The young samuel did did not know who the lord was. The charge of 101 contradictions, by muslim apologist. A catholic approach to answering bible difficulties. In israels program, there is a time when war and weapons are. Contradictions between muslim traditions and the quran other web web sites with pages on errors, contradictions or problems in the quran. Nov 11, 2014 todays bible when examined in the light of modern knowledge and science stands exposed to criticism. This page is only about the topic of errors and contradictions in the bible. The best way to test this hypothesis is to examine the four gospels, as they all claim to describe the same events. Joe wallack 1001 errors in the christian bible refuted. But recently, an ancient text was found that refers to david as king of israel. An inconsistency involves a lack of harmonious uniformity, regularity, steady continuity, or agreement. That version makes it clear, as the nab does not, that the death penalty was reserved for cases in which the mother died. At the same time, its ambiguity provides a good opportunity for muslims to find some explanation or the other to negate a contradiction. Contradictions in the bible identified verse by verse.
A list of over 700 inconsistencies in the bible from. Bible contradictions answered biblical errors mistakes. Legion are those who claim that the bible paints an. Properly read, the bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived. Scientific, historical errors and mistakes in the bible. Bible contradictions the alleged inaccuracies and errors that fill todays bible translations are a major intellectual barrier for many skeptics. They hold that the bible is the inspired, inerrant, and literally true word of god hoffmann, in burr, p. If god cant get facts straight what reason do we have to believe that there arent other facts in the bible that are also false. This 2015 version includes slight enhancements and corrections to the prior version. This is the second part of my response to essa vales who is a former catholic who converted to islam while working in the middle east. My goal is to help muslims understand that the quran has a history of transmission errors, and that they should not dismiss the bible because of its textual history. By matt barsotti it is that time of year again, and so i am reposting the popular taking easter seriously infographic. A list of over 700 inconsistencies in the bible umd department of. The following table taken from this website lists 77 direct contradictions in the.
The bible says this here, but says the opposite over here. Exposing christian bible errors, problems, difficulties and bible contradictions 1001 errors in the christian babble identifies errors, forgeries, manipulation and editing in the new testament. Nov 01, 2010 the companion volume to this book is demolishing supposed bible contradictions volume 2. While it is indeed correct to say that the quran of today is a nearly perfect copy of its seventhcentury. The thing that primarily killed my faith is that i read enough of the bible to realize that it teemed with contradictions and thus couldnt possibly have been divinely inspired, aka the infallible words of a perfect god that was dictated to human transcribers. When people criticize the bible, they often point to. Many copies of burrs list found on the internet have only 143 items, but the original has 144. Nov, 2012 in my case i have read articles on alleged bible contradictions coming from muslims, atheist, agnostics and even modern biblical scholars and have found their arguments to be either weak or inadequate. When people criticize the bible, they often point to contradictions.
Many christians read the easter stories year upon year, as i did for several decades, yet we never compare them in detail. If we read the bible at face value, without a preconceived bias for finding errors, we will find it to be a coherent, consistent, and relatively easytounderstand book. How do we answer supposed bible contradictions and difficulties. The first anaesthesia infertility alcoholism breastfeeding the. A fun way to see how much you know about the bible whilst complementing your bible study. The key to understanding these bible contradictions is to realize that beating plowshares into swords and pruninghooks into spears belongs in one dispensation, and beating swords into plowshares and spears into pruninghooks belongs in another dispensation. Of course, if the bible does contain inaccuracies, it. So many discrepancies have also been cleared up due to greater research and understanding. And, just like star wars, the awesomeness within the pages of the bible leads to plenty of continuity errors. Had shabbir been around a century or even 25 years ago his list could easily have been 1001 contradictions. Others are whimsical where the element of truth is missing.
Free interactive bible quizzes with answers and high score tables. To be fully god means freedom from finite forms and from helplessness, and to be full man means the absence of divinity. Even though accepted and common definitions of the two terms often make them synonymous, inconsistencies do not necessarily equate to contradictions. A collection of seeming contradictions in the bible with solutions and explanations. But quran also has historical and archaeological errors, as well as errors in mathematics and logic. A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the author, isbn or anything else.
