Why is the God of the Old Testment so inconsistent with that of the new?
343327
The god of the Old Testament is different from the god of the New Testament because they are the gods of different religions.
707487
THAT is the irony of it all... the SAME GOD is being expressed by three different names and being taught using three different sets of dogmas.\n\nAnd, as a result, the same struggle continues after thousands of years!\n\nPeace be with you.
123755
I totally agree with what "The Thinker"says. Some religions try to change what God said will never change.\nHis word is forever. What He said in the Old or New Testament stays forever. He never contradicts Himself. \nPeople and religions change the word of God because they do not want to give up their worldly lives. They want the easy way.
811412
Isn't this the same logic used to deny the God of the Bible?
1054219
We're made in the spiritual image of God, but that doesn't mean we ARE God; we make mistakes.  The Bible does have some internal inconsistancies, but it's also about 4000 years old.  You can't expect a story to be reproduced perfectly all throughout that time.  And I don't think it really matters anyway, since the creation story is more meant to be a parable than a factual history.  The message is more important than the individual details.
616196
In the Old Testament times if what a prophet prophesied came true He was real. So it was based on his telling the truth that he heard from God, In the new it is still based on truth. We are to test the prophets (spirits) by the Word of Truth. The main test is the truth about the son of God. False prophets always attack this central truth. We must test all things with the Word as the Bereans tested Paul.\nWe need to know the Truth and the Truth shall set us free and the Truth is in Jesus.\nYes I have seen many. All who teach salvation in any other way than the perfect and complete work of Christ. As Paul says to the Galations if anyone teach another gospel to them "let him be accursed"
1082446
The bible is 99% pure, however there still exist copyist errors which you most definitely have pointed out.  The first is a numbering copyist error and the second, one of the daughters is actually Merab.  However the christian faith does not rest on tiny pieces of data like these examples.  All of the questionable material of the bible has absolutely no impact on the doctrine of Christianity--they are all very minute details such as the ones you have pointed out.  The other 'supposed' contradictions out there commit several logical fallacies such as quoting out of context and juxtaposition, and do not look at hebrew or greek colloquialisms
803877
The Bible is very reliable and the message has not been changed with new translations.\n\nThere is contradictions in the Bible but I would like you to ask specific contradiction so we would be able to help ou to understand.\n\nThere is very big change that the Bible will not make any sense to you if you do not let Holy Spirit in your heart to guide you.\n\nThe Bible is written by men but inspired by God.Feel free to contact me personally....and if you ask specific contradiction questions here, you will get great answers.\n\nGod bless.
615735
I dont believe there are any versions outside of the original texts that are more accurate than the next. There are flaws in the 1611 KJV as well as the NIV and every other version... I dont like the NWT though because it deliberately changes text to fit the Jehovah's Witness doctrines. (if you dont believe the KJV has flaws, contact me and I'll be happy to share them with you)
890046
The God of the Old Testament certainly exhibits a violent nature. He is truly not a God of love or compassion. I notice his personality makes drastic changes from time to time. The more I study the Bible, the more I am coming to think that it is no more than myth.
492618
you are true.  if it would have been inspired by God, there would not be any contradictions. because inspiration is coming from God who is perfect\n\nfor the people above who said that there is an interpretation for that.. yes you can interpret it in any way as you wish.. but you cannot clarify the contradiction of numbers. e.g Johoiachin age and period of reign\n\n2 Kings 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.\n2 Chronicle 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.\n\nWas Johoiachin 18 years old when he began to reign, or was he 8 years old? Did he reign for 3 months, or did he reign for 3 months 10 days?\n\n=======================================\n\n200 or 245 singers\nEzra 2:65  Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.\nNehemiah 7:67 Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.\n\nWere they 200 or 245 singing men and women? People might say in response to avoid that same context problem... But you can check that the context is the same. \n\n=======================================================\n"Then woe to those who write the book with their own hands and then say: 'This is from Allah', to traffic with it for a miserable price. Woe to them for what their hands do write and for the gain they make thereby" The noble Qur'an 2:79"\n\n"Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other Than Allah, they would surely have found therein Much discrepancy." [Al-Qur’an 4:82]\n\n\n=============================================\n\n\nEDIT >>> TO JULIA\n\nas you are very sure that bible is free from contradictions,, can you please answer that what was the age of Johoiachin when he began to reign? 8 or 18 ? scorll up for details.
951921
It is not canonical and it is, also, a gnostic "gospel".....\n\nIt does not change anything....
765667
It wasn't changed per say....there aren't any concepts that are contradictory\n\nbtw god didn't write the bible........it was written by over 40 different authors over 6 thousand years\n\nYes the bible is primarily a book of recorded events....
300429
It is not. Back then, each copy of the Bible had to be handwritten when they were reproduced. This means the scribes had free will to add/change anything they wanted. Also the Bible was translated from Greek and Hebrew to English. So its changed a lot, because there are no originals in existence. KJV went through the hands of countless scribes before being translated.  Even the dead sea scrolls are not the originals, just really old, close to original copies. And no, they're not in English
995408
definetly... you cant pick and choose which parts of the bible to believe. it's an all or nothing game and the old testement is part of the bible.
348376
That means one God is true, but two isn't. That there's only one.\n\nBut I don't believe that. :(
26936
God inspires the true one and not the false. The false one will usually have something in it against reason/natural law