Contradictions in the Bible
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Peace to all,
This is a pretty well researched post, I looked up a few to confirm and theyre true. With so many contradictions in the bible how can anyone say it is all truely from God, compared to the Quran which says theres no contradiction in it.
Kurt
Biblical Contradictions
Here is a short and incomplete list of Biblical contradictions which were obtained from postings in internet newsgroups. Unfortunately I did not record who posted them or if they have a web site with a longer and more complete list. If you like this page you might also like Contradictions of the Gospel and this List of Biblical Contradictions at www.infidels.org
If the Bible was divinely inspired, then why would it have so many really obvious contradictions?
Theological doctrines
- God is satisfied with his works
Gen 131
God is dissatisfied with his works.
Gen 66 - God dwells in chosen temples
2 Chron 712,16
God dwells not in temples
Acts 748 - God dwells in light
Tim 616
God dwells in darkness
1 Kings 812/ Ps 1811/ Ps 972 - God is seen and heard
Ex 3323/ Ex 3311/ Gen 39,10/ Gen 3230/ Is 61/
Ex 249-11
God is invisible and cannot be heard
John 118/ John 537/ Ex 3320/ 1 Tim 616 - God is tired and rests
Ex 3117
God is never tired and never rests
Is 4028 - God is everywhere present, sees and knows all things
Prov 153/ Ps 1397-10/ Job 3422,21
God is not everywhere present, neither sees nor knows all
things
Gen 115/ Gen 1820,21/ Gen 38 - God knows the hearts of men
Acts 124/ Ps 1392,3
God tries men to find out what is in their heart
Deut 133/ Deut 82/ Gen 2212 - God is all powerful
Jer 3227/ Matt 1926
God is not all powerful
Judg 119 - God is unchangeable
James 117/ Mal 36/ Ezek 2414/ Num 2319
God is changeable
Gen 66/ Jonah 310/ 1 Sam 230,31/ 2 Kings 201,4,5,6/
Ex 331,3,17,14 - God is just and impartial
Ps 9215/ Gen 1825/ Deut 324/ Rom 211/ Ezek 1825
God is unjust and partial
Gen 925/ Ex 205/ Rom 911-13/ Matt 1312 - God is the author of evil
Lam 338/ Jer 1811/ Is 457/ Amos 36/ Ezek 2025
God is not the author of evil
1 Cor 1433/ Deut 324/ James 113 - God gives freely to those who ask
James 15/ Luke 1110
God withholds his blessings and prevents men from receiving
them
John 1240/ Josh 1120/ Is 6317 - God is to be found by those who seek him
Matt 78/ Prov 817
God is not to be found by those who seek him
Prov 128 - God is warlike
Ex 153/ Is 5115
God is peaceful
Rom 1533/ 1 Cor 1433 - God is cruel, unmerciful, destructive, and ferocious
Jer 1314/ Deut 716/ 1 Sam 152,3/ 1 Sam 619
God is kind, merciful, and good
James 511/ Lam 333/ 1 Chron 1634/ Ezek 1832/ Ps 1459/
1 Tim 24/ 1 John 416/ Ps 258 - God's anger is fierce and endures long
Num 3213/ Num 254/ Jer 174
God's anger is slow and endures but for a minute
Ps 1038/ Ps 305 - God commands, approves of, and delights in burnt offerings,
sacrifices ,and holy days
Ex 2936/ Lev 2327/ Ex 2918/ Lev 19
God disapproves of and has no pleasure in burnt offerings,
sacrifices, and holy days.
Jer 722/ Jer 620/ Ps 5013,4/ Is 113,11,12 - God accepts human sacrifices
2 Sam 218,9,14/ Gen 222/ Judg 1130-32,34,38,39
God forbids human sacrifice
Deut 1230,31 - God tempts men
Gen 221/ 2 Sam 241/ Jer 207/ Matt 613
God tempts no man
James 113 - God cannot lie
Heb 618
God lies by proxy; he sends forth lying spirits t deceive
2 Thes 211/ 1 Kings 2223/ Ezek 149 - Because of man's wickedness God destroys him
Gen 65,7
Because of man's wickedness God will not destroy him
Gen 821 - God's attributes are revealed in his works.
