If the Bible is the truth then why are there so many contradictions?

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   coletta7posted 14 years ago

   Let god be true and every man be a liar! Gods word does not return unto him void"

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      earnestshubposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Which god's word would that be?

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   coletta7posted 14 years ago

   The most high God spoke this very world into existence!

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      ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I think you are speaking of the LOGOS, right? Its the LOGOS earnest.
      
      What it essentially pertains to is the power of a declaration. It has come to mean Gd's word in modern Christianity. But it really is nebulous to most of them, and most think its the literal bible passages.

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      ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Logos; often translated as "word", it's true meaning is much more multifunctional (a better translation would be "reason"). The Logos is the light that gives Gnosis via communication. It is the Christ (not to be confused with Jesus). First there was a thought, then the word. We pass on knowledge in this world through words. It is something that gives us guidance by "seeing" or a certain amount of comprehension.
      
      - http://www.kheper.net/topics/Gnosticism/glossary.html

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   lyricsingrayposted 14 years ago

   because of the numerous typos.  No one ever corrects.

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   Hokeyposted 14 years ago

   In the grand scheme of things this just seems so unimportant. I don't think I will waste my time writing anymore. Whats the point. Debating about who's God is right! There are no Gods!! Why would an Omnipotent being be so cruel?!?! Take away a 34 year old man for what purpose? My friend! MY brother! If there is a GOD than it is a 3 year old burning ants with a magnifying glass!!!!!!! What could possibly be the purpose? Crushing his family who are good people! He had a drug problem! But I knew him! He was good! Dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      earnestshubposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Exactly! Omniscient yet barbaric? Omnipresent but never seen? Omnipotent, but unable to lift a finger to stop his own creation from being insane?
      
      The god of the bible or quoran is an ant sized psychopath in my view, and totally man made to control other men.
      Obvious from the outside. Funny I could see nothing when I was a religionist, the book takes over the senses if you ram it down your own throat often enough!

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      Faybe Bayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Do keep writing Hokey, even if it is rage that you write. I will read. I lost my father when he was only 40, I was only 10. I asked God to take me instead, when I suddenly realized the end was near. I begged with all of my heart. I told Him how much the family needed my dad more than me. But he chose to answer that prayer with a resounding NO, as I felt from the other room my heart rend in two in my chest. I knew before they called us out to tell us that he was dead. I raged for two years, while the family prayed that we would be comforted I prayed "i hate you I hate you I hate you, I am never talking to you again!" as if my rage could actually hurt some supreme being. It was all I had, and how I came to be a writer, writing my pain.

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         Hokeyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         OK!!! Well here you go!!!!!!!!!
         
         My new hub will start right now!

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            lyricsingrayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            

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            Faybe Bayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Love you Hokey! And you Lyrics and Earnestshub. in a fraternal sort of way, not stalking or religious love, Brotherly love....

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               earnestshubposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               Geeze faybe! Conditional love then is it?

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                  Faybe Bayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  No, just trying to stay out of trouble. I am sticking my foot in my mouth on a regular and want to at least get some sleep tonight. I can't take another tossing and turning from, should I have said that. I am learning to make myself perfectly clear, so as not to be misinterpreted... As many have been since the word first took form.

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            moonphlowerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Your writing isn't just for us...it's for you as well, even more so!  You've been writing all your life...use that now!

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      Pandoras Boxposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I'm sorry Hokey. Everything tends to sound platitudinous when you're hurting, but your friend is at peace. You and others who knew him have to suffer through this loss, but he won't suffer anymore.
      
      Feel free to vent and scream and yell if you like. I'm sure most of us know how you're feeling.
      
      In the words of somebody who's name I can't recall at the moment -Let grief convert to anger, blunt not the heart, enrage it! It helped me.
      
      It sounds dumb I guess, but instead of letting this make you smaller, let it make you bigger.
      
      Oh yeah, it was shakespeare. Smart guy, that shakespeare.
      
      I love you.

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         Hokeyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Just another reminder that life truly is impermanence.
         
         Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kind words.
         
         Namaste

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            Jewelsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Life is Impermanence - isn't that the truth!  Nothing stays the same, nothing stays controlled, every structure rots eventually. Says allot for non attachment. which in reality is very difficult.
            
            Namaste.

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      ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I'm sorry to hear that Hokey.

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   earnestshubposted 14 years ago

   I relate the word to logic. No logic to the bible.

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   earnestshubposted 14 years ago

   Well Faybe, I sleep like a log knowing that many zealots hate my guts!
   I guess I would suggest  thinking this.
   "What others think of me is none of my business"
   Sleep like a bug in a rug faybe!

