of research I clearly understand that there are no contradiction....

Answer 8

You are right, the Bible does not contradict itself. Some take verses out of context..but the Bible is sound.

Answer 9

I think that in its original form, it didn't. Unfortunately, many centuries of edits and translations makes it look like it does.

Answer 10

Then answer me this.

How many children did Mary (the Bible's only validated virgin) bear?