YES INDEED! Bible is very-very contradictory.
The only problem is you cannot see because you have a biased mind. You cannot read your Bible for understanding, you always believe in what your pastors tells you. Why cant you reason well?
There are more evidences proving Bible to be contradictory. Thus:
Evidence for the unreliability of much of the material in the Bible can also be found in the many contradictions in the texts of the Old and New Testaments. The following are only a few examples:
THE OLD TESTAMENT
1. The authors of Samuel and Chronicles related to same story about Prophet David taking a census of the Jews. However, in 2nd Samuel, it states that Prophet David acted on God’s instructions, while in the 1st Chronicles, he acted on Satan’s instructions.
II SAMUEL 24: THE NUMBERING
“And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved against them to say, “Go, number Israel and Judah”.
I CHRONICLE 21: THE NUMBERING
“And Satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to number Israel”
2. In describing the length of a plague prophesied by Gad, the author of 2nd Samuel listed it as seven years, while the author of 1st Chronicles listed it as three years.
II SAMUEL 23:13 THE PLAGUE
“So Gad came to David and told him, and said unto him, “Shall seven years of famine come onto thee in the Land? Or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee?”
I CHRONICLES 21:11 THE PLAGUE
So Gad came onto David and said unto him, “Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee 12 either three years famine; or three months to be destroyed before they foes, while that the sword in thine enemies overtaketh thee;”
3. In 2nd Chronicles, Jehoiachin was described as being eight years old when he began to reign, while in 2nd Kings he is described as being eighteen years old.
II CHRONICLES 24:13 THE AGE
“Jehoiachin was eight years was old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord”
I KINGS 24:8: THE AGE
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reign in Jerusalem for three months. And his mothers’ name was nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem”
4. The author of 2nd Samuel described the number of Syrians who died during a battle with Prophet David as being seven hudred, while the author of 1st Chronicles gave their numbers as seven thousand.
II SAMUEL 10:18 THE DEAD
“And the Syrians fled before Israel;and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and fourty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there”.
I CHRONICLES 19:18 THE DEAD
“But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and fourty thousand footmen, and killed Shopach the captain of the host”.
Although some may say that the adding or dropping of 1 or a zero is not significant, as it is only a copying mistake, here that is not the case because the Jews spelled out their numbers in words and did not use numerals.
Such discrepancies cannot be accepted as part of a divinely revealed text. Moreover, they prove the fallibility of the human authors and further prove that the texts of the Old Testament were not divinely preserved.
IN ZAKA FADI, FADI GASKIYA, KOMAI TA JA MA A YI MAKA
Posted: at 19-05-2010 06:08 PM (13 years ago) | Hero |
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