From: mueller@owlnet.rice.edu (Ernest Conrad Mueller)
Subject: Re: Is the Bible Absolute Truth?
Organization: Rice University
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 15:38:03 GMT

Here's a list of Biblical contradictions to prove my last post's point.

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> Who is the father of Joseph?  

MAT 1:16  And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was
born Jesus, who is called Christ.

LUK 3:23  And Jesus himself began to be  about  thirty  years  of
age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son
of Heli,
 
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> Who was at the Empty Tomb?  Is it :

MAT 28:1  In the end of the sabbath, as it began to  dawn  toward
the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
to see the sepulchre.

MAR 16:1  And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary
the  mother  of  James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that
they might come and anoint him.

JOH 20:1  The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene  early,
when  it  was  yet  dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone
taken away from the sepulchre.

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>which first--beasts or man?

GEN 1:25  And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and
cattle  after  their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the
earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
GEN 1:26  And God said, Let us make man in our image,  after  our
likeness:  and  let  them have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and  over  all
the  earth,  and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth.

GEN 2:18  And the LORD God said, It is  not  good  that  the  man
should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
GEN 2:19  And out of the ground the LORD God formed  every  beast
of  the  field,  and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto
Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever  Adam  called
every living creature, that was the name thereof.
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>number of beasts in the ark

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.
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>how many stalls and horsemen?

KI1 4:26  And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his
chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

CH2 9:25  And Solomon had four thousand  stalls  for  horses  and
chariots,  and  twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the
chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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>folly to be wise or not?

PRO 4:7  Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and
with all thy getting get understanding.

ECC 1:18  For in much wisdom is  much  grief:  and  he  that  in-
creaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

1 Cor.1:19: "For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and wil
bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent."
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>sins of the father

ISA 14:21  Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of
their  fathers;  that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor
fill the face of the world with cities.

DEU 24:16  The fathers shall not be put to death  for  the  chil-
dren, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers:
every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
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>The bat is not a bird.

LEV 11:13  And these are they which ye shall have in  abomination
among  the  fowls;  they shall not be eaten, they are an abomina-
tion: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
LEV 11:14  And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
LEV 11:15  Every raven after his kind;
LEV 11:16  And the owl, and the night hawk, and the  cuckow,  and
the hawk after his kind,
LEV 11:17  And the little owl, and the cormorant, and  the  great
owl,
LEV 11:18  And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
LEV 11:19  And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapw-
ing, and the bat.

DEU 14:11  Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
DEU 14:12  But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the  ea-
gle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
DEU 14:13  And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his
kind,
DEU 14:14  And every raven after his kind,
DEU 14:15  And the owl, and the night hawk, and the  cuckow,  and
the hawk after his kind,
DEU 14:16  The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
DEU 14:17  And the pelican, and the  gier  eagle,  and  the  cor-
morant,
DEU 14:18  And the stork, and the heron after her kind,  and  the
lapwing, and the bat.
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>Rabbits do not chew their cud.

LEV 11:6  And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but  divideth
not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

'Gerah', the term which appears in the MT means (chewed) cud, and
also perhaps grain, or berry (also a 20th of a sheckel, but I think
that we can agree that that is irrelevant here). It does *not* mean
dung, and there is a perfectly adequate Hebrew word for that, which 
could have been used. Furthermore, the phrase translated 'chew the cud'
in the KJV is more exactly 'bring up the cud'. Rabbits do not bring
up anything; they let it go all the way through, then eat it again.
The description given in Leviticus is inaccurate, and that's that.
Rabbits do eat their own dung; they do not bring anything up and
chew on it.
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> Insects do NOT have four feet.

LEV 11:21  Yet these may ye eat of every  flying  creeping  thing
that  goeth  upon  all four, which have legs above their feet, to
leap withal upon the earth;
LEV 11:22  Even these of them ye may eat; the  locust  after  his
kind,  and  the  bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after
his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
LEV 11:23  But all other flying creeping things, which have  four
feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
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>fowl from waters or ground?

GEN 1:20  And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the
moving  creature  that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the
earth in the open firmament of heaven.
GEN 1:21  And God created great whales, and every living creature
that  moveth,  which  the  waters brought forth abundantly, after
their kind, and every winged fowl after his  kind:  and  God  saw
that it was good.

