Does the Bible have errors or contradictions?

[@RetroGameStream]

I agree that we shouldn't take the series of events literally, both in timeline and content, but where should we draw the line? If the word of God was meant for all people shouldn't it be understandable and relavent to all that are living, instead of being relegated to the knowing few to interpret the word for us? It's so interpretable too. Why does it need such explanation? If the word of God was meant for us it would have been revised by now. And there would be no grey area in the matter. I respect all nonviolent beliefs, but the idea of all this never made sense to me personally.

[@PjotrII]

RetroGame.Stream The claims of "word of God" is between wrong and misguided. As you say, trying to objectively look at the text, it certainly is not "from God" in the sense that it would be CLEAR. If God wanted to write a text it could be like: Love each other, help and support anyone in need, care for everyone, forgive them, strive to do your best, help the sick and the poor. I am God, and I will forgive you when you fail. .... was that so hard???... compare this above text to our bible... historical stories about WARs, stories about kings, who is related to who, stories about God sending a bear to kill children (claiming later God is a loving God)... I mean come on... it is written BY MEN - clearly to see. Just as you say, why write (inspire) a text that later require ENORMOUS knowledge + ENORMOUS challenge to TRY TO FIT IT TOGETHER... still not succeeding. That said, I don´t claim there is NO truth in it, however I claim that claiming the bible to be GOD´S WORD is simply false.

[@PjotrII]

@Sawyer I disagree here with your statement, as in the SAME WAY we should critically look at the bible, we should also look at any other scripture. The bible was written by men, and therefore includes errors (even if some core message would be right). But the same comes to the Quran and any other scripture. Let me just point out a few comments from your own tradition. Under the caliphate of 'Uthman. At this time the wonderful faithfulness of Arab memory was defective, and according to a general weakness of human nature, the Believers have been heard reciting the verses of the Koran in a different way. This fact was due specially, it is said, to the hundreds of dialects used in Arabia. Zaid was again asked to put an end to these variations which had begun to scandalize the votaries of the Prophet. That indefatigable compiler, assisted by three men from the tribe of Quraish, started to do what he had already done more than fifteen years before. The previous copies made from the first one written under Abu Bakr were all destroyed by special order of the caliph. When they noticed there were variants (errors) in the texts, they tried to destroy the variants so that there would be one "right" variant. But the key, there were variants, just already in 15 years. Al-Tabari writes: "the people said to ‘Uthman: ‘The Koran was in MANY BOOKS, and thou discreditedst them all but one’ ". Al-Kindi (830 AD) says: "Then the people fell to variance in their reading; some read according to the version of 'Ali, which they follow to the present day; some read according to the collection of which we have made mention; one party read according to the text of ibn Mas'ud, and another according to that of Ubai ibn Ka'b. When 'Uthman came to power, and people everywhere differed in their reading, 'Ali sought grounds of accusation against him." This is not a criticism of your religion, but a criticism of the interpretation you show, which is a close copy of what Christian Fundamentalists use. All human communication has flaws, we miss the point, interpret or think of something else from time to time, and therefore all communication has weaknesses. This applies to all religions. Peace to you!

[@alang8071]

@@PjotrII You just made up your own god in your head and wrote what you think he would say. God doesn’t hide Himself, in Romans 1 it says though he’s unseen his attributes are clearly seen but we don’t acknowledge Him for it cause of our rebellious hearts. We know the scriptures are the “inspired” Word of God because they were written by the prophets and primary witnesses and have stood the test of time. Just by doing your own research you can see the accuracy with today’s English translation to the findings of the Dead Sea scrolls and the Greek manuscripts. It didn’t require as much knowledge to know back them but this was written many many centuries ago and we live in a day and age where we can go back and see. Why does the Bible have wars, kings, because it includes the birth of a nation and the bloodline of Jesus Christ prophesied in Isaiah. The Jews (who were EXTREMELY skeptical and careful as to what scriptures they obey even quote the Old Testament many times in the New Testament. Don’t be unbelieving. Turn to God and He will forgive you if you repent and trust in His Son. Would your version of a god kill his only son for rebellious sinful people?

[@PjotrII]

@@alang8071 Mmmm where should I start... ”Scripture inspired word of God” 1) What does inspired mean? If you inspire me, that doesn´t mean that I quote you in everything you said or did. It means that something you said inspired me so that I try to embrace some of that point in my life. (God certainly inspired humans to write about him!) 2) When the New Testament uses the word scripture... which scripture does it point to? Dead sea scrolls (DSS) - on the accuracy... it depends on what level we discuss... in general or i detail? In modern bibles Samuel 17:4 Goliath is six cubits and a span... in DSS he is four cubits and a span Deut 8:6 in modern translations if fearing God, while DSS says loving. Psalm 145:13 lacks ”The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does. ” which can be found in the DSS. In two texts of the DSS there is no Psalm 32. Copies of the DSS include 15 Psalms that are NOT in our bible. Do I care if Goliath was 2 or 3 meters tall? No! Do I care if 15 psalms of the OT were lost? No! But it clearly makes a point that the bible is not 100% perfect. Words are lost or falsely translated, verses are added or lost, chapters/psalms are added and lost. We know prophets can be wrong... take 100 of today´s Christian prophets, and I can tell you that the majority of them have false prophecies. A prophet writing something today could be in error as much as a prophet 2700 years ago. I don´t know who the primary witnesses are, but many of the books in the bible include errors (by the primary witnesses). The science or nonsense in parts of the bible do not stand the test of time. Apologetics quote some passages that MIGHT stand up to science if one interprets them ”in a certain way”, while they leave 75% of passages unmentioned because of none scientific stuff. The bible gives the bloodline in 2 different passages, and still manages to mess them up. Either God is confused or humans wrote and messed up the data. Contrary to what you state, I did not make up my own God, that seems to be your misunderstanding or some projection. Nor can I turn to God, because I already did it, and Jesus is God, and I know he forgives me.

[@alang8071]

@@PjotrII If you don’t believe the Bible to be the absolute authority Words of God then how did you come to the conclusion that God forgives you?

[@silverrayleigh6284]