Rom 120
God's attributes cannot be discovered
Job 117/ Is 4028 - There is but one God
Deut 64
There is a plurality of gods
Gen 126/ Gen 322/ Gen 181-3/ 1 John 57
Moral Precepts
- Robbery commanded
Ex 321,22/ Ex 1235,36
Robbery forbidden
Lev 1913/ Ex 2015 - Lying approved and sanctioned
Josh 24-6/ James 225/ Ex 118-20/ 1 Kings 2221,22
Lying forbidden
Ex 2016/ Prov 1222/ Rev 218 - Hatred to the Edomite sanctioned
2 Kings 147,3
Hatred to the Edomite forbidden
Deut 237 - Killing commanded
Ex 3227
Killing forbidden
Ex 2013 - The blood-shedder must die
Gen 95,6
The blood-shedder must not die
Gen 415 - The making of images forbidden
Ex 204
The making of images commanded
Ex 2518,20 - Slavery and oppression ordained
Gen 925/ Lev 2545,46/ Joel 38
Slavery and oppression forbidden
Is 586/ Ex 2221/ Ex 2116/ Matt 2310 - Improvidence enjoyed
Matt 628,31,34/ Luke 630,35/ Luke 123
Improvidence condemned
1 Tim 58/ Prov 1322 - Anger approved
Eph 426
Anger disapproved
Eccl 79/ Prov 2224/ James 120 - Good works to be seen of men
Matt 516
Good works not to be seen of men
Matt 61 - Judging of others forbidden
Matt 71,2
Judging of others approved
1 Cor 62-4/ 1 Cor 512 - Christ taught non-resistance
Matt 539/ Matt 2652
Christ taught and practiced physical resistance
Luke 2236/ John 215 - Christ warned his followers not to fear being killed
Luke 124
Christ himself avoided the Jews for fear of being killed
John 71 - Public prayer sanctioned
1 Kings 822,54, 93
Public prayer disapproved
Matt 65,6 - Importunity in prayer commended
Luke 185,7
Importunity in prayer condemned
Matt 67,8 - The wearing of long hair by men sanctioned
Judg 135/ Num 65
The wearing of long hair by men condemned
1 Cor 1114 - Circumcision instituted
Gen 1710
Circumcision condemned
Gal 52 - The Sabbath instituted
Ex 208
The Sabbath repudiated
Is 113/ Rom 145/ Col 216 - The Sabbath instituted because God rested on the seventh day
Ex 2011
The Sabbath instituted because God brought the Israelites
out of Egypt
Deut 515 - No work to be done on the Sabbath under penalty of death
Ex 3115/ Num 1532,36
Jesus Christ broke the Sabbath and justified his disciples in
the same
John 516/ Matt 121-3,5 - Baptism commanded
Matt 2819
Baptism not commanded
1 Cor 117,14 - Every kind of animal allowed for food.
Gen 93/ 1 Cor 1025/ Rom 1414
Certain kinds of animals prohibited for food.
