The Bible is free of contradiction

I accept all definitions. I shall respond to each supposed contradiction in the order as they have been presented. They shall be numbered 1-12. 1. Order of Creation - Beasts before Man or Man before Beasts? My opponent uses 2 verses, Genesis 1:25 and Genesis 2:19, to show a contradiction in the order in which animals and Man were created. Con misinterprets the texts. In Genesis 1:25, the Hebrew word for “made” is “way-ya-as” meaning to make or to do. This word is used to describe what one does as something is happening, as in the present tense. (See the source listed “1”)However, in Genesis 2:19, the word is “way-yi-ser”, meaning “had formed”. This word is used to describe a reestablishment of the events that have already occurred. (See the source listed “2”)This shows that the two verses do not contradict, because they are not telling two different creation accounts. The verse in Genesis 2 is simply retelling the events that have occurred in Genesis 1.2. The Last Words of JesusThis argument is much more common in the realm of supposed Biblical contradictions. Each of the three verses concern the words that Jesus spoke before he died, and each gives a separate account of the words which were said. The answer is simple. .. He said all of them. Each Gospel has a different structure of Jesus, where some things Jesus says are mentioned in all four, others in only three, some in only two, and a few are even special just to one single Gospel. Jesus received the wine, cried out to God "Why have you forsaken me? ", shouted "I entrust my spirit", bowed His head, and died. No contradiction, one must simply put each Gospel on top of the other. 3. To Answer or Not to Answer? This verse threw me for a loop for a minute, how could one verse say one thing and the next verse say a completely different thing? Surely the author must have known. But that's where it got to me. The author must of known because he did know, he used these seemingly conflicting verses for a reason. In verse 4, The Proverb warns us to not answer a fool or we will be like the fool. In verse 5, The Proverb tells us to answer a fool or he will think of himself as wise. Verse 4 pertains to a situation in which the fool does not want to learn, because attempting to teach a fool who does not want to be taught is foolish in itself. Verse 5 pertains to a situation in which the fool will learn, and so that we should answer such a fool so that he does not consider himself to be wise. The verses are complimentary. No contradiction. 4. Does God Change His Mind? This question has been debated for quite awhile, actually. It has many theological implications. However, the verse given by Con is Genesis 6:6, where God regrets and grieves for having made man. This is something called anthropomorphic revelation, where in which God emphasizes his position through human characteristics. God does not change in this situation, but his "feelings" about man did change temporally. This is not God changing his mind, for He allows man to exist through Noah. This does not show any sort of change in mind by God, and therefore is not a contradiction. 5. Jesus and TestifyingCon is simply misreading the text. In Deuteronomy 19:15, we read the following: "One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses"Jesus, in the verse prior, is showing how to properly judge Himself. He is referring to this law to show that He is unable to bear His own witness in context of The Law. This is why Jesus calls upon John to testify for Him in the next verses. 6. Did Saul's Companions Hear "The Voice"? Yes, they did hear the voice, but they did not understand it. For this, we must dive back into the original language. .. this time it's Greek. The Greek word for "hearing" in Acts 9:7 is "akouontes", meaning actually to hear. However, in Matthew 13:13 the phrase is used to describe a distinction between hearing and understanding. (See sources "3"and "4" below) In Acts 22:9. the word is "ekousan" meaning also to hear. However, this word is used in Matthew 13:15 to recite Isaiah's words about those who do not understand what is being spoken to them. (See sources "5" and "6" below) The point being made here is that they did hear the voice of Jesus, but they did not understand what He was saying. Only Saul understood Him. 7. God Changing His Mind- Revisited Con states that God changes His mind by changing the time of Adam's death. .. from the day that he sins to hundreds of years later. This is simply a misunderstanding of the texts, once again. The death of Adam did occur on the day that he sinned, because this is the day in which he was separated from God. Adam is now dead in his spirit. This is why when we receive Christ, we are born again. However, Adam also lost his privilege to The Tree of Life that day, which means that he was cursed to die as a result of his sin. 8. How did Saul die? Suicide. The Israelites had just been defeated by The Philistines, so when the Amalekite man found Saul's crown and armlet, he decided to get to Saul's right-hand man, David. When he got to David, he told him that he killed Saul out of mercy and brought the crown and armlet as evidence. The Amalekite man knew David had slaughtered his people, and he was hoping to be rewarded by David for bringing him the crown and putting Saul out of his misery. The story was fabricated. It makes no sense for an Amalekite man to kill an Israelite king during a huge battle between The Israelites and The Philistines. Simply reading 1 Samuel 31 and 2 Samuel 1 should be enough reason to accept this, so I'll put links to both chapters in numbers "7" and "8". 9. Language in Ancient TimesThis was intriguing. See, the Earth as depicted by the author was based off of all of which could have been seen. Since this was shortly after the flood, the peoples affected would have have had but one language. 10. The Ten PlaguesSeeing as though the person who started the thread in the link is "Missy", I will guess that Con is the one who gave both theories from that thread. I will need sources for both of them in order to continue. 11. Herod and His CommandsI actually had never seen this sort of contradiction before. However, it should be noted that this was no mass slaughtering. Bethlehem was a scarcely populated city of only a few thousand at the time. The number of infants who could have been killed was not too many, therefore it would be odd if Josephus recorded such a "usual" act of such a mad King. 12. Fasting for 40 days? Yes, Jesus was hungry. Very, very hungry. That is why he was tempted. However, there are verified accounts of people starving for 40 days. (See link "9") Once again, I thank Con for providing these challenges. They were very fun and intellectually stimulating to counter. Feel free to rebut any or all of my answers, and also feel free to provide as many more supposed contradictions as you would like. However, I do ask you to keep it within practical limits. It takes more characters to respond to a claim than it does to make a claim. Good Luck. Sources:1. . http://biblehub.com...2.http://biblehub.com...3.http://biblehub.com...4.http://biblehub.com...5.http://biblehub.com...6.http://biblehub.com...7.https://www.biblegateway.com...8.https://www.biblegateway.com...9. . http://www.scientificamerican.com...