1. God is satisfied with his works Gen 1:31 God is dissatisfied with his works. Gen 6:6 2. God dwells in chosen temples 2 Chron 7:12,16 God dwells not in temples Acts 7:48 3. God dwells in light Tim 6:16 God dwells in darkness 1 Kings 8:12/ Ps 18:11/ Ps 97:2 4. God is seen and heard Ex 33:23/ Ex 33:11/ Gen 3:9,10/ Gen 32:30/ Is 6:1/ Ex 24:9-11 God is invisible and cannot be heard John 1:18/ John 5:37/ Ex 33:20/ 1 Tim 6:16 5. God is tired and rests Ex 31:17 God is never tired and never rests Is 40:28 6. God is everywhere present, sees and knows all things Prov 15:3/ Ps 139:7-10/ Job 34:22,21 God is not everywhere present, neither sees nor knows all things Gen 11:5/ Gen 18:20,21/ Gen 3:8 7. God knows the hearts of men Acts 1:24/ Ps 139:2,3 God tries men to find out what is in their heart Deut 13:3/ Deut 8:2/ Gen 22:12 8. God is all powerful Jer 32:27/ Matt 19:26 God is not all powerful Judg 1:19 9. God is unchangeable James 1:17/ Mal 3:6/ Ezek 24:14/ Num 23:19 God is changeable Gen 6:6/ Jonah 3:10/ 1 Sam 2:30,31/ 2 Kings 20:1,4,5,6/ Ex 33:1,3,17,14 10. God is just and impartial Ps 92:15/ Gen 18:25/ Deut 32:4/ Rom 2:11/ Ezek 18:25 God is unjust and partial Gen 9:25/ Ex 20:5/ Rom 9:11-13/ Matt 13:12 11. God is the author of evil Lam 3:38/ Jer 18:11/ Is 45:7/ Amos 3:6/ Ezek 20:25 God is not the author of evil 1 Cor 14:33/ Deut 32:4/ James 1:13 12. God gives freely to those who ask James 1:5/ Luke 11:10 God withholds his blessings and prevents men from receiving them John 12:40/ Josh 11:20/ Is 63:17 13. God is to be found by those who seek him Matt 7:8/ Prov 8:17 God is not to be found by those who seek him Prov 1:28 14. God is warlike Ex 15:3/ Is 51:15 God is peaceful Rom 15:33/ 1 Cor 14:33 15. God is cruel, unmerciful, destructive, and ferocious Jer 13:14/ Deut 7:16/ 1 Sam 15:2,3/ 1 Sam 6:19 God is kind, merciful, and good James 5:11/ Lam 3:33/ 1 Chron 16:34/ Ezek 18:32/ Ps 145:9/ 1 Tim 2:4/ 1 John 4:16/ Ps 25:8 16. God's anger is fierce and endures long Num 32:13/ Num 25:4/ Jer 17:4 God's anger is slow and endures but for a minute Ps 103:8/ Ps 30:5 17. God commands, approves of, and delights in burnt offerings, sacrifices ,and holy days Ex 29:36/ Lev 23:27/ Ex 29:18/ Lev 1:9 God disapproves of and has no pleasure in burnt offerings, sacrifices, and holy days. Jer 7:22/ Jer 6:20/ Ps 50:13,4/ Is 1:13,11,12 18. God accepts human sacrifices 2 Sam 21:8,9,14/ Gen 22:2/ Judg 11:30-32,34,38,39 God forbids human sacrifice Deut 12:30,31 19. God tempts men Gen 22:1/ 2 Sam 24:1/ Jer 20:7/ Matt 6:13 God tempts no man James 1:13 20. God cannot lie Heb 6:18 God lies by proxy; he sends forth lying spirits t deceive 2 Thes 2:11/ 1 Kings 22:23/ Ezek 14:9 21. Because of man's wickedness God destroys him Gen 6:5,7 Because of man's wickedness God will not destroy him Gen 8:21 22. God's attributes are revealed in his works. Rom 1:20 God's attributes cannot be discovered Job 11:7/ Is 40:28 23. There is but one God Deut 6:4 There is a plurality of gods Gen 1:26/ Gen 3:22/ Gen 18:1-3/ 1 John 5:7 Moral Precepts 24. Robbery commanded Ex 3:21,22/ Ex 12:35,36 Robbery forbidden Lev 19:13/ Ex 20:15 25. Lying approved and sanctioned Josh 2:4-6/ James 2:25/ Ex 1:18-20/ 1 Kings 22:21,22 Lying forbidden Ex 20:16/ Prov 12:22/ Rev 21:8 26. Hatred to the Edomite sanctioned 2 Kings 14:7,3 Hatred to the Edomite forbidden Deut 23:7 27. Killing commanded Ex 32:27 Killing forbidden Ex 20:13 28. The blood-shedder must die Gen 9:5,6 The blood-shedder must not die Gen 4:15 29. The making of images forbidden Ex 20:4 The making of images commanded Ex 25:18,20 30. Slavery and oppression ordained Gen 9:25/ Lev 25:45,46/ Joel 3:8 Slavery and oppression forbidden Is 58:6/ Ex 22:21/ Ex 21:16/ Matt 23:10 31. Improvidence enjoyed Matt 6:28,31,34/ Luke 6:30,35/ Luke 12:3 Improvidence condemned 1 Tim 5:8/ Prov 13:22 32. Anger approved Eph 4:26 Anger disapproved Eccl 7:9/ Prov 22:24/ James 1:20 33. Good works to be seen of men Matt 5:16 Good works not to be seen of men Matt 6:1 34. Judging of others forbidden Matt 7:1,2 Judging of others approved 1 Cor 6:2-4/ 1 Cor 5:12 35. Christ taught non-resistance Matt 5:39/ Matt 26:52 Christ taught and practiced physical resistance Luke 22:36/ John 2:15 36. Christ warned his followers not to fear being killed Luke 12:4 Christ himself avoided the Jews for fear of being killed John 7:1 37. Public prayer sanctioned 1 Kings 8:22,54, 9:3 Public prayer disapproved Matt 6:5,6 38. Importunity in prayer commended Luke 18:5,7 Importunity in prayer condemned Matt 6:7,8 39. The wearing of long hair by men sanctioned Judg 13:5/ Num 6:5 The wearing of long hair by men condemned 1 Cor 11:14 40. Circumcision instituted Gen 17:10 Circumcision condemned Gal 5:2 41. The Sabbath instituted Ex 20:8 The Sabbath repudiated Is 1:13/ Rom 14:5/ Col 2:16 42. The Sabbath instituted because God rested on the seventh day Ex 20:11 The Sabbath instituted because God brought the Israelites out of Egypt Deut 5:15 43. No work to be done on the Sabbath under penalty of death Ex 31:15/ Num 15:32,36 Jesus Christ broke the Sabbath and justified his disciples in the same John 5:16/ Matt 12:1-3,5 44. Baptism commanded Matt 28:19 Baptism not commanded 1 Cor 1:17,14 45. Every kind of animal allowed for food. Gen 9:3/ 1 Cor 10:25/ Rom 14:14 Certain kinds of animals prohibited for food. Deut 14:7,8 46. Taking of oaths sanctioned Num 30:2/ Gen 21:23-24,31/ Gen 31:53/ Heb 6:13 Taking of oaths forbidden Matt 5:34 47. Marriage approved Gen 2:18/ Gen 1:28/ Matt 19:5/ Heb 13:4 Marriage disapproved 1 Cor 7:1/ 1 Cor 7:7,8 48. Freedom of divorce permitted Deut 24:1/ Deut 21:10,11,14 Divorce restricted Matt 5:32 49. Adultery forbidden Ex 20:14/ Heb 13:4 Adultery allowed Num 31:18/ Hos 1:2; 2:1-3 50. Marriage or cohabitation with a sister denounced Deut 27:22/ Lev 20:17 Abraham married his sister and God blessed the union Gen 20:11,12/ Gen 17:16 51. A man may marry his brother's widow Deut 25:5 A man may not marry his brother's widow Lev 20:21 52. Hatred to kindred enjoined Luke 14:26 Hatred to kindred condemned Eph 6:2/ Eph 5:25,29 53. Intoxicating beverages recommended Prov 31:6,7/ 1 Tim 5:23/ Ps 104:15 Intoxicating beverages discountenanced Prov 20:1/ Prov 23:31,32 54. It is our duty to obey our rulers, who are God's ministers and punish evil doers only Rom 13:1-3,6 It is not our duty to obey rulers, who sometimes punish the good and receive unto themselves damnation therefor Ex 1:17,20/ Dan 3:16,18/ Dan 6:9,7,10/ Acts 4:26,27/ Mark 12:38,39,40/ Luke 23:11,24,33,35 55. Women's rights denied Gen 3:16/ 1 Tim 2:12/ 1 Cor 14:34/ 1 Pet 3:6 Women's rights affirmed Judg 4:4,14,15/

[@MatthewFearnley]

Many of these passages (not necessarily all of them) seem to have been compiled in laziness or dishonesty. For example, a man marrying his brother's widow is very different from a man sleeping with his brother's wife.

[@quasar7683]

This list never ends.

[@olawaleesan4672]

Let's remember, the bible was written by human beings. Man is neither perfect nor above mistakes. Sometimes man can misteanslate things, sometimes man can dish out information that is false and misleading.

[@somyungyun1302]

Genesis 1:31 God saw what he had made was good In Genesis 6:6 God sees that man has run rampant with sin in the world. Nothing to do with satisfaction and dissatisfaction.

[@somyungyun1302]

2. God could only dwell in chooses temples before the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. 2 Chronicles is before the cross and Acts is after the cross

[@holla_j]

As a believer I shouldn't have to do this much mental gymnastics to convince myself the Bible is true. Like Job is the oldest book in the Bible, 1st Thessalonians is actually Paul's first letter and Mark was the first Gospel written. The deeper I dig, the more doubts arrise in my mind. Im literally the guy that no preacher wants to engage with. So I guess im forgiven since God knew I would have a highly developed intellect. I also have to remind myself to stay humble. The best quote spoken by a non jew is when Pilate asked "what is truth?" I think I suffer from the faith paradox. I want it to be true but I fear that it isn't. Please pray for me.

[@calebberens9692]

absolutely I will! There are so many arguments and people making claims back in forth. I hope you can find a place of peace to sit with the doubts and ask God honest and intellectual stuff. (Including in His Word). I’m really sorry any pastor would be afraid to converse with you that’s not Christ-like at all. But I implore you please Don’t lose faith in Christ because of Christians. Also one thing that helps me with my doubts is that God’s ways are not our ways, that He is higher and more intelligent than 1400 of the smartest men on Earth put together. So it is natural that we would doubt. If we didn’t doubt if there wasn’t curiosity that seems unreachable I would question if this was just a man’s vision for deception since we can understand most everything of man. But God is much much bigger. End all be all, there are answers and it’s natural to have doubt. Without doubt we wouldn’t grow or go deeper in our relationship with God because of curiosity.

