There is at least one contradiction in the Bible and this proves it cannot be the word of God

To recap - PRO claims the phrase “God’s word” refers to the Bible. the phrase “The LORD's word is flawless” refers to the Bible. that “even one contradiction in the Bible, that would mean it could not be the word of God” alink to a list is his debate1. According to the Bible, God and his word (the Bible) are perfect: There is no place where scripture leads us to call the Bible by the phrase “word of God”In the 47 times the phrase “word of god” appears in the Bible[1], not one of them refers to the Bible or a written document. Jesus is referred to as the “Word of God” [2]. “Word of God” is God speaks to his servants. They often disobeyed like Jonah[3]I reject PRO's position the phrase “word of God” = Bible. It is much more.2. He quotes Psalms 18:30 - How can a writing from 1000 BC refer to a collection of documents about events that mostly happened well after that time. Psalm 18:30 can not be referring to the Bible. 3. Which version or edition of the Bible does Psalm 18:30 claim to be flawless? The NIV 2011 version uses the word flawless, but other versions read a little different.4. He makes a wild jump to the conclusion that every difference between two accounts of similar stories in scripture is a contradiction. I reject his claim that any difference in the Biblical accounts is a contradiction. Many of the supposed contradictions of scripture are petty matters that are easily set right. I don’t really need to do this for the debate, as items one through 3 above show his faulty logic. Definition - CONTRADICTION [4]These definitions give the sense of OPPOSING ideas.Slight differences in eye witness accounts are expected. In fact, some critics of the Bible claim all the stories come from one written source [5] because they are so similar. It seems to me that some want to reject the Bible on claims of contradictions, and other on claims of not enough contradictions.5. Contradiction 1 - 800 or 300 There are two possible ways to reconcile these two accounts. 1) Scribal error anywhere in the process 2) These could be two different note worthy accounts. Killing 300 men in hand to hand combat with a spear may rival killing 800 with bow while on chariot or from the relative safety of ambush or city wallsSince there are easy ways to resolve this supposed contradiction we have another reason to dismiss PRO’s position. Pro mentions the scriptures where Jesus sent the 12 disciples out to preach (Mt 9:35-11:1, Mk 6:7-13, Lk 9:1-6). Again there are several ways to look at this that resolve the claim of contradiction.In the Mark 6 account we read that Jesus BEGAN to send them out . . . - this could be early instructions trying to get them to go now In Matthew 10 Jesus tells them not to acquire money or any goods - this could be instuction for while they are on the journey - don't get more stuff Here is better wording than I could give this apparent contradiction from “Answers in Genesis” [8] I want to close with two problems with PRO’s position 1. He equates some version of the written Bible as the entire “Word of God” This is inadequate and false. [9]Pro the makes the mistake of linking to a list of proposed contradictions as though they could not be resolved.PRO implies that if there were one contradiction in the Bible it would mean that it God can not speak through it. Every time God speaks through a person; written, spoken in song or in works he is speaking through a medium full of error and contradictions. We humans can never express the fullness or the goodness of God in anything we do. Blessings[1] http://www.biblegateway.com...[2] Revelation 19:13 [3] Jonah 1:1-3 [4] http://www.merriam-webster.com...[5] http://en.wikipedia.org...[6] http://en.wikipedia.org...[7] http://www.lifeofchrist.com...[8] http://www.answersingenesis.org...[9] http://en.wikipedia.org...