Stats: 3,228,541 members, 8,076,270 topics. Date: Tuesday, 11 February 2025 at 08:07 PM |
Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Religion / Explaining Bible Contradiction. (4720 Views)
Bible Contradiction In The Book Of Genesis / Bible "Contradiction" For Dummies: A Correction For Internet "Atheists" / Explaining Some Christian Misconceptions About Islam (2) (3) (4)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (Reply) (Go Down)
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by ShayGirl(f): 8:15pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by gabazin080(m): 9:48pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
sportsmaster:when did I become a mod that you mentioning me |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by Nobody: 10:04pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
gabazin080: i need ur contributions.i posted something earlier on this thread. |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by gabazin080(m): 10:12pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
sportsmaster:Maybe I missed it then. So what do you want me to contribute to |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by Nobody: 10:17pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
gabazin080: sportsmaster: this |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by KingEbukasBlog(m): 10:36pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
hmmm sportsmaster : youve nailed it . Look at Judges 1 : 19 for example , it could be seen in a different way Judges 1:19 19 And the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. If one does not understand and relate the verse with other verses , he/she can conclude God is not powerful enough ... and for the time Bashaa died , its just the differences between the date calenders of Judah and Israel( something like that) . |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by KingEbukasBlog(m): 10:41pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
I just dont like discussing the bible with an atheist or a Muslim. Some of these "errors" are just taken-out-of-context usual nonsense |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by Nobody: 10:48pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
KingEbukasBlog:give this guy a bottle of COKE ![]() |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by zeetyzin(m): 11:08pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
Presbulg:ma sha Allah...sorry abt dat. |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by nynbrada: 11:11pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
sportsmaster: Thanks bro for soliciting for our contribution. I've actually been following from the sidelines and didn't want to get personally involved, since u guys are really holding your own against all these atheist n islambad children. Nonetheless i believe your call on some of us to make a contribution is timely n divinely inspired. Without much ado' i 'll like to make it clear here and once n for all that all these perceived and apparent contradictions in the Bible are actually reconcillable contradictions. To explain i' ll start wt what i will term understanding the nature of the bible 101. Lecture 1:... The Bible is axiomatically refered to as the word of God, while in actual truth it is a book that contains God's word and also historical events about the people of Isreal n of course historical account of Jesus Christ n the early church. Having established this point we move to the next. Lecture 2: Inerrancy of God's word....from the bible there is not a single prophetic utterance or revelation pointing to the coming of christ and the essence of his death n ressurection that contradicts one another, neither any theological or doctrinal revelation that contradicts one another, like d writings of paul on d church n dat of other apostles. And these 2 components: the prophetic utterances concerning christ n d revelation concerning his body the church happens to be the theme of d xtian faith. And no single contradiction can be found in these 2 fundamental components. Perceived n apparent contradictions in the Bilble: As earlier stated d bible contains historical accounts of the children of isreal n d life and works of jesus christ as seen in mathew, mark, luke n john. The writers of these historical accounts are different individuals dat lived at a different point in time in history n obviously they didn't have d kind of information storage facilities dat we have now, so it is very possible for someone trying to rewrite a historical account without any access to d previous records not to make a mistakes. These mistakes can be seen as followings: 1...contradictions on the accounts of the life of christ in d synoptic gospels...u will agree wt me dat 2 to 3 eye-witnesses to an incident or accident will come up wt different scenarios of dat incident, simply put there would be as much similarities as there would be dissimilarities in there accounts. As a result d seeming contradiction in some of d accounts in mattew, mark, luke n john cannot be far fetched. Also note if they all had given the same account from A-Z without any seeming contradition these same critics will be d 1st to point accussing finger for lack of discrepancy in their accounts n they will start telling u how unscientific those accounsts are, as it's scientifically impossible for 3-4 eyewitnesses to give the same account of an incident without any apparent contradition. And also expect them to push it a little further by arguing dat since this is not possible it simply means that d 4 synoptic gospel was writen by one individual n dat he now duplicated the other 3 wt differnt pseudonym. And as a result his integrity should be questioned all in a bid to discredit the bible. To be continued.... |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by Nobody: 11:23pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
