How can one convince oneself that there's no contradiction in the Bible without decieving himself/herself?

Answer 1

lie to yourself

Answer 2

The act of trying to "convince oneself" about the Bible is an unhelpful way to grow one's faith.

The unity of the Old and New Testaments is remarkable. Sure, you can go and Google for some Bible contradictions if you like. But if you actually read it with intent to understand, the Bible will blow you away in it's solidarity.

The Bible is a spiritually discerned book. And for those who would refuse or reject that out of hand, they cannot be expected to embrace the Bible. They'll always consider it to be folly.

(As to the argument that the KJV is the only valid translation, that's ridiculous. Though it is a valid and useful translation, there were only 8 manuscripts available when it was translated. There are now over 5000 known manuscripts with less than a .01% variance between them, and these were all scribed by hand! Furthermore, no difference found has any translatory or doctrinal impact.)

Answer 3

I have found many a contradiction in the bible, some I have sorted out by the errors in translation and understanding the context they are written, the contradictions are the main reason there are so many different denominations of Christianity, it would take a really good bible scholar many years to sort them all out, Most ministers only preach the understanding they have been thought by the teachings of there religion and ignore the contradictions misleading many people of the full truth. when they are confronted with a biblical contradiction they have a answer that enforces what they want you to believe and not what the bible says. many things in the bible are backed up in a few places and are only contradicted once.

Answer 4

It's really very simple. Fundies will simply twist the interpretation in question any which way they can to eliminate the contradiction.

Like when Leviticus states that rabbits chew cud.
Rabbits don't chew cud. They do, however, eat their own feces, and there is a perfectly appropriate word in Hebrew and Greek for eating one's own turds, but the bible says "cud."

The fundies' approach to this is to say that to people back in those days, a rabbit would appear to be chewing cud, and since the feces rabbits eat still contain digestable material, which is like cud, it is pretty close.

Of course, even those with the strictest literal interpretation of Genesis, who believe that the earth is 6,000 years old, all animals were created in six literal days, Noah's global flood, and that Jonah lived in the belly of a fish for three days before being vomitted back up on shore will go with the lossest, strangest, metaphoric translations when you paint them into a corner about something like rabbits chewing cud, insects having four legs, or bats being birds.

It's fun to watch them do their logical contortions.

El Chistoso

Answer 5

You have to be totally ignorant of the world around you. Just because some priest or preacher studies the fables for years and years doesn't make them true. Most religious people are just following a confirmation bias. Simple logic destroys the most educated christian. I was a deacon in my church for years and years. It is all a con job. I know all the tactics.

Answer 6

How can you convince yourself that you even exist and that you are not just stuck in some imaginary mindset that resembles the matrix. That is why it is called faith. As long as there is more than one religion, people will do whatever they can to disprove the other(s).

Answer 7

actually convincing oneself is not the right term. the question is, do u have faith? coz if you have, God can empowered you to understand His words through the Holy Spirit (Luke 24:45).

Answer 8

you are trying to convince yourself that a religion based on what was stolen from other religions is true.. that the word of men.. is the word of a god .

if you cannot have faith alone then you are looking in the wrong religion..

blessings be.

Answer 9

I lost my ability to believe in Christianity after reading the bible for myself. I was amazed at all the violence and petulence of jehovah (cursed be his name) and blatant contradictions. I was even MORE amazed at the gymnastics defenders of the bible tried to use defending it.

How do people believe it still even after they have read it?

1.)fear
2.)brainwashing
3.)community in-grouping
4.)lack of critical thought

Answer 10

The Bible is TRUE,,,it,s man that have contradiction,s,and it,s called sin.

Answer 11

Good scholarship!

In Christ
Fr. Joseph