In article <19920701141445@mantis.co.uk> mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) writes:

>26. "Does anyone have a list of Biblical contradictions?"

>

>    American Atheist Press publish an atheist's handbook detailing Biblical

>    contradictions:

>

>    "The Bible Handbook"  W.P. Ball and G.W. Foote  American Atheist Press

>    372 pp.  ISBN 0-910309-26-4, 2nd edition, 1986.  Bible contradictions,

>    absurdities, atrocities, immoralities... contains Ball, Foote: "The Bible

>    Contradicts Itself", AAP.  Based on the King James version of the Bible.

>

>    AAP's address is:

>

>    American Atheist Press

>    P.O. Box 140195          7215 Cameron Road

>    Austin, TX 78714-0195    Austin, TX 78752-2973

>    Phone: (512) 458-1244    Fax: (512) 467-9525



Will this do?  I put it together myself





Contradictions -- The Bible is riddled with repetitions and

contradictions, things that the Bible bangers would be quick to point

out in anything that they want to criticize. For instance, Genesis 1

and 2 disagree about the order in which things are created, and how

satisfied God is about the results of his labors. The flood story is

really two interwoven stories that contradict each other on how many

of each kind of animal are to be brought into the Ark -- is it one

pair each or seven pairs each of the "clean" ones? The Gospel of John

disagrees with the other three Gospels on the activities of Jesus

Christ (how long had he stayed in Jerusalem -- a couple of days or a

whole year?) and all four Gospels contradict each other on the details

of Jesus Christ's last moments and resurrection. The Gospels of

Matthew and Luke contradict each other on the genealogy of Jesus

Christ'f father; though both agree that Joseph was not his real

father. Repetitions and contradictions are understandable for a

hodgepodge collection of documents, but not for some carefully

constructed treatise, reflecting a well-thought-out plan.



Of the various methods I've seen to "explain" these:

1. "That is to be taken metaphorically"  In other words, what is

   written is not what is meant.  I find this entertaining, especially

   for those who decide what ISN'T to be taken as other than the

   absolute WORD OF GOD - which just happens to agree with the

   particular thing they happen to want...



2. "There was more there than...."  This is used when one verse says

   "there was a" and another says "there was b", so they decide there

   was "a" AND "b" -which is said nowhere.  This makes them happy,

   since it doesn't say there WASN'T "a+b".  But it doesn't say there

   was "a+b+litle green martians".  This is often the same crowd that

   insists theirs is the ONLY possible interpretation (i.e. only "a")

   and the only way.  I find it entertaining they they don't mind

   adding to verses.



3. "It has to be understood in context"  I find this amusing because it

   comes from the same crowd that likes to push likewise extracted verses

   that support their particular view.  Often it is just one of the

   verses in the contradictory set is suppose to be taken as THE TRUTH

   when if you add more to it it suddenly becomes "out of context".

   How many of you have goten JUST John 3:16 (taken out of all context)

   thrown up at you?



4. "there was just a copying/writing error"  This is sometimes called

    a "transcription error", as in where one number was meant and an

    incorrect one was copied down.  Or that what was "quoted" wasn't

    really what was said, but just what the author thought was said when

    he thought it was said.  And that's right - I'm not disagreeing with

    events, I'm disagreeing with what is WRITTEN.  Which is apparently

    agreed that it is incorrect.  This is an amusing misdirection to the

    problem that the bible itself is wrong.



5. "That is a miracle".  Naturally.  That is why it is stated as fact.



6. "God works in mysterious ways"  A useful dodge when the speaker doesn't

   understand the conflict between what the bible SAYS and what they WISH

   it said.

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REFERENCES:



The King James version of the Bible.  quotes provided.



Self-contradictions of the Bible.

William Henry Burr   

ISBN 0-87975 416 -8



Burr, William Henry, 1819-1908.

     Self-contradictions of the Bible / William Henry Burr ; with an

   introduction by R. Joseph Hoffmann.  [Buffalo, NY : Prometheus Books],

   c1987.

     Series title:  Classics of Biblical criticism.