[@Champion_of__Ash]

Have faith trust in God ..God hath not given us a spirit of fear but of peace and sound mind ( paraphrasing) faith comes by hearing the word of God. Read the Bible for yourself dude an ignore other people's claims tht it is false if u believe it an believe in Jesus u will have everlasting life for those tht claim it is false well thts there loss

[@singchoirsofangels]

Humanly speaking it's impossible but with God all things are possible. Only God can save us. We can't save ourselves...even our thoughts are inherently sinful.... Thank God for God

[@chriseaker]

You can't say they wrote exactly what the Holy Spirit said to write and then admit there are differences because of different writers' viewpoints or summaries. That is a contradiction.

[@danservin586]

@HillDueceua so you are saying that the holy spirit tell them to write the gospel but did not actually told them what to write. I always thoght that an inspired author means that every word actually was told by the holy spirit. But humans after all right? Besides that, God, Jesus or the holy spirit never said wich words will conform the bible...¿how can someone afirm that those books are all inspired by something divine? The only book with a warning about changing something of the "original text" is Revelations and it is just a warning, that means that someone could change something to then receive the plagues...but at the end he could change the text

[@brianstrutter1501]

@@danservin586 - i thought the bible was the word of god and humans only wrote what he told them to write. That is what religion is saying. Then the contradictions are present which questions the entire bible. Luke and Mathew seem to have heard from god very differently, lol

[@dundeemink3847]

Give him a break, he can only go back as far as the Greek translations and has never seen the original text.

[@beatforjesusbykellym2104]

@@brianstrutter1501 What was very differently?

[@brianstrutter1501]

@@beatforjesusbykellym2104- one says Mary came to jesus' tomb and saw an angel move the stone, the other says when Mary got to the tomb the stone had already been moved and the tomb was empty. So which one is it? Lol

[@gabe469]

The point about the differing points of emphasis at 3:00 is exactly right, but how do you get to the conclusion that there’s no contradiction…? If you went back in time to the final temptation, one of those things would not be historically accurate. A contradiction means that two events could not have happened at the same time in the way in which they are described. That example, would by definition, be a contradiction.

[@thekolobsociety]

“Mystery”

[@petmalu5935]

hmmm i like the "the car and mini-van example" now try explain how the high mountain became temple

[@patrick6051]

They're the same two events at their respective locations, just reported in different orders. One writer places the mountain event second and the temple event third. The other writer places the temple event second and the mountain event third.

[@Alex.Kalashnik]

Patrick It would be really strange if Satan left Jesus at the highest point of the Temple. How would he get down? On the other hand, coming down from a high mountain is no picnic either...

[@stubdo16]

@@Alex.Kalashnik Jesus would float down. He can walk on water and ascended beyond the clouds so would easily be able to float from the temple, or mountain for that matter.

[@dannyboyakadandaman504furl9]

You wouldn’t use car in placement of Vehicle to describe a van matter of you would use vehicle as description to lead readers on to what type of transportation you have. Then in inserting van or car later in the txt for confirmation.

[@christianpandey8213]

Could you please explain to me 2Kings 8:26 and 2Chronicles 22:2 please?

[@steverose234]

The Dead Sea Scolls have shown the Bible to have Missing Books, missing Psalms, etc. The book of Enoch was part of the old testament and part of the Dead Sea Scolls and is missing from the Bible

[@elmaster6207]

The problem that I have is heavy christians telling me THE BIBBLE IS PERFECT, IT HAS NO ERRORS, WHAT IS WRITTEN THERE IS WHAT HAPPENED NO DOUBT, AND NO ONE TELLS THE STORIES DIFFERENT AT ALL, I'm like really???? I have been reading the Gospels over and over, and over trying to find what really happened, or How it happened and nothing adds up.

[@unknownuser4879]

I feel you I have read Genesis over and over again and found mistakes even my religion teacher told us that Genesis is wrong and there are many more mistakes in the Bible I'm slowly leaving this faith I mean God's Word shouldn't have errors right?

[@syedmohammedhussain799]

@@unknownuser4879 Yeah it shouldn't. I cant even agree because nor the OT and NT have any authorship and Chain of Narration at all

[@LisaAnn777]

When I was Christian I never really read the Bible and I kept having others tell me I need to study gods word to strengthen my faith. Well one day i decided I was going to read the entire thing, and well let's just say It didn't have the result they thought it would. That's when I really started questioning and you know how Christians hate questions they start to take it personally.

[@pannonia77]

If someone dies without an offspring and his brother makes a son for him, the grandfather of the baby remains the same (after all the brothers had the same father), so there can be no different lineage, there could be only one person who is different in the lineage. So this explanation for the different genealogies found in Matthew and Luke is a nice try, but eventually it fails to explain the difference.

[@johnmarkcarter2078]

“What is the role of the nation of Israel in the gospel narrative?” There’s been much debate over the meaning of “God’s people” found in the Old Testament as it relates to the church in the New Testament. What distinctions must be made and why did God even choose a nation in the first place?

[@Matthzor]

Because God shows his strength through weak people. The Jews we're rebellious, and we're been oppressed and God showed his strength threw their oppression by the Egyptian's. These people also did a perfect Job of maintaining the accuracy of the Old Testament as to not have it perverted. They are geographically in the middle of the old world, in the cross roads between Africa,Europe and Asia. Perfect for spreading the gospel when the time arose, to easily go in all directions. And when they we're following God and not in disobedience. They we're a beacon of light in this dark world.

[@petmalu5935]

@@Matthzor God shows his strength through weak people? then why not go to the African, they need Him more than the Israel, " are they geographically in the middle of the old world perfect for spreading the gospel? why all of them except paul went out of israel to preach the gospel?

[@patriciahammett4197]

New to this channel, one thing I learned tonight, I should not read the comments on this channel.

[@rickbluecloud531]

Why not? Sometimes the comments are instructive and insightful.

[@CaitHoover]

They can be ridiculously hateful

[@Relentless_Jr_Naga]

If you do it might burst your illusion.

[@匕卄モ匕卄丹れKち]

Catie H obviously anything that doesn’t line up with what your denomination tells you is hate huh.

[@cloudambient]

Yeah okay ... just stick your fingers in your ears and go "la la la la la la la not listening to contradictions to what I like to believe and think la la la la la la la la jesus loves me"

[@DesGardius-me7gf]

Yes, there are errors. A simple unbiased reading of the Bible shows this.

[@keionrandolph9781]

Name one?

[@marcellofunhouse1234]

@@keionrandolph9781 God made plants before the sun

[@lrcavalli290]

@@keionrandolph9781 genesis 1is different than Genesis 2,and both are talking about the same thing

[@IAmCandal]

@@marcellofunhouse1234 plants sleep you know?

[@marcellofunhouse1234]

@@IAmCandal no they don;t?

[@Tanknuggets217]

Thank you Dr.Robert Plummer!

[@andrealaw2481]

Keeping in mind that the stories in the Bible was pass around orally for years after the actual events and was collected to become the book, I don’t find it surprising that it have so many contradictions and inconsistencies

[@M3MAX]

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[@StrangeIndeed]

if God wanted to make sure we know his exact words, he did a terrible job at this. So he must've done it on purpose, but why? Everything God and Jesus said is pretty much lost to the history. There's no way of telling how things actually happened. Why? Why, Lorde? I'm atheist btw

[@6969smurfy]

@@StrangeIndeed well you might be more righteous than most lawless Christians. Just sayin. Your not using God like they are. Ouch, too soon...

[@F1Eye]

it's work of humans

[@serpentsInfo]

@Atheist Deprogramming Please Watch this video by Holy Koolaid - 12 Contractions In The Bible. There is way more then 12 contractions in the bible this man speaks about some of them in the video above. To say “there are no contradictions in the bible” is just ignorant to the facts.

