The Bible is an Inconsistent Document

GE 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. FACT - There is no evidence to support this. Furthermore, these Giants are also referenced AFTER the flood, and they are not taken aboard the ark. A:Noah and his family were giants. Gen 7:19 Higher and higher above the earth rose the waters, until all the highest mountains everywhere were submerged, FACT - This never occurred, although there is evidence that the Middle East flooded at one point in time when a natural dam (where Gibraltar is now) burst. A:The evidence is all around you.. there was very little water on the earth before the flood and now IT'S STILL FLOODED. 2 Sam 24:9 "Joab then reported to the king the number of people registered: in Israel, eight hundred thousand men fit for military service; in Judah, five hundred thousand." 1 Chr 21:5 "Joab reported the result of the census to David: of men capable of wielding a sword, there were in all Israel one million one hundred thousand, and in Judah four hundred and seventy thousand." A:The deficit could not wield a sword but could obviously perform some other military function. Scientific Inconsistency GEN 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. GEN 7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, GEN 7:9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. FACT - The ark was far too small to hold all the animals, and two of each does not constitute a viable genetic population, especially considering all the animal sacrifices Noah performed after the ark landed. A:Most of the animals were very young or newly born so MUCH more room. LEV 11:6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. FACT - Hares and rabbits do not chew their cud. A: I don't have an anwser to this, doesn't mean there isn't one! (Bible scholars, help?) GEN 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: FACT - Serpents do not eat dirt. A:Has any dust ever entered the mouth of a snake? Highly probable as they spend their lives crawling on the ground. GE 1:29 God also said: "See, I give you every seed-bearing plant all over the earth and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food; FACT - This would include several poisonous plants such as hemlock & nightshade that are NOT food. A:These things along with weeds (tobacco, hemp etc) were caused when man sinned and all creation 'fell' away from God. Gen 7:6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood waters came upon the earth. FACT - Humans rarely live past 100, and none have ever lived to 600. A:Humans rarely live past 100 NOW.. The earth was oxygen rich, everything (including plants, lizards and men) was bigger and MUCH healthier. Logical Inconsistency ACT 1:18: "Now this man (Judas) purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out." MAT 27:5-7: "And he (Judas) cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests...bought with them the potter's field." A:His bowels spilled out after his carcass was eventually cut down MAT 27:46,50: "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" ...Jesus, when he cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost." LUK 23:46: "And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, "Father, unto thy hands I commend my spirit:" and having said thus, he gave up the ghost." JOH 19:30: "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished:" and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost." A:Christ said all these things. That different witnesses recall different pieces CONFIRMS the validity and shows it's not concocted. Lev 25:1, 17 - "And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying... Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:for I am the LORD your God." Gen 25:27a - "Let peoples serve you, and nations pay you homage; Be master of your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you" Lev 25:44 - "Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids." A:service/slavery 2 Pet 2:7-8 - "And [God] delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) " Gen 19:8 - "Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. " A: I know, strange isn't it? Psa 19:7 - "The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple." Heb 8:7-8 - "For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:" A:The Law is perfect BUT man is sinful so the law only exposes his sin Psa 103:8 - "The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy." Exo 34:6 - "And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth," Jer 13:14 - "And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them." Lam 3:43b - "Thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied." 1 Sam 15:2a, 3 - "Thus saith the LORD of hosts... Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and a$$." 1 Sam 6:19 - "And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter." Heb 13:20a - "Now the God of peace..." 2 The 3:16 - "Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all." Rom 15:33 - "Now the God of peace be with you all." Exo 15:3 - "The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name." Psa 18:34 - "He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms." Psa 144:1 - "Blessed be the LORD my strength which teache my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:" A: All these attribute exist simultaneously within God, Just because that is hard for us to understand doesn't make it false. The old testament is God doing things our way (or at least the israelites way) so in a human society dominated by murder and war he picked sides and chose favourites. Such is His desire to have a relationship with us at ANY cost.. The new testament reveals the TRUE cost of a REAL relationship (heaven) with us.. THE CROSS. The Bible is difficult but that doesn't mean we don't continue to wrestle with it. And the more i do the more alive it becomes.. it is the LIVING WORD OF GOD.. albeit transcribed by imperfect men.