       UCB   Moffitt   BS533 .B798 1987

       UCD   Main Lib  BS533 .B798 1987



Cooper, Robert, secularist.

     The "Holy Scriptures" analyzed, or, Extracts from the Bible : shewing its

   contradictions, absurdities and immoralities / by Robert Cooper.  2nd ed.,

   to which is added, a vindication of the work.  Manchester, [Greater

   Manchester] : J. Cooper, 1840.

     Series title:  Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; no.

   31887.

       UCLA  AGSMgmt   H 31 G57 Microfilm



DeHaan, M. R.

     508 answers to Bible questions : with answers to seeming Bible

   contradictions / M.R. DeHaan.  Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, [1968?],

   c1952.

       UCSB  Library   BS538 .D43 1968



Thaddaeus, Joannes, fl. 1630.

      The reconciler of the Bible inlarged : wherein above three thousand

    seeming contradictions throughout the Old and New Testament are fully and

    plainly reconciled ... / by J.T. and T.M. ..  London : Printed for Simon

    Miller ..., 1662.

      Series title:  Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1052:9.

        UCSD  Central   MICRO F 524 Current Periodical Microform



Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679.

      Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Vol. II : wherein the sacred text is

    inserted, and various readings annex'd, together with the parallel

    scriptures : the more difficult terms in each verse are explained,...  The

    third edition, with the addition of a new concordance and tables, by Mr.

    Sam. Clark; the whole corrected and amended by the said Mr. Sam. Clark and

    Mr. Edward Veale ..  London : Printed for Thomas Parkhurst [and 6 others],

    MDCXCVI [1696].

      Series title:  Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1041:1.

        UCSD  Central   MICRO F 524 Current Periodical Microform



"the x-rated bible" by ben edward akerley, published by

american atheist press, austin texas, 1985.





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A good source of _literal_ Biblical self-contradictions is (surprise)

"Self-Contradictions of the Bible", written by William Henry Burr in

1859 as a response to fundamentalism.  It is currently published by

Prometheus Books, 700 East Amherst St., Buffalo, NY 14215.  P.B. also

publishes a large number of books on religious inquiry and biblical

critiques, the majority of which have a humanistic/atheistic slant.

As far as "Self-Contradictions ..." goes, it contains about 140 textual

inconsistencies, classified under "Theological Doctrines", "Moral Precepts",

"Historical Facts", and "Speculative Doctrines."  

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"The Bible Handbook" is a compilation of several previous works by several 

authors, including W P Ball, G W Foote, and John Bowden.  Also, the writing 

by Mr Foote is dated 1900, so we see that this is not a new endeavor.  

_The Bible Handbook_ by W.P. Ball, et al., available for nine dollars from the

the American Atheist Press, P.O. Box 2117, Austin TX 78768-2117.  It's a

collection of biblical contradictions, absurdities, atrocities, immoralities,

indecencies, obscenities, unfulfilled prophecies and broken promises.  This

372-page volume will give the atheist tons of scriptural ammunition for

shooting down the flimsy arguments of the reality impaired.  

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Additional contributions were given by:

markn@mot.com (DX560 Mark Nowak)

JHAYNES@MPS.OHIO-STATE.EDU

loren%sunlight.llnl.gov@lll-lcc.llnl.gov

lmoikkan@Bonnie.ICS.UCI.EDU

gerry@cs.cmu.edu

gerry@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu

smith_w@apollo.hp.com

icsu7039@caesar.cs.montana.edu

XWUU@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU

bjorn%consens.UUCP@nac.no

EETLO29%TECHNION@TAUNIVM.TAU.AC.IL

refling@envy.eng.uci.edu

mgo@inel.gov

rkp@drutx.att.com

daveh@sequent.com

markn%mot.com@tin.berkeley.edu

aa485@cleveland.freenet.edu (John Strekal)

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>God good to all, or just a few?

PSA 145:9  The LORD is good to all: and his  tender  mercies  are

over all his works.



JER 13:14  And I will dash them one against another, even the fa-

thers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor

spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

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>War or Peace?

