Contradictions In Bible? Is it true????

Malaysia
March 18, 2008 3:16pm CST
##########(:)FOR EXAMPLES.... #1.Who is the father of Joseph? MAT 1:16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. (OR) LUK 3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli. #2.How many stalls and horsemen? KI1 4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. (OR) CH2 9:25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. #3.Years of famine...... II SAMUEL 24:13: So God came to David, and told him, and said unto him, shall SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE come unto thee in thy land? or will thou flee three months before hine enemies, while they pursue. thee? (OR) I CHRONICLES 21:11: SO God came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee. Either THREE YEARS OF FAMINE or three months to be destryed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; #4.Judas died how? "And he cast down the pieces of silver into the temple and departed, and went out and hanged himself." (Matt. 27:5) (OR) "And falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all of his bowels gushed out." (Acts 1:18) #5.Who bears guilt? GAL 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. (OR) GAL 6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden. #6.How many children did Michal, the daughter of Saul, have? SA2 6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter Saul had no child unto the day of her death. (OR) SA2 21:8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: #7.How old was Jehoiachin when he began to reign? KI2 24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. (OR) CH2 36:9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. #8.The number of beasts in the ark...... GEN 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. (OR) GEN 7:8 Of clean beasts and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, GEN 7:9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. #9.War or Peace? EXO 15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. (OR) ROM 15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. #10.Did those with Saul/Paul at his conversion hear a voice? ACT 9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. (OR) ACT 22:9 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. #AND MANY MORE!!!! ===================================================== From A List of Biblical Contradictions (1992) Jim Meritt ===================================================== +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PLEASE, NO ABUSE! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BUT ANY CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ So what do u think? 1.That is to be taken metaphorically? 2.It has to be understood in context? 3.There was just a copying/writing error? 4.That is a miracle? 5.God works in mysterious ways? (Jim Meritt) Note; verses taken from The King James version of the Bible. thank u
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
18 Mar 08
There are many contradictions in the bible and it doesn't take much to find them. Yes some could be explained away by being copy errors or translation errors from over the years. Others can be said to be due to different writers and they were human so made mistakes. One doesn't know and we might never know. For those who believe what is there it's the belief that is important. Just like any book one has to look at it's sources and determine for themselves what to make of it. Should we take it all word for word? I don't know. I wouldn't but I know some do. I think it can be a valuable tool to teach lessons and guidelines but I don't think it's the only one out there either. Of course the contradictions could be there on purpose. It could be God's way or who ever wrote them to make us think. To make humanity wonder and to question. After all as humans we were given a brain that is curious and is designed for higher abilities. Perhaps the bible is just a way to get us to use those abilities.
• Malaysia
21 Mar 08
thanks for the comment ereraldise, i like when u said that we were given brain to think. yes, u r right, thats why i think that Jesus was a mortal prophet. Among the contradictions, there's contradiction about whether Jesus was a mortal prophet or a God. We cannot accept both or else we are deluded, that must be one fact and another was a fiction. But there's more verses that stated Jesus as a mortal prophet, and the idea about his divinity, which invented later was irrelevant and comparing the verses might help us to use our brain wisely to decide whether Jesus was a prophet or son of God. Whatever you believe, thanks again for the comment.
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
27 Mar 08
I have no clear knowledge as to whether Jesus was just a prophet or if he was the son of a god. I think what is more important are the messages he tried to give us. The knowledge he shared and the teachings he left us. The rest I think is up to our interpretation.
@the_ruler (1442)
• Turkey
20 Mar 08
Since Bible is considered as a holy book by the Christian people, it is also a fact that a lot of human touch has been made to it. I am a muslim and our belief also mentions about the belief of christian people. God (Allah) says that Jesus was sent to this world by the mothership of Maria and there is no father. It is just to show that Allah is able to do anything by saying "happen". In Quran it strongly mentions that "Don't be one of the people who consider Allah as the father of him" (my english translation might have some different words from the original). Quran mentions that Jesus was a prophet. He was the prophet before Mohammad. Also says that Jesus told the first christians about Mohammad. (He was told by Allah) Jesus was NOT a son of God, but a man just like all of us. (and all other prophets were men like all of us, the only difference was their patience, belief and being very good hearted people) In addition, Gabriel is an angel in our belief. Nothing more, nothing less. Gabriel is the angel which sends messages from god to the prophet. All of the prophets have recieved some messages via Gabriel or in their dreams. All the prayers should be for God, not jesus nor gabriel because they are all created by God's will. They don't have the will to make stuff real for you but God does. And the Pope. Pope doesn't speak to god because only prophets do(If he says he speaks, I am not sure though). Additionally, nobody can confess your sins. Nobody has a will strong enough to do that, only Allah. So you should pray to God and mention you are sorry and regretful. If you are sincere enough, God will accept this. Nobody can stand between the man and the god. This tie is so special. Why did I tell all these things? Because I am learnt that Bible has changed a lot since the original. In addition, the first bible was out 200 years later of the time when God took Jesus to his place. That means the men had an important role on the writings on it. In addition, you already should have heard the things in the middle age. How the aristocracy used religion for their own advantage is widely known and couldn't have they changed a little as they liked? I think Quran is more up to date when compared to Bible but I can't say Quran is never changed by human. The Islam religion was under rule of the people who killed grandsons of Mohammad(sav). So, I think they might have effected the origins of Islam. As an Alavi muslim I believe that way. Alavi Muslims are a little percentage of all Muslims and Sunni Muslims are the most. They are usually trying to keep us silent about the facts.
