I hear a lot of people saying the Bible is contradictive whereas others say nothing in the Bible is contradicting. What are the 'contradictions' etc in the Bible?

There are all kinds of contradictions in the various books of the Bible. This is because (a) the books were writtern by a bunch of different people, (b) the people who wrote it were bronze age barbarians and not scientists, doctors, mathematicians, or astronomers, and (c) it's a book of fiction. In Isaiah 45:7, Yahweh admits that he is the source of evil: "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things."

And yet, the Bible states over and over again that Yahweh is infallible and cannot do evil. Really, it's not hard to find contradictions throughout both OT and NT. For specific examples of obvious errors and contradictions, Numbers and Deuteronomy are a good place to start.

According to the Bible, bats are birds, camels have hooves, and rabbits chew their cud. I once had a conversation with a raving fundie who insisted the Bible is the literal word of god and therefore infallible. When I showed him a veterinary website which ... more.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.

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