Deut 147,8 - Taking of oaths sanctioned
Num 302/ Gen 2123-24,31/ Gen 3153/ Heb 613
Taking of oaths forbidden
Matt 534 - Marriage approved
Gen 218/ Gen 128/ Matt 195/ Heb 134
Marriage disapproved
1 Cor 71/ 1 Cor 77,8 - Freedom of divorce permitted
Deut 241/ Deut 2110,11,14
Divorce restricted
Matt 532 - Adultery forbidden
Ex 2014/ Heb 134
Adultery allowed
Num 3118/ Hos 12; 21-3 - Marriage or cohabitation with a sister denounced
Deut 2722/ Lev 2017
Abraham married his sister and God blessed the union
Gen 2011,12/ Gen 1716 - A man may marry his brother's widow
Deut 255
A man may not marry his brother's widow
Lev 2021 - Hatred to kindred enjoined
Luke 1426
Hatred to kindred condemned
Eph 62/ Eph 525,29 - Intoxicating beverages recommended
Prov 316,7/ 1 Tim 523/ Ps 10415
Intoxicating beverages discountenanced
Prov 201/ Prov 2331,32 - It is our duty to obey our rulers, who are God's ministers
and punish evil doers only
Rom 131-3,6
It is not our duty to obey rulers, who sometimes punish the
good and receive unto themselves damnation therefor
Ex 117,20/ Dan 316,18/ Dan 69,7,10/ Acts 426,27/
Mark 1238,39,40/ Luke 2311,24,33,35 - Women's rights denied
Gen 316/ 1 Tim 212/ 1 Cor 1434/ 1 Pet 36
Women's rights affirmed
Judg 44,14,15/ Judg 57/ Acts 218/ Acts 219 - Obedience to masters enjoined
Col 322,23/ 1 Pet 218
Obedience due to God only
Matt 410/ 1 Cor 723/ Matt 2310 - There is an unpardonable sin
Mark 329
There is not unpardonable sin
Acts 1339
Historical Facts
- Man was created after the other animals
Gen 125,26,27
Man was created before the other animals
Gen 218,19 - Seed time and harvest were never to cease
Gen 822
Seed time and harvest did cease for seven years
Gen 4154,56/ Gen 456 - God hardened Pharaoh's heart
Ex 421/ Ed 912
Pharaoh hardened his own heart
Ex 815 - All the cattle and horses in Egypt died
Ex 93,6/ 149
All the horses of Egypt did not die
Ex 149 - Moses feared Pharaoh
Ex 214,15,23; 419
Moses did not fear Pharaoh
Heb 1127 - There died of the plague twenty-four thousand
Num 259
There died of the plague but twenty-three thousand
1 Cor 108 - John the Baptist was Elias
Matt 1114
John the Baptist was not Elias
John 121 - The father of Joseph, Mary's husband was Jacob
Matt 116
The father of Mary's husband was Heli
Luke 323 - The father of Salah was Arphaxad
Gen 1112
The father of Salah was Cainan
Luke 335,36 - There were fourteen generations from Abraham to David
Matt 117
There were but thirteen generations from Abraham to David
Matt 12-6 - There were fourteen generations from the Babylonian captivity
to Christ.
Matt 117
There were but thirteen generations from the Babylonian
captivity to Christ
Matt 112-16 - The infant Christ was taken into Egypt
Matt 214,15,19,21,23
The infant Christ was not taken into Egypt
Luke 222, 39 - Christ was tempted in the wilderness
Mark 112,13
Christ was not tempted in the wilderness
John 21,2 - Christ preached his first sermon on the mount
Matt 51,2
Christ preached his first sermon on the plain
Luke 617,20 - John was in prison when Jesus went into Galilee
Mark 114
John was not in prison when Jesus went into Galilee
John 143/ John 322-24 - Christ's disciples were commanded to go forth with a staff
and sandals
Mark 68,9
Christ's disciples were commanded to go forth with neither
staffs nor sandals.
Matt 109,10 - A woman of Canaan besought Jesus
Matt 1522
It was a Greek woman who besought Him
Mark 726 - Two blind men besought Jesus
Matt 2030
Only one blind man besought Him
Luke 1835,38 - Christ was crucified at the third hour
Mark 1525
Christ was not crucified until the sixth hour
John 1914,15 - The two thieves reviled Christ.
Matt 2744/ Mark 1532
Only one of the thieves reviled Christ
Luke 2339,40 - Satan entered into Judas while at supper
John 1327
Satan entered into him before the supper
Luke 223,4,7 - Judas committed suicide by hanging
Matt 275
Judas did not hang himself, but died another way
Acts 118 - The potter's field was purchased by Judas
Acts 118
The potter's field was purchased by the Chief Priests
Matt 276,7 - There was but one woman who came to the sepulchre
John 201
There were two women who came to the sepulchre
Matt 281 - There were three women who came to the sepulchre
Mark 161
There were more than three women who came to the sepulchre
Luke 2410 - It was at sunrise when they came to the sepulchre
Mark 162
It was some time before sunrise when they came.
John 201 - There were two angels seen by the women at the sepulchre, and
they were standing up.
