think their are contradictions in the bible?

Question

i think i can prove there are none. please give me what appear to be contradictions i would like to study up on them.

One of Adam’s sons was Cain, and one of Adam’s daughters must have become Cain’s wife. At that time in human history when humans still had outstanding physical health and vitality, as indicated by the length of their lives, the likelihood of passing on defects as a result of marrying a close relative was not great. After some 2,500 years of human history, however, when mankind’s physical condition had greatly deteriorated, God gave to Israel laws forbidding incest

However, some insist that the “Old Testament” God underwent a personality change in the “New Testament.” ‘Jesus’ teachings focused on love,’ they say.—Matthew 5:39, 44, 45.

Yet, the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. came as a judgment from God, even as Jesus foretold. (Matthew 23:37, 38; 24:2) Further, unrighteous individuals such as Ananias, Sapphira, and Herod were put to death. God had not changed. (Acts 5:1-11; 12:21-23; Malachi 3:6) Nor were Jesus’ teachings about love a new development. Much earlier, the Mosaic Law had commanded: “You must love your fellow as yourself.” (Leviticus 19:18) Jesus’ teachings about self-sacrificing love, though, went further than this command. (John 13:34) Remember, too, that he also pronounced strong denunciations on hypocritical religious leaders. Read all of Matthew chapter 23 for yourself and see how powerfully Jesus denounced such ones.

Matthew 8:5 says that “an army officer came to [Jesus], entreating him” to cure a manservant. At Luke 7:3, we read that the officer “sent forth older men of the Jews to [Jesus] to ask him to come and bring [the] slave safely through.” The officer sent the elders as his representatives. Matthew says that the army officer himself entreated Jesus because the man made his request through the elders, who served as his mouthpiece.

Sometimes the Bible writers wrote about the same event from different viewpoints, or they presented their accounts in different ways. When these differences are taken into consideration, further apparent contradictions are easy to resolve. An example of this is in Numbers 35:14, where Moses speaks of the territory east of the Jordan as “on this side of the Jordan.” Joshua, however, speaking of land to the east of the Jordan, called it “the other side of the Jordan.” (Joshua 22:4) Which is correct?

16 In fact, both are correct. According to the account in Numbers, the Israelites had not yet crossed the Jordan River into the Promised Land, so to them east of the Jordan was “this side.” But Joshua had already crossed the Jordan. He was now, physically, west of the river, in the land of Canaan. So east of the Jordan was, for him, “the other side.”

i dont want to read a long list of contradictions that people are not familiar with anyway. give me specific well known examples.

good grief sandra b give it a rest. you believe in the trinity obviously the bible would contradict. get it through your head thats a lie and maybe you'll make some sense.

Answer 1

They have a list but all are easy to explain all it take is some research.Poeple are biblicaly illiterate.

Answer 2

Goliath was slain by Elhanan [2 Sam 21:19]
note: was changed in translation to be correct -- original manuscript was incorrect.
The brother of Goliath was slain by Elhanan [1 Chron 20:5]

> Answer : As conceded, the verse in 2 Sam was probably due to a copyist's mistake.
> Question: Original manuscript was INCORRECT? And you have the authority to CHANGE the original manuscript?

One of the penalties of David's sin was seven years of famine [2 Sam 24:13]
It was not seven years, but three years of famine [1 Chron 21:11,12]

> Answer: This could definitely be a copyist's error.

David took seven hundred horsemen [2 Sam 8:4]
David took seven thousand horsemen [1 Chron 18:4]

> Answer: This could be another copyist's error.

So there are 3 copyist's error. Should there be more? Well, are you going to CHANGE the original manuscript?

Answer 3

Well, yes, if you're talking Old Testament / New Testament , there are contradictions. How about the old standard An eye for an eye , vs. Turn the other cheek ? Another big one in my mind would be God asked Noah to build an ark, then destroyed all the evil people with rains and floods. yet, years later, his son died with criminals on the cross, and many citizens voting Barbarous out of prison instead of Jesus, and God didn't smite anyone. So on one hand, he's punitively punishing evil people, on the other he's letting his son die on the cross. Doesn't sound right, does it? I thought God was about love, forgiving, giving second chances, yet with Noah and Moses, he brought down His wrath on people in some instances, yet not in others. Explain that to me. :)

Answer 4

BTW, it is "there are"

Here is a list of 384. Good luck.

