The Bible is an Inconsistent Document

>>>Counterarguments<<< 1. GE 6:4 (Giants) Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. It is an argument from ignorance to assume that since there is no evidence, there were no giants. Perhaps Neanderthals were no giants in the Bible, but the Meganthropus are better candidates. These people are estimated between 7 to 12 feet tall according to their fossils. (1) Gen 7:19 (Flood) It was a local flood. If this is a proper interpretation of the Psalm, the global flood interpretation must be false or else this verse must be false. (2) The Hebrew word kol erets indicates a local area of land, instead of our entire planet. The whole "earth" was just the entire land of Mesopotamia because people did not spread until Genesis 11:8 (3) The "whole earth" refers to people, not geography. Nephilim does not describe a race of peoples, but rather to the people that were giants. The Nephilim that were described after the flood are not related to those pre-flood people, since they were all destroyed in the flood. 2 Sam 24:9 (Soldiers) There were 800,000 valiant swordsmen from Israel and there were 1,100,000 all Israelite swordsmen. The remaining 300,000 are reserves. The reserves are not registered because they were not fit for military service but they were capable of wielding a sword. Gen 7:2, 8, 9 (Ark) The two different Hebrew words nephesh and basar are used to describe the animals taken aboard the ark. The word basar refers to certain birds and mammals that interact with humans and the word nephesh refers to "soulish" creatures that can relate to humans. Therefore the Ark contained only certain species of birds and mammals that lived within the reach of the Flood's devastation and were important to Noah's short-term survival. (4) Island rapid speciation occurs when there is * small populations * isolation * open niches * low predation * low competition There may be a genetic loss in the very first generation born on the island due to sampling errors of genetic recombination. However, the more successful offspring there are in each generation, the smaller the genetic loss due to sampling error would result. Through the process of loosing genetic variability, that group becomes a new species. It may ultimately survive or it may not survive at all. (5) LEV 11:6 (Hares) The phase 'chew the cud' is actually ‘bring up the cud' because ‘alah refers to ‘bring up'. (6) Rabbit do bring up their pellets of partially digested food, which they chew on. GEN 3:14 (Serpents) Seed of the woman refers to Jesus Christ while seed of the serpent refers to the devil and all his children. (7) However, if my opponent insists that the Bible says snakes do eat dust, I'll accept it. Snakes have the "Jacobson's organ" in the roof of its mouth that helps the snake smell. The snake picks up bits of dust and pulls them into its mouth with its tongue. A pair of sensory organs takes over once the dust is inside the mount and the snake is able to smell the trail for possible prey. (8) GE 1:29 (Plants) Fruits are food, even if they are poisonous. If that poison did not affect you, hemlock and nightshade could still be considered food, even if it can potentially kill you. Were poisonous fruits such as hemlock and nightshade in the Garden of Eden? In other words, are there poisonous fruits near the Persian Gulf and did they exist 200,000 years ago? Gen 7:6 (Noah's Age) Perhaps there is no scientific evidence that humans have lived longer in the past. However, it is an argument from ignorance again to assume that humans cannot live longer in the past, because the evidence has not been found yet. Perhaps the local flood destroyed most humans and their fossils cannot form due to climate environmental conditions. Perhaps the changes in the earth's ecosystem caused by the flood forced humanity to adapt to the harsh conditions after the flood and the human life spans gradually decreased as the result of classic-evolution. (9) Acts 1:18 & Mat 27:5-7 (Judas' Death) Let's see what happened: Mat 27:5-7 1. Judas cast down the pieces of silver in the temple to buy a field. 2. Judas departed, and went and hanged himself. Acts 1:18 3. This man has purchased a field with the reward of iniquity. 4. Falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. No contradiction here. None of the writers declares, "THIS IS THE LAST THING JESUS SAID!" (Correct me if I'm wrong.) There is no reason why each writer has to record every occurrence and every word spoken by Jesus. If such were the case, we would have four gospel accounts identical in every respect. Mark 15:23 was referring to wine BEFORE the crucifixion of Christ. This is easily spotted if you read Mark 15:23-28. (10) Consider a possible chronology: (You didn't find any error in this chronology, did you?) 1 "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" 2. Some that are nearby bring a sponge with vinegar in it to him. 3. Then when Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished." 4. Then he bowed his head and said "Father, unto thy hands I commend my spirit" with a loud voice. 5. After the cry of the loud voice, he yielded up his spirit. No contradiction or error here. ************************** Argument from ignorance is a logical fallacy. My opponent states that I used my arguments from different sources. That does not invalidates scripture and the "Biblical contradictions" my opponents have used were not original either. I rather use sources to support my claims then to create new arguments which I have no evidence for. Sources: 1. http://www.s8int.com... 2. when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth. (Proverbs 8:29) 3. So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city. (Genesis 11:8) 4. http://www.godandscience.org... 5. http://www.creation-science-prophecy.com... 6. http://www.answersingenesis.org... 7. http://www.mountainretreatorg.net... 8. http://www.answersingenesis.org... 9. http://www.nwcreation.net... 10. http://www.biblegateway.com...;