nynbrada: i started praying for you immediately i read this. you will grow much more in all wisdom and spiritual understanding |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by Nobody: 11:30pm On Jul 19, 2015 |
There are no contradictions in the Bible and if you find any that seems to contradicts I shall be more than honoured to shed light on it.... |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by Tjayjosh(m): 12:02am On Jul 20, 2015 |
The Word Of God Isaiah 55:10-11 "As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: it will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what i desire and achieve the purpose for which i sent it." The scriptures, is the written record of the prophets, apostles and Jesus have spoken. In the NT, it made no difference whether a writer used the phrase "Moses said," "David said," "the Holy Spirit says" or "God says" (See Ac 3:22; Ro 10:5, 19; Heb 3:7); what is written in the bible is the word of God. The Inspiration and Authority of Scripure 2Ti 3:16-17 "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." If we do not accept the fact that all scripture is inspired of God and is therefore infallible and absolutely authoritative in its truth and teaching, then we have no dependable standard upon which to base our lives. I usually disregard the contradictory aspect of the scripture for three reasons: 1. The existing copies of the original manuscript may not be totally accurate. 2. The present day translation of the original Hebrew or Greek Bible text may be faulty. 3. One's understanding or interpretation of the Bible text may be inadequate or incorrect. I strongly regard the accuracy of the of the scripture. |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by nynbrada: 2:48am On Jul 20, 2015 |
sportsmaster:Thanks bro. You actually made me weep a little in the spirit cos this was the same prayer Paul prayed for the Ephesians brethen. Well in continuation of my post, here are d other seeming contradiction in the Bible... 2...Numerical Mistake: for example 1 King4:26 And solomon had 40,000 stalls of horse for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemem. 2 Chron9:25 And solomon had 4,000 stall of horses and 12,000 horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem...now this particular mistake can be attributed to d following... (i) Transcription error, as in where one number was meant and an incorrect one was written. (ii) Translator difficulty in ascertaining d correct numerical value d original Hebrew actually meant; due 2 certain difficulties in understanding ancient Hebrew numerical values as a result of their similarities...No way you are going to hold my God laible for this mistake. 3 Quoting the scripture out of context: we see these too often from d muslims n atheist, for example... Prov 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom and in all thy getting get understanding. Ecc 1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief and he that increaset knowledge increaset sorrow...Now it's only d foolish atheist n muslims dat will quote scriptures like this and many others and tell u that they are contradictory. 4 Writer vs Individual witness account: eg Paul's conversion account...here Luke d writer gave this account.. Acts 9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man...then Paul's account of these incident that was personal to him.. Acst 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... Now how does one blame God for this. Sportsmaster, i can actually go on and on pointing out certain apparent errors in d Bible, but which after thorough examination will show that one cannot actually hold God accountalble for this mistakes. Final bullet...God's prophetic and doctrinal messages are 100% consistent with each other and whatever mistakes or error that has been caused by human writer,translators and individual misconstruction of the Bible, our God is not morally bond to give an accounting for these mistakes. My dear brother in the lord relax, as our God and Father is sufficiently in possession to ensure that His word and the church of Jesus Christ comes top amidst these turbulent times being perpetrated by these dumb atheists and muslims in trying to discredit the bible and the existence of our God and king and of his blessed son Jesus the Christ. Always remember the word of God...acts 19:20..So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. Shalom. 1 Like |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by Nobody: 4:12am On Jul 20, 2015 |
nynbrada: AMEN |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by Lateralmaths(m): 2:39am On Jul 23, 2015 |
Context is key. Get a right understanding of the context of each scripture and you won't see contradictions. Also study with the Holy Spirit, He is the best teacher. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by sonmvayina(m): 9:51am On Jul 23, 2015 |
The old testament and new testament are twp different documents for 2 different religion and 2 different purposes. the christain only added the old testament to the new so that they could sell jesus to the world..the jews know jesus is not the messiah. He did not fulfill any of the prophesy..There are contradiction in the ol testament because they are different Gods and different time in history..all looking for attention..some are benevolent others are not..it will be foolish for any body to think it is the story of one god...Enki, Enlil, Mardock,Inana...etc.. |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by malvisguy212: 11:30am On Jul 23, 2015 |
