There are no Contradictions in the Bible

Thank you for doing this debate. I will be happy to answer your contradictions. 1. The Amalekites and "Thou Shalt Not Kill" To begin one must get the context of 1Sam. 15. Verse 2 says, "Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did ti Israel, How they laid wait for him in the way, When he came up from Egypt. " So obviously God is reminding Samuel about what Amalek did to Israel when they were in the Wilderness after they had left Egypt. Here we turn to Exodus 17:8 where Amalek comes out to fight against Israel and God promises vengeance on the Amalekites. In Deuteronomy 25:17-18 we see why God was furious and wanted Amalek to be utterly destroyed, "Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, When ye were come forth out of Egypt; How he met thee by the way, And smote the hindmost of thee, Even all that were feeble behind thee, When thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. Here we see the Amalekites swooping down on the rear of the marchers and beginning to slaughter them. This was composed of the people who could not keep up with the stronger. The old people, The infirm, The women with child, The women with small children, I. E. Babies and three year-olds. The Bible says, "Vengeance is mine saith the Lord. " 1 Sam 15 was an act of revenge, Not of genocide. As for the command of "Thou shalt not kill" it is a prohibition of taking an innocents life, Or murder when read in the original Hebrew. 2. Free Will vs. Hardening of Pharaoh`s heart. This is actually a tougher one, Since it took me a while to think about it. I want to point out that out of almost 20 times that his heart was hardened 10 of those Pharaoh hardened his own heart. It`s clear after the 6th plague God starts to harden Pharaoh`s heart. God hardened his heart for His glory. It was already clear that Pharaoh had already hardened his heart toward God. Pharaoh was considered a god and people worshipped and feared him. God was saying, You are worshipping and fearing a finite man that you should not be concerned about. God says not to fear man who can only kill the body, But to fear God who can kill body and soul in hell. Here God is establishing His name on the earth for all people to know who is the only true God. It is better to fear God rather than men. 3. Who is the child of God? I would like to know where in the Bible it says that everyone is the child of God. That is a Catholic teaching that is not true. The answer to your question is found in John 1:14, "But as many as had received Him, To them gave He power to become the sons of God, Even to them that believe on His name. " Therefore only if you have received Jesus in your heart and believed on His name to take away your sins can you become a child of God. Those who are not the children of God are the children of the devil. John 8:44 says, "You are of your father the devil, And you want to do the desires of your father he was a murderer from the beginning, And does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him Whenever he speaks a lie, He speaks from his own nature, For he is a liar and the father of lies. " Also 1 John 3:10 says, "By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, Nor the one who does not love his brother. " Jesus is special because He is God.