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Puritan Board Doctor
A friend has asked me to defend the Bible concerning the following discrepancies. I was hoping someone could link me to an already compiled answer! I'm pretty sure his questions come from a book against Xianity, since I doubt he went through the whole Bible and compared names and dates, etc. That's why I have hope that these points are already countered here, or somewhere!
I am going to look for these answers myself, but am hoping that a lot of them have been answered by brighter folks than me.
Where is our Puritan Librarian when you need him?
Genesis 46:21 and Numbers 26:38-40
One has Naaman and Ard as the sons of Benjamin and one as the grandsons of Benjamin
Matthew 1:16 says Jacob was Joseph’s father. (Jesus’ dad). Luke 3:23 says Heli was Joseph’s father
In tracing the geneology of Jesus to Adam, Luke (3:35-36) gives us a different geneology than Genesis (11:12)
Genesis 7:21-23 says that all living things were destroyed in the flood. But the giants that are referenced in Genesis 6:4 (right before the flood) are referred to as having bared children who became mighty men of old. This same race of giants then also show up later in Numbers 13:33. Did they die or not? Also, why don’t we have any remains (archaelogically or otherwise of a race of giants)
James 1:13 says that god will not tempt any man, but in Genesis 22:1 God tempts Abraham
Matthew 27:5 and Acts 1:18 has different death stories for Judas. In one he hangs himself and in the other he falls down a hill.
Think about the logical inconsistency of the story of the ark. What did the animals eat once they got off the ark? Plants are dead and prey is gone. Also, run the math, but how does a group of nine turn into 7 billion in a few thousand years. It just doesn’t’ work.
1st Kings 22:23, 2nd Chronicles 18:22, Jeremiah 4:10 and 20:7, and Ezekial 14:9 all have verses where God explicitly tricks prophets and puts or “puts a lying tongue in their mouth” to deceive them. While Proverbs 30:5 explains that “every word of God is pure.” Which is it? And seems pretty hard to justify a loving god willingly and intentionally deceiving people.
Each gospel has a different number of women finding an empty tomb (1, 2, 3 and 5). They are greeted differently in each story as well. Mark (16:5) has women entering and meeting one man. Matthew (28:2) has an earthquake in which an angel appears and rolls away the stone. There are also guards there. Luke (24:2-4) has the women entering the tomb and 2 men appear. John (20:12) has the women not entering the has 2 angels sitting outside. After they hear in Mark (16:8) they keep quite and don’t tell anyone. This clearly contradicts Matthew (28:28) and Luke (24:9) when they go tell people. The end of Jesus’ life is not the only contradiction in the gospels either. They are many. Like how many times did the **** crow when Peter denied Jesus? Or why do 2 of the gospels feel the virgin birth is not important enough to mention? The gospels were written decades after Jesus’ death (that is undisputed by reputable scholars). Dead sea scrolls indicate that the resurrection was not even included in the Mark until 30 years after the original document.
I am going to look for these answers myself, but am hoping that a lot of them have been answered by brighter folks than me.
Where is our Puritan Librarian when you need him?
Genesis 46:21 and Numbers 26:38-40
One has Naaman and Ard as the sons of Benjamin and one as the grandsons of Benjamin
Matthew 1:16 says Jacob was Joseph’s father. (Jesus’ dad). Luke 3:23 says Heli was Joseph’s father
In tracing the geneology of Jesus to Adam, Luke (3:35-36) gives us a different geneology than Genesis (11:12)
Genesis 7:21-23 says that all living things were destroyed in the flood. But the giants that are referenced in Genesis 6:4 (right before the flood) are referred to as having bared children who became mighty men of old. This same race of giants then also show up later in Numbers 13:33. Did they die or not? Also, why don’t we have any remains (archaelogically or otherwise of a race of giants)
James 1:13 says that god will not tempt any man, but in Genesis 22:1 God tempts Abraham
Matthew 27:5 and Acts 1:18 has different death stories for Judas. In one he hangs himself and in the other he falls down a hill.
Think about the logical inconsistency of the story of the ark. What did the animals eat once they got off the ark? Plants are dead and prey is gone. Also, run the math, but how does a group of nine turn into 7 billion in a few thousand years. It just doesn’t’ work.
1st Kings 22:23, 2nd Chronicles 18:22, Jeremiah 4:10 and 20:7, and Ezekial 14:9 all have verses where God explicitly tricks prophets and puts or “puts a lying tongue in their mouth” to deceive them. While Proverbs 30:5 explains that “every word of God is pure.” Which is it? And seems pretty hard to justify a loving god willingly and intentionally deceiving people.
Each gospel has a different number of women finding an empty tomb (1, 2, 3 and 5). They are greeted differently in each story as well. Mark (16:5) has women entering and meeting one man. Matthew (28:2) has an earthquake in which an angel appears and rolls away the stone. There are also guards there. Luke (24:2-4) has the women entering the tomb and 2 men appear. John (20:12) has the women not entering the has 2 angels sitting outside. After they hear in Mark (16:8) they keep quite and don’t tell anyone. This clearly contradicts Matthew (28:28) and Luke (24:9) when they go tell people. The end of Jesus’ life is not the only contradiction in the gospels either. They are many. Like how many times did the **** crow when Peter denied Jesus? Or why do 2 of the gospels feel the virgin birth is not important enough to mention? The gospels were written decades after Jesus’ death (that is undisputed by reputable scholars). Dead sea scrolls indicate that the resurrection was not even included in the Mark until 30 years after the original document.
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