Background: An atheist on the internet (who seems to disdain the Bible and Christians) sent me a link to this article "Top Damning Contradictions in the Bible" in order to try and cast doubt about God and his word. It didn't work. In fact, it was a blessing that got me inspired by Yahweh to serve him by addressing the "contradictions".
I want to thank the atheist who sent me this because I felt inspired by Yahweh to check out the "contradictions" by breaking each one apart and show why they're not damning contradictions.
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See #19 as I added this to the resurrection claim
Rather than rehashing what this article is saying, I'll point you directly to this
article which addresses it
(https://www.josh.org/answer/explain-contradictions-resurrection-story/)
This aligns to what Lee Stroebel found out about the resurrection when he investigated it.
Response:
There is no law that says God cannot change/add unto his previous laws. In the OT, God set aside many rules in the Torah to distinguish them from the other’s who were not his chosen people. In the Sermon on the Mount (which the article refers to Jesus), those “10 commandments” are just a part of the law that Jesus fulfilled and added much more context to that law. By sending his son, those who now are “Christians” are unique in the sense that they have given their heart and lives to Jesus. Jesus’ sermon on the mount was an amendment to God’s covenant as it served its purpose during the OT before the coming of Christ. Science keeps changing too. How many amendments to the Theory of Evolution and the Big Bang Theory (both religions and not really science) as well as aging?
Response:
By the grace of God (who sent his only son to die for our sins), we are saved. First of all, Proverbs is in the OT. Jesus had not arrived yet to save us by faith in him.
From: https://www.bibleref.com/James/2/James-2-14.html
Response:
The 2 geneologies are really just 1.
Response:
The article is twisting scripture again. One has to know that Proverbs is poetry and wisdom
God never said his people would be without harm. Provers is OT. Christianity started in the NT in Acts. The passage is easy. Christians will always be harmed/persecuted “in the flesh” but no harm can be done to their soul and eternal life (as promised) if one believes in him. I wish the author of the article would take the time to know the meaning of poetry throughout the bible as it was the language of the day.
Response:
“Tradition” is the keyword. Jesus questioned the tradition of the pharisees. With Jesus coming, not all previous traditions were to be upheld. The Jewish faith still abides by many rules in the OT which includes the “unclean food” in which Peter had a vision that God maked many of those unclean foods as “clean”. The Jewish tradition in the OT can still be followed by them if they want but Jesus/God said it was not necessary. Not to mention, this happened before Jesus’ request to go out and make disciples in distant lands (which consisted of Paul’s epistles stating similarities and differences between the Torah and Jesus’ amendments to it)
Response:
“Tradition” is the keyword. Jesus questioned the tradition of the pharisees. With Jesus coming, not all previous traditions were to be upheld. The Jewish faith still abides by many rules in the OT which includes the “unclean food” in which Peter had a vision that God maked many of those unclean foods as “clean”. The Jewish tradition in the OT can still be followed by them if they want but Jesus/God said it was not necessary. Not to mention, this happened before Jesus’ request to go out and make disciples in distant lands (which consisted of Paul’s epistles stating similarities and differences between the Torah and Jesus’ amendments to it)
Response:
The KJV (IHMO) is the most accurate translation.
He was speaking to his chosen people whom he helped escape slavery at the hands of God. His own people worshipping other idols before him (golden calf, etc..) was a VERY serious sin in the eyes of God. You have to consider that his chosen people (newly chosen and unaccustomed to God’s law) were bestowed this serious punishment at the time in order to keep the family tree of God (Abraham, etc..) in line and obeying God’s word.
Read deuteromony 24 1-16. There is no mention about the sin of worshipping a false idol. He’s explaing the sins of 1 thru 15. The context of each verse needs to be examined before coming to the conclusion that scripture is contracting.
The same can be said for the Jerimiah verse
Response
Response:
Scripture out of context.
The story needs to be covered in chronological order.
Jesus ministered/preached instructions to his 12 disciples to spread his word to the gentiles (His/God’s chosen people) first.
By the time of the Matthew 28 verse, he had already resurrected from the dead and conquered death and wanted his word to spread to all.
He did not promise to return within the lifetime of those who physically saw/listened to him. God’s time is completely different than man’s time. Soon (in terms of God) can mean 5000 years for all we know.
Matthew 10:23 is not talking about his 2nd coming. It’s talking about his instructions to the 12 disciples to each every town in Israel to preach his word while he was alive. And he was right. The disciples never reached every town before Jesus was crucified and the disciples persued by the gentiles who did not believe Jesus was the Son of Man.
Matthew 16:28 is Jesus speaking to some of the disciples will receive eternal life in Heaven. They will not see death. Those who don’t accept him will taste death in hell and will never get to see his kingdom. Jesus spoke in parables/poetry. Judas was included hence his “Some of you” rather than “all of you”.
Response:
Context is needed. That does not mean everyone who prays will get what they receive (like an Amazon gift certificate or a winning lottery ticket.
Matthew 7:1 is not the correct verse. It's Matthew 7:7.
Mark 11:24
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In Exodus 34, if you break each one of those verses into commandments, there's more than 10. But..
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There really aren't
Response:
There are several links that show this not to be the case. But this short youtube goes into an in-depth detail of why it appears to be 2 stories when they both accounting for the same story.
Response:
Rather than rehashing what this article is saying, I'll point you directly to it:
This aligns to what Lee Stroebel found out about the resurrection when he investigated it.
My Response:
Since God sent his Son to the earth, he was limited with the charactertisics of a human and to feel the pain and sorrow of a human. He did things as a human (ie, have fear, etc..) that God never had. The reason for this is because God wanted his only son to die for us in such a way that he would feel the same axiety, fear and pain that we (as humans) would do if we were crucified the same way he was.
To show God's love for us, Jesus had to pay for our sins in a "human form" (with a lot more restrictions than his father (who is still him)) so we would know he probably experienced one of the most (perhaps the most) brutal form of torture in human history. So his "fear" was due to the human characteristic of being sent as a human.
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