[@creamyisdead]

Love how he literally says don't ask questions the readers didn't intend to answer, cool, sounds like brain washing to me

[@MatthewFearnley]

He doesn't mean "don't ask questions", or "don't read critically" - in fact, later in the video, he tells people to be honest with their questions, and not to be afraid to ask them. (Or of course maybe he's just contradicting himself..) I think he simply means that if you try to ask questions that a text wasn't written to answer, then you won't find necessarily find answers, or if you do, they may not be reliable. It would have been interesting if the convention of the time had been to tell stories through paintings instead of written words. If those paintings were to survive perfectly until today, we could study them and try to decide what the artist meant, and we could accept that they depicted true stories. But they'd also either have to be completely photorealistic, or to contain false information. You wouldn't expect to look at a painting and determine the time of day from the position of the sun in the sky. Or determine exactly how many people had been in that crowd. Or "Zoom and Enhance" into brush strokes. You'd look at each painting and decide what the artist wanted to show you - what information was meant to be conveyed, and what was meant just to set the scene and flesh out the detail, or to highlight a particular point.

[@georgekosko5124]

Are you willfully ignorant? Just as you shouldn't expect cooking recipes from a tour guide, you shouldn't expect some things that aren't there in the Bible.

[@cz_alpha]

You have to keep believers ignorant for them to have faith, hence the definition of faith

[@匕卄モ匕卄丹れKち]

Anon exactly that the whole meaning to this video, if it’s the veda or Quran there definitely contradictions but when it their very own bible it’s different perspectives or whatever bullshit excuse they try to claim. And Christians will believe the bullshit excuses their being told and many will they discover it al on their own.

[@strange4107]

Love how my English teacher says don't ask about math in her class,cool, sounds like brain washing to me.

[@rhonda6093]

Thank you for this resource. It is insightful, encouraging and useful!

[@brianrudolph8435]

The bible states that "God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow". Yet, in the old testament God commanded people to be stoned for sin. But in the New Testament, God apparently has a change of heart and sends his son to die for our sins. Either way, it seems that this God is a masochist.

[@patriciahammett4197]

I think you answered your own question. Sin means death starting with Adam and Eve. Yes people in the OT were stoned for sin, in the NT we should be stoned but God in his mercy allow His Son to die on the cross in our place so we could live eternally with Them. It's called faith. By Jesus rising from the grave, we do the same at the resurrection. So we all live by God's grace because of what His Son did for us. Blessings.

[@Lpettro]

Given that the temple was on a mountain and was an image of a mountain ie "temple mount" "mountain of God", I think we have a good explanation for the supposed temptation contradiction. This fits perfectly with the "car/minivan" example in the video.

[@jeremyedgar7123]

This is a solid answer but the question he really responds to is "are there errors or contradictions in the gospels?" There's not anything said about other kinds of perceived errors throughout Scripture.

[@dirtcollector]

the bible at its current version has been distorted by translation barriers, versions to suit different eras, cultures, and places. it’s comparable to a game of telephone but 2000 years of slight variations until it isn’t the same thing anymore.

[@A.G-p6u]

There is no original there are only copies and even the oldest have many modern things left out in it

[@angelpanda5487]

This is actually incorrect each version is a direct translation of the original

[@brianstrutter1501]

@@angelpanda5487 - yep just a religious excuse to explain contradictions without actually having to explain each one directly, which they can't do therefore the excuse

[@rahmanmr9190]

“Does the Bible have errors or contradictions?" Yes,from the page one to the end.If you say that's the world of God then I have to say,Your God don't know the truth.

[@AltonMitch]

Cristina Ferreras No you are full of error and that’s a fact. You OBVIOUSLY never read your whole Bible have you? No you haven’t

[@twik2699]

Alton Mitchell you are a closed minded fool

[@InspectedBasixByMahdi]

Crim Sin Quran don’t have any contradiction..... show me where you found,.....

[@InspectedBasixByMahdi]

Crim Sin Hahahah..wallahi..Bro you have lack of knowledge...... In many step allah created human..... 1..The first human was created (Adam (Alaihiosallam))---- ***Nothing>water>clay...... So on 2...The son of Adam (All human except Prophet Jesus (pbuh) ***Sperm>Congealed Blood >> .... Allah knows the Best... It is not a contradiction. You have lack of knowledge 3.. Creation of eve 4...Creation of jesus

[@sajidahmed4962]

@Crim Sin Is this a contradiction? Shame on you Christians!!! Just agree it that Quran is the Word of God

[@nabilkun3367]

I don't understand why he lying about something like that , there are many contradictions between the different versions of the bible

[@yourmanzach2307]

talking about man-made bibles that changed drastically? for example Catholics worship Mary, which was against God to Idolize anyone before him.

[@tyler-qr5jn]

Doesnt matter what translations say, it matters what the manuscripts say. And you find no error. For example the Majority Text, built from over 5000 perfectly agreeing manuscripts from a large geographic area. What a man translates from said texts can differ in word choice. However the Koine Greek and Hebrew manuscripts cannot differ for they are not translations and are perfect copies of what was original written or spoken.

[@bobcat2840]

@@tyler-qr5jn they not gonna like this one

[@KingAries85]

There are around 50,000 Contradictions in the same Bible One versus will tell you jealousy is a sin then tell you god is jealous then tell you he knows the hearts of men to then tell you he doesn’t know the hearts of men .. the truth is the Bible was wrote to have an answer for everything and this is why is contradicts itself so much. Because the people just want the answer without stopping to think how it goes against what was just said.

[@lierox9]

@@KingAries85 mate, that's not what you find. Remeber the bible is written not as a science textbook, think about how we use language in writing. Theres nuance, and context. For example, The bible does not say "jealousy is sin" in black and white as an eternal rule-morality is not that simple. But it describes us desiring stuff other people have, or hating people because they're better or wealthier than us as sin. A husband should be jealous if his wife flirts with other men- to not be would show an evil unloving husband. Equally a perfect holy, loving God should be jealous when his people, who have made a promise of following and obedience because of God saving and caring and caring them, whore themselves out to other gods and desires.

[@Nebiros21]

1 Corinthians 14:22-25. Verse 22 contradicts verses 23-25.

[@numaisreginald3671]

How so? Can you explain more?

[@Nebiros21]

@@numaisreginald3671 Read the verses carefully. Verse 22 can be overlooked easily but it says that prophecy is for believers and tongues are for unbelievers. The following verses make the detailed case through an example for it being the other way around.

[@numaisreginald3671]

@@Nebiros21 Thanks for your reponse! Hehe, it seems you are right, you have a good sense of perception to dig this up😄

[@coryoconnell7339]

Prophecy serves the believer well because the unbeliever understands. Tongues the unbeliever and unlearned doesn't understand which is pointed out in 1 Corinthians 14:21 and the reference Isaiah 28:11-12. Tongues is a sign, Mark 16:17, an unbeliever who is learned in the scripture will see, but an unbeliever who is not learned will probably think these people are nuts... therefore prophecy serves the believer better so that all that hear will be convinced and bow down to the God of all creation. I know this was posted 4 months ago...just passing by the comments lol

[@TheDiamond872]

Look up "Quiz Show (Bible Contradictions)"

[@M3MAX]

Is that the quiz show with Tom Hanks? kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKrPZKqFlt-Ap9E

[@clarkwayne3440]

There are factors that seems to cause these alleged contradictions. 1) The time of the event of account (different time of event results to difference in observation), 2) The details of the observer (one might have not recorded some and the other have), 3) the emphasis of the account (one might have different perspective than the other or a different approach), 4) and lastly, complimentary where the accounts looks different but actually not contradicting but giving more details.

[@madcow9421]

God COMFUSED them at the Tower of Babel. … god is not an author of confusion. So one is a complete lie if one is completely true . A yes will suffice

[@loveinaction2772]

I thank God that He directed me to this site, great Professors.

[@匕卄モ匕卄丹れKち]

God didn’t do shit your just brainwashed.

[@mccoyyoung4806]

@@匕卄モ匕卄丹れKち why are you even here

[@AndySaenz]

The book of Malachi says that if you don’t tithe, you’re cursed by God and you go to hell. But the books of Romans and James say that salvation is a gift of God through Jesus Christ, that it cannot be earned so that no one can boast. So which one is it? If salvation really is a gift from God, he shouldn’t be charging us an admission fee to get into Heaven! As a Christian myself, I’m struggling with this contradiction. No pastor or preacher has ever addressed this discrepancy, and I’ve heard and seen hundreds of sermons.

[@gingrai00]

Why would you say that there was a contradiction between the accounts of the temptation of Jesus? The order is different but the substance is the same. You mention that there is a contradiction between accounts where, in the account of a specific temptation, Jesus is taken up onto the pinnacle of the temple but in the parallel account of the same temptation, Jesus is taken to the top of a mountain. I don’t see this... what am I missing?

