Contradictions in the Bible

Contradictions in the bible round two (part one)"..I would like to point out that just because there are apologies for contradictions in the bible, the contradictions remain contradictions if for no greater reason than the bible having needed them in the first place. Lev. 11:20-3 All fowls that creep, going upon all four (a contradiction), shall be an abomination unto you. 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; 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. But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. Spiders as babies (and as adults sometimes) fly, they excrete a web that catches the wind and fly off before their siblings have a chance to hatch and eat them and sometimes crossing great distances. http://www.youtube.com... The bible (Lev. 11:20-3) does indeed state that insects have four legs, and fowls have four legs, common sense tells us this is not true. Con the states "The bible does not say that the Earth is flat or fixed or the center of the universe. I have explained this to you in other debate comments. It is only figurative language. " Irrelevant, if the bible is only figurative, then this contradicts the rationality that other denominations have for the perfect word of God. Con"s position is contradicting the bible in the eyes of other Christians which in itself is a contradiction."Con fails here as well. Since my opponent failed to, I will now source and cite the FIRST accredited works in this debate and his sumury of why the bible characters believed the earth was flat. http://www.lhup.edu... and the works of Bob Schadewald (1943-2000) former president of the National Center for Science who summarizes with an "accredited account and sources" "From their geographical and historical context, one would expect the ancient Hebrews to have a flat-earth cosmology. Indeed, from the very beginning, ultra-orthodox Christians have been flat-earthers, arguing that to believe otherwise is to deny the literal truth of the Bible. The flat-earth implications of the Bible were rediscovered and popularized by English-speaking Christians in the mid-19th century. Liberal scriptural scholars later derived the same view. Thus, students with remarkably disparate points of view independently concluded that the ancient Hebrews had a flat-earth cosmology, often deriving this view from scripture alone. Their conclusions were dramatically confirmed by the rediscovery of 1 Enoch." I now list some more scripture confirming the Flat earth contradiction".. 1 Chronicles 16:30: "He has fixed the earth firm, immovable." Psalm 93:1: "Thou hast fixed the earth immovable and firm ..." Psalm 96:10: "He has fixed the earth firm, immovable ..." Psalm 104:5: "Thou didst fix the earth on its foundation so that it never can be shaken." Isaiah 45:18: "...who made the earth and fashioned it, and himself fixed it fast..." Affirmation, the bible contradicts with the belief that the earth is flat. Quoting Con, "Judaism has been polytheistic many times throughout its history, and has always turned back to monotheistic." Pro answers with"YES, if I accept this statement of yours and claim nothing more this was INDEED contradictory to what the bible claims as taught in most popular doctrines.".thank you for making my point and saving me time and space. Con then somewhat incoherently states "I have not found a single site supporting the fact that satan is just a misinterpreted word so give me a site please." Pro"s Answer: The Old Testament never originates with the term Satan as a name of a being, satan or hasatan is a Hebrew term meaning accuser or the accuser/ adversary or roughly adversary. Source and quote: http://alvidk.tripod.com... "The name Satan comes from the hebrew ha-satan , meaning " the adversary " "accuser" . In the Old Testament this term is used exclusively to describe either the enemies of God or the enemies of the Israelite race in general... Never is the devil referred to as the evil one . Not until the advert of the New Testament , the collection of the books and gospels relating to the period subsequent to the birth of the Christian era , does the term ha - satan take on this all - important role . Conclusion, this Satan is a contraction to the O/Ts endorsement of the satan or hasatan, and remains a Christian creation and contradiction since there is no O/T support. Con states "The bible is a book of love and compassion and God did not set us up to fail." The bible contains roughly 1127 justifications for acts of evil and mentions love some 224 times (and getting many of them wrong). The contradiction to con"s position is shown in the bible as follows Evil bible web site demonstrates the bible advocating child abuse and murder amongst many other cruelties. Christian doctrine teaches, "he"s the lamb", "our savior", "the king of peace", "the embodiment of love", amongst the many other names they associate with a loving, merciful nature. But let"s look at the contradictions the bible has with these same teachings. Jesus says family members should hate each other. He has "come not to send peace, but a sword." Matthew 10:34 Jesus says, "Don"t imagine that I came to bring peace on earth! No, rather a sword lf you love your father, mother, sister, brother, more than me, you are not worthy of being mine. "The real beauty of this verse is that Jesus demands people truly love him more then they love their own family. I ask you how can we love someone that we can not see or interact with? Love is an emotion pertaining to physical existence not to faithful ideologies, yet God threatens you with Death just because your love for your mother maybe stronger than your love for him. Matthew 10:34 Families will be torn apart because of Jesus. "Brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death." Matthew 10:21 Jesus strongly approves of the law and the prophets. He hasn"t the slightest objection to the cruelties of the Old Testament. Matthew 5:17 Jesus condemns entire cities to dreadful deaths and to the eternal torment of hell because they didn"t care for his preaching. Matthew 11:20 Jesus, whose clothes are dipped in blood, has a sharp sword sticking out of his mouth. Thus attired, he treads the winepress of the wrath of God. Revelations 19:13-15 The beast and the false prophet are cast alive into a lake of fire. The rest of us the unchosen will be killed with the sword of Jesus. "An all the fowls were filled with their flesh." Revelations 19:20-21 Jesus says he is the only way to salvation yet he purposely disillusions us so that we will go to hell: Jesus explains that the reason he speaks in parables is so that no one will understand him, "lest . . . they . . . should understand . . . and should be converted, and I should heal them." Matthew 13:10-15 Jesus explains why he speaks in parables to confuse people so they will go to hell. Mark 4:11-12 Jesus is criticized by the Pharisees for not washing his hands before eating. He defends himself by attacking them for not killing disobedient children according to the commandment: "He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death." Matthew 15:4-7 Abandon your wife and children for Jesus Matthew 19:29 Jesus criticizes the Jews for not killing their disobedient children according to Old Testament law. Mark 7:9 Luke 12:47 Jesus okays beating slaves. Affirmation that there is contradiction to Cons position is abundantly clear here. Evil bible .com Since I am out of space, I will continue with more contradictions in and of the bible next round": )