Bible Contradictions...

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God good to all, or just a few?
PSA 145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
JER 13:14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

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.
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.

Who was at the Empty Tomb? Is it :
MAT 28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
MAR 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

JOH 20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

Is Jesus equal to or lesser than?
JOH 10:30 I and my Father are one.
JOH 14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

Which first--beasts or man?
GEN 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
GEN 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
GEN 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
GEN 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

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.
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.

Is it folly to be wise or not?
PRO 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
ECC 1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that in- creaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

1 Cor.1:19: "For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and wil bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent."

The sins of the father
ISA 14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
DEU 24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the chil- dren, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

Fowl from waters or ground?
GEN 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
GEN 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
GEN 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

The shape of the earth
ISA 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
MAT 4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

Astromical bodies are spherical, and you cannot see the entire exterior surface from anyplace. The kingdoms of Egypt, China, Greece, Crete, sections of Asia Minor, India, Maya (in Mexico), Carthage (North Africa), Rome (Italy), Korea, and other settlements from these kingdoms of the world were widely distributed.

Righteous live?
Ps.92:12: "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree."
Isa.57:1: "The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart."
 
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Acts 1:18: "Now this man (Judas) purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out."
Matt. 27:5-7: "And he (Judas) cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests...bought with them the potter's field."


Jesus' first sermon plain or mount?
Matt.5:1,2: "And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying...."
Luke6:17,20: "And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people...came to hear him.. And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said..."


Jesus' last words
Matt.27:46,50: "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" ...Jesus, when he cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost."
Luke23:46: "And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, "Father, unto thy hands I commend my spirit:" and having said thus, he gave up the ghost."

John19:30: "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished:" and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."

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 thine enemies, while they pursue. thee?
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;

Moved David to anger?
II SAMUEL 24: And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Isreal and Judah.
I CHRONICLES 21: And SATAN stood up against Isreal, and provoked David to number Israel.

The GENEALOGY OF JESUS?
In two places in the New Testament the genealogy of Jesus son of Mary (PBUH) 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(PBUH). 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.

God be seen?
Exod. 24:9,10; Amos 9:1; Gen. 26:2; and John 14:9
God CAN be seen:
"And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my backparts." (Ex. 33:23)
"And the Lord spake to Moses face to face, as a man speaketh to his friend." (Ex. 33:11)
"For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." (Gen. 32:30)
God CANNOT be seen:
"No man hath seen God at any time." (John 1:18)
"And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for there shall no man see me and live." (Ex. 33:20)
"Whom no man hath seen nor can see." (1 Tim. 6:16)

CRUEL, UNMERCIFUL, DESTRUCTIVE, and FEROCIOUS or KIND, MERCIFUL, and GOOD:
"I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy." (Jer. 13:14) "Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling."
"The Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy." (James 5:11)
"For his mercy endureth forever." (1 Chron. 16:34)
"The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works." (Ps. 145:9)
"God is love." (1 John 4:16)

Tempts?
"And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham." (Gen 22:1)
"Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man." (James 1:13)

Ascend to heaven
"And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." (2 Kings 2:11)
"No man hath ascended up to heaven but he that came down from heaven, ... the Son of Man." (John 3:13)

Does every man sin?
KI1 8:46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
CH2 6:36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;

PRO 20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

ECC 7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

JO1 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
JO1 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to for- give us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
JO1 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

JO1 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Who bears guilt?
GAL 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
GAL 6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden.

How many children did Michal, the daughter of Saul, have?
SA2 6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
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:

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.
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.

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.
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.

Judging
1 Cor 3:15 " The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment:" (NIV)
1 Cor 4:5 " Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God."

Good deeds
Matt 5:16 "In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." (NIV)
Matt 6:3-4 "But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secert. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." (NIV)

Whom did they see at the tomb?
MAT 28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
MAT 28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
MAT 28:4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
MAT 28:5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
MAR 16:5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.

LUK 24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

JOH 20:12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

The mother of Abijah:
Maachah the daughter of Absalom 2 Chron 9:20
Michaiah the daughter of Uriel 2 Chron 13:2

When did Baasha die?
26th year of the reign of Asa I Kings 16:6-8
36th year of the reign of Asa I 2 Chron 16:1

What was the color of the robe placed on Jesus during his trial?
scarlet - Matthew 27:28
purple John 19:2

What did they give him to drink?
vinegar - Matthew 27:34
wine with myrrh - Mark 15:23

How long was Jesus in the tomb?
Depends where you look; Matthew 12:40 gives Jesus prophesying that he will spend "three days and three nights in the heart of the earth", and Mark 10:34 has "after three days (meta treis emeras) he will rise again". As far as I can see from a quick look, the prophecies have "after three days", but the post-resurrection narratives have "on the third day".
 
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HERESY said:
Good job posting something which was published on Internet Infidels in 1996. You're a big reader I see.
internet infidels??? never heard of them..

is that like an al qaeda weekly magazine or somthing??
 
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HERESY got banned because he typed his opinions. In the future make sure that your words are not offensive to anyone. If your post has the slightest possibility of hurting someone’s feelings, you may be banned.

Forget that this site is called the "siccness" and was inspired by "eating baby nuts and guts" and "I'm that nigga eatin Jesus brains." Forget all that cause now it's "dontHurtMyFeelings.net" "The last remaining sanctuary for non-offensive gangsta rap”
 
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Contagious Locc said:
i see no contradictions, just someone reading too much into something and tryin finding contradictions, if you actually read the bible and STUDY it you'll know that...

