The Bible is right! Part 2

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to debate this. Because we cannot determine if the Bible is correct based upoon contradictions (or the lack thereof), I will request to change the resolution to "Resolved: The Bible contains no true genuine contradictions." If you agree, that will be fine with me. If not, the we will keep the resolution as it is. WHAT IS A CONTRADICTION? A contradiction is two or more propositions which are logically incompatible with one another. [1] ==Opening Arguments== 1. WHAT YEAR WAS JESUS BORN? Luke 2 reports that Jesus' birth happened the during the reign of Qurinius: "In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child." This phrase is revealing because we know Quirinius was govenor of Syria in 6 CE. We also know that it was around 6 CE when this took place. [2] Matthew, on the other hand, puts it at a very different date: 6 BCE: Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” We know from Josephus and various sources throughout that time that Herod the king was king until his death in 6 BCE. [3] Therefore, Matthew puts him at a later date at 4-6 BCE; a hole decade earlier. 2. THE INTERLINERSHIP OF THE NATIVITY After the events in Matthew, the boy Jesus escapes to Egypt to escape Herod's rampage. On the other hand, Luke leaves out this story and takes Mary, Joseph, and newborn Jesus back to Nazarreth where they stayed: And when they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him. This event in bold only takes 40 days. Not enough time to escape to Egypt and go back and stay in a house! 3. THE DEATH OF JUDASMy final example comes from the gospels once again. This time, they can't seem to make up their mind on how Judas, the betrayer of Jesus, died.Matthew 27:3-5, "When Judas, his [i.e., Jesus] betrayer, saw that he was condemned, he repented and brought back the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priest and elders, saying, 'I have sinned in betraying innocent blood.' They said, 'What is that to us? See to it yourself.' And throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed; and he went and hanged himself."vs.Acts 1:18, "Now this man [Judas] bought a field [wait, I thought that was the high priest! Didn't he return the money? Never mind!] with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowles gushed out."So there are at least 2 contradictions to bring up here. However, the term says that I can bring a maximum of three. Therefore, I will drop the contradiction concerning what happened to the money. That's not the point. The point is, how did Judas die. He could not have died by both! [4] Footnotes, and bibliography 1. "Contradiction." (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Stanford University, 21 Sept. 2010. Web. 12 June 2012. <http://plato.stanford.edu... >. 2. Carrier, Richard. "The Date of the Nativity in Luke (6th Ed., 2011)." The Date of the Nativity in Luke. The Secular Web, 2011. Web. 12 June 2012. <http://www.infidels.org... >.3. There is much historical evidence for the knowledge that King Herod died in 4 B.C.E. See the Nelson KJV Study Bible on that portion of the chapter. 4. Some Christian apologists have responded by maintaining that it was both, that he hung himself but the rope snapped. There are too many absurdities and too many problems to take such an explanation seriously. I will give a detailed rebuttal in the next round if that is what my opponent is going to us.