Luke 244
There was but one angel seen, and he was sitting down.
Matt 282,5 - There were two angels seen within the sepulchre.
John 2011,12
There was but one angel seen within the sepulchre
Mark 165 - Christ was to be three days and three nights in the grave
Matt 1240
Christ was but two days and two nights in the grave
Mark 1525,42,44,45,46; 169> - Holy ghost bestowed at pentecost
Acts 18,5
Holy ghost bestowed before pentecost
John 2022 - The disciples were commanded immediately after the
resurrection to go into Galilee
Matt 2810
The disciples were commanded immediately after the
resurrection to go tarry at Jerusalem
Luke 2449 - Jesus first appeared to the eleven disciples in a room at
Jerusalem
Luke 2433,36,37/ John 2019
Jesus first appeared to the eleven on a mountain in Galilee
Matt 2816,17 - Christ ascended from Mount Olivet
Acts 19,12
Christ ascended from Bethany
Luke 2450,51 - Paul's attendants heard the miraculous voice, and stood
speechless
Acts 97
Paul's attendants heard not the voice and were prostrate
Acts 2614 - Abraham departed to go into Canaan
Gen 125
Abraham went not knowing where
Heb 118 - Abraham had two sons
Gal 422
Abraham had but one son
Heb 1117 - Keturah was Abraham's wife
Gen 251
Keturah was Abraham's concubine
1 Chron 132 - Abraham begat a son when he was a hundred years old, by the
interposition of Providence
Gen 212/ Rom 419/ Heb 1112
Abraham begat six children more after he was a hundred years
old without any interposition of providence
Gen 251,2 - Jacob bought a sepulchre from Hamor
Josh 2432
Abraham bought it of Hamor
Acts 716 - God promised the land of Canaan to Abraham and his seed
forever
Gen 1314,15,17; 178
Abraham and his seed never received the promised land
Acts 75/ Heb 119,13 - Goliath was slain by Elhanan
2 Sam 2119 *note, was changed in translation to be
correct. Original manuscript was incorrect>
The brother of Goliath was slain by Elhanan
1 Chron 205 - Ahaziah began to reign in the twelfth year of Joram
2 Kings 825
Ahaziah began to reign in the eleventh year of Joram
2 Kings 929 - Michal had no child
2 Sam 623
Michal had five children
2 Sam 218 - David was tempted by the Lord to number Israel
2 Sam 241
David was tempted by Satan to number the people
1 Chron 211 - The number of fighting men of Israel was 800,000; and of
Judah 500,000
2 Sam 249
The number of fighting men of Israel was 1,100,000; and of
Judah 470,000
1 Chron 215 - David sinned in numbering the people
2 Sam 2410
David never sinned, except in the matter of Uriah
1 Kings 155 - One of the penalties of David's sin was seven years of
famine.
2 Sam 2413
It was not seven years, but three years of famine
1 Chron 2111,12 - David took seven hundred horsemen
2 Sam 84
David took seven thousand horsemen
1 Chron 184 - David bought a threshing floor for fifty shekels of silver
2 Sam 2424
David bought the threshing floor for six hundred shekels of
gold
1 Chron 2125 - David's throne was to endure forever.
Ps 8935-37
David's throne was cast down
Ps 8944
Speculative Doctrines
- Christ is equal with God
John 1030/ Phil 25
Christ is not equal with God
John 1428/ Matt 2436 - Jesus was all-powerful
Matt 2818/ John 335
Jesus was not all-powerful
Mark 65 - The law was superseded by the Christian dispensation
Luke 1616/ Eph 215/ Rom 76
The law was not superseded by the Christian dispensation
Matt 517-19 - Christ's mission was peace
Luke 213,14
Christ's mission was not peace
Matt 1034 - Christ received not testimony from man
John 533,34
Christ did receive testimony from man
John 1527 - Christ's witness of himself is true.
John 818,14
Christ's witness of himself is not true.