EDIT

Dude, justifying incest is GROSS!

In addition, with the total lack of genetic diversity in the first generation, it is even MORE likely that the off spring of brother and sister would have complications.

EDIT 2

Hey, you are the one that asked for contradictions. It isn't my fault that the list is long. Bible contradictions start on the first page. Your answer to the question "where did Cain get his wife" was INCEST! And you seem to be okay with that (which is even more disturbing).

You have failed to answer your hand picked few. You will not be equal to the task of eliminating the contradictions.

Answer 5

At Jesus's trial before Pilate, Matthew claims that Jesus was silent, and never uttered a word in his defense. John and Timothy claim that Jesus spoke long and loud at the trial.

Every but John claims that several women (they disagree on the actual names) watched the crucifixion from a distance. John claims that the women stood at the foot of the Cross (not only contradictory to the other gospels, but historically impossible, since Roman law strictly forbade anyone approaching a crucifixion).

Answer 6

The first answer, by Sandra B. is right on! How could I have never noticed it before? I researched on Google for "Contradiction in the Lord's Prayer" and found lots of stuff but nothing which makes Sandra's point.

Either God is infallible or he isn't; you really can't have it both ways. If you believe that God is perfect then, as Sandra pointed out, you have to reject the doctrine of free will. The Holy Bible is God's divinely inspired word. Jesus was God in the flesh. The Lord's Prayer was created and spoken by Jesus . . . which is to say, by God. Therefor, every word of the Lord's Prayer is absolutely perfect and infallible. Jesus plainly states that we should pray to have God, "lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil". It's embarrassing to have never noticed that before.

"Thy will be done. On earth as it is in heaven."

That's another, similar, contradiction in the same prayer!! It's even more alarming given that this is in the New Testament . . . Jesus' new covenant. Jesus clearly sees God (Jesus sees Himself?) as an intervening God.

Given the God described in Jesus' own words, free will and human reality itself is an illusion. We're just passing time in our preassigned roles waiting for "Thy kingdom come".

So, if you look at it, God created the universe and us and controls every aspect of it -- including us. Therefor, God made us what we, the way we are, then took the form of human flesh, taught us the Lord's Prayer, and had Himself crucified to save us from our sins. But without free will, it's all a sham. There was nothing to save us from. We are exactly as God intends!

Wow. Pretty deep, Sandra . . . you get my vote.

Answer 7

God gave Moses and the children of Israel a commandment not to kill and then when they approached Jericho, told them to kill everyone there except those in the house of Rehab the prostitute. Was God confused?

There are two accounts of the creation of humans in Genesis. In one, woman is created after all of creation and the first Sabbath. In the other "male and female created he them" at the same time. How can they both be the infallible word of God?

Answer 8

Get a book (a tome, really) called "The Encyclopedia of Biblical Errancy" by Dennis McKinsey, and take the time to wrestle with it. I am not going to bother with the kind of shallow, flip rationalizations I always see from Bibliolators. Even those who've read their Josh McDowell books. They think he's so great, but I can make mincemeat out of McDowell.

Answer 9

The biggest contradiction of all, in the old testament god is an angry, vengeful god that will smite you for the smallest screw up. In the new testament, god (god on earth, i.e. jesus) is compassionate and kind and hangs out with sinners instead of smiting them. What, did god just totally change his mind and say, 'i've really been being a dick, im gonna be nicer now'?

Answer 10

if I thought you would objectively do it, i would be game, but i have yet to meet a christian that does not offer some kind of Orwellian, bizarro world explanations as to why something is not a contradiction. Or worse, they offer their interpretation with no backing. When all else fails, they offer the God is mysterious and we don't understand line. No thanks..two points

Answer 11

OK. Let's see your proof...

"Click on the contradictions button. There are enough there to sink a battle ship." Yes, but the apologists' heads are many times thicker than the BBs' belts of armour.