The Bible contradicts itself.

I would like to explain what we do and do not mean by inspired as Christians and Jews. We do not mean what Muslims mean when they speak of the Qur'an. They believe that every single word was spoken from the lips of Allah to Muhammad thru the angel Gabriel. We believe that God inspires the message in a human being and superintends it. But he allows the uniqueness of the person and their historical time and setting to be reflected in the document. It will not teach error but it will reflect the limits of the author. I saw Gene at 2 and I the other says I saw him at 1 is not error, it's a part of being human. We have imperfect memories and information. Saying the moon is made of green cheese thus saith the Lord is error. OK, let's have a look at the situation. First off, I don't really care if Pro wants to define a problematic contradiction as anything no matter how tiny. It's silly, nit picky, and no reasonable and intelligent person would set such a standard. I will make due with my own. A contradiction is a problem if it renders the main point of the passage half or greatly obscured by said contradiction. Let me give you an example. I decide to go to my friend Gene's house. I knock on the door and Lorie answers the door. She invites me to come in and sit down. She informs me that Gene was complaining that it was hot and stuffy in the apartment. He said that he wanted to go somewhere where he could feel the grass under his feet and see a tree. He walked out the front door and she saw him drive off to the North. That was at 1 PM. So, I thank Laurie for the info and leave. I'm walking down the sidewalk and I run into George. I tell him that I'm in the area hoping to see Gene but that he wasn't home. George said he talked with Gene at around 2 PM. Gene said that he was roasting from the heat and thought it would be nice to find a shady place to sit by a waterfront. George said that Gene went North East. From the two testimonies we figure out that Gene is at Johanna's Park. It's the only park in the North/North East of the city with a view of water. What can we glean from this seemingly contradictory set of reports. The main point is Gene isn't home right now. He left by his own choice. He was feeling uncomfortable because of the weather. It happens in the early afternoon. We know exactly what park he's at because even though the witnesses gave us completely different information we can extrapolate from it what place Gene's at. One more thing. I know Gene didn't pay off both people to lie to me. They would have gotten all their details strait if they had been paid off. You can see here that so called contradictions do nothing to lessen the meaning of the passage. As a matter of fact this is precisely what one would expect from real testimony rather than doctored testimony. In your Samuel passage you'll notice that Joab refused to count some of the people and we get Joab's count number in the passage. In the later passage it doesn't mention that fact and the number listed is larger. It is reasonable to think that the people Joab refused to count were added to the later document. David would have likely known about Joab's disobedience and sent someone else to count the uncounted people. When Jacob says he saw the face of God he was stating his personal impression, not necessarily what he really saw. The statement in John is a statement of fact. Those two things are different. If you consider what I told you above you'll see that this isn't a problem. Matthew is the tax collector and is telling things from his sources and recollections. Mark is Peters telling of things. John belongs to John. Why does John not mention the other women. Simple if you read Mark closely. Mark:9 "Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it." John chooses to focus on Mary M. as the first person Jesus met after the Resurrection. Horeb is traditionally thought to be another name for Sinai. FINALLY, DON'T ARGUE BY LINK. IT'S REALLY BAD MANNERS TO TELL SOMEONE TO CLICK A LINK AND DEAL WITH WHAT EVER IS THERE.