John 531 - Christ laid down his life for his friends
John 1513/ John 1011
Christ laid down his life for his enemies
Rom 510 - It was lawful for the Jews to put Christ to death
John 197
It was not lawful for the Jews to put Christ to death
John 1831 - Children are punished for the sins of the parents
Ex 205
Children are not punished for the sins of the parents
Ezek 1820 - Man is justified by faith alone
Rom 320/ Gal 216/ Gal 311,12/ Rom 42
Man is not justified by faith alone
James 221,24/ Rom 213 - It is impossible to fall from grace
John 1028/ Rom 838,39
It is possible to fall from grace
Ezek 1824/ Heb 64-6, 2 Pet 220,21 - No man is without sin
1 Kings 846/ Prov 209/ Eccl 720/ Rom 310
Christians are sinless
1 John 3 9,6,8 - There is to be a resurrection of the dead
1 Cor 1552/ Rev 2012,13/ Luke 2037/ 1 Cor 1516
There is to be no resurrection of the dead
Job 79/ Eccl 95/ Is 2614 - Reward and punishment to be bestowed in this world
Prov 1131
Reward and punishment to be bestowed in the next world
Rev 2012/ Matt 1627/ 2 Cor 510 - Annihilation the portion of all mankind
Job 3 11,13-17,19-22/ Eccl 95,10/ Eccl 319,20
Endless misery the portion of all mankind
Matt 2546/ Rev 2010,15/ Rev 1411/ Dan 122 - The Earth is to be destroyed
2 Pet 310/ Heb 111/ Rev 2011
The Earth is never to be destroyed
Ps 1045/ Eccl 14 - No evil shall happen to the godly
Prov 1221/ 1 Pet 313
Evil does happen to the godly
Heb 126/ Job 23,7 - Worldly good and prosperity are the lot of the godly
Prov 1221/ Ps 3728,32,33,37/ Ps 11,3/ Gen 392/
Job 4212
Worldly misery and destitution the lot of the godly
Heb 1137,38/ Rev 714/ 2 Tim 312/ Luke 2117 - Worldly prosperity a reward of righteousness and a blessing
Mark 1029,30/ Ps 3725/ Ps 1121,3/ Job 2223,24/
Prov 156
Worldly prosperity a curse and a bar to future reward
Luke 620,24/ Matt 619,21/ Luke 1622/ Matt 1924/
Luke 624 - The Christian yoke is easy
Matt 1128,29,30
The Christian yoke is not easy
John 1633/ 2 Tim 312/ Heb 126,8 - The fruit of God's spirit is love and gentleness
Gal 522
The fruit of God's spirit is vengeance and fury
Judg 1514/ 1 Sam 1810,11 - Longevity enjoyed by the wicked
Job 217,8/ Ps 1714/ Eccl 812/ Is 6520
Longevity denied to the wicked
Eccl 813/ Ps 5523/ Prov 1027/ Job 3614/ Eccl 717 - Poverty a blessing
Luke 620,24/ Jams 25
Riches a blessing
Prov 1015/ Job 2223,24/ Job 4212
Neither poverty nor riches a blessing
Prov 308,9 - Wisdom a source of enjoyment
Prov 313,17
Wisdom a source of vexation, grief and sorrow
Eccl 117,18 - A good name is a blessing
Eccl 71/ Prov 221
A good name is a curse
Luke 626 - Laughter commended
Eccl 31,4/ Eccl 815
Laughter condemned
Luke 625/ Eccl 73,4 - The rod of correction a remedy for foolishness
Prov 2215
There is no remedy for foolishness
Prov 2722 - A fool should be answered according to his folly
Prov 265
A fool should not be answered according to his folly
Prov 264 - Temptation to be desired
James 12
Temptation not to be desired
Matt 613 - Prophecy is sure
2 Pet 119
Prophecy is not sure
Jer 187-10 - Man's life was to be one hundred and twenty years
Gen 63/ Ps 9010
Man's life is but seventy years
Ps 9010 - The fear of man was to be upon every beast
Gen 92
The fear of man is not upon the lion
Prov 3030 - Miracles a proof of divine mission
Matt 112-5/ John 32/ Ex 1431
Miracles not a proof of divine mission
Ex 710-12/ Deut 131-3/ Luke 1119 - Moses was a very meek man
Num 123
Moses was a very cruel man
Num 3115,17 - Elijah went up to heaven
2 Kings 211
None but Christ ever ascended into heaven
John 313 - All scripture is inspired
2 Tim 316
Some scripture is not inspired
1 Cor 76/ 1 Cor 712/ 2 Cor 1117
Think not that I come to send peace on earth I came not to send
peace, but a sword.- Matthew 1034
... all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
- Matthew 2652
For wrath killeth the foolish man...
