If the bible is the Inspired word of god why does it contradict itself in so many places?
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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.
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Just like it says in the Bible. God chose the words that, through the Holy Spirit, men were inspired to write and God meant every single one of them to be there.\n\nIt is how God intended that we should understand everthing that He intends for us to know, nothing more, nothing less. Accept it all for what it is, the Word of God.
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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....
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the bible is rewritten a lot\nit was changed a lot\n\nits now FALSE\nif you need evidences \njust contact
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There is nothing much of a contradiction in the Bible. My quarrel is only with the interpretation of Bible by the church. The church and evangelists have been literally interpreting some of the allegorical stories in the Bible and creating a false dogma around them. They are responsible for the ridiculous theology that the christian the logy has turned out to be.
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God inspired the prophets to write the bible, it is the Word of God and what we have to go on. However I don't and am not spoon fed by religious leaders. I am glad that we are free in the US to own a bible and read for ourselves.
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When people speak of the Bible being inspired, they are referring to the fact that God divinely influenced the human authors of the Scriptures in such a way that what they wrote was the very Word of God. In the context of the Scriptures, the word inspiration simply means “God-Breathed.” Inspiration communicates to us the fact the Bible truly is the Word of God, and makes the Bible unique among all other books.\n\nBecause the Scriptures are the inspired Word of God, we can conclude that they are also inerrant and authoritative. A correct view of God will lead one to a correct view of His Word. Because God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and completely perfect, His Word will by its very nature have the same characteristics. The same verses that establish the inspiration of the Scriptures also establish that it is both inerrant and authoritative. Without a doubt the Bible is what it claims to be - the undeniable, authoritative, Word of God to humanity.
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The verses you quoted are just one of many contridictions the Bible contains.  The most blatant one is the one that claims the Bible is the literal word of God.  If so, the Bible could not say anything which could even be the least bit ambiguous.  This of course accepts the premise that God is perfect.  Either God is imperfect, or the Bible is not God's\n literal word.
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I'm sure you'll be told you're reading the wrong version of the bible. everytime someone finds something bad in one of them, there's either a contradictory statement for rebuttal or it's just the wrong version.
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These contradictions are natural and expected if you think of these books as ancient writings.\n\nBut they can be confusing and frustrating if you believe the books are THE WORD OF GOD.
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^\n^\n^\n^\n\nBut if the whole bible is the word of God,why would you disregard certain parts.\n\nI agree.people pick and chose what they will follow and disregard others.\nThe bible said it was an abomination unto God for two men to have sex,but what about tatoos being prohibited,certain foods not to eat because the bible claimed it was unclean.Back then it probably was unclean to eat certain animals because they didn't have reservers that we have today,but that doesn't apply to now.The bible also said not to shave or trin your hair,it prohibited piecings,it said that it is degrading for a man to grow his hair.\n\nChristians disregard all of those laws,but speaks against homosexuality.If you christians believe that the bible is the word of God,why do you pick and chose.\n\nDid you all know that in the bible,David and Jonathan were lovers.If you don't believe me look it up for your self.Search on the internet to make it easier.\n\nNo matter how we prove that the bible is man's word not God's the more scriptures you all quote.\n\nGod condons slavery\nsexism\nwar\n\nAccording to the bible he does.A loving God condons slavery?\n\nI surely hope one day you all come to your senses.
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Because of the way the God of the Bible has changed my life after I believed in Him; he's kept me away from the things that I know would hurt me, or even kill me. And because he has changed the lives of all the Christians I know. Also, I have missionary friends all over the world who send me letters telling about miracles that have happened that no human could ever do on their own. \nPlus the Bible has never, ever been proven false, providing a pretty strong case for its Creator. And everytime I look around I'm amazed at the complexity of the world and everything in it, it could not have happened by accident. \nThe paraphrased words of one of my favorite songs sums it up: Too many lives have been changed, too many hearts have been set free, too many miracles have been seen to make my God a lie.
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First off, the Bible was written by men, so therefore, there are errors in it.  Second, there are parts of the Bible that haven't been published, they sit in the Vatican Vault, hidden. Thirdly, as said already, no one has met God and been able to tell what he really meant; or even met Jesus and tell about first hand to everyone now.  Fourth, there are interpretations that don't go with what is said.  For example: Man shall not lie with man as he lies with woman.  Well, DUH!!!  It's impossible for a man to have sex with a man as he does a woman, sheesh, get it right people!\n\nAnd as for RENT, Angel was the best.  He was who he was, didn't care what anyone said about his life, and lived like it was his last day.  His voice was incredible, dancing: amazing, and overall personality couldn't have been beat!
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I 100% agree. God has authority over all creation and the bible is God's word written by man inspired by God the father and sent to us as a gift of love (just like his son Jesus) to help us understand what he asks of us and as an instruction on how to live. Read it, meditate on it and do not allow the skeptics and unbelief of the world tear you from it. Whether the world wants to accept it or not does not mean it does'nt apply to them. God Bless praying for you Yohanna ramirez
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I agree with you and have said the same thing myself many times.  From my point of view the bible is much like Grimms fairy tales.  To be used as and example of right and wrong.
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good question the christian bible is one of the most contradicting books ever
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If everybody could approach the Bible as rationally as you do, then there would be no need to point out contradictions. But so many millions of people do take the Bible as the infallible word of God and to be interpreted completely literally. Using a flawed book as the sole code by which you live is dangerous, and Atheists feel obliged to point this outto them.