The Bible is right.

This is great discussion and a way for all to learn. First lets start with some understanding: "What about apparent contradictions in the Bible? The Bible does in fact have answers to these contradictions. In fact, the answers are filled with some of the richest truth. Discovery of the facts are for who is humble and open to truth. Yet proud or hard-hearted people who have closed their mind to the truth, no answer will be enough. To skeptics, no answer would suffice. That is why Jesus refused to answer the hard core critics of his day. " My opponent came locked and loaded last round but unfortinately for him, his bullets were mere blanks. It is obvious that my opponent has done no study into his claims because they not well founded and have been explain many times before now. I probably can not get to all the issues my opponent brought forth last round so I will answer as many as I can here. With no delay lets get right to it. Rebuttal: I will label all the contridictions as my opponent has and in his order as well. A. The conflicting genealogies of Jesus? There is no conflict or any error. This has been a point of discussion amoung scholars for many years. Most scholars assume Luke is recording Mary's geneology and Matthew is recording Joseph's. Matthew is following Joseph(Jesus legal father), through David's son Solomon. While Luke is following the line of Mary(Jesus's blood mother), through David's son Nathan. Through both lines Jesus is a descendant of David and therefore the eligiable Messiah. B. Is Jesus equal to or lesser than God? Jesus is God. You must learn that Jesus is the son of God but through God the Father, Jesus is heir, our creator, and our personnel God. Jesus is the literal Word-Talk of God who displays truth and the will of the Father. Jesus is the form and action of the Word and Law of the Father. Lets read some passages: KJV-R (Webster) Colossians 1:15-16 "Who is the image of the invisable God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created. KJV-R (Webster) 1 John 5:7 "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one. " C. Which came first, beast or man? My opponent mistakes both chapter 1 and 2 are intended to give chronological account of creation. In chapter 1 Moses does give a chronology of creation. But in chapter 2 he focuses on God's greatest creation, man. In chapter 2 he does not mention things in chronological order, but rather with a view of God's relationship with man. There is no contridiction. D. Human or Ghostly conception? Jesus was concepted by the Ghost. But was also born by flesh through his mother Mary. Jesus had no human father. E. Punish the son for the sins of the father? I think we see today that the acts of a parent as hugh effects on the child. This occurs in many places in the Bible. However, while children often shared the earthly punishment of thier parents, they would not be punished for thier parent's sin in the afterlife. The Bible makes it clear the real guilt belongs to the person who sinned. God declared that some sins merited the death penalty, humans were not to apply the penalty to anyone other than guilty parties. F. Jesus' last words. Of course there will three different interpretations here, there are three different authors. By this Jesus said what all three wrote. Though what they wrote is either what they heard or what they chose to write about. Either way this is not a contradiction. G. Can God Be Seen? "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God" (Mt. 5:8). Here we see that no human can see God unless pure. Also no man can see God's essence in the spirit, that aspect of God is invisable. Certain occasions Jesus assumed a temporal form, which men did see. What is the meaning of,'see? ' The fool sees only raw matter when he looks at nature. The spiritual see far beyond that. And thses biblical texts do not conflict to the issue of seeing God. H. How did Judas die? Judas hung himself. where you misunderstand is that Judas hung himself in a field that was paid for by the silver paid to him for betraying Jesus. The reason's Judas burst open was. because he had hung a long time and decayed. When he was cut doen and fell to the groung he burst open. I. LEV 11:6 – hares chew cud This was written about 1500bc in acient Hebrew. It would actually dishonest to claim that a 3500 year old writting is contradictory because it does not match todays scientific terms which is only hundreds of years old. Further, Hebrews defined 'cud-chewing' as that process where half digested food was re-chewed by an animal. J. PSA 58:8 – the sun can cause snails to melt This is a very remarkable and not intelligible passage. The author had the idea that the slimey track made by a snail as it crawled was subtracted from the substance of its body, and that the further it crept the smaller it became until it was wasted away. Exsplanations of this passage have been tired out. There is no doubt that the view of the author is the correct one. K. GEN 3:14 – snakes only eat dirt Do snakes consume dirt? Yes! Its common knowledge. Snakes have a organ which helps the snake to smell, in addition to functions by the nose. The entire process is through sampling bits of dirt and dust on the snake. You try eating a snake without getting dirt in your mouth. Snakes, lick, and eat, dirt. L. the mustard seed is the smallest seed in the world Jesus was not talkling about all seeds on earth but only in local fields. The context of the passage is refering to a local audience. M. According to the Genealogy in Genesis, the Earth is approximately 6000 years old (however, it's actually 4.5 billion years olds) I do not believe the world is little over 6 thousand years. Gen1:2, the earth was formless and void. This gives hint to the earth being old and was destroyed and God remade it. N. Isaiah 33:20 – Jerusalem will enjoy perpetual peace – no building will ever be destroyed. This is refering to the 1,000 year reign of Christ in the new Jerusalem. also technically The ten lost tribes are apart of Israel and Jerusalem and they still reign. England-America. O: Isaiah 52:1 – the uncircumcised will never again enter Jerusalem This again refering to the New Jerusalem. But anyway prove there has been? P: Exodus is a lie and the Canaanites were never destroyed. You article means nothing. It is assumption. You can not say never happened when you no proof to verify or reject. Many reasons why there is no evidence. Q: Genocide: Our morality does not determine all morality. We can not force our laws and regulations on another nation can we? God is moral excellence. The reaons for this was thier acts, acts which today we would imprison and execute them, would we not? The women and children was killed also because they could not carry the remenant of these people any more. *Plus they were defiled from Fallen Angels, which was not suppose to be upon the earth. R: Rape/Slavery Prove they were raped at all! The distinction the text draws is that there is no way of knowing. A futher reading shows that God set laws for protection for these captives and also says they will never be captives to any other people again. This was apracitce that no other acient people allowed. They would have been killed by another nation. . http://www.lookinguntojesus.net... . http://www.rationalchristianity.net... . http://www.gotquestions.org... . http://www.biblestudytools.com... . http://www.thywordistrue.com... . http://www.probe.org...