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      Faybe Bayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I do, and actually pass it on but sometimes when one makes a stupid mistake as I have, I found a new one: "No one notices until you make a mistake."

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         earnestshubposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         well s**t happens, no biggy if you make a mistake.

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            Faybe Bayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Yeah, but tonight I have to sleep. I am taking a friend to court in the morning, gotta leave at 5:am. Last time I made the run I didn't sleep and I was ill all day from lack of rest and the trip. All the way, West Palm to Kissimee and no amusement parks, court for him instead.

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   earnestshubposted 14 years ago

   Hey Jewels, nice to see you enter the fray with some real data.

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   sooner than laterposted 14 years ago

   The bible doesn't need to be defended by anyone. It stands alone as the best seller, most widely distributed and missunderstood by those who DO NOT READ IT. Is it so surprising it gets attacked by the wanting? I don't think so.

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   Hokeyposted 14 years ago

   Who incited David to count the fighting men of Israel?
   
       * God did (2 Samuel 24: 1)
       *       did (I Chronicles 2 1:1)

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    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    In that count how many fighting men were found in Israel?
    
        * Eight hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9)
        * One million, one hundred thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)

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    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    How many fighting men were found in Judah?
    
        * Five hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9)
        * Four hundred and seventy thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)

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    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    God sent his prophet to threaten David with how many years of famine?
    
        * Seven (2 Samuel 24:13)
        * Three (I Chronicles 21:12)

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    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem?
    
        * Twenty-two (2 Kings 8:26)
        * Forty-two (2 Chronicles 22:2)

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       lyricsingrayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       sixty-two-lost never even seen a bible :

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    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    How old was Jehoiachin when he became king of Jerusalem?
    
        * Eighteen (2 Kings 24:8)
        * Eight (2 Chronicles 36:9)

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    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    How long did he rule over Jerusalem?
    
        * Three months (2 Kings 24:8)
        * Three months and ten days (2 Chronicles 36:9)

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    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    The chief of the mighty men of David lifted up his spear and killed how many men at one time?
    
        * Eight hundred (2 Samuel 23:8)
        * Three hundred (I Chronicles 11: 11)

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    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    When did David bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem? Before defeating the Philistines or after?
    
        * After (2 Samuel 5 and 6)
        * Before (I Chronicles 13 and 14)

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    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    How many pairs of clean animals did God tell Noah to take into the Ark?
    
        * Two (Genesis 6:19, 20)
        * Seven (Genesis 7:2). But despite this last instruction only two pairs went into the ark (Genesis 7:8-9)

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    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    When David defeated the King of Zobah, how many horsemen did he capture?
    
        * One thousand and seven hundred (2 Samuel 8:4)
        * Seven thousand (I Chronicles 18:4)

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    lyricsingrayposted 14 years ago

    completely lost with a headache.
    so much too learn, so little desire

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       Hokeyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Hi

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    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    How many stalls for horses did Solomon have?
    
        * Forty thousand (I Kings 4:26)
        * Four thousand (2 chronicles 9:25)
    
    In what year of King Asa's reign did Baasha, King of Israel die?
    
        * Twenty-sixth year  (I Kings 15:33 - 16:8)
        * Still alive in the thirty-sixth year (2 Chronicles 16:1)
    
    How many overseers did Solomon appoint for the work of building the temple?
    
        * Three thousand six hundred (2 Chronicles 2:2)
        * Three thousand three hundred (I Kings 5:16)
    
    Solomon built a facility containing how many baths?
    
        * Two thousand (1 Kings 7:26)
        * Over three thousand (2 Chronicles 4:5)
    
    Of the Israelites who were freed from the Babylonian captivity, how many were the children of Pahrath-Moab?
    
        * Two thousand eight hundred and twelve (Ezra 2:6)
        * Two thousand eight hundred and eighteen (Nehemiah 7:11)
    
    How many were the children of Zattu?
    
        * Nine hundred and forty-five (Ezra 2:8)
        * Eight hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:13)
    
    How many were the children of Azgad?
    
        * One thousand two hundred and twenty-two (Ezra 2:12)
        * Two thousand three hundred and twenty-two (Nehemiah 7:17)

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    earnestshubposted 14 years ago

    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

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       tantrumposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       You can't blame this God ! It's bipolar. Just as his creation !
       He needs a shrink. Let's call the Devil !

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          Jewelsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Bipolar!  Is that polarity out of control?

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    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    How many were the children of Adin?
    
        * Four hundred and fifty-four (Ezra 2:15)
        * Six hundred and fifty-five (Nehemiah 7:20)
    
    How many were the children of Hashum?
    
        * Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:19)
        * Three hundred and twenty-eight (Nehemiah 7:22)
    
    How many were the children of Bethel and Ai?
    
        * Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:28)
        * One hundred and twenty-three (Nehemiah 7:32)
    
    Ezra 2:64 and Nehemiah 7:66 agree that the total number of the whole assembly was 42,360. Yet the numbers do not add up to anything close. The totals obtained from each book is as follows:
    
        * 29,818 (Ezra)
        * 31,089 (Nehemiah)
    
    How many singers accompanied the assembly?
    
        * Two hundred (Ezra 2:65)
        * Two hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:67)
    
    What was the name of King Abijahs mother?
    
        * Michaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (2 Chronicles 13:2)
        * Maachah, daughter of Absalom (2 Chronicles 11:20) But Absalom had only one daughter whose name was Tamar (2 Samuel 14:27)
    
    Did Joshua and the Israelites capture Jerusalem?
    
        * Yes (Joshua 10:23, 40)
        * No (Joshua 15:63)
    
    Who was the father of Joseph, husband of Mary?
    
        * Jacob (Matthew 1:16)
        * Hell (Luke 3:23)
    
    Jesus descended from which son of David?
    
        * Solomon (Matthew 1:6)
        * Nathan(Luke3:31)

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    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    Who was the father of Shealtiel?
    
        * Jechoniah (Matthew 1:12)
        * Neri (Luke 3:27)
    
    Which son of Zerubbabel was an ancestor of Jesus Christ?
    
        * Abiud (Matthew 1: 13)
        * Rhesa (Luke 3:27) But the seven sons of Zerubbabel are as follows: i.Meshullam, ii. Hananiah, iii. Hashubah, iv. Ohel, v.Berechiah, vi. Hasadiah, viii. Jushabhesed (I Chronicles 3:19, 20). The names Abiud and Rhesa do not fit in anyway.
    
    Who was the father of Uzziah?
    
        * Joram (Matthew 1:8)
        * Amaziah (2 Chronicles 26:1)
    
    Who was the father of Jechoniah?
    
        * Josiah (Matthew 1:11)
        * Jeholakim (I Chronicles 3:16)
    
    How many generations were there from the Babylonian exile until Christ?
    
        * Matthew says fourteen (Matthew 1:17)
        * But a careful count of the generations reveals only thirteen (see Matthew 1: 12-16)
    
    Who was the father of Shelah?
    
        * Cainan (Luke 3:35-36)
        * Arphaxad (Genesis II: 12)
    
    Was John the Baptist Elijah who was to come?
    
        * Yes (Matthew II: 14, 17:10-13)
        * No (John 1:19-21)
    
    Would Jesus inherit Davids throne?
    
        * Yes. So said the angel (Luke 1:32)
        * No, since he is a descendant of Jehoiakim (see Matthew 1: I 1, I Chronicles 3:16). And Jehoiakim was cursed by God so that none of his descendants can sit upon Davids throne (Jeremiah 36:30)
    
    Jesus rode into Jerusalem on how many animals?
    
        * One - a colt (Mark 11:7; cf Luke 19:3 5). And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments on it; and he sat upon it.
        * Two - a colt and an ass (Matthew 21:7). They brought the ass and the colt and put their garments on them and he sat thereon.
    
    How did Simon Peter find out that Jesus was the Christ?
    
        * By a revelation from heaven (Matthew 16:17)
        * His brother Andrew told him (John 1:41)
    
    Where did Jesus first meet Simon Peter and Andrew?
    
        * By the sea of Galilee (Matthew 4:18-22)
        * On the banks of river Jordan (John 1:42). After that, Jesus decided to go to Galilee (John 1:43)
    
    When Jesus met Jairus was Jairus daughter already     ?
    
        * Yes. Matthew 9:18 quotes him as saying, My daughter has just died.
        * No. Mark 5:23 quotes him as saying, My little daughter is at the point of      .

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    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    Goodnight!

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       earnestshubposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Goodnight hokey!

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    earnestshubposted 14 years ago

    A man may marry his brother's widow
              Deut 25:5
    A man may not marry his brother's widow
              Lev 20:21
    
    Hatred to kindred enjoined
              Luke 14:26
    Hatred to kindred condemned
              Eph 6:2/ Eph 5:25,29
    
    Intoxicating beverages recommended
              Prov 31:6,7/ 1 Tim 5:23/ Ps 104:15
    Intoxicating beverages discountenanced
              Prov 20:1/ Prov 23:31,32

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    Cagsilposted 14 years ago

    Good night Hokey!

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