EXO 15:3  The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.



ROM 15:33  Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

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> Who is the father of Joseph?  



MAT 1:16  And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was

born Jesus, who is called Christ.



LUK 3:23  And Jesus himself began to be  about  thirty  years  of

age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son

of Heli,

 

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> Who was at the Empty Tomb?  Is it :



MAT 28:1  In the end of the sabbath, as it began to  dawn  toward

the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary

to see the sepulchre.



MAR 16:1  And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary

the  mother  of  James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that

they might come and anoint him.



JOH 20:1  The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene  early,

when  it  was  yet  dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone

taken away from the sepulchre.



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>Is Jesus equal to or lesser than?



JOH 10:30  I and my Father are one.



JOH 14:28  Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come

again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said,

I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.



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>which first--beasts or man?



GEN 1:25  And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and

cattle  after  their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the

earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

GEN 1:26  And God said, Let us make man in our image,  after  our

likeness:  and  let  them have dominion over the fish of the sea,

and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and  over  all

the  earth,  and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the

earth.



GEN 2:18  And the LORD God said, It is  not  good  that  the  man

should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

GEN 2:19  And out of the ground the LORD God formed  every  beast

of  the  field,  and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto

Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever  Adam  called

every living creature, that was the name thereof.

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>number of beasts in the ark



GEN 7:2  Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by  sevens,

the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two,

the male and his female.



GEN 7:8  Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not  clean,  and

of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

GEN 7:9  There went in two and two unto Noah into  the  ark,  the

male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

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>how many stalls and horsemen?



KI1 4:26  And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his

chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.



CH2 9:25  And Solomon had four thousand  stalls  for  horses  and

chariots,  and  twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the

chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

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>folly to be wise or not?



PRO 4:7  Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and

with all thy getting get understanding.



ECC 1:18  For in much wisdom is  much  grief:  and  he  that  in-

creaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.



1 Cor.1:19: "For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and wil

bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent."

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>human vs. ghostly impregnation



ACT 2:30  Therefore being a prophet, and  knowing  that  God  had

sworn  with  an  oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, ac-

cording to the flesh, he would raise up  Christ  to  sit  on  his

throne;



MAT 1:18  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as

his  mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came togeth-

er, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

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>sins of the father



ISA 14:21  Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of

their  fathers;  that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor

fill the face of the world with cities.



DEU 24:16  The fathers shall not be put to death  for  the  chil-

dren, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers:

every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

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>The bat is not a bird.



LEV 11:13  And these are they which ye shall have in  abomination

among  the  fowls;  they shall not be eaten, they are an abomina-

tion: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

LEV 11:14  And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;

LEV 11:15  Every raven after his kind;

LEV 11:16  And the owl, and the night hawk, and the  cuckow,  and

the hawk after his kind,

LEV 11:17  And the little owl, and the cormorant, and  the  great

owl,

LEV 11:18  And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

LEV 11:19  And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapw-

ing, and the bat.



DEU 14:11  Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

DEU 14:12  But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the  ea-

gle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

DEU 14:13  And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his

kind,

DEU 14:14  And every raven after his kind,

DEU 14:15  And the owl, and the night hawk, and the  cuckow,  and

the hawk after his kind,

DEU 14:16  The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

DEU 14:17  And the pelican, and the  gier  eagle,  and  the  cor-

morant,

DEU 14:18  And the stork, and the heron after her kind,  and  the

lapwing, and the bat.

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>Rabbits do not chew their cud.



LEV 11:6  And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but  divideth

not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.



'Gerah', the term which appears in the MT means (chewed) cud, and

also perhaps grain, or berry (also a 20th of a sheckel, but I think

that we can agree that that is irrelevant here). It does *not* mean

dung, and there is a perfectly adequate Hebrew word for that, which 

could have been used. Furthermore, the phrase translated 'chew the cud'

in the KJV is more exactly 'bring up the cud'. Rabbits do not bring

up anything; they let it go all the way through, then eat it again.

The description given in Leviticus is inaccurate, and that's that.

