I think the bible is a great book. It has some wonderful moral teachings but it should not be regarded as historically accurate or completely factual. There are discrepancies and inconsistencies throughout it. It was written by man and man is fallible.
The bible is just a collection of allegorical moral stories that people and groups throughout history have used to their own groups interpretation.
Now, I can't say that the bible is proof that God exists, since being written by man, tends to the notion that man created God.
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Of course its not completely factual most of it is poetry
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There are some that disagree with you. Not me. I'm on the same page.
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Great!
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What inconsistencies?
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There are too many to write down so here's a link with a few. http://www.answering-christianity.com/101_bible_contradictions.htm
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I'm sorry, many have tried and failed. Those are not contradictions. Why don't you pick one at a time and ilk answer them for you. And by the way, this proves the op. Instead of studying these in context for yourself, you send me a link to a bunch of context less verses.
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Okay. We'll start with an easy one. God sent his prophet to threaten David with how many years of famine? Seven (2 Samuel 24:13) Three (I Chronicles 21:12) Reading both of these, it's pretty clear that 7 and 3 are two different numbers. The rest of the passages were virtually identical.
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The total was 7 years. But they had already been in famine for almost 4 years. So David was offering 3 more. For a total of 7. The context passages: http://bible.com/100/2sa.21.1.nasb Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the L ord . And the L ord said, "It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death." http://bible.com/100/2sa.24.8.nasb So when they had gone about through the whole land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days" Three years of famine prior to the census then famine for almost another year during the census. Then David offered 3 more years.
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Okay, you justified the discrepancy but it's still there regardless. One account says God said there will be 3 years (I guess he meant three more) the other account said 7 years (he really meant total) but which did he actually say?
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[quote]Okay, you justified the discrepancy but it's still there regardless. One account says God said there will be 3 years (I guess he meant three more) the other account said 7 years (he really meant total) but which did he actually say?[/quote]
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Edited by viagra1337: 8/23/2015 8:35:38 PMThose are all contradictions you fúcking retard, why don't you think about them instead of having absolute faith in your 2000 year old book that has been rewritten countless times. K?
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>Claims they aren't contradiction >Claims to have studied them for 20 years >Doesn't explain why they aren't contradictions Wow.jpg
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Wtf are you even talking about I stopped reading fairy tales when I was 6 why would I read and study one for 20 years
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I've studied those and many more supposed contradictions for over 20 years. Instead of making baseless assertions, why don't you pick out a few of your favorites and I'll explain how they are not. But even after I do, you will still hold to your foolish position.