Does the bible contradict itself? What about?

Question

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 dwells in light
Tim 6:16
God dwells in darkness
1 Kings 8:12/ Ps 18:11/ Ps 97:2
4. 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
5. God is tired and rests
Ex 31:17
God is never tired and never rests
Is 40:28
6. 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
7. God knows the hearts of men
Acts 1:24/ Ps 139:2

Answer 1

Yah what about 1. God is the author of evil
Lam 3:38/ Jer 18:11/ Is 45:7/ Amos 3:6/ Ezek 20:25
God is not the author of evil
1 Cor 14:33/ Deut 32:4/ James 1:13
2. God gives freely to those who ask
James 1:5/ Luke 11:10
God withholds his blessings and prevents men from receiving
them
John 12:40/ Josh 11:20/ Is 63:17
3. God is to be found by those who seek him
Matt 7:8/ Prov 8:17
God is not to be found by those who seek him
Prov 1:28
4. God is warlike
Ex 15:3/ Is 51:15
God is peaceful
Rom 15:33/ 1 Cor 14:33
5. God is cruel, unmerciful, destructive, and ferocious
Jer 13:14/ Deut 7:16/ 1 Sam 15:2,3/ 1 Sam 6:19
God is kind, merciful, and good
James 5:11/ Lam 3:33/ 1 Chron 16:34/ Ezek 18:32/ Ps 145:9/
1 Tim 2:4/ 1 John 4:16/ Ps 25:8
6. God's anger is fierce and endures long
Num 32:13/ Num 25:4/ Jer 17:4
God's anger is slow and endures but for a minute
Ps 103:8/ Ps 30:5
7. God commands, approves of, and delights in burnt offerings,
sacrifices ,and holy days
Ex 29:36/ Lev 23:27/ Ex 29:18/ Lev 1:9
God disapproves of and has no pleasure in burnt offerings,
sacrifices, and holy days.
Jer 7:22/ Jer 6:20/ Ps 50:13,4/ Is 1:13,11,12
8. God accepts human sacrifices
2 Sam 21:8,9,14/ Gen 22:2/ Judg 11:30-32,34,38,39
God forbids human sacrifice
Deut 12:30,31
9. God tempts men
Gen 22:1/ 2 Sam 24:1/ Jer 20:7/ Matt 6:13
God tempts no man
James 1:13
10. God cannot lie
Heb 6:18
God lies by proxy; he sends forth lying spirits t deceive
2 Thes 2:11/ 1 Kings 22:23/ Ezek 14:9
11. Because of man's wickedness God destroys him
Gen 6:5,7
Because of man's wickedness God will not destroy him
Gen 8:21
12. God's attributes are revealed in his works.
Rom 1:20
God's attributes cannot be discovered
Job 11:7/ Is 40:28
13. There is but one God
Deut 6:4
There is a plurality of gods
Gen 1:26/ Gen 3:22/ Gen 18:1-3/ 1 John 5:7

Answer 2

The problem is context. I have said I knew all about home automation. I know more about the subject than most I will ever meet, but not everything single thing. Someone taking me out of context would take me for a conceited know-it-all.

The same is true of God's words.
1. God's works are perfect but can be spoiled by man. He will not allow that to be a permanent condition.
2. As a spirit creature, God has no use for man made temples. His spirit is with his people.
3. God is light where no evil or darkness can exist. The clouds in 1Kings 8:12 showed He was with them, His calling card, if you will.
4. God can be seen in His creations and works by those earnestly seeking Him. He is hidden from the haughty and prideful as they want knowledge only if it can enrich them.
5. God doesn't need rest but does rest from one labor to go to another.
6. He can know everything but is not nosy. Simply because you can do something doesn't mean you have too. He gave us free will for a reason.
7. Fortunately, He judges our hearts instead of outward appearances.

Answer 3

It is a Spiritual book... if you take things out of context it does appear contridictory and foolish. There is more wisdom and understanding found in this one book than any that has ever been written. There is a reason why it is the best seller of all time. I hope you find the truth in it with the same dilligence you had to find the "contridictions".

Answer 4

You have a lot of time on your hands! the answer lies within you don't you get it? God made Male and Female in his/her image so what does that tell you?????? THINK! We arrange a room then we get dissatisfied and rearrange it don't we. We get mad then we get happy, Were nice to some and cruel to others all aspects of The Almighty get it? God is perfect because to God perfection is whatever God is and be it angry or happy and we are in that image.

Answer 5

"Phoenix Mortallis" said it best. You can make a contradiction of just about any part of the Bible when you take it out of the context in which it was written.

The Bible holds absolutely no contradictions. It is God's perfect Word.

Answer 6

Only 7? Here's a list containing 388 biblical contradictions

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/by_name.html

Have fun reading

Answer 7

All of these passages are taken out of their contexts. You have to read the whole chapter to understand the passage. Things always change when the situation changes.

Answer 8

For an exhaustive discussion of this topic, read Thomas Paine's "The Age of Reason." However, looking for contradictions is probably just spiritual nit-picking----probably we should just look for the meaning in the stories and parables, and leave it at that.

Answer 9

It depends which bible you're reading. The King James doesn't. It is the readers who doesn't understand how to read is why it seems to contradict.

Answer 10

now if you would only make an effort to read and understand the actual context in which these apparent "contradictions" were stated, you'll come to realize that they're actually not contradictions at all.

~PhoeniX~