- Job 52
... let not the sun go down on your wrath.
- Ephesians 426
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, even the Son of man which
is in heaven.- John 313
... and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
- 2 Kings 211
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
- John 531
I am one that bear witness of myself...
- John 818
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children...
- Proverbs 1322
Sell that ye have and give alms...
- Luke 1233
Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord... Wealth and riches
shall be in his house...- Psalms 1121-3
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 1924
I and my father are one.
- John 1030
... I go unto the Father for my Father is greater than I.
- John 1428
Thou shalt not kill
- Exodus 2013
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his
side... and slay every man his brother...- Exodus 3227
Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy.
- Exodus 208
The new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot
away with it is iniquity.- Isaiah 322
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness
of anything that is in heaven... earth... water.- Leviticus 2611
And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt
thou make them.- Exodus 2518
For by grace are ye saved through faith... not of works.
- Ephesians 28-9
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by
faith only.- James 224
God is not a man, that he should lie neither the son of man,
that he should repent.- Numbers 2319
And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his
people.- Exodus 3214
... the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall
hear his voice, and come forth...- John 528-29
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away so he that goeth
down to the grave shall come up no more.- Job 79
... thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth,
hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for
wound, stripe for stripe.- Exodus 2123-25
... resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right
cheek, turn to him the other also.- Matthew 539
Honor thy father and mother.
- Exodus 2012
If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and
wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own
life also, he cannot be my disciple.- Luke 1426
Lay not up for yourself treasures upon the earth...
- Matthew 619
In the house of the righteous is much treasure...
- Proverbs 156
I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
- Genesis 3230
No man hath seen God at any time.
- John 118
The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
- Ezekiel 1820
... I the lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth
generation.- Exodus 205
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth
understanding.- Proverbs 313
For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.- Ecclesiastes 118
The Lord is good to all.
- Psalm 1456
I make peace and create evil. I the Lord do all these things.
- Isaiah 457
Whosoever shall say Thou fool, shall be in danger of hellfire.
- Matthew 522
Ye fools and blind.
- Matthew 2317
For all have sinned.
- Romans 323
There was a man... whose name was Job; and that man was perfect
and upright.- Job 11
Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign.
- 2 Kings 826
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign.
- 2 Chronicles 222
If a man vow a vow unto the Lord or swear an oath... he shall do
according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.- Numbers 302
But I say unto you, swear not at all; neither by heaven... nor by
earth.- Matthew 534-35
... the earth abideth forever.
- Ecclesiastes 14
... the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and
the works that are therein shall be burned up.- 2 Peter 310
... for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger
forever.- Jeremiah 312
Ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn forever.
- Jeremiah 174
... God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man.
- James 113
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt
Abraham.- Genesis 221
And God saw everything that he made, and behold it was very good.
- Genesis 131
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on earth, and it
grieved him at his heart- Genesis 66
For now have I chosen and sanctified this house that my name be
there forever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there
perpetually.- II Chronicles 716
Howbeit the most high dwelleth not in temples made with hands.
- Acts 748
in the light which no man can approach unto.
- I Timothy 616
The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- I Kings 812
And the Lord called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid.- Genesis 39,10
Ye hath neither heard his voice, at any time, nor seen his shape.
- John 537
Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the
elders of Israel. And they saw the God of Israel... They saw
God, and did eat and drink.- Exodus 24 9-11
Whom no man hath seen nor can see.
- I Timothy 616
With God all things are possible.
- Matthew 2926
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 119
God is not the author of confusion.
- I Corinthians 2433
Out of the mouth of the most high proceedeth not evil and good?
- Lamentations 338
Those that seek me early shall find me.
