The Bible Is Not God's Word

I want to welcome my opponent to debate.org and hope this is a fruitful debate. My opponent brought up an excellent point. When we say that the Bible is God's word, we mean that it was inspired by God. (A) If the God of evangelical Christianity were to exist, then the Bible would be God's only written revelation. (B) Thus, if that deity were to exist, then he would probably see to it that the Bible is perfectly clear and authoritative, and lack the appearance of merely human authorship. (C) Some facts about the Bible are the following: It contradicts itself or is very unclear in many places; It contains failed prophecies; and It contains scientific mistakes. (D) Therefore [from C], the Bible is not perfectly clear and authoritative, and has the appearance of merely human authorship. (E) Hence [from B & D], probably the God of evangelical Christianity does not exist. [1]I want to discuss letter 3 in this debate. My arguments are as followed: (1) The Bible contradicts itself; (2) It contains scientific, historical, and mathematical mistakes; and (3) It contains later additions into the text.The Bible Contradicts Itself (1) Did Michal have any children? A. 2 Samuel 6:23, "Therefore Michael the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. B) 2 Samuel 21:8, "But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:" [2] (2) Who was the high priest when David ate the bread? Mark 2:25-26:, "And he said to them, 'Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions." 1 Samuel 21:1:, "Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David trembling and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one with you?" [3] Was Abiathar or Ahimelech the high priest at the time of David? It Contains Failed Prophecies (1) The City of Tyre Ezekiel 26:7-14, "For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers. 8 He will kill with the sword your daughters on the mainland. He will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise a roof of shields against you. 9 He will direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. 10 His horses will be so many that their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen and wagons and chariots, when he enters your gates as men enter a city that has been breached. 11 With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. 12 They will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and soil they will cast into the midst of the waters. 13 And I will stop the music of your songs, and the sound of your lyres shall be heard no more. 14 I will make you a bare rock. You shall be a place for the spreading of nets. You shall never be rebuilt, for I am the LORD; I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD." In this passage we see a couple of things: (1) Nebuchadnezzar is going to destroy Tyre; (2) The people will be killed; (3) Tyre will be in ruins; and (4) They shall never be rebilt. The problem with this is that it never happened. After 13 years of sieg, Nebuchadnezzar compramised with Tyre [4] and thus Tyre survived. Morover, the final nail in the coffin is that we see Tyre was rebuilt. In fact, the city of Tyre is mentioned again in the New Testament; hence, this prophecy has failed. It Contains Scientific Mistakes (1) Flat Earth Isaiah 40:22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; This passage tells of a flat earth. Note the use of the word tent to describe the sky. A tent, of course, is something used on a flat surface. The figure below shows what the author of Isaiah actually meant: [5] Matt Slick of the Christian Apologetics and Research Minsitry admits, "This [the passage I cited above] may not be construed to support the spherical shape of the earth. The horizon is a circle and a circle is flat. [Emphasis mine] [6] | CONCLUSION | We have the Bible contradicts itself, the Bible contains failed prophecies, and the Bible contains scientific mistakes. All of these point to the fact the Bible is not God's word.Thanks.Work's Cited[1] Martin, Michael, Ricki Monnier, and Theodore Drange. The Improbability of God. Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 2006. Print. Available online at http://www.infidels.org...;[2] Tobin, Paul. Rejection of Pascal's Wager. [3] http://errancy.org...; [4] Tobin, Paul. Rejection of Pascal's Wager. [5] Ibid[6] Slick, Matt. Scientific Accuracies of the Bible. http://carm.org...;