Rabbits do eat their own dung; they do not bring anything up and

chew on it.

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> Insects do NOT have four feet.



LEV 11:21  Yet these may ye eat of every  flying  creeping  thing

that  goeth  upon  all four, which have legs above their feet, to

leap withal upon the earth;

LEV 11:22  Even these of them ye may eat; the  locust  after  his

kind,  and  the  bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after

his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.

LEV 11:23  But all other flying creeping things, which have  four

feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

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>Snails do not melt.



PSA 58:8  As a snail which melteth, let every one  of  them  pass

away:  like  the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see

the sun.

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>fowl from waters or ground?



GEN 1:20  And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the

moving  creature  that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the

earth in the open firmament of heaven.

GEN 1:21  And God created great whales, and every living creature

that  moveth,  which  the  waters brought forth abundantly, after

their kind, and every winged fowl after his  kind:  and  God  saw

that it was good.



GEN 2:19  And out of the ground the LORD God formed  every  beast

of  the  field,  and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto

Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever  Adam  called

every living creature, that was the name thereof.

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> odd genetic engineering



GEN 30:39  And the flocks conceived before the rods, and  brought

forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

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>shape of the earth



ISA 40:22  It is he that sitteth upon the circle  of  the  earth,

and  the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth

out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to

dwell in:



MAT 4:8  Again, the devil taketh him up into  an  exceeding  high

mountain,  and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the

glory of them;



Astromical bodies are spherical, and you cannot see the entire exterior

surface from anyplace.  The kingdoms of Egypt, China, Greece, Crete, 

sections of Asia Minor, India, Maya (in Mexico), Carthage (North

Africa), Rome (Italy), Korea, and other settlements from these

kingdoms of the world were widely distributed.

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>Snakes, while built low, do not eat dirt.



GEN 3:14  And the LORD God said unto the  serpent,  Because  thou

hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every

beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust  shalt

thou eat all the days of thy life:

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>earth supported?



JOB 26:7  He stretcheth out the north over the empty  place,  and

hangeth the earth upon nothing.



JOB 38:4  Where wast thou when I  laid  the  foundations  of  the

earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.



>Heaven, too...

}JOB 26:11  The pillars of heaven tremble and  are  astonished  at

}his reproof.

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>hydrological cycle



ECC 1:7  All the rivers run into the sea;  yet  the  sea  is  not

full;  unto  the  place from whence the rivers come, thither they

return again.



JOB 38:22  Hast thou entered into the treasures of the  snow?  or

hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,



Storehouses are not part of the cycle

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} order of creastion

Here is the order in the first (Genesis 1), the Priestly tradition:



Day 1: Sky, Earth, light

Day 2: Water, both in ocean basins and above the sky(!)

Day 3: Plants

Day 4: Sun, Moon, stars (as calendrical and navigational aids)

Day 5: Sea monsters (whales), fish, birds, land animals,

creepy-crawlies (reptiles, insects, etc.)

Day 6: Humans (apparently both sexes at the same time)

Day 7: Nothing (the Gods took the first day off anyone ever did)



	Note that there are "days", "evenings", and "mornings" before

the Sun was created. Here, the Deity is referred to as "Elohim", which

is a plural, thus the literal translation, "the Gods". In this tale,

the Gods seem satisfied with what they have done, saying after each

step that "it was good".



The second one (Genesis 2), the Yahwist tradition, goes:



Earth and heavens (misty)

Adam, the first man (on a desolate Earth)

Plants

Animals

Eve, the first woman (from Adam's rib)



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How orderly were things created?

#1: Step-by-step. The only discrepancy is that there is no Sun or Moon

or stars on the first three "days".

#2: God fixes things up as he goes. The first man is lonely, and is

not satisfied with animals. God finally creates a woman for him.

(funny thing that an omniscient god would forget things)

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How satisfied with creation was he?

#1: God says "it was good" after each of his labors, and rests on the

seventh day, evidently very satisfied.

#2: God has to fix up his creation as he goes, and he would certainly

not be very satisfied with the disobedience of that primordial couple.