- Proverbs 817
Then shall they call upon me but I will not answer; they shall
seek me early, but shall not find me.- Proverbs 128
On the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of
atonement; it shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall
afflict your souls and offer an offering made by fire unto the
Lord.- Leviticus 2327
For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day
that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt
offering or sacrifices.- Jeremiah 722
And the priest shall burn all on the altar to be a burnt
sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the
Lord.- Leviticus 19
Your burnt offering are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet
unto me.- Jeremiah 720
God is not a man, that he should lie
- Numbers 2319
And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the
Lord have deceived that prophet.- Ezekiel 249
There is none other God but one.
- I Corinthians 84
And God said, Let us make man in our image.
- Genesis 126
When ye go, ye shall not go empty; but every woman shall borrow
of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels
of silver and jewels of gold, and raiment; and ye shall put them
on your sons and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the
Egyptians.- Exodus 321,22
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, nether rob him.
- Leviticus 1913
At the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of
man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.- Genesis 45,6
And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should
kill him.- Genesis 415
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not,
neither do they spin... if God so clothe the grass of the
field... shall he not much more clothe you? Therefore, take no
thought, saying what shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or
wherewithal shall we be clothed?... Take, therefore, no thought
for the morrow.- Matthew 628, 30-34
But if any provideth not for his own, especially for those of his
own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an
infidel.- I Timothy 58
Be ye angry and sin not.
- Ephesians 426
Be not hasty in they spirit to be angry; for anger resideth in
the bosom of fools.- Ecclesiastes 79
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good
works.- Matthew 516
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of
them.- Matthew 61
And Solomon stood before the alter of the Lord, in the presence
of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands
toward heaven...- I Kings 722
When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are; for
they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners
of the streets, that they may be seen of men...- Matthew 65
And no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a
Nazarite unto God from the womb.- Judges 85
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man hath long
hair, it is a shame unto him?- I Corinthians 614
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
- Exodus 208
One man esteemeth one day above another; another esteemeth every
day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.- Romans 145
For in the six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the
Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.- Exodus 2011
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and
that the Lord thy God brought the out thence through a mighty
hand and by a stretched-out arm; therefore the Lord thy God
commanded the to keep the Sabbath day.- Deuteronomy 515
There is nothing unclean of itself.
- Romans 1414
Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel and the hare, and the coney; for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, therefore they are unclean unto you. And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass.
- Deuteronomy 147,8
Cursed is he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother.
- Deuteronomy 2722
And Abraham said... She is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
- Genesis 2011,12
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger; her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife.
- Deuteronomy 255
If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing... they shall be childless.
- Leviticus 2021
He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness.
- Mark 329
And by him that believe are justified from all things.
- Acts 1339
is Elias which was for to come.
- Matthew 1114
And they asked him, what then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not.
- John 121
Now, after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee,
preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God.- Mark 114
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea... and John was also baptizing Enon... for John was not yet cast into prison.
- John 322-24
And it was in the third hour, and they crucified him.
- Mark 253-4
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour; and he saith unto the Jews, behold your king... Shall I crucify your king?
- John 1914-15
They gave him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall.
- Matthew 2734
And they gave him to drink, wine mingled with myrrh.
- Mark 1523
And the men which journeyed with stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
- Acts 97
And they that were with me saw indeed the light and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.<
- God is satisfied with his works
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Peace,
Wow,
I had no clue there were so many!This is exactly what I was thinking... wow Plus, with this passage initially calling this list "short and incomplete", it is literally shocking...
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That is why there is a topic of interest called "Bible Errancy". Christians dismiss all of these contradictions, give you long and winding answers then voila, harmonized!! Or they will tell you that it is you who is corrupted and not the bible.
If we could easily point out bible contradictions, we must always be also ready because they have their own set of "Quran contradictions".
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That is why there is a topic of interest called "Bible Errancy". Christians dismiss all of these contradictions, give you long and winding answers then voila, harmonized!! Or they will tell you that it is you who is corrupted and not the bible.
If we could easily point out bible contradictions, we must always be also ready because they have their own set of "Quran contradictions".