You may disagree that these are, in fact, genuine biblical problems, but it is the authors opinion that a perfect and omnipotent god. But the supposed author of that book wrote elsewhere that he ascended into heaven the same day as the resurrection luke 24. In fairness to those who believe in the bible, i make no assumptions that any of these contradictions are true. It also omits five tribal groups descended from jacob. Historical contradictions bible skeptics often point out the alleged historical contradictions in the bible. Though muslims often argue for the divine origin of the quran on grounds that no error, alteration, or variation has touched its copies since its inception, such a view does not accurately represent the facts.
Since they are opposite, at least one of them has to be false. Please n ote that the page numbers of the pdf file differ from the page. It is my experience that many muslims try to evade a discussion of the real issues regarding the truth of islam and christianity by pushing 101 bible contradictions or similar compilations into our face. The following two verses from the king james version are called a contradiction by some people. Muslims talk often about the many contradictions in the bible. Dealing with apparent contradictions in scripture john kitchen. Many base their entire religious ideology around the presumption that the bible is free from errors or mistakes, so demonstrating the presence of errors is key to rebutting their religious claims.
The existence of contradictions in the bible are evidence that there are false statements are in the bible. Now, as christians, we cannot prove that something is not a contradiction i. Whenever trent horn of catholic answers releases a new book i am always eager to read it. The following list of quran errors is to demonstrate that such beliefs are not true. Some of the contradictions below could be debated, but some of them are. But, surely says the critic, such stories cannot be taken seriously in.
The bible, in contrast, is claimed by many believers to be infallible, inerrant and perfect. Because there are so many flat contradictions, improbabilities and incompatibilities in its statements. How can man be justified by faith and not by faith. The american indian holocaust, known as the 500 year war and the worlds longest holocaust in the history of mankind. Christian scholars recognize contradictions in the bible. The quran states that it is a perfect book preserved on tablets in heaven surah 85. I finally stopped when none of them stumped me and had very clear resolution.
I have also gone through much of the list in the book 1001 contradictions of the bible. Isaac asimov all scripture is given by inspiration of god, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. Of course, the muslims will deny any contradictions exist in the quran, but they do. Bible difficulties and bible contradictions matt slick.
This proves, they say, that this cannot be gods book, its no different from any other human book with the usual errors and mistakes. Thus, a contradiction is necessarily an inconsistency, but an inconsistency. Its remarkable how many critics refer to their list of contradictions when they reject the bible, but have never read the bible itself. Why trust the god of the bible southern evangelical seminary. The world, by surviving, makes the above passages contradictions. He says these contradictions prove that the bible is not inspired. We are told that biblical stories are fine for children, and perhaps they even contain some moral value. Contradictions in the resurrection account believers vs. What we see are numerous contradictions, including. Torrey, 1001 bible questions answered thomas nelson.
If the scriptures were inspired by god and then accurately copied by scribes, we would expect to see a fairly rigorous consistency among the books. Jun 24, 2018 the bible is claimed to be the inspired word of god. The truth is a contradiction contains two opposing perspectives about a fact. The song of deborah names eleven political entities, three of whom do not bear names of sons of jacob. If youre trying to make a list of 1001 errors in the christian bible then matthew 1. Identified verse by verse and explained using the most uptodate scholarly information about the bible, its texts, and the men who wrote them by dr. Many people have the impression that the bible is simply an outdated book of fairytales and contradictions. Introduction this booklet is a response to the pamphlet 6 bible contradictions printed by crusade publications of redmond, washington. Does the bible contain errors, contradictions, or discrepancies. Hidden between the thou shalt nots and endless passages on who begat whom are stories of giant sex, rather well endowed egyptians and holy murderous bears. None of the contradictions cited by opponents stand up to detailed analysis by orthodox scholarsin fact the presentations of. It is my hope that you will see how easily these allegations can be answeredlogically and truthfully. Apologists have many criticisms about identifying contradictions, and in many cases they go out of their way to add things to the bible in order to explain them away.