GEN 2:19  And out of the ground the LORD God formed  every  beast
of  the  field,  and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto
Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever  Adam  called
every living creature, that was the name thereof.
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> odd genetic engineering

GEN 30:39  And the flocks conceived before the rods, and  brought
forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
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>Snakes, while built low, do not eat dirt.

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:
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} order of creation
Here is the order in the first (Genesis 1), the Priestly tradition:

Day 1: Sky, Earth, light
Day 2: Water, both in ocean basins and above the sky(!)
Day 3: Plants
Day 4: Sun, Moon, stars (as calendrical and navigational aids)
Day 5: Sea monsters (whales), fish, birds, land animals,
creepy-crawlies (reptiles, insects, etc.)
Day 6: Humans (apparently both sexes at the same time)
Day 7: Nothing (the Gods took the first day off anyone ever did)

	Note that there are "days", "evenings", and "mornings" before
the Sun was created. Here, the Deity is referred to as "Elohim", which
is a plural, thus the literal translation, "the Gods". In this tale,
the Gods seem satisfied with what they have done, saying after each
step that "it was good".

The second one (Genesis 2), the Yahwist tradition, goes:

Earth and heavens (misty)
Adam, the first man (on a desolate Earth)
Plants
Animals
Eve, the first woman (from Adam's rib)

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Acts 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."

Matt. 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."
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>Jesus' last words 

Matt.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 u
the ghost."

Luke23:46: "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."

John19:30: "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is 
finished:" and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."
!@#
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>The GENEALOGY OF JESUS?
In two places in the New Testament the genealogy of Jesus son of Mary (PBUH)
is mentioned. Matthew 1:6-16 and Luke 3:23-31. Each gives the ancestors of
Joseph the CLAIMED husband of Mary and Step father of Jesus(PBUH). The first
one starts from Abraham(verse 2) all the way down to Jesus. The second
one from Jesus all the way back to Adam. The only common name to these two
lists between David and Jesus is JOSEPH, How can this be true?  and also
How can Jesus have a genealogy when all Muslims and most Christians believe
that Jesus had/has no father.
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>God be seen?
 Exod. 24:9,10; Amos 9:1; Gen.  26:2; and John 14:9 
 God CAN be seen:
	"And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my backparts."
	(Ex. 33:23)
	"And the Lord spake to Moses face to face, as a man speaketh to his
	friend." (Ex. 33:11)
	"For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." 
	(Gen. 32:30)
God CANNOT be seen:
	"No man hath seen God at any time." (John 1:18)
	"And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for there shall no man
	see me and live." (Ex. 33:20)
	"Whom no man hath seen nor can see." (1 Tim. 6:16)
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>tempts?
	"And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham."
	(Gen 22:1)

	"Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God 
	cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man." (James 1:13)
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>Judas died how?
	"And he cast down the pieces of silver into the temple and departed,
	and went out and hanged himself." (Matt. 27:5)

	"And falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all of his
	bowels gushed out." (Acts 1:18)
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> ascend to heaven
	"And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." (2 Kings 2:11)

	"No man hath ascended up to heaven but he that came down from heaven,
	... the Son of Man." (John 3:13)
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What was Jesus' prediction regarding Peter's denial?
 
Before the cock crow - Matthew 26:34
 
Before the cock crow twice - Mark 14:30
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>How many times did the cock crow?

MAR 14:72  And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to
mind  the  word  that  Jesus  said unto him, Before the cock crow
twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he
wept.

MAT 26:74  Then began he to curse and to swear,  saying,  I  know
not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
MAT 26:75  And Peter remembered the word  of  Jesus,  which  said
unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he
went out, and wept bitterly.

LUK 22:60  And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest.  And
immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.
LUK 22:61  And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And  Peter
remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before
the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

JOH 13:38  Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my
sake?  Verily,  verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow,
still thou hast denied me thrice.

JOH 18:27  Peter then denied  again:  and  immediately  the  cock
crew.

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>who killed Saul

SA1 31:4  Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw  thy  sword,
and  thrust  me  through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come
and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his  armourbearer  would
not;  for  he  was  sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and
fell upon it.
SA1 31:5  And when his armourbearer saw that Saul  was  dead,  he
fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
SA1 31:6  So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer,
and all his men, that same day together.


SA2 1:15  And David called one of the young  men,  and  said,  Go
near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

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>who bought potter's field

ACT 1:18  Now this man purchased a field with the reward of  ini-
quity;  and  falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and
all his bowels gushed out.
ACT 1:19  And it was known unto all the  dwellers  at  Jerusalem;
insomuch  as that field is called in their proper tongue, Acelda-
ma, that is to say, The field of blood.

