The Bible is not Inerrant.

>>>Counterarguments<<< 1. Serpent eats dust. The Bible describes that this "snake" was none other than Satan (1) who took the form of an animal. That would explain why it could talk and tempt Eve, indicating a supernatural event rather than a naturalistic one. Therefore, it seems that the curse of the serpent does not necessarily apply to all snakes, but probably just to the snake called Satan. However, if my opponent insists that the Bible says snakes do eat dust, I'll accept it. Snakes have the "Jacobson's organ" in the roof of its mouth that helps the snake smell. The snake picks up bits of dust and pulls them into its mouth with its tongue. A pair of sensory organs takes over once the dust is inside the mount and the snake is able to smell the trail for possible prey. (2) 2. There were giants in those days. God did not kill every living thing: it was a local flood. The Neanderthals were physically very strong and unquestionably tough, a physically impressive race. (3) They may be considered giants if you consider their height, but absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. However, the Meganthropus may be better candidates. After all, some of their fossils indicate that they may be around 10 feet and as tall as 12 feet. (4) 3. Population of Egypt So the total Israelite population of that time has been estimated at approximately 2 to 3 million. (5) There is no contradiction or error here since it is possible that in four centuries those Israelites became a nation of millions. Do you have any sources indicating that the population of Egypt could not be in the millions? 4. Flat Earth Did you actually read my source? (6) Because if you did, you would have known that kings are elevated. It is the king who has the highest seat in a palace. It is the king to whom others lower themselves by bowing. So if the devil is going to tempt Jesus by offering to make him the king of the world, where else would be more appropriate than the top of a 'very high mountain?' 5. Sword Death I already explained that this verse is a warning to Peter. The violent usually die violent deaths. It is perfectly plausible if used only within the context of Matt. 26:47-56. ALL meant all his disciples who were with Jesus at the moment of his arrest. If Peter were to put up a violent defense against them, all his disciples would have been killed. (7) 6. Rabbits chew their cud Rabbits do not just eat ‘dung' which is probably why the Hebrew word for ‘dung' was not used here. The world gehrah means 1/20th of a shekel which is the smallest piece of money used among Hebrews. (8) Where the word for ‘dung' is used in the Bible, it implies something defiled, unclean, or useless. However, the 'dung' is not useless, because it contains pellets of partially digested food, which rabbits chew on. The pellets have some minute value, much as 1/20th of a shekel has some value. The phase 'chew the cud' is actually ‘bring up the cud' because ‘alah refers to ‘bring up'. (9) 7. Local, not global flood At the time of the flood, all humans were in the same geographic location (the people of the world were not scattered over the earth until Genesis 11:8.) Based on archeological evidence, Mesopotamia is most likely the oldest civilization. (10) 8. Pi There is no point in the Bible to say 3.14... Cubit variations do matter and if you were to measure the diameter of a circle and multiply it by 3, you would get an approximately estimated length of the circumference. Since there is no precise measurements back then, the Bible cannot be blamed to not say the exact value of pi. In fact, since pi in an irrational number, there is no way to say "the diameter of the circle is exactly 10 cubits and the circumference is exactly 31.41592654..." 9. The Last Twelve Verses of Mark There is documentary evidence is that they were deleted later in the Alexandrian texts, not added subsequently. Westcott and Hort were not believers and opposed taking the Bible literally, therefore they deleted those verses. We can even find that the fingerprints hidden beneath the Biblical text that is still visible despite the veil of the centuries and proves the genuineness of the last twelve verses of Mark. (11) (12) 10. Comma Johanneum All recent translations have removed this clause, as it is not present in the passage as quoted by any of the Church Fathers, who would not have had plenty of reason to quote it in their Trinitarian debates nor does not appear in older copies of the Epistle. Even though theology contained in the Comma is true, the Comma is not an original part of the Epistle of John. It may be that the Comma was introduced, intentionally or by accident, into a Latin text during the fourth or fifth century. (13) 11. Jesus did not fulfill the Messianic Prophecy 1. Christ is a descendant of David through His foster father Joseph. It may even be that Mary herself was descended from King David. Therefore St. Mary and St. Joseph are distant cousins, and both are physically descended from King David. Thus Christ is "of the seed of David" from his mother Mary, and "of the line of David" through his foster father Joseph. (14) 2. Huh? Those verses say nothing about anybody being a "military king." These verses simply use metaphorical language to describe the Messiah. He is someone who subdues military mentality for the message of peace (spreading God's message) for the heathen. It may be that the verses were referring to The Battle of Beth Zechariah. (15) 3. The Babylonian captivity can be inferred from those verses (16)? The prophecy fulfilled was the slaughter of children. No contradiction or error here. 4. Many people often read these verses without careful thought of the context, and we are seized by the tremendous possibilities of that word "anything." However, James reminds us otherwise. (17) What, then, does "in Jesus' name" mean? To pray in Jesus' name means to stand in Jesus' place. Where was Jesus standing when he said these words? He was facing the cross and the end. To pray in Jesus' name means that you accept the process of God, the process by which He brings matters (often) to utter collapse. To pray in Jesus' name means that you consent to that process and that you are aware that prayer is not merely a shield to prevent things from happening. Prayer is also a commitment to undergo the end and the collapse and the failure. But that is not the end of the story! It is only out of death that life comes. (18) Sources: 1. And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, (Revelation 20:2) 2. http://www.answersingenesis.org... 3. http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net... 4. http://www.s8int.com... 5. http://www.keyway.ca... 6. http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com... 7. http://www.piedmontfreethoughtassociation.org... 8. http://www.biblestudy.org... 9. http://www.answersingenesis.org... 10. http://www.classbrain.com... 11. http://www.khouse.org... 12. http://www.amazon.com... 13. http://en.wikipedia.org... 14. http://catholicism.about.com... 15. http://en.wikipedia.org... 16. http://www.biblegateway.com...; 17. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. (James 4:3) 18. http://www.raystedman.org...