Most christians know that he appeared to them over a period of forty days acts 1. The list of 1001 contradictions on this website includes all but three of burrs 144 22, 61, and 9. If the scriptures were wrong in their portrayal of god, jesus would have. Mar 04, 2014 when people criticize the bible, they often point to contradictions. The douayrheims version is an english translation of the latin vulgate, which was the rccs official bible for centuries. Keep in mind, however, that what constitutes a valid problem is to some extent a matter of opinion. If the fetus died and the mother lived, the penalty was a fine only.
There are many more questions and issues to be discussed, about history, archeology, authenticity, textual integrity, interpretation of passages, etc. What is incredible about the bible is not its divine authorship. Zalerts allow you to be notified by email about the availability of new books according to your search query. These lists are meant to identify possible problems in the bible, especially those that are inherent in a literalist or fundamentalist interpretation. Contradictions are to be expected in books written by mere mortals. Research into medicine in the bible from the viewpoint of contemporary.
That is why we call both the bible and jesus christ the second person of the trinity the word of. This time around he writes about bible difficulties taking a systematic approach to approaching these difficulties and hard sayings. The prophecy fulfillment of sentences 22 and 23 is out of place as the fulfillment happens in the following sentences 24 and 25. Apologetics press the myth of factual bible contradictions. Burrs list is also part of the bible handbook published by american atheist press, and is attributed to anonymous there also. Genesis chapter 1 comments page 48 king james version. The companion volume to this book is demolishing supposed bible contradictions volume 2.
Yet he didnt make the light producing objects the sun and the stars until the fourth day 1. The list below contains every major bible difficulty from genesis to. Pdf the present book presents the broad field of modern medicine, and covers. On his web site attempting to expose the bible and the god of the bible as frauds, r.
Paul buchman listed 83 contradictions involving gods nature and 142 about gods laws 2011. As new data is uncovered, we are continually finding answers to many of the historical mysteries. These resources are not created by amazing discoveries and may contain occasional explanations that do not coincide with beliefs expressed on this website. In my case i have read articles on alleged bible contradictions.
A muslim friend of mine sent me this list of 101 contradictions in the bible. If the bible is the word of god, then it should contain zero errors. Who incited david to count the fighting men of israel. Les erudits chretiens reconnaissent les contradictions dans. Please note that the page numbers of the pdf file differ from the page. Contradictions are littered throughout the bible from gods commands. Contradictions about the contradictions as listed in the sab book by topic a short list in the quran in the book of mormon. I have been studying the bible for a few years now, read it cover to cover and have ready many of the books multiple times looking meticulously for mistakes i have yet to find one. Ham wrote in the foreword, many people today buy into the assertion that the bible is full of contradictions, but they havent bothered to look into the claim for themselves. And god set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth. But the bible is replete with contradictions and inconsistencies.
If the quran is a perfect book from allah, then there shouldnt be any contradictions in it. He will be quick to quote the verse from the bible in 2 timothy 3. For instance, for many years, it was thought that the stories of david in the bible were nothing more then fables. For example, the quran states that one night, allah. Genesis god creates light and separates light from darkness, and day from night, on the first day. A basic introduction to the word of god in the bible, which is also called the sacred scriptures, god speaks to us through human words. Introduction the quran, with its many ambiguous statements, is an ideal scripture to find contradictions.
Jay smith, alex chowdhry, toby jepson, james schaeffer and edited by craig winn the first to present his case seems right, till another comes forward and questions him. Through the scriptures and tradition, god not only reveals to us divine truth but gods very self. Islam came in africa peacefully while christianity was imposed on africans by the white colonists who colonized africa, there is no a single contradiction in the quran, while there are numerous and uncountable contradictions in the manmade bible. Then why are only a tiny fraction of stars visible from earth. No matter if youre christian, jewish, islamic or atheist, we can all agree on one point.
Yes, there are verses that appear to contradict each other. Pdf errors and contradictions in the bible islam pdfs. Many times after reading the verses referred to in a contradiction from. Muslim web sites abound in articles and collections attacking the integrity of the bible by means of contradiction lists. How many days did jesus teach after his resurrection. Paul buchman likewise lists these verses on his web site 1001 contradictions. Every one is aware that there are contradictions in the bible, except for the fundamentalist idiots.
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