MAT 27:6  And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said,
It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is
the price of blood.
MAT 27:7  And  they  took  counsel,  and  bought  with  them  the
potter's field, to bury strangers in.
MAT 27:8  Wherefore that field was called, The  field  of  blood,
unto this day.

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>Who prophesied the potter's field
Matthew 27:9-10  (mentions Jeremy but no such verse in Jeremiah)
is in Zechariah 11:12-13
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>who bears guilt?

GAL 6:2  Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law  of
Christ.

GAL 6:5  For every man shall bear his own burden.

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>Do you answer a fool?

PRO 26:4  Answer not a fool according to  his  folly,  lest  thou
also be like unto him.

PRO 26:5  Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he  be  wise
in his own conceit.

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> How many children did Michal, the daughter of Saul, have?

SA2 6:23  Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto
the day of her death.

SA2 21:8  But the king took the two sons of Rizpah  the  daughter
of  Aiah,  whom  she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and
the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up
for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

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>How old whas Jehoiachin when he began to reign?

KI2 24:8  Jehoiachin was eighteen years  old  when  he  began  to
reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's
name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.


CH2 36:9  Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to  reign,
and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did
that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

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>Did those with Saul/Paul at his conversion hear a voice?

ACT 9:7  And the men which journeyed with him  stood  speechless,
hearing a voice, but seeing no man.

ACT 22:9  And they that were with me saw indeed  the  light,  and
were  afraid;  but  they heard not the voice of him that spake to
me.

>How many apostles were in office between the resurection and ascention 
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1 Corinthians 15:5 (12)
Matthew 27:3-5 (minus one from 12)
Acts 1:9-26 (Mathias not elected until after resurrection)

MAT 28:16  Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into
a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
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Judging
1 Cor 3:15 " The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself
is not subject to any man's judgment:" (NIV)

1 Cor 4:5 " Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the
Lord comes.  He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose
the motives of men's hearts.  At that time each will receive his praise from
God."

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Good deeds
Matt 5:16 "In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see
your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." (NIV)

Matt 6:3-4 "But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what
your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secert.  Then your
Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."  (NIV) 

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>for or against?

MAT 12:30  He that is not with me is  against  me;  and  he  that
gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
(default is against)

MAR 9:40  For he that is not against us is on our part.
(default is for)

LUK 9:50  And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is
not against us is for us.
(default is for)

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Whom did they see at the tomb?
 

MAT 28:2  And, behold, there was  a  great  earthquake:  for  the
angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back
the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
MAT 28:3  His countenance was like  lightning,  and  his  raiment
white as snow:
MAT 28:4  And for fear of him the keepers did shake,  and  became
as dead men.
MAT 28:5  And the angel answered and said unto  the  women,  Fear
not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

MAR 16:5  And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a  young  man
sitting  on  the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and
they were affrighted.


LUK 24:4  And it came  to  pass,  as  they  were  much  perplexed
thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

JOH 20:12  And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at  the
head,  and  the  other  at  the feet, where the body of Jesus had
lain.

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>destruction of cities (what said was jeremiah was zechariah)

MAT 27:9  Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy  the
prophet,  saying,  And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the
price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel
did value;


zechariah 11:11-13
(nothing in Jeremiah remotely like)
The mother of Abijah:
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Maachah the daughter of Absalom  2 Chron 9:20
 
Michaiah the daughter of Uriel 2 Chron 13:2
 
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When did Baasha die?
 
26th year of the reign of Asa I Kings 16:6-8
 
36th year of the reign of Asa I 2 Chron 16:1
 
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How old was Ahaziah when he began to reign?
 
22 in 2 Kings 8:26
 
42 in 2 Chron 22:2
 
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WHo was Josiah's successor?
 
Jehoahaz - 2 Chron 36:1
 
Shallum - Jeremiah 22:11
 
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The differences in the census figures of Ezra and Nehemiah.
 
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What was the color of the robe placed on Jesus during his trial?
 
scarlet - Matthew 27:28
 
purple John 19:2
 
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What did they give him to drink?
 
vinegar - Matthew 27:34
 
wine with myrrh - Mark 15:23
 

Quoted From and Compiled By:
Bob Beauchaine bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM 

Have a happy time with these.
-Ernest



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