The problem is that the Biblical verses he quotes does not tell us anything about the context of these verses. Like he said that the Bible say eye for an eye yet says to turn the other cheek. The Koran says the exact same thing. It says eye for an eye but it encourages pardon.
Another thing is that he quotes from different books of the Bible without taking into account that these events are seperated from each other sometimes by thousands of years and cirumstances change during all this time.
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Most of these contradictions probably have been refuted, I remember going to a site that suppose refute them when I was a christian but regardless, some of the contradictions do stand and I have even seen theologians admit that there are contradictions in the bible. I will try to find quotes
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http//reluctant-messenger.com/biblical-corruption.htm
A few excerpts from the website
Prof. Eberhard Nestle himself who warned us in his Einfhrung in die Textkritik des griechischen Testaments "Learned men, so called Correctores were, following the church meeting at Nicea 325 AD, selected by the church authorities to scrutinize the sacred texts and rewrite them in order to correct their meaning in accordance with the views which the church had just sanctioned."
Prof. Bart D. Ehrman in his book, The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture, where he warns us that "...theological disputes, specifically disputes over Christology, prompted Christian scribes to alter the words of scripture in order to make them more serviceable for the polemical task. Scribes modified their manuscripts to make them more patently ?orthodox? and less susceptible to ?abuse? by the opponents of orthodoxy"
In his book The Text of the New Testament, Dr. Vincent Taylor writes that "The manuscripts of the New Testament preserve traces of two kinds of dogmatic alterations those which involve the elimination or alteration of what was regarded as doctrinally unacceptable or inconvenient, and those which introduce into the Scriptures proof for a favorite theological tenet or practice".
Celsus, the second century Epicurean philosopher, who alleged that "Certain Christians, like men who are overcome by the fumes of wine and care not in the least what they say, alter the original text of the Gospels so that they admit of various and almost indefinite readings. And this, I suppose, they have done out of worldly policy, so that when we press an argument home, they might have the more scope for their pitiful evasions".
To which allegation the third century Church Father Origen replied "Besides, it is not at all fair to bring this charge against the Christian religion as a crime unworthy of its pretended purity; only those persons who were concerned in the fraud should, in equity, be held answerable for it" (Origen, Contra Celsus).
What we see is that the words of Origen -- which were composed in the third century when he was commissioned by the church to answer the allegations of Celsus that were written in the second century -- is an acknowledgement that there "are some who corrupt the Gospel histories, and who introduce heresies opposed to the meaning of the doctrine of Jesus".
Irenaeus said of those he called heretics that they "certainly recognize the Scriptures; but they pervert the interpretations" (Adv. Haer. III.12).
Dean John W. Burgon, one of the most respected of scholars, is cited by Dr. David O. Fuller in his book WHICH BIBLE?, when he wrote in reference to Codexes B, Aleph, D, and L "I insist and am prepared to prove that the text of these two Codexes (B and Aleph) is very nearly the foulest in existence" (Pp. 126-127); and "That they exhibit fabricated texts is demonstratable? B and Aleph are covered all over with blots -- Aleph even more than B.... We suspect that these two manuscripts are indebted for their preservation, SOLELY TO THEIR ASCERTAINED EVIL CHARACTER" (Pg. 93, 12. Burgon then goes on further and states "No amount of honest copying -- persevered in for any number of centuries -- could possibility have resulted in two such documents" (Pg. 93). Burgon also said "By far the most depraved text is that exhibited by CODEX D" (Pg. 93).
"inconsistencies were probably produced by subsequent editing in which homogeneous materials were added to a shorter original" (THE NEW AMERICAN BIBLE, p. xxxvii).
Under the title of Bible in the Church, the Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics writes "In the first two centuries nearly all the various readings of the New Testament came into existence, the majority of them by deliberate alteration of the text, many for the sake of style, and several in the interests of dogma? Often readings were rejected as falsifications of heretics, but often the heretics were right in their counter-complaint? Every province, every order, every monastery, has a tradition of its own?"
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"The NT writings did not become canonical because they were believed to be uniquely inspired; rather, they were judged to be inspired because they had previously commended themselves to the church for other, more particular and practical reasons."
Interesting.