(funny thing that an omniscient god would forget things)

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> Moses's personality

Num.12:3: "Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon 

the fact of the earth."



 Num.31:14, 17, 18: "And Moses was wroth...And Moses said unto them, "Have ye 

saved all the women alive? ... Now therefore kill every male among the little 

ones, and kill every woman, ... But all the women children ... keep alive for 

yourselves."

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>righteous live?



Ps.92:12: "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree."



Isa.57:1: "The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart."

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Acts 1:18: "Now this man (Judas) purchased a field with the reward of 

iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his 

bowels gushed out."



Matt. 27:5-7: "And he (Judas) cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, 

and departed, and went and hanged himself.  And the chief priests...bought 

with them the potter's field."

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>Jesus' first sermon plain or mount?

Matt.5:1,2: "And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when 

he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught 

them, saying...."

Luke6:17,20: "And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the 

company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people...came to hear him.. 

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said..."

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>Jesus' last words 



Matt.27:46,50: "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, 

saying, "Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, my God, why hast

thou forsaken me?"  ...Jesus, when he cried again with a loud voice, yielded u

the ghost."



Luke23:46: "And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, "Father, unto 

thy hands I commend my spirit:" and having said thus, he gave up the ghost."



John19:30: "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is 

finished:" and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."

!@#

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>years of famine



II SAMUEL 24:13: So God came to David, and told him, and said unto him, shall

SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE come unto thee in thy land? or will thou flee three

months before thine enemies, while they pursue. thee?



I CHRONICLES 21:11:  SO God came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the 

LORD, Choose thee. Either THREE YEARS OF FAMINE or three months to be destryed

before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee;

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>moved David to anger?

II SAMUEL 24: And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel,

and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Isreal and Judah.



I CHRONICLES 21: And SATAN stood up against Isreal, and provoked David to 

number Israel.

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>The GENEALOGY OF JESUS?

In two places in the New Testament the genealogy of Jesus son of Mary (PBUH)

is mentioned. Matthew 1:6-16 and Luke 3:23-31. Each gives the ancestors of

Joseph the CLAIMED husband of Mary and Step father of Jesus(PBUH). The first

one starts from Abraham(verse 2) all the way down to Jesus. The second

one from Jesus all the way back to Adam. The only common name to these two

lists between David and Jesus is JOSEPH, How can this be true?  and also

How can Jesus have a genealogy when all Muslims and most Christians believe

that Jesus had/has no father.

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>God be seen?

 Exod. 24:9,10; Amos 9:1; Gen.  26:2; and John 14:9 

 God CAN be seen:

	"And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my backparts."

	(Ex. 33:23)

	"And the Lord spake to Moses face to face, as a man speaketh to his

	friend." (Ex. 33:11)

	"For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." 

	(Gen. 32:30)

God CANNOT be seen:

	"No man hath seen God at any time." (John 1:18)

	"And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for there shall no man

	see me and live." (Ex. 33:20)

	"Whom no man hath seen nor can see." (1 Tim. 6:16)

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>CRUEL, UNMERCIFUL, DESTRUCTIVE, and FEROCIOUS or KIND, MERCIFUL, and GOOD:

	"I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy." (Jer. 13:14)

	"Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and

	spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling."



	"The Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy." (James 5:11)

	"For his mercy endureth forever." (1 Chron. 16:34)

	"The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his 

	works." (Ps. 145:9)

	"God is love." (1 John 4:16)

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>tempts?

	"And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham."

	(Gen 22:1)



	"Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God 

	cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man." (James 1:13)

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>Judas died how?

	"And he cast down the pieces of silver into the temple and departed,

	and went out and hanged himself." (Matt. 27:5)



	"And falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all of his

	bowels gushed out." (Acts 1:18)

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> ascend to heaven

	"And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." (2 Kings 2:11)



	"No man hath ascended up to heaven but he that came down from heaven,

	... the Son of Man." (John 3:13)

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What was Jesus' prediction regarding Peter's denial?

 

Before the cock crow - Matthew 26:34

 

Before the cock crow twice - Mark 14:30

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>How many times did the cock crow?



