Whether the Bible is infallible.

Religion is often a touchy issue, and I trust that both sides will remain civil. I am glad he/she has decided to engage in a civil discussion with me on the topic at hand. I would also like to begin my opening statement with a question. Are we, as critical thinkers, expected to believe that a book written by fallible men, translated by fallible men, put together by fallible men, printed by fallible men, published by fallible men, and preached by fallible men is the infallible word of God? I simply don't see a reason to, and proving that the Bible is a fallible document will be my goal in this debate. There are many observable contradictions in scripture. Some scriptures are in contradiction to one another, while others are in contradiction to reality and basic maths and sciences. Let us observe for ourselves a few areas where the Bible contradicts itself. [1]Argument 1: Biblical contradictions. Contradiction 1. Who pays the penalty for sin? Ezekiel 18:20: The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father. According to Ezekiel, the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father. Exodus 20:5: I the lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. Yet according to Moses, the son does bear the sins of the fathers, up to the third and fourth generation. This is a clear contradiction. Contradiction 2: Where Did the Devil Take Jesus? (Credit to TheThinkingAtheist for this one. )Matthew 4:5-8: Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written: ’He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. " Jesus answered him, "It is also written: ’Do not put the Lord your God to the test. " Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. "All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me. " Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ’Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only. ’Here we can see that Satan took Jesus to the Temple first, then the mountain top. Luke 4:5-9: The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. So if you worship me, it will all be yours. " Jesus answered, "It is written: ’Worship the Lord your God and serve him only. ’ The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down from here. In an odd reversal of events, Jesus is taken to the mountain top first, then the temple. This is clearly contradictory. Both accounts couldn’t be true at the same time, so we must conclude one is errored. Argument 2: Scientific Errors. There are also areas of the Bible where the Bible seems to contradict reality. Contradiction 1: Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, ’You must not eat from any tree in the garden’? "Now, obviously we know that snakes do not talk. We know that it is scientifically impossible for snakes to talk - because they do not have a larynx. [2] Thus, because snakes don’t have a larynx (voice box), they cannot talk[3], due to the fact that the larynx is responsible for speech as it contains the vocal cords. Snakes dont talk. The Bible claims one did. Clear error. Contradiction 2: The Sun revolving around the Earth. Ecclesiastes 1:5 - “The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. ”This is obviously indicative of a geocentric view, in which the sun revolves around the Earth. Notice the phrase, “It hurries back to where it rises. ” This is indicative of the Sun moving, which we now (through the gift of modern science) know to be untrue. The sun does not “hurry” anywhere. This belief would have been commonplace among the ancients (see Ptolemy), and it would have been understandable to see why these men who wrote the Bible would hold that view. However, we know this today to be false, proving once again that the Bible is fallible and should be treated as such. Contradiction 3: The Value of Pi. See 1 Kings 7:23, “And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. ” “Pi = a circle's circumference divided by its diameter. (C = πd, π = C/d. ) Circumference (C) = 30 cubits ("a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about")Diameter (d) = 10 cubits ("ten cubits from the one brim to the other")Thus:Biblical Pi (π) = (C/d) = (30 cubits/10 cubits) = 3.0However, actual pi is not 3. [citation NOT needed] The actual value of π is 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288… “ - (Credit to rationalwiki for phrasing of the argument)[4]Since we know pi to = 3.1415926535… the Biblical account of it being “3” cannot be true and is once again an error. In conclusion: The Bible is errored and therefore fallible because of contradictions between its own pages, as well as contradictions with reality. Snakes don't talk, the Sun does not revolve around the Earth, and pi does not equal 3. Thank you judges, ladies and gentlemen, I look forward to the remaining portion of our debate. Ill be posting more arguments in the coming rounds. Thank you sir, and good luck! [1]. http://www.thethinkingatheist.com...[2]http://www.infoplease.com...[3]http://www.innerbody.com...[4]http://rationalwiki.org...