There are contradictions in the Bible

1. Creation story My opponent contends that there are two separate creation stories, however, I will show this not to be the case. Like I said, only the first chapter is meant to be chronological. Once the chronology of creation was dealt with, the second chapter does not need to go over this again. It's like an intro to the book. The second chapter goes in to the specific details on several points and continues from there. Scientific blunders Answers in Genesis will tell you this is the entirely literal account of the beginning of the world. While I do believe there the creation story gives a type of structure and account of some events of the creation story, I think it is hard to conclude it is entirely literal. Remember, we must have some logical reason to say this is not entirely literal. Obviously, there were no witnesses to the creation story, and I think this is a huge evidence that the story is not entirely literal yet definitely God-inspired. The interesting thing about this whole literal, non-literal deal is that if the account is truly literal, then it still consists of no contradictions. For the sake of the debate I will then contend that the creation account was actually literal and explain how it coincides with science. 1. Age of the universe There are a number of different theories and reasoning behind the age of the universe even if the days are literal days (which I actually don't believe). The most obvious is that the universe could have been created with a sense of age. The dating methods assume that there was no creation, so if we say that the rocks were created with what is considered daughter material, then the dates could very well be incorrect. There's no way of knowing, but this doesn't necessarily prove that the earth is 13 or so billion years. Other theories are that time was not necessarily consistent in different parts of the universe. For more theories, check out AiG or 'The New Creationism' by Paul Garner. Speaking of the Big Bang, this is simply science's best explanation for the beginning assuming that God doesn't exist. If we assume that God exists, we might just trash the whole concept. Since the Big Bang is nothing more than a theory with some observances that may or may not support it, it is not necessarily true. With all these matters, radiometric dating must be scrutinized as it is not infallible. 2. The moon is not a light Does the moon give off light? Yes but not as much as the sun. And I think this is what the Bible is talking about. This is not a very strong case. 3. New stars are constantly being formed I'm not sure how this contradicts the Bible. Stars are not created from nothing, and the Bible does not say new stars would not develop. 4. The firmament The structure described in Genesis is guessed to be some kind of cloud covering. To finish off, I will go over my opponents last few arguments and then conclude the debate. 1. Psalms is stating that the righteous will prosper while alive, yet they will still die like everyone else just like Isaiah explains. 2. Are we manipulating the text or are we trying to figure out what the text is saying? I argue for the latter. We are trying to figure out what event Luke was speaking of when referring to the census. If the Bible is non-contradictory, then this would make sense. My opponent points out that there is no historic record of such census, yet does this prove that there was no census? It is still a very real possibility. 3. My opponent's last points aren't well constructed so I will answer the last question, "Why did Jesus say THIS GENERATION? " I will admit that I am unsure. But this does not mean that there is a contradiction just because we are unsure what Jesus is talking about. It would be very difficult for my opponent to prove this is actually a contradiction given that Jesus does not always explain what He is talking about. He told the disciples several times that He would die and resurrect on the third day, yet they never understood what He was talking about until it happened. It should be realized that when finding contradictions in the Bible, every supposed contradiction has been explain by Christian apologists. It is a more difficult task to find good contradictions in the Bible then my opponent has assumed. I have refuted each argument my opponent has thrown at me, and because of this, I have won the debate. Thank you for the challenge and thank you for reading this.