[@lierox9]

He's saying what your saying, but to modern readers who assume chronology as essential elements of matthew, mark, luke and john it seems like a contradiction. Ie. "One must be in the right order and the other must be wrong and contradictory". Bit as both you and him describe this is not the correct conclusion

[@pacificblue2195]

Just goes to show, people can justify anything, explain away anything if you have to be right about something

[@grantbartley483]

You've just done that very well to yourself

[@tebellomay6790]

That was great. Could you please speak about the missing books in the Bible? And what that means in terms of perhaps the lack of knowledge we as believers have in terms of what they contain and speak about?

[@brianstrutter1501]

How about why were they omitted? Maybe because they sounded ridiculous? Lol

[@saintfrancis9619]

@@brianstrutter1501 yea they did because they weren’t described by god but the current books of the Bible are.

[@mattr.1887]

Brian and the approved books don't?

[@jhmejia]

I think it is true that this is a good eyewitness account of the Gospel. This was clearly not an infallible inerrant record, though. Just minor details like the number of soldiers in an army (e.g. 1 Chronicles 21:5 vs. 2 Samuel 24:9), the year a certain king began his reign (e.g. 2 Chronicles 36:9 vs. 2 Kings 24:8), or the details of Apostle Paul's itinerary (Acts 9, 11, 15,18:22, 21 vs. Galatians 1:18, 2:1).

[@migdungo1146]

Thanks it's very informative.

[@defenestratefalsehoods]

Yes, Mark had 1 man sitting on the right and the woman running out the tomb and telling no one. John had Mary Magdalene by herself seeing nothing and running to tell Simon Peter Matthew had an earthquake, an angel decend, and jesus at the tomb Luke had the women saw 2 men Looks like a contradiction to me. The number of women, what they saw, and who they went to tell are all different.

[@ingridpone2712]

It is different from the example given here. I looked into this actually... These types of differences are exactly what you see in interrogations of multiple people who witnessed the same event (like in crime interrogations, new reports).

[@defenestratefalsehoods]

@@ingridpone2712 and when you read luke1:1 it will tell you that it was not an eye witnesses account and whoever they was got the information passed down to them by an unknown amount of people and written down 50 years after jesus death. So who knows how good the information was that they just believed or how many times it was passed down before they got the story told to them. Luke 1:1Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, 2even as they delivered them unto us.......

[@ingridpone2712]

News reports**

[@joshdorris3628]

Ingrid fails to realize that the Bible is considered to be the inerrant word of God. While different witnesses in a crime case may contradict each other we certainly should expect that God would not.

[@MeridithLafluer-ty4pn]

Awesome high school English teacher you would be

[@craftymining8587]

Since errors were found in the Bible you could classify the inerrancy of the Bible is false.

[@keionrandolph9781]

Name one?

[@ahmedkazi9210]

That question should nowadays be asked only in church where every mass attendant is expected to believe that the Bible or rather the Bibles are 💯% the word of God Almighty! Don't ask that question to non-christians cause the correct and logical answer is YES with so many arguments to support that YES!

[@Pandaemoni]

But what about other details, like there being no record of Caesar Augustus ordering a census of all the world around the time of Jesus, and even if he had it would have been a tax census and so he'd never have ordered everyone to return to their ancestral towns...because Rome didn't care what "tribe" the provincials were from. He'd want Joseph to be near all Joseph's taxable property, which was in the area of Nazareth.

[@jiggyone868]

There are errors and incongruities in the Bible and we can't deny that. But I don't think God promised that the book would be perfect. After all it was compiled by the Catholic church in the early days. But I choose to follow and obey as much as I can and follow Christ. That much is clear.

[@RALPHACLAO-c6t]

So you're saying that God was ignorant and was unable to notice? Of course not! Before i also believed that but I REALIZED THAT THEY WERE NOT CONTRADICTIONS INFACT CONNECTIONS. PRAY AND ASK GODS GUIDANCE BEFORE YOU READ. Remember what He will do to those with divided loyalty. God Bless you. May the LORD of Wisdom enlighten you as you humble yourself and seek Him

[@dmorw9601]

The contradictions we see in the Bible.....had they been found in another book claiming to be the word of God, we would have used them as evidence to discredit that book. Why then should we give the Bible a pass? It is disingenuous, at best, for us to be that uneven in how we judge books on their credibility.

[@robertsmith8629]

Just accept it (Bible cntradiction and then thats not a holy book) fair enough ?

[@dmorw9601]

@@robertsmith8629 The Bible is not a holy book. That is my position on the topic.

[@dmorw9601]

@@Birbatron The story of Balaam in the Bible (Numbers 22), includes a speaking donkey. The donkey spoke to Balaam after he gave it a beating for not walking down a path. Apparently, there was an angel standing in the pathway and the donkey verbalized that observation to Balaam, who was completely unaware of his presence. And, yes, “intelligent people” who would never believe a contemporary report of any animal holding a conversation with a human being do believe this story. Such is the mockery of religion.

[@cnsgains5506]

If myself and 3 friends were walking in a parking lot and happen to witness two men fighting. Then later we all wrote down an account of what we saw I'm sure there would be some Contradictions between the 4 of us. One of us might have seen how the fight started from a distance, while another might have noticed other details like who else was in the parking lot besides us and between the 4 of us we might not even agree on who won the fight, even though we all witnessed the same event, right? Does that mean that our stories are innacurate? Maybe when they stand alone but when they are all read as one they would probably support and sustain one another because of the abundance of evidence. Sure there will be some discrepancies but let's not miss the forest for the trees. And to be honest if we all told the same exact elaborate story and everything was perfect it would smell pretty dam fishy.

[@bakarudhin8225]

The difference is that the authors of these books were supposed to be inspired by god These books were written in different time frame, What about someone who read only mark ,when john wasnt been written? How could god inspire men to write one single event with so many differences? ???????

[@cnsgains5506]

I don't think u read what I wrote or the translation didn't do it justice. As for the different time frame of written books it is irrelevant. The new testament was written for the current generation to help prepare those for the end times. Have you ever read a bible that only had the gospel of mark but not John? Luke but not Matthew? They were put together in due time for the FUTURE. If you have a school project and you have three months to complete it, does it matter if it's done in 3 days or 10 weeks? No it doesn't matter as long as it is completed on time and the bible was completed on time.

[@thabitali5600]

If you like in your scenario all three would have given different accounts the police would know that it’s lies and only one actually telling the truth. ( the truth remains the truth). The fact at earliest they were written 70 years after Jesus death from unknown authors. In Greek rather than Aramaic. At best only two can be claimed to come from apostles of Jesus. And the differences are in key parts of Jesus life specifically the crucifixion and resurrection. Who carried the cross? How did Judas die ? What did Jesus say on the cross? Who were the witnesses and their reactions? Who went to the tomb and what did they see? And so on - different versions in each gospel to portray a different Jesus for a different narrative that don’t fit together. The Jesus in Mathew is different to the one in John. And how do you look at the other Gospels that have been disregarded

[@MrNoNonsenseYes]

But non of these bible writers met Jesus, not Luke, not Mark and etc 🙄

[@Triggerhawk]

@@MrNoNonsenseYes luke and Mark are the 2 in the new testament that didn't, correct. Their information was gathered second hand from other eye witnesses. And Paul obviously had his revelation on the road to Damascus when he did a complete 180

[@adrianthom2073]

Does the Bible contain contradictions? Yes

[@rickbluecloud531]

There is a precious baby in that filthy bath water.

[@Justinsatiable]

I feel like it's easier just to admit that the bible contradicts itself. Read the OT. It's full of contradictions. Chronicles and Samuel are constantly at odds with each other... Especially where King David is concerned.

[@herskie45]

Maybe your study is just superficial.

[@Justinsatiable]

@@herskie45 I hold a bachelor's and master's degree in biblical studies with a concentration in OT and Hebrew. Maybe you haven't studied enough yet. I'm more than willing to list the contradictions and fallacies

[@samtv6447]

@@herskie45 don't worry I've answered him I think he needs to fo indept study many biblical philosophers say that plain reading of the bible will make people confuse or lack understanding of the bible just because the dude have a degree doesn't mean anything people can make mistakes, so I agree with u , I think his research is superficial

[@Justinsatiable]

@@samtv6447 I'll start easy. 2 Samuel 10:18 But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed 700 charioteers of the Arameans and 40,000 horsemen and struck down Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there. 1 Chronicles 19:18 The Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed of the Arameans 7,000 charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers, and put to death Shophach the commander of the army.