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• Malaysia
22 Mar 08
the_ruler, thanks for your comments, and its true that Jesus was a mortal prophet and the Holy Spirit was the angel Gabriel. And thanks again for introducing your Alevi Islamic to me. I know about it already ;) And about the history of Quran, "After the demise of the Holy Prophet, the first Caliph Hadhrat Abu Bakr (PBUH) assembled all the Huffaz and the written records of the Holy Quran and with their help had the whole text written in Book form. In the time of Hadhrat Uthman (PBUH) copies of this original version were made and officially dispatched to the Capitals of the Islamic World. Two of these copies exist in the world today, one in Istanbul and the other in Tashkent." As far as i know, there's no contradiction in the current Holy Quran. Though there's claims about some (hehe,bit of) contradictions by Christian side, but its proved that thats was their lies by using different translations and order of verses to confuse people. In contrast, there's tons of clear contradictions in the Bible, found by Christian, Atheist, and Muslim scholars. Thanks again for your ur comment, with best regards.
• United States
20 Mar 08
You do know that the king james version was rewritten by king james. The man probably struggled with memory issues or something similar. lol. Ignoring that, as these contridictions also exist in the rest of the bible, the errors were probably due to the fact the bible was written and interpreted by many people many years after Jesus left this world so the people, as they are not holy or perfect, messed up. Some things are symbolic too. Four days does not always literally mean four days. Often time was estimated too. These people were trying to remember things that happened before they were born so they are basing it on stories they may or may not correctly remember. And that is the original version, the versions of today have been rewritten and modified so much that they can hardly be considered to be holy anymore. They are man's opinion of God's opinion rather than God's actual opinion.
@bradhart (659)
• United States
22 Mar 08
Just as Constantine put the bible together to suit his needs, so did James. The only difference was james could have all non KJB texts destroyed. it is suspected that Constantine destroyed the only known copies at the time of several hundred possible bible books that didn't suit him.
• Malaysia
22 Mar 08
runner, im totally agree with u and i like when u said that "They are man's opinion of God's opinion rather than God's actual opinion." very agree with that ;) I would like to add another interesting contradiction found by Jim Meritt about The GENEALOGY OF JESUS; In two places in the New Testament the genealogy of Jesus son of Mary is mentioned. Matthew 1:6-16 and Luke 3:23-31. Each gives the ancestors of Joseph the CLAIMED husband of Mary and Step father of Jesus. The first one starts from Abraham(verse 2) all the way down to Jesus. The second one from Jesus all the way back to Adam. The only common name to these two lists between David and Jesus is JOSEPH, How can this be true? and also How can Jesus have a genealogy when all Muslims and most Christians believe that Jesus had/has no father. And i would like to thanks u again for your constructive comment, with best regards.
@Gordano (795)
• United States
20 Mar 08
"The identity of a book's author can sometimes give great insight into its meaning and intent. Some of the books of the Bible have easily identifiable authors while others remain a MYSTERY to this very day. The list below provides a key to PROBABLE Biblical authorship." the Quote above was taken from : Who were the authors of the Bible and when did they write? http://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/authors.html you will Notice That "probably written" , "likely written" & "unknown author" In the Page upon the attempt to answer the previous question : Who were the authors of the Bible and when did they write? and It is True That there is Tons of Contradictions In the Bible, You Have Mentioned some Examples of them.
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• Malaysia
22 Mar 08
Hello Gordano, Thanks for the link, I would like to add though there's many contradictions in the Bible, but we as human which granted a brain and mind by God, we must use our brain to think wisely. Its fact that its very hard to determine which 1 is true on those contradictions if its regarding numbers, but if its about the status of individuals or the location etc, we might be able to "break the code" if we do analysis on the verses, for example ;) # in Matthew 21:11 "And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee." John 13:16 ".....The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him." JESUS WAS A son of GOD or HUMAN??? Luke 4 (American Standard Version) :1 "And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness :2 during forty days, being tempted of the devil...." then in James 1:13 (American Standard Version) "Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, no man: (this clear that Jesus wasn't God) and we know thats so many proofs in the Bible that Jesus wasn't a God, but a mortal prophet instead, and Holy Spirit was the Angel Gabriel. Being deluded by the verses error and Trinity doctrine is no good. Anyway, thanks again for the comment ;)
@schilds (410)
• United States
19 Mar 08
I think it comes down to the fact that the bible was originally spoken - then written by many different men, with different perspectives, and different memories, and different emphasis on the stories. And even once it was written it was copied many times through the years, and each time there is potential for human error.
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• Malaysia
21 Mar 08
Yes schilds, i could agree with you, God, unlike creatures, is perfect, so his words must be perfect and no contradictions on it. It's true that the Bible was rewritten and copied many times, in fact, the THE AUTHORS OF THE FOUR GOSPELS never met Jesus (pbuh). Read this quote; "Biblical scholars estimate that the Gospel of Mark was written around 70, the Gospel of Matthew around 80, the Gospel of Luke around 90, and the Gospel of John around 90-100. The other books of the New Testament were written around the same time. These books of the New Testament began to be written down around 30 to 35 years after the ascension of Prophet Jesus (pbuh) into the sight of God. Moreover, the canonical Gospel as we know it today consists of writings that were selected from hundreds of selected texts and was established only at he Council of Nicaea." Anyway, thanks for your comment, hava nice day!
22 Mar 08
The reason the liniage seems diferent is becouse the early church tried to hide from the people. The second liniage is actualy the liniage of Mary.
• Malaysia
22 Mar 08
Freethinkingagent, what a name, hehe, I think its not like the early churches tried to hide from people, but they HIDED it already. And its not like "the lineage (hm,,,dunno why so spell liniage) seems different" but "IT'S CLEARLY DIFFERENT AND CONTRA". Thanks for your comment, and WELCOME TO MYLOT! hope you enjoy here as a free think-king's agent
22 Mar 08
thanks lol