The Myth of Jesus
- Bible contradictions: links
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With regard to the complaint I have often received that some Bible contradictions 'aren't really contradictions', I have found this is only made possible by wrestling with the text and forcing it to say something different from what it clearly means. I once received an email from someone complaining that the contradictions arose by how 'the full stop was used', i.e., apparently saying that by moving the full stop, the contradiction would be magically resolved. Firstly, this is somewhat foolish as the punctuation is that of the translators; if this writer felt they had made errors, he should contact them. Also noteworthy was the fact that the writer chose not to give any examples of when 'moving the full stop' would resolve the contradiction to support his claim. Secondly, this criticism is all the more ludicrous as there was no punctuation in the original and early writings of the New Testament Greek; nor were there any spaces between words, and sentence division was also rare. In fact punctuation only began as a common standard about the eighth century CE (See for example, Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, ed. E. Ferguson, M. P. McHugh and F. W. Norris, p.564). If the writer had bothered to research the matter, he would have (presumably) realized the foolishness of his objection. The following pages are some of those available on the internet that supply examples of the errors, inconsistencies and contradictions in a supposedly 'God-breathed and inerrant book'. It should be borne in mind that just one - only one - contradiction is required to invalidate the claim that the Bible is inerrant. Moreover, nowhere in the Bible is there any assertion that it is inerrant; this is an idea generated by Christians. 
Bible contradictions
List of Biblical contradictions
List of Biblical contradictions (Donald Morgan)
Contradictions in the Bible
Bible contradictions and the Christian mind
101 contradictions in the Bible
One hundred contradictions in the Bible
List of Biblical contradictions
Biblical contradictions
Factual errors and internal contradictions in the Bible
Biblical contradictions
Bible contradictions
Errors, inconsistencies and contradictions in the Bible |