Ex Muslim period Christians from Pakistan. Love your teaching and I’m so happy that I found your channel. Your messages are inspiration and it’s helps me to grow in my new faith in Christianity. God bless you abundantly ✊❤️🙏 I also have a comment, first I saw you and I thought you are Dr David Wood’s twin brother 🤣
Oh, my goodness. This is exactly what I did when I was a freshman in college and one of my professors said that I should be careful about the Bible because it is "full of contradictions." I asked him, "Which one concerns you the most?" He got all red in the face and stuttered around. He couldn't name even one. So I knew that this was likely something he had read or heard someone say, not something that he really knew anything about. I told him that as I had looked at what others had proposed as "contradictions" they generally turned out to be misunderstandings about the Scriptures and what they were saying so that it would be good to look at each suggested "contradiction" individually. He had no response.
Matthew 27:5 - And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. Acts 1:18 - Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
@tomasrocha6139 this is the exact thing what freedomhouseministries was saying... the miss understanding of the text... the explanation is pretty simple actually... Judas gave back the money yet the pharisee couldnt accept it as it was blood money, so they bought land under judas name, which mean it was belong to judas... judas hung himselves, few days later the branch broke down as the way the book of act explan it...
@@tomasrocha6139 again... you need to understand the culture of the language... for example, your mom give you money to buy a certain fish and you went to buy the fish in the market... your mom cooked it and served it as dinner... the question is, who bought the fish? Was it wrong if your mom told your dad "honey, lets eat, i bought your fav fish".. but that is probably a bad example, my point is, to understand it, you need to think how jewish people use the term "buy" back in the day... who bought it, was it the one who phisically went to the market, or the one who owned the money? Or both could be true?
I would have more respect for atheistic lists of contradictions if they actually scratched some off their list from time to time when they were shown to not be contradictions at all. I've yet to see that.
@@g.mano.1320 Why would you present this as a dare? I don't have any problem with "downgrading" a miracle if it has a scientific explanation. Whenever I run into a person of faith, any faith, I ask them 2 questions: 1) Considering that there are so many faiths and the adherents to each of these faiths believe that they have the truth, why do you believe you are right and they are wrong about theirs? 2) Have you ever experienced a miracle that is so obviously a miracle that even an atheist would squirm trying to rationalize it away? With regards to number 2, I always flush those who say stuff like, "My aunt had cancer and we prayed for her and her cancer went into remission." People's cancer goes into remission all the time without prayer. Either way, the point you are making, I think, is just as accurate as the point I made. Human nature resists admitting error. This can be seen in any sub group of humanity. I'd say the Christian community though, is much less homogenized on such lists as the atheist community is. There are large groups of Christians that are extremely skeptical of any claim to miracle. Let me ask you friend... Are you willing to upgrade something to a miracle when science claims this something as a physical impossibility?
@@blusheep2 I may have used the word dare inappropriately, since I didn't mean to ask you to downgrade. I wanted to dare you to convince them to downgrade them once science proved as a non-miracle. Unfortuntely when a miracle has been defined such, they never go back. Your questions are smart. 1) Everyone think his religion convey the truths. At your birth, you're being told what's your nationality, what's your language and what you have to believe it's true. It's indoctrination. 2) I have never experienced anything like that, of course. But I am quite sure that if we'd meet someone who's in possess of a much higher technology we could be falling into that thought. And I am following a path that's leading me to a point that makes me think there's high technology in our past, and the bible speaks about it. Now, believers do not admit, and won't ever accept it. Atheists will NEVER EVER admit it, and mock it. Therefore, I don't think I will need to upgrade something to a miracle just because my technology can't explain some phenomenon.
@@g.mano.1320 Oh, don't worry. I didn't take "dare" to be derogatory in anyway. I just didn't understand at the time why this would be a difficult thing to do, so as to call it a "dare." Responding to your clarification... I have in fact, attempted to moderate my peers views on miracles. I for one have, so I'm pretty sure its not accurate to say that one never goes back after designating something a miracle though I imagine that as a stereotype you are right. I'm not a big fan of the human race. We all think we are super smart and that everyone else is lacking brain cells when they disagree with us. We aren't well designed for rational thought. When confronted with an opposing argument, our first response is to Deny it, and our second response is to Forget about it. 1. Everything is indoctrination. "Indoctrination" is generally used as a word with derogatory meaning but the truth is there are other synonyms we could use like: taught, instructed, schooled, etc. Another side to this is the assumption that "indoctrination" means "brainwashed" and that the child indoctrinated can't think for themselves as they mature. If you grew up as an "indocrinated" Christian but became an atheist in your teens, this wouldn't mean that the rest of us are wallowing in our indoctrination. It simply means that we have made conclusions that are different then yours. You would have to get to know a person before it would be reasonable to make conclusions about their inability to think for themselves. Don't you think? 2. I have. I think miracles are miracles. We can only evaluate the miraculous in relation to what we know about the known universe. It was improper for any previous ancient society to call the sun rising a miracle. Lacking all knowledge about the heavens they would just be ascribing the miraculous to what they don't understand, but lets say I break an arm. Its black blue and green, there is a bulge in the skin and I am crying like a little girl. Then a man comes by and puts his hand on my arm and prays for healing in the name of Jesus the Great Physician and within minutes the pain stops, the swell disappears, the arm straitens and returns to normal color. We have every right to conclude this is a miracle because we