[@samtv6447]

@@Justinsatiable The two verses do not contradict. 2 Samuel 10:18 describes the deaths of an unspecified number of men who rode in "seven hundred chariots". 1 Chronicles 19:18 describes the deaths of "seven thousand men" who rode in an unspecified number of chariots. In other words, 2 Samuel 10:18 gives the number of chariots and 1 Chronicles 19:18 gives the number of men. Therefore, putting the two verses together we know that there was an average of 10 men to each chariot.

[@paskinsanimations1199]

''And I would argue that these are the same kind of surface-level incongruities that we would expect in any historical retelling of an incident by different eyewitnessess'' Yet here we have perserved the Quran without a single contradiction/error

[@hafizhasnainashraf3565]

What about ezia Ch 2 and Nehemiah Ch 7?????

[@pannonia77]

The greatest difference between Matthew and Luke is not about the sequence of the temptations. What about the entirely different birth narratives and the entirely different genealogies? Which by the way are the genealogies of Joseph, who by these very gospels was not the father of Jesus, so these two genealogies fail to demonstrate what they intend to demonstrate, i.e. that Jesus was a descendant of David.

[@woodsman335]

Using the bible to prove the bible is true? Hmmmm

[@lukesalzman]

It is self-authenticating.

[@Mr_mechEngineer]

I don't see where he is using the bible to prove the bible is true.

[@woodsman335]

@@Mr_mechEngineer ask yourself this question then: How do you know the bible is true? If you use the bible to answer that question, you are using the bible to prove it's own validity

[@lukesalzman]

@@woodsman335 1. I was saved, 2. I read canon revisited by Michael j. Kruger

[@woodsman335]

@Designs You probably will question my answer Designs. But honestly I'm just going with my gut and hoping for the best outcome.

[@Roll_dice2]

God Himself can come to earth and HE DID. Yet people will always reject Him if they don’t want to acknowledge His glory. So people will always find flaws and contradictions in His Word because they don’t WANT to believe. It’s something that we as mere humans can’t do nothing about. However, as true Cristhian’s, we are to share the gospels and be a witness-to the world. He will do the rest.

[@rickjohnson6865]

I agree with most of this. But personally, I believe that Luke's genealogy flowing through Mary and Matthew's flowing through Joseph to be more plausible. If a levirate marriage is said to be the difference in Matthew's genealogy, then why doesn't it flow through Elimelech rather than Boaz - where we are given in Scripture that a marriage (not technically levirate, but it served the same purpose) produced a legal line through Elimelech?

[@rickjohnson6865]

Absolutely. I did not mean to suggest that they were not both relevant, nor that the overall premise of the video is undermined if the solution is different than the one he gives. But only that the evidence, I believe, weighs against a levirate marriage in Matthew as the solution.

[@theone1535]

Jesus promised the holy spirit He opens our eyes

[@shannontaylor1849]

Now there's a comment that adds absolutely no value to our understanding. But I guess that's the point of religion anyway.

[@josephncube9379]

@@shannontaylor1849 It actually adds all the meaning Reading the bible without the holy spirit you'll have no benefits from it 2 Corinthians 3:6 "who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life."

[@shannontaylor1849]

@@josephncube9379 Blah.

[@josephncube9379]

@@shannontaylor1849 beautiful response lmao

[@MrPatdeeee]

"Does the Bible have errors or contradictions?" Absolutely Yes! The NASB and the NIV bibles are far more accurate than the KJV bible, except for the NKJV. And this goes for many others. Oh indeed. However there are many errors in those bibles too. IE: ALL bibles have enumerable numbers all over it. Oh YES they ARE there. MOST can't stand that and they will not accept it. I was one of those for 70 yrs. But NO more. They ARE there! Bible scholars have known this for a 1,000 yrs. Do the research with sincere prayer and an open mind; and you will KNOW there are errors galore. But does that mean we should throw our bibles in the garbage? HEAVENS NO! Think about this...If you had just bought a brand new car and on the way home from the dealer; there came up a storm; and it caused all kind of dirt and mud ALL over your car. Now I ask you, "Are you going to throw that car in a junkyard; OR are you going to wash it and make it shine again? HUH?" IN other words, go to Jesus in real sincere prayer and ask him to give you wisdom, understanding and truth; BEFORE you read your bibles. And Jesus WILL steer you around the errors (satan-led); and bring you to the untold number of golden truths (Jesus-led) all over your bible(s). I have done this for the last 14 yrs (89 now), and I have learned more in those years than I learned in the previous 70 yrs. Oh indeed yes. Try it. Remember, that you will never understand warmth until you have experienced cold; you will never enjoy light until you have experienced darkness; And you will never understand the truth until you have experienced the lies. Remember satan's power is second ONLY to Jesus' power... ...Yes, satan is the smartest angel; he is the most beautiful angel and he is the MOST powerful angel (and entity) there is, except for Jesus. But Jesus gives us "free will"; and He lets satan do what he wants to; UNLESS you come to Jesus and beg that he stops satan from tempting you. Oh indeed yes! Thus, satan is the one that "inspired" all writers of the bible to lie; while Jesus was "inspiring" them to to speak the truth. Oh yes. IE... ...Compare Deuteronomy 24:1 vs Mathew 19:3-8. And compare Mathew 1:1 vs Mathew 22:41-45 and John 8:58. Also compare James 2:26 vs Ephesians 2:8 and 9. And I can go on and on and on; where there ARE bold contradictions. Thus... ...2nd Timothy 3:16 is NOT true...but there are many other proofs. Oh yes indeed. Could I be wrong? ABSOLUTELY yes! But all others must bare the same. In any case, Praise Jesus; for He is the ONLY true God there will ever been. AMEN!

[@benleatherland7020]

😂

[@angelpanda5487]

I'm a Christian and I have a question in exodus one of the commandments is do not kill then in the book of judges after the war god is offered the daughter as a sacrifice why is he okay with it?

[@deanmurray6843]

God was not ok with it. The Bible reports the events but that does not mean that God approves the religious actions of the people in those events.

[@elohiymkingdom9453]

I'm glad you are at least questioning your religion.

[@petewalsh2286]

How did he become a doctor? He's just lied. You can't one say God speaks the truth and then different men get it wrong. God got it right or God didn't.

[@匕卄モ匕卄丹れKち]

pete walsh because he not a doctor he a bullshit doctor just like kent hovind.

[@strange4107]

Uses people who are not god to make a point that God did or didn't do something.*LOGIC*

[@victortalaid4036]

Hello, can I ask sometning?. . .what does Proverbs 31 6-7 means?. ..is alcohol has a medical scientific benefits?. .thank you and God bless. .

[@elmajraz6019]

What if different versions have contradictions?

[@atari_hmb]

Then it's up to the individual to seek for those answers. Look for the correlation and cohesive consistency. For example, we know the Septuagint has less removed words than the Masoretic or Leningrad codex of 1080a.d

[@elmajraz6019]

@@atari_hmb then help me answer this question. The Bible in one version like Psalms 22:16 KJV said: "For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: *they pierced my hands and my feet* ." Psalms 22:16 KJV bible.com/bible/1/psa.22.16.KJV Keyword: they "pierced" my hands and my feet. But in another version Psalms 22:17 CJB it says: "Dogs are all around me, a pack of villains closes in on me *like a lion [at] my hands and feet* ." Tehillim (Psa) 22:17 CJB bible.com/bible/1275/psa.22.17.CJB Keyword: (they are) "like a lion" [at] my hands and feet. So, the question is: those villains "pierced" the hands and feet or are they "like a lion" at those hands and feet? Aren't the words "pierced" and "like a lion" a (major) contradiction? That's all, thanks.