The primitive days of no printers.....THere are now billions of books world wide with conceptual fundamentals of instruction of how the world works and how to treat each other....yet religious books still legitmize the purpose of life for the "no way I will believe in other books" readers. It's sad to have a conversation with someone about random subjets when eventually it end up with god topping the conversation....It's a boring book to begin with. Other authors at least had other volumns of thoughts and ideas....How many rewrites did the bibles have? The editing process must have been a bitch without spell check.
 
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Contagious Locc said:
i see no contradictions, just someone reading too much into something and tryin finding contradictions, if you actually read the bible and STUDY it you'll know that...
i jus think it would be hard to study something that is so vague on so many levels.. but i guess the bible is WHAT YOU make of it..
 
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Merciedez said:
yet religious books still legitmize the purpose of life for the "no way I will believe in other books" readers.
I dont think they try to legitimize not believeing others as much as they try too prey upon the misconceptions of the other religons and brand them all as "evil"..make them scary and damning...
 
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^^agree...

I thought it was love thy neighbor and no judging...yet its so prominent in religion there is no love when it comes to other religions and judging is their main arguement to join them ...too much contridictions to reality. I judge a person actions moment to moment not by what they read.
 
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Merciedez said:
I judge a person actions moment to moment not by what they read.
yeap.. tho it may be possible to call into question someones judgement you should always define someone by the actions they take and not the knowledge they soak...
 
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Malkorasoul said:
Thats why uneducated people shouldnt read the bible........
what was uneducated about anything said in here?? Im sorry if you got offended by what was said thus far but im pretty sure you didnt click this thread and were suprised too find out what it was about as it says clearly in the title itself...

i think making an accusation of someone being uneducated without stating why is pretty stoopid in itself...it would be like me saying

"your a fag"

Used in an insulting context with no proof that your a peter puffer makes me out too be the jackass..see how i did that??
 
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Its funny how just one sentence can spark a paragraph of you expressing how offended you were. I didnt intend to down play anyones intellegence, but what i did intend to downplay is whoever wrote those "contradictions" ability to comprehend the holy scripture.. the bible is not a text book, and an uneducated person wouldn't know that, they wouldnt know that Some parts are meant to be figurative and others are literal, and to understand the differences between those with in the bible you need other resources to help clarifiy what certain things written actually mean. So whoever wrote those passages and labeled them contradictions is uneducated

I read the thread & what i said has to do with it 100%, and i do believe that all of you are educated but what i can garentee is you are not educated enough to accurately descipher the selected passages. THing is you dont know if they are true contradictions or not because you dont know the true meaning of whats written, All you can do is give your opinion, but if you want an accurate assesment of what is really meant by each of those passages you need to perform extensive research and utilize other resources to reach an educated translation. Even if that is done, you still wont be able to get the full meaning becuase it is impossible for humans to go inside the brains of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, etc... and see what they really meant when they wrote something, Again the bible is not a text book...
 
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wow i almost forgot about this thread...

Malkorasoul said:
Its funny how just one sentence can spark a paragraph of you expressing how offended you were.
No offense taken, we are all entitled too our own opinion. i was unsure wether u jus came on here and said that too start shit...


Malkorasoul said:
I didnt intend to down play anyones intellegence, but what i did intend to downplay is whoever wrote those "contradictions" ability to comprehend the holy scripture.. the bible is not a text book, and an uneducated person wouldn't know that, they wouldnt know that Some parts are meant to be figurative and others are literal, and to understand the differences between those with in the bible you need other resources to help clarifiy what certain things written actually mean. So whoever wrote those passages and labeled them contradictions is uneducated
Yes i agree and thats what i meant when i said to contagious locc "its what YOU make of it." But what im saying is, that, i kno personally if i had too comprehend for my own what something says and this thing is supposed to pretty much spell out how we were created and is too be the guideline of salvation... I can easily read ANYTHING and interpet it as something else...for example...

"the best part of waking up.. is folgers in your cup."

Does it mean that im going to really enjoy my coffee??? or is my day going to be so horrible that this cup will be the highlight of my day???

Malkorasoul said:
I read the thread & what i said has to do with it 100%, and i do believe that all of you are educated but what i can garentee is you are not educated enough to accurately descipher the selected passages.
I dont think deciphering what it says was the authors intent.. some of the contradictions are spelled out clear enough that your unable too interpet them as anything else

Malkorasoul said:
THing is you dont know if they are true contradictions or not because you dont know the true meaning of whats written,
Well.. maybe thats why some "fell from grace" because instead of trying in vain too comprehend what something is trying to tell them when one thing is said then few pages later it says otherwise, people would rather jus take life for what it feels too them...

Malkorasoul said:
All you can do is give your opinion, but if you want an accurate assesment of what is really meant by each of those passages you need to perform extensive research and utilize other resources to reach an educated translation.
So how many people do u think have done that research and used those resources and currently UNDERSTAND the entire bible??

Malkorasoul said:
Even if that is done, you still wont be able to get the full meaning becuase it is impossible for humans to go inside the brains of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, etc... and see what they really meant when they wrote something, Again the bible is not a text book...
So.. the bible was MADE for man too learn about our creation and salvation, and yet, as humans...it is impossible for us too understand it???..