MAR 14:72  And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to

mind  the  word  that  Jesus  said unto him, Before the cock crow

twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he

wept.



MAT 26:74  Then began he to curse and to swear,  saying,  I  know

not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

MAT 26:75  And Peter remembered the word  of  Jesus,  which  said

unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he

went out, and wept bitterly.



LUK 22:60  And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest.  And

immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.

LUK 22:61  And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And  Peter

remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before

the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.



JOH 13:38  Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my

sake?  Verily,  verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow,

still thou hast denied me thrice.



JOH 18:27  Peter then denied  again:  and  immediately  the  cock

crew.



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>who killed Saul



SA1 31:4  Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw  thy  sword,

and  thrust  me  through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come

and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his  armourbearer  would

not;  for  he  was  sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and

fell upon it.

SA1 31:5  And when his armourbearer saw that Saul  was  dead,  he

fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

SA1 31:6  So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer,

and all his men, that same day together.





SA2 1:15  And David called one of the young  men,  and  said,  Go

near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.



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>How many beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount



MAT 5:3  Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the  king-

dom of heaven.

MAT 5:4  Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be  comfort-

ed.

MAT 5:5  Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

MAT 5:6  Blessed are  they  which  do  hunger  and  thirst  after

righteousness: for they shall be filled.

MAT 5:7  Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

MAT 5:8  Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

MAT 5:9  Blessed are the peacemakers: for they  shall  be  called

the children of God.

MAT 5:10  Blessed are they which are  persecuted  for  righteous-

ness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

MAT 5:11  Blessed are ye, when men shall  revile  you,  and  per-

secute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely,

for my sake.



LUK 6:20  And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples,  and  said,

Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

LUK 6:21  Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled.

Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

LUK 6:22  Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when  they

shall  separate  you  from their company, and shall reproach you,

and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

LUK 6:23  Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for,  behold,

your  reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their

fathers unto the prophets.



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>Does every man sin?



KI1 8:46  If they sin against thee, (for there  is  no  man  that

sinneth  not,)  and  thou be angry with them, and deliver them to

the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of

the enemy, far or near;



CH2 6:36  If they sin against thee, (for there is  no  man  which

sinneth  not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over

before their enemies, and they carry them away  captives  unto  a

land far off or near;



PRO 20:9  Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from

my sin?



ECC 7:20  For there is not a just  man  upon  earth,  that  doeth

good, and sinneth not.



JO1 1:8  If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and

the truth is not in us.

JO1 1:9  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to  for-

give us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

JO1 1:10  If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a  liar,

and his word is not in us.



JO1 3:9  Whosoever is born of God doth not commit  sin;  for  his

seed  remaineth  in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of

God.

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>who bought potter's field



ACT 1:18  Now this man purchased a field with the reward of  ini-

quity;  and  falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and

all his bowels gushed out.

ACT 1:19  And it was known unto all the  dwellers  at  Jerusalem;

insomuch  as that field is called in their proper tongue, Acelda-

ma, that is to say, The field of blood.



MAT 27:6  And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said,

It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is

the price of blood.

MAT 27:7  And  they  took  counsel,  and  bought  with  them  the

potter's field, to bury strangers in.

MAT 27:8  Wherefore that field was called, The  field  of  blood,

unto this day.



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>Who prophesied the potter's field

Matthew 27:9-10  (mentions Jeremy but no such verse in Jeremiah)

is in Zechariah 11:12-13

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>who bears guilt?



GAL 6:2  Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law  of

Christ.



GAL 6:5  For every man shall bear his own burden.



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>Do you answer a fool?



PRO 26:4  Answer not a fool according to  his  folly,  lest  thou

also be like unto him.



PRO 26:5  Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he  be  wise

in his own conceit.



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> How many children did Michal, the daughter of Saul, have?



SA2 6:23  Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto

the day of her death.



SA2 21:8  But the king took the two sons of Rizpah  the  daughter

of  Aiah,  whom  she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and

the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up

for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:



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>How old whas Jehoiachin when he began to reign?