[@tyler-qr5jn]

@@elmajraz6019 Not a contradiction but a scribal error, this error was then solved through the discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls and in the Psalms within that manuscript corrects the grammar mistake which ended up as lion. It's a tiny tiny scribal error which ended up totally changing the word. Its literally like a dash missing in the grammar. The messianic texts which had this errors dated more recently to our age. Rather than the Dead Sea texts which dated 300 BC, older than the messianic texts. Proving the correct write of the text. This error you talk about is only found in a specific messianic text. But all other manuscripts are absent of this mistake. It's just the Dead Sea scrolls confirmed the true write of the text. It's a big story I cant really talk in death about, but I think James White discusses this. He has segments of the text

[@elmajraz6019]

@@tyler-qr5jn Then how do you know which is the error? How do we know that the correct one is the 70% and not the 30%? For example, the 70% is the accepted Masoretic Bible, and the 30% is the rejected Septuagint. How do we know that this is the only mistake, and the truth is gone? They might be many more "errors" that the unbelieving Jews successfully changed.

[@rickbluecloud531]

Nothing is proven by scripture alone anyway. That's not enough to really convince anyone. Anything can be written. Talk, as they say, is cheap. If it's really true, there will be other evidence that is more convincing. Moreover, it is the Spirit of the Most High, the living Word, that convinces us of what we need to know when we are ready to receive it. But many don't seek that guidance; they settle for the teaching of man and traditions instead.

[@writingwithjohnnie2024]

I understand that a single story might have many angles given who is telling it. But I think the way preachers teach the Bible is that it is the infallible inerrant Word of God, a God who does not change. If the spirit gives Mary a word about the son that she’ll have, that same spirit must give the same report to Joseph. This gentleman is suggesting that the complexity of the ancient world and ours are the same and therefore contradictions are inevitable but which is it? Is the Bible inerrant and infallible or does the Bible make room for the complexity that allows one author to omit or jumble up or retell a story in their own way? I submit to you that the style of religious writings in the ancient world have never been about creating a book that fits in the non fiction section, but as a group of stories that have elements of fiction to emphasize some spiritual point. The Bible is not infallible or inerrant but the original authors weren’t intending that.

[@joshua7801]

I appreciated this. Thank you. I had wondered about the different lineage recorded down in Matthew and Luke. Thanks for explaining that.

[@garyabudsr1245]

One linage is from Joseph, who was not Jesus’ biological father, the other linage is of Mary, who father was of Judah , the lion and mother was of Levi, the priestly line.

[@grantbartley483]

To be fair, the Temple was on top of a mountain (Moriah?)

[@cloudambient]

This is a recklessly and irresponsibly weak argument for the truth and consistency of the bible. If you believe in this, it's only because you so badly want to believe in it. Be a critical and intelligent thinker for a minute here people.

[@marlak1104]

Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties is an excellent resource on this.

[@marindanielionita5670]

That isn't a logic argument because the Bible is words of God where is power of God

[@marindanielionita5670]

Thank you for argument do not believe in God

[@ballasog]

@@marlak1104 Really. Really. Not.

[@cloudambient]

@@changeyourheart2921 there's something in what you stated that's left open to questions though.

[@johnellis7614]

Only a hypocrite would claim that we must obey both Matthew 5:38 and Romans 13:1, both be a pacifist and bear the sword for government. Truly, this preacher has "come to rest in the company of the dead."

[@F1Eye]

24:1 The Lord inspired David to take the census. 21:1 Satan inspired the census.

[@parkerandrecreation]

This is why I tell people that what’s important in the bible is not so much the words written as the Message and the wisdom from it.

[@jimmyniland9721]

It does have contradictions that I can’t explain.

[@ballasog]

It's obvious from this talk that you can't get an inerrant Bible from what the Bible actually says, so you have to mush it around and "interpret" it however you need to in order to make it inerrant. You can have an inerrant Bible or a Bible that says what it says. You can't have both. You choose an inerrant Bible because what's important to you is that you be an inerrant interpreter of the Bible, not that you interpret the Bible with respect for what it says. To you, the Bible is just a way to puff up your own self-importance, and puffing up one's own self-importance is one of the primary tenets of white evangelicalism.

[@lierox9]

Inerrancy of the word is a wide spread belief, you've just heard about it from white people. The problem is you're expecting different genres of text which have intentions in writing for the reader to all read like science textbooks. They wrote with purpose, tv shows often dont use chronology to make a point about characters or storyline. Ancient biographies can do the same.

[@goonholiday656]

You shouldn’t have questions about the Bible if it is the word of God. There also shouldn’t be an authority on what the text meant. If it were the word of god it should make sense to everyone from the start.

[@connorp8408]

There's contradictions, but just ignore them ;)

[@thekolobsociety]

Short answer: yes.

[@markusminny9472]

If God doesn't lie and the prophets were acting on inspiration of the holy spirit, then why are there even the slightest contradictions........ Doesn't make sense

[@pimpojamir5375]

The English Bible's are full of differences between each other . If you want to know the true recordings of the biblical books , either read the translated hebrew ones or read the books alone as pdf and not as the whole English Bible as some changes may be there.

[@Theravadadann]

I agree to be honest and real. There are many discrepancies that cannot just be explained away. You need to accept that as fact and not create a false narrative simply to explain it away. Let me give an example. What is the true story of the calling of Andrew and Peter? Is it Matthew or John? Both can’t be true. Here come the quotes: First John a long one for needed context: 35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” 37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” 39 “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon. 40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[a]). Now Matthew that quick and to the point: 18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” 20 At once they left their nets and followed him. Both cannot be correct.

[@patbrumph6769]

Life expectancy in the time of Jesus was 35 years. The first word we have of Jesus existence was Mark’s Gospel, written 50-60 years after the death of Jesus. Two generations! Mark portrayed Jesus with little detail because he never met the man, and he presented Jesus as a righteous man chosen by the Holy Spirit. Matthew and Luke wrote their Gospels about 70 years after the death of Jesus. They, too, had never met Jesus, but they described him in much greater detail than Mark and presented Jesus as the “Messiah.” John wrote his gospels about 90 years after the death of Jesus. He never met Jesus, but he quoted Him at length and described Jesus as God. We don’t have a single first-person account of Jesus, not a single account of anyone saying, “I met Jesus, I saw Jesus, I was there when John baptized him.” We don’t have any account of his physical appearance or any official government records of his existence, not of his trial or execution. The historical record has not one written word by Jesus himself, which seems odd. A fundamental part of Jesus’ mission on earth was to deliver the “Word of God.” It’s hard to believe that God-the creator of the universe-was illiterate. Most of the places that Jesus is said to have passed through in the Bible didn’t exist when Jesus supposedly walked the earth. For instance, there is no record in archeology of Nazareth-Jesus’ boyhood home-until the 4th Century A.D., when the mother of Emperor Constantine, Helena made a pilgrimage to the place where Nazareth was supposed to exist. Helena found nothing but a well over which she built a church, and a pilgrims' tourist town grew up around that, which they called Nazareth. Did Jesus exist? Perhaps, but? And the virgin birth? It wasn’t unusual 2,000 years ago for gods to come down and have sex with human women. It happened. If you think that’s crazy, read the Book of Revelations.

[@mscopley]

Wow, that's a long explanation to a simple question. Are we to expect that every apparent contradiction in the scriptures needs such an explanation to overcome that contradiction? Why not just admit, that at least to us, the Bible has many contradictions, and that whatever the Bible means by "God breathed," it does not mean without error or contradiction. Inspiration is not simply unilateral (controlled by God alone), but bilateral (through human beings) and God must be ok with that. In fact, that's the theology that makes incarnation (and the Spirit-led life) possible.

[@johnellis7614]

Unless the purpose of plant earth is to reach the ultimate conclusion of a liar's paradise.

[@nsp74]

very clear

[@georg7120]

Yes.

[@scorpio84PL]

Interesting video but - sorry - there is a difference between contradictions and clearly mistakes. You have to agree that God never wrong so His Word of God, inspired books, in "pure" form must also be free of errors/mistakes. For example - I would never trust any coursebook of Mathematics if that book would has many mistaeks, did you? I found dozens mistakes in the Bibile... Could you answer me about these few examples below? 1. Matthew 1: 6-16 vs Luke 3: 23-31 Two completely different pedigrees of Jesus, do not match not only the names but also the number of ancestors. (your answer didn't convince me) 2. Genesis 6: 3 vs Genesis 11:11 vs Genesis 9:29 God determines man's life expectancy at 120 years, other verses says something different 3. Matthew 10:10 vs Mark 6: 8 What Jesus finally commanded? 4. II Samuel 24: 1 versus I Chronicles 21: 1 God or Satan excited David? Because it's a HUGE difference ... 5. Genesis 16:16 - Abraham is 86 years old when Hagar gives birth to a son; Genesis 21: 5 - Abraham is 100 years old when Isaac is born; 100 - 86 = 14, that is how old Ismael is when Isaac is born; Genesis 21: 8,10 Isaac weaned on the day of the expulsion of Ismael and Hagar (in the Middle East children are breastfed for approximately the first 2 years, 2 + 14 = 16); Genesis 21: 14-19 - "put her and her child on her shoulders", "abandoned" to the death of the child, " "God heard a moan, lift the boy and take his hand", " gave the boy to drink". At the time, 16 years old was an adult. Here Ismael described as defenseless children. I will be grateful for the answer.

