I m aware of that and haven t suggested the word apparent To maintain a NPOV we should steer a middle ground that recognizes that many people say or allege or assert or suggest or claim or whatever word you like that doesn t take a position on whether they re right or not while others say or argue or claim or assert or respond or counter etc again without taking a position on whether they re right or not that the inconsistencies are either only apparent or don t affect the validity of the underlying message or arise from misunderstandings of the text or are the result of textual corruption in the copying of manuscripts or whatever Just out of curiosity what made you think I was suggesting that we use the phrase apparent inconsistencies I wasn t trying to