KI2 24:8  Jehoiachin was eighteen years  old  when  he  began  to

reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's

name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.





CH2 36:9  Jehoiachin was eight years 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.



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>marriage?

Proverbs 18:22

1 Corinthians 7 (whole book.  See 1,2,27,39,40)

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>Did those with Saul/Paul at his conversion hear a voice?



ACT 9:7  And the men which journeyed with him  stood  speechless,

hearing a voice, but seeing no man.



ACT 22:9  And they that were with me saw indeed  the  light,  and

were  afraid;  but  they heard not the voice of him that spake to

me.



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>Where was Jesus three days after his baptism?



MAR 1:12  And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilder-

ness.



JOH 1:35  Again the next day after John stood,  and  two  of  his

disciples;



(various trapsing)



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>How many apostles were in office between the resurection and ascention 

1 Corinthians 15:5 (12)

Matthew 27:3-5 (minus one from 12)

Acts 1:9-26 (Mathias not elected until after resurrection)



MAT 28:16  Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into

a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

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Judging

1 Cor 3:15 " The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself

is not subject to any man's judgment:" (NIV)



1 Cor 4:5 " Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the

Lord comes.  He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose

the motives of men's hearts.  At that time each will receive his praise from

God."



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Good deeds

Matt 5:16 "In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see

your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." (NIV)



Matt 6:3-4 "But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what

your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secert.  Then your

Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."  (NIV) 



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>for or against?



MAT 12:30  He that is not with me is  against  me;  and  he  that

gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

(default is against)



MAR 9:40  For he that is not against us is on our part.

(default is for)



LUK 9:50  And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is

not against us is for us.

(default is for)



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Whom did they see at the tomb?

 



MAT 28:2  And, behold, there was  a  great  earthquake:  for  the

angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back

the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

MAT 28:3  His countenance was like  lightning,  and  his  raiment

white as snow:

MAT 28:4  And for fear of him the keepers did shake,  and  became

as dead men.

MAT 28:5  And the angel answered and said unto  the  women,  Fear

not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.



MAR 16:5  And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a  young  man

sitting  on  the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and

they were affrighted.





LUK 24:4  And it came  to  pass,  as  they  were  much  perplexed

thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:



JOH 20:12  And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at  the

head,  and  the  other  at  the feet, where the body of Jesus had

lain.



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>God change?

malachi 3:6

james 1:17

1 samuel 15:29

jonah 3:10

genesis 6:6

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>destruction of cities (what said was jeremiah was zechariah)



MAT 27:9  Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy  the

prophet,  saying,  And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the

price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel

did value;





zechariah 11:11-13

(nothing in Jeremiah remotely like)

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>who's sepulchres

acts 7:16

genesis 23:17,18

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>strong drink?

proverbs 31:6,7

john 2:11-11

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>When second coming?



MAT 24:34  Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass,

till all these things be fulfilled.



MAR 13:30  Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall  not

pass, till all these things be done.







LUK 21:32  Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not  pass

away, till all be fulfilled.



1 thessalonians 4:15-18

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Solomon's overseers

 

550 in I Kings 9:23

 

250 in II Chron 8:10

 

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The mother of Abijah:

 

Maachah the daughter of Absalom  2 Chron 9:20

 

Michaiah the daughter of Uriel 2 Chron 13:2

 

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When did Baasha die?

 

26th year of the reign of Asa I Kings 16:6-8

 

36th year of the reign of Asa I 2 Chron 16:1

 

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How old was Ahaziah when he began to reign?

 

22 in 2 Kings 8:26

 

42 in 2 Chron 22:2

 

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WHo was Josiah's successor?

 

Jehoahaz - 2 Chron 36:1

 

Shallum - Jeremiah 22:11

 

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The differences in the census figures of Ezra and Nehemiah.

 

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What was the color of the robe placed on Jesus during his trial?

 

scarlet - Matthew 27:28

 

purple John 19:2

 

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What did they give him to drink?

 

vinegar - Matthew 27:34

 

wine with myrrh - Mark 15:23

 



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