[@haydenhowell1647]

I hope you get an answer!

[@reeseexplains8935]

Short answer: yes

[@andar_k1194]

Short answer: no

[@bpresgrove]

Lol I have a friend that can’t wrap his head around the Bible and how it came to be. He makes the contradictories argument all the time. I love the talks we have about Jesus, the Bible, and life. My favorite question from him, “what makes Christianity different from all the others?” Only answer we can ever give Jesus. Love yalls videos. I sent this one to him so we could discuss it.

[@lilhammad9214]

bible ' god is not a man. he who dies on cross is cursed'

[@GeorgePenton-np9rh]

Of the Bible has hundreds of real and seeming contradictions. That's why we need the infallible teaching authority of our Holy Mother the Catholic Church to explain what different difficult passages mean.

[@JamesRichardWiley]

Where was God when the clever serpent was tempting Eve to disobey Him and eat the fruit of knowledge? Why did God need to "come down" to discover the Tower of Babel and who is He talking to when He says "We"?

[@kafkaten]

I wish this was true. I wish there were no contradictions in the bible. I wish that there was some sort of all-knowing, all-powerful father figure in the sky taking care of us. I really do. Some meaning in this chaos and misery would be nice. But it's not. Two minutes of reading the bible shows the contradictions. A few moments of thinking about Christian theology and you see the absurd logic - sacrificing yourself to yourself to appease yourself?? And if you allow yourself to believe - TRULY believe - all of this, you'll allow yourself to be manipulated in thousands of other ways. We need MORE critical thinking, not less.

[@Durnyful]

You should research Eastern Orthodox theology. They agree with much of your critique of western theology. The EO follow the original teachings

[@elohiymkingdom9453]

I agree with you

[@ligidaykurin9106]

Tnk you so much

[@mattr.1887]

Instead of all the mental gymnastics you have to do to commit to the entire Bible being the inerrant word of God...I think it's easier to just look for God in nature. Nature is self-evident, and can never deceive you. Doctrine and scriptures on the other hand? These things are man-made, and can always potentially deceive you. Christians, you don't have to give up your faith entirely. But as long as you insist on biblical infallibility/inerrancy, you paint yourself into a pretty tight corner. Most of Christianity's best aspects came from European stoicism. You can still have all of that without having to commit 100% to the Bible. God is bigger than a mere human book.

[@TheButcherHicks]

So he admits that there are different facts and versions fo the same story. SO WHICH ONE IS TRUE? They can not all be true? I call nonsense to all of it.

[@6969smurfy]

I agree, should we follow gods law or laws of the lawless church. No biggie to get it right.

[@commonsense472]

Obey God's law .

[@6969smurfy]

@@commonsense472 doing it for Love of the Father as the obedient child, Praise YAH firmly Worship YAH humbley Give thanks for the Messiah Halalu-YAH !

[@Wasatch_Sasquatch]

Then if I follow you correctly polygamy was followed in the New/Old Testament, as long as you had a brother(s) die you could marry his(their) widow(s) too and keep your own. Or, just be a King like Solomon and David.

[@JohnSmith-fp8il]

I am a Christian and I accept that there are contradictions in the Bible. It's ok, my faith is not compromised because of this.

[@syedmohammedhussain799]

Isn't the whole Christian faith is based off on the Bible?

[@AsafeFialho]

@@syedmohammedhussain799 The Bible was compiled by the Church. The Church was there before the Bible. The disciples existed before it.

[@syedmohammedhussain799]

@@AsafeFialho huh

[@denysvision]

@@syedmohammedhussain799 what it means is that the church is simply corupt, i still think god loves everyone and wants us to love people aound us, sure sins and laws exist but i think that we as human can go surpas our sins and be better for ouselves

[@syedmohammedhussain799]

@@denysvision This is a very generic statement. How would you derive Laws in a country? Would you use the Bible or your own logic?

[@completealone]

Im a muslim and i respect all . What you are doing is just playing around just answer the quastion man . I really like to know the right answer . I dont think it's that hard to answer

[@shannontaylor1849]

"I'm a muslim and I respect all..." Lol. Bro, you can't define yourself as part of an exclusive group and then withdraw the qualifier.

[@strange4107]

People really out here taking Bible out of context. Yes the Bible is God's word, but it is almost like, explained in the beggining of the gospels especially if you have one with an excerpt about the book before it, that these are the PEOPLES SPECIFIC EXPERIENCES no everybody gonna be perfect y'all. Nobody but maybe Catholics said apostle's were perfect.

[@smeatonlighthouse4384]

When we read the Bible and keep the interpretation and understanding in the context of which it is being used in the different passages of scripture, then there are NO contradictions. The Holy Spirit does not make mistakes or errors, and the Bible was given by inspiration.

[@smeatonlighthouse4384]

@in777sight You are talking twaddle. How come that Peter and John both commend Paul and his teaching.

[@匕卄モ匕卄丹れKち]

Smeaton Lighthouse false the only reason there seem to be no contradictions is because the interpretation was purposely made up to cover up all the obvious contradictions .

[@jaxthewolf4572]

www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/by_book.html There are hundreds of contradictions and the proof is the bible itself. If one verse says something, and another verse is saying something else that disagrees with it, than it is a contradiction. "No contradictions" is a delusional statement often based on blind faith rather than reason.

[@elmajraz6019]

Can anyone answer this (preferably Christians or Jews)? The Bible in one version like Psalms 22:16 KJV said: "For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: *they pierced my hands and my feet* ." Psalms 22:16 KJV bible.com/bible/1/psa.22.16.KJV Let me repeat, they "pierced" my hands and my feet. But in another version Psalms 22:17 CJB it says: "Dogs are all around me, a pack of villains closes in on me *like a lion [at] my hands and feet* ." Tehillim (Psa) 22:17 CJB bible.com/bible/1275/psa.22.17.CJB Let me repeat, (they are) "like a lion" [at] my hands and feet. So, the question is: those villains "pierced" the hands and feet or are they "like a lion" at those hands and feet? Aren't the words "pierced" and "like a lion" a (major) contradiction? That's all, thanks.

[@stubdo16]

Why do you say the bible was given by inspiration? Do you mean it was not a factual account based on what people had seen or heard first-hand? What do you mean by inspiration? Something that someone believes is coming to them from a supernatural realm (god?)?

[@JMusar795]

I'm here to obey God not to understand him!!!

[@anthonyjoshuaphillips3604]

Exactly.

[@sliderulelover]

There are actual errors in the Bible. But fortunately, they are not so severe as to discredit the notion that the Bible is God's Word. After all, God let man do all the copying down through the centuries. It is inevitable that errors would creep into the text. Since God let man do the copying, it virtually guaranteed errors would occur. And, we didn't disappoint Him...we came through!

[@benleatherland7020]

Simpleton

[@pannonia77]

Yes, it does.

[@overthrow3167]

The answer is yes

[@victorvaladez1678]

The Bible is for everybody but... Not everybody accept it !!!!

[@bonesrhodes3762]

---- as this video shows, if you ask honest questions, expect dishonest answers

[@paskinsanimations1199]

He is basically saying, The book of God, has errors just like any other historical book, but he is comparing THE BOOK OF GOD to historical books...

[@terrorizer77]

Yes! The bible have more than 1 contradictions

[@terrorizer77]

Why don't you name just one for me. I mean you've read the bible...right?

[@SpongeBobsDadJacob]

@@terrorizer77 Why are you talking to yourself?

[@terrorizer77]

@@SpongeBobsDadJacob a coward deleted his comment

[@SpongeBobsDadJacob]

@@terrorizer77 oh okay. Lol.

[@lrcavalli290]

Let me help you...the messiah can only come from the David, Solomon line

[@cherkas009]

The only honest answer would be to the question why would there be contradictions in the most important book in the history of the world this isn't telling of a car accident or changing a car battery these are important books and for him to equate the two is ridiculous beyond measure