sonmvayina:were do you get this idea from ? God in the old testament is different from the new testament ? Jesus is the fulfilment of God plan of salvation, but the Jews are expecting a physical leader who will fight war and win battle just as the kings in the old testament did , as Jesus entry into Jerusalem, the people shout "hossana" meaning "save us" but the reaction of Jesus "he wept" for them. Read this thread https://www.nairaland.com/2470199/how-passover-reveals-jesus-christ God in the old testament and new testament IS ONE ,in the old testament we see a God who cannot tolerate sin , A God who can go to any lent in disciplines his children because of sin, God love required God justice but in the new testament we see THE SAME GOD who wreath has been satisfied, after the fulfilment of his promise , His wreath towards sin was satisfied.let me give you an example If you anger you dad and he punished you , but most of the time you keep on disobeying his command, you cannot do away with this sin , but because fatherly love is unconditional, your dad provide a way for reconciliation, how you can do away with this sinful habit. Maby when you do more wrong instead of him to punished you as usual, instead he gave you the second chance to repent,which is GRACE. Would you say your father in his formally character is different from the ever loving and forgiven character ? NO!!! ^^^THAT HOW THE GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW IS. ONE AND THE SAME GOD. Are you a christian? Go and do bible study on this verse: Heb 2:17 For this reason he had to be made like them, a fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.” "for this reason" what reason is that ?the wreath of God was satisfied when Jesus became human to reconciled us to God the father. Do more study. |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by sonmvayina(m): 1:32pm On Jul 23, 2015 |
malvisguy212: your still quoting the same book and mis interpreting it..the story of Jesus is not a Jewish one. it is a Greek one..the Jews do not have any record of him in their history. God has no plan for any salvation. the plan was a warrior messiah was going to come save the Jews from Roman rule and build the new temple and establish the peace with their neighbour..Jesus did not fulfil any of these. the story that was attributed to Jesus is a Greek one, just like persus, who is the son of a divine Zeus and a human mother, Jesus is a son of a divine Zeus and a human mother. there is no where in the old testament where it says he will die and resurrect and come back to finish the job, the Jews don't have that arrangement... it was Constantine who gathered the religious leaders in Nicea in 325.and charge them to come up with a religion for the empire, they had 2 options, mithras or Jesus,..they went with Jesus and at the end he was made a god and he became Christianity official god. prior to that time the Christian never had any official god..by a vote of 15 majority..they formulated the creed and Constantine told Athanasius to produce 50 copies of the books they selected to be part of the bible and combine it with the old to make it appealing to the Jews who where the stubborn people in the empire... look it up, don't believe foolishly. |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by sonmvayina(m): 1:36pm On Jul 23, 2015 |
The reason why god punished the Jews in the time of Joshua was because they where sacrificing their children to Molech, which was an abomination to Yahweh, so for him to sacrifice his son is nothing short of hypocrisy.. |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by amiluv4u(f): 2:21pm On Jul 23, 2015 |
The word of God,Bible shouldnt be contended if you lack understanding in any area go to ano elder in the church or pray to God to give you spiritual insight,Gods word shouldnt be gambled in the guise of treating contradictions |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by truthman2012(m): 3:08pm On Jul 23, 2015 |
Rilwayne001: As you might have heard or known, the bible is authored by many writers. The interpretation of their statements depend on the CONTEXT. Things are changing and the context might change with them. Again most if not all of what you term contradictions did not proceed from the same author. Even the quran with a single prophet, which one does not expect any contradiction is full of them. Was it allah contradicting himself or muhammad? The irony of it is allah's boast that there is no single contradiction in his word, when in truth the quran does not contain contradictions, whole of it is contradictiom as he (allahh) was abrogating his revelation as soon as revealed. The boast: [Quran 4:82] Do they not then meditate on the Quran? And if it were from any other than Allah, they would have found in it many a discrepancy. Allah himself knows there is no reason why the words coming direct from his mouth should have discrepancies. But we have discovered his boast is in vain. For whom is salvation? For all pious theists: Those who believe (in the Qur'an), those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Sabians and the Christians, - any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work righteousness,- on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. Qur'an 5:69 For all pious theists: Verily! Those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians , whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day and do righteous good deeds shall have their reward with their Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. Qur'an 2:62 For Muslims only: If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah), never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter He will be in the ranks of those who have lost (All spiritual good). Qur'an 3:85 For Muslims only: Truly, the religion with Allah is Islam. Those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) did not differ except, out of mutual jealousy, after knowledge had come to them. And whoever disbelieves in the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allah, then surely, Allah is Swift in calling to account.. Qur'an 3:19 Where do disbelievers receive their record book on Judgment day? Behind their back: But he who is given his Record behind his back Qur'an 84:10 On the left hand: And he that will be given his Record in his left hand will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me! Qur'an 69:25 Can you marry non- Muslims? No Do not marry unbelieving women (idolaters), until they believe: A slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even though she allures you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until they believe: A man slave who believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But Allah beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may celebrate His praise. Qur'an 2:221 Yes (even though Qur'an 9;29calls Christians idolaters) This day are (all) good things made lawful for you. The food of those who have received the Scripture is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them. And so are the virtuous women of the believers and the virtuous women of those who received the Scripture before you (lawful for you) when ye give them their marriage portions and live with them in honour, not in fornication, nor taking them as secret concubines. Whoso denieth the faith, his work is vain and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter. Qur'an 5:5 The virtuous women of those who received the Scripture before were Jews and Christians, which by Islamic belief were unbelievers and idolaters. Calling them “ women of those who received the Scripture before you” shows they were yet to believe in islam. Muslims were permitted to marry them even though they were yet to believe contradicting the above warning not to do so . Will Allah reward the good deeds of non-Muslims? No It is not for such as join gods with Allah, to visit or maintain the mosques of Allah while they witness against their own souls to infidelity. The works of such bear no fruit: In Fire shall they dwell. Qur'an 9:17 Yes And whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then Qur'an 99:7 Yes, for all pious theists Lo! Those who believe (in that which is revealed unto thee Muhammad) and those who are Jews and Christians and Sabaens – whosoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth right – surely their reward is with their Lord and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve. Qur’an 2:62 Yes, for all pious theists Those who believe (in the Qur'an), those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Sabians and the Christians,- any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work righteousness,- on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. Qur'an 5:69 The list is long but for want of time. Please note that even a single contradiction NULLIFIES the WHOLE quran considering allah's boast. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by Nobody: 4:11pm On Jul 23, 2015 |
sportsmaster:youre outstandingly right. Jesus is the Word of God ( 1 john 5 vs 7) (revelation 19 vs 13), while the bible is the written history of the word of God for our knowledge and for contending of the faith (jude 3). :2 timothy 2 v 16 - but shun profane and vain babblings for they will proceed to ungodliness 2 peter 3 vs 16 -they unbelievers that are unlearned always wrestle and conflict the Scriptures as they wrestle and oppose to their own destruction. I usually dont like commenting on threads were atheist or muslims are found, as no matter how hard you try to prove the bible right, they will neither hear nor believe as they have been turned into a reprobate mind and stony hearts. So if they like they should think it right that the bible contradicts itself but as for us that are being saved, the Spirit bears witness with us that the bible is true and faithful from genesis to the law the prophets and the new testaments it never contradicts itself as it all points to one God as the author and His Holiness, man's downfall ransom and salvation and the coming kingdom. God bless you |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by Tjayjosh(m): 4:31pm On Jul 23, 2015 |
sonmvayina:Where in the scripture is it written that God punished the isrealites in the time of joshua for sacrificing their children to molech? On your own, you just feel like contradicting the scripture where it states that, "Isreal served the lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced everything the lord had done for isreal." See Joshua 24:31. |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by sonmvayina(m): 4:59pm On Jul 23, 2015 |
Tjayjosh: i think somewhere in 1st king...you know it is there somewhere.... |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by Tjayjosh(m): 5:17pm On Jul 23, 2015 |
sonmvayina:Guy park well!! Your argument does not hold water. |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by sonmvayina(m): 5:38pm On Jul 23, 2015 |
Tjayjosh: sorry my mistake, it is to baal..jerimiah 19:5 |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by sonmvayina(m): 5:42pm On Jul 23, 2015 |
Tjayjosh: try also deutonomy 18:21 Levitcus 18:21 Levitus 20:1-5 |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by sonmvayina(m): 6:05pm On Jul 23, 2015 |
Tjayjosh: try reading proverbs 17:15, and relating that to jesus and barrabas... |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by Scholar8200(m): 6:32pm On Jul 23, 2015 |
sonmvayina:The quilty one, on the basis of Proverbs 17:15, is neither Jesus nor Barrabas but the Elders and Pharisees, and the crowd influenced by them. |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by Tjayjosh(m): 6:36pm On Jul 23, 2015 |
sonmvayina:Where exactly do you base your argument? |
Re: Explaining Bible Contradiction. by Tjayjosh(m): 6:36pm On Jul 23, 2015 |
sonmvayina:Where exactly do you base your argument? |
Karl Marx - Atheist Or Satanist? The Truth Behind The Curtain. / Is The Rise Of Atheism In Nigeria A Direct Reaction To Flaws Of Pentecostalism? / The Lies Of The Garden Of Eden - A Logical View
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2025 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 177 |