What? Are these Biblical contradictions? No! It CAN'T be! There are none right?

Question

Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord... Wealth and riches shall be in his house...
- Psalms 112:1-3
BUT
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
- Matthew 19:24

I and my father are one.
- John 10:30
BUT
... I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
- John 14:28
[Jesus was the speaker in both of these quotes]

Thou shalt not kill
- Exodus 20:13
BUT
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side... and slay every man his brother...
- Exodus 32:27

God is not a man, that he should lie: neither the son of man, that he should repent.
- Numbers 23:19
BUT
And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
- Exodus 32:14

I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
- Genesis 32:30
BUT
No man hath seen God at any time.
- John 1:18

No condradictions huh?

Whosoever shall say Thou fool, shall be in danger of hellfire.
- Matthew 5:22
BUT
[Jesus said] Ye fools and blind.
- Matthew 23:17

Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign.
- 2 Kings 8:26
BUT
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign.
- 2 Chronicles 22:2

... for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger
forever.
- Jeremiah 3:12
BUT
Ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn forever.
- Jeremiah 17:4

With God all things are possible.
- Matthew 29:26
BUT
And the Lord was with Judah, and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
- Judges 1:19

Those that seek me early shall find me.
- Proverbs 8:17
BUT
Then shall they call upon me but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but shall not find me.
- Proverbs 1:28

Let me guess... ALL of these were taken out of context? If any of you have more than a few working braincells you will see the pattern here. Vague excuses in reply to obvious contradictions. Those that tell themselves there "are none" are only trying to fool themselves.

They need to face reality and quit trying to be "experts" on what God "meant". If God were real, His book would be flawless. If you can't handle the truth of reality, go pray in a closet as scripture suggests rather than trying to convert others to your asinine ways of viewing the world.

Wow, ALL taken out of context, huh? I must be a Nostradamus right? Did I not predict that? Does that mean I am magical and holy? Does it hurt your brain to come up with this nonsense?

Get a clue.

Hmmmm. The Bible must have been changed since I was a little kid. "Thou shalt not KILL" was the original passage. Ever see the Ten Commandments movie? This will prove I am right. It was made back before your Bible was changes to fit your need for "no contradictions". Of course everything depend on which Bible you read.... I am not quoting the "New Age Hip to all you Youngsters and Gang Members!" Bible, so yeah, I guess I could be misquoting if you are citing from that particular book. This brings up another good question... Why would a "perfect" book need revision by our age?

Answer 1

Serious entertainment.

Too bad god didn't anticipate that people would actually read this stuff, right?

Of course, you will be accused of taking things out of context and misinterpreting them.

Which is why anyone can make anything out of the holy scriptures of any faith and why anyone with about one ounce of sense sees that it is all just foolishness.

Answer 2

I suggest you look at the concept of "perfect for its purpose". The bible's purpose is salvation, not to be a history textbook as we understand them today - although there is some history in there - and it was written a long time ago. It was written in a time where toothpaste didn't exist, if a woman had sex before she was married she was stoned, and where Jews were thought to be the only chosen people of God. So it was written using different language, simpler language, so that people could understand it. The Bible was not originally written in English, it was written in a combination of Hebrew and Aramaic. The translators may have interpreted the bible in their own way to go with their own beliefs. For example, if an Athiest translated a version of the bible, it would be much different than what a Jew would translate it to mean. Ultimately, does it really matter if you believe that God and Jesus are the same person, or in the trinity? I think that the most important thing is your relationship with Jesus, and that you try to live a good and moral life according to his word. If you look to find fault, then you might not read things in context. Read the verses around, and perhaps you may find your solution there.

Answer 3

I won't address those apparent contradictions between OT and NT...just OT-OT.

1. thou shalt not kill....actually the word there is murder, not kill. there is a difference. In the latter verse, it is a case where those who were to be killed had committed acts which required they be eliminated from the nation. Whether you agree with that or not...a death sentence handed down by a court, in this case God, is not murder, it's justice. No contradiction.

2. the word translated as 'repent' doesn't mean 'repent' rather it means to reconsider or relent. But you're right, the same root is used in each case, so there is still an apparent contradiction. This is solved by looking at the verses in context. The verse in Exodus comes after God tells Moses that He will wipe out the Israelites and start anew with Moses. Moses argues for Israel and prevails. In the verse in Numbers, God tells Bilaam to bless the Israelites and that He will not relent or reconsider. The difference is that in Exodus God stated He was about to do something destructive and in Numbers, He ordered Bilaam to do something positive. As seen thoughout the prophets, when God states that something bad is going to happen, and the people repent, the bad is averted. However, when God says something good will occur, nothing can change that. Therefore, while the two verses appear to contradict, they do not as they are addressing diametrically opposed situations.

As for the other you cite, I find the NT to be in total contradiction with the OT, therefore citing a few examples means little.

Answer 4

No. 1 - the man who fears God shall be blessed with riches, a rich man who trusts in his riches does not fear God and thus hardly any shall enter the kingdom.

No. 2 - Jesus and his Father are one, in agreement, not one and the same. The Father is greater than the son, even though they agree as one.

No. 3 - Man shall not kill, unless commanded by God to do so, not of his own freewill. It is not a sin if ordered by God in warfare.

No. 4 - the first repent refers to repenting from sin, which God does not do; the second simply means he changed his mind concerning a course of action. Like God did with first saying Moses would see the promised land, then later "breaching" his promise.

No. 5 - It is obvious Jacob did not see God. Man cannot wrestle with God. It was probably an angel. In Genesis chapter 31 the angel of God spoke to Jacob in a dream, and spoke for God, saying I am the God of Bethel. So we know that angels represented God with man.

Answer 5

Wow, all that work putting your little list together, and I can't even count how many people corrected your mistakes. If you had taken half of that time just to try and understand the bible with a willing and open heart, instead of trying to prove false contradictions, you would have been more successful. In your perusal of the bible, did you happen to come across 1 Cor. 2:14?

1 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.

That verse actually states that you won't be able to understand the words that come from God because you don't have the Holy Spirit in you. You have to pray and be willing to accept the Holy Spirit into yourself in order to understand the Bible. Have a good day.

Answer 6

No, dear, its time that you came to the
revelation that you have the Biblical literacy that God gave to a grapefruit.

Your very first "contradiction" isn't one, just like the rest of them. What you do not understand is that in the first verse what is being described are the blessings of God;
what is being described in the second is a person who has wealth from ill-gotten gain.
You cannot take a verse completely out of context without even paying attention to the subject and object of what is being discussed. My God, didn't you learn to
follow subject and object in the 3rd grade
reading class?????
You are getting tripped up terribly by not
following the subject, and you are also getting tripped up by not knowing idioms or figures of speech that are utilized throughout the Scriptures in all three of the languages - Greek, Hebrew, and Chaldee.

If it makes you feel somehow like a wise
person to list these, go right ahead; but I can guarantee you that you are the laughing stock of every single person with any Biblical knowledge and/or knowledge of the languages - I teach in the original languages, from the original manuscripts.
I have spent the better part of the past 36+ years studying them, and none of the silly
ideas of verses you think are contradictions
actually are - in short, here's a little tip for
you:
stop making a damn fool of yourself.

Answer 7

"Thou shalt not kill
- Exodus 20:13
BUT
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side... and slay every man his brother...
- Exodus 32:27


It doesn't say "Thou shall not kill". It says "You shall not murder". These are two different things according to Torah Law.
Murder is the ending of a life without being provoked or threatened. This is not permitted, just like it is not permitted in any society today.
Killing is ending a life because of being in immediate danger of life yourself or that of your family. This is permitted. Just like it is permitted in any society today.
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God is not a man, that he should lie: neither the son of man, that he should repent.
- Numbers 23:19
BUT
And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
- Exodus 32:14


It doesn't say "REPENT" in Numbers 23:19, it says "RELENT".


As for the New Testament ones, I can't answer to those, not being familiar with the New Testament. But way to go on screwing up the quotes from the Torah, idjit. Obviously another job of cut-and-paste from some site that doesn't even bother to check and see if it has quoted correctly. Do you LIKE making yourself look stupid? That's about all you're doing.

EDIT: You're basing your idea that is says Thou Shall not Kill on the movie The Ten Commandments?? That PROVES that it says that?? LOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!

Try the Hebrew, idiot. It says You Shall Not Murder. And the difference between murder and KILL is huge, according to TORAH LAW, which is where the quote comes from IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Answer 8

You obviously have not studied the Bible at all. You need to look at who is speaking and who is being spoken to. You need to realize there are different dispensations and God deals differently in different periods of time. You need to produce an original manuscript for some of them or you are just going on speculation. Different words mean different things in different context. Different Hebrew or Greek words may have the same English equivalent because both have more words than English. You need to recognize that God the Father and Jesus are both God, but one has been seen, the other not. You really don't have any contradictions there at all if you take all factors into consideration.

Answer 9

These are not contradictions. I cannot handle all of them because space is limited. But let me show you a few:

First one (Psalm 112:1-3) says God will bless a person who loves and fears God and he will prosper. But the verse you compare it to (Matthew 19:24) says that a person who considers wealth important will have a hard time finding God.

You see, it is first important to know and honor God, live for him and you will prosper, but if you do the reverse, live for money you can still become wealthy but will not have God.

The second talks about the fact that Jesus and the Father are one, and they are yet they are also distinct different persons. To say that they are one does not contradict the fact that they are separate. I am one with the Lord by being his disciple and accepting him into my heart and putting him first in my life, however I am separate from our Lord. My son is my flesh and blood and we are one in that sense although we are separate individuals.

I will let others explain the rest of them to you. I hope you will understand that they seem to be contradictions to you because you do not understand the meaning and are providing a meaning based solely on your own understanding. However, God tells us that no one can understand without revelation from the Holy Spirit, so I am not at all sure you will be able to understand what I am saying. I just hope so.

Answer 10

Intresting what you mention. Those may seem like contradictions to the unchurched....The Bible is to be understood precept on precept. You also have to understand the customs. You have to have a spiritual mind to discern what it is saying.

The first one you mentioned is the camel metaphor. Wealthy people tend to worship their money and not God. They also tend to rely more on their money. You can be one in unification. United we stand Divided we fall is the same principal. What God repented was the sorry state of affairs people had devolved into. Romans 1 explains what they have become.... Eccleciastes 3 there is a time for war and peace. Everything is to be done decently and in proper order.1st Corinthians 14:40.

Answer 11

Do you think that understanding a book that explains to humankind how to stay right with God is like the instructions on the back of a tube of bakin' fresh biscuits? You quote only one-sentence passages, but every one of those passages has a before and after. You can do the same thing to quotes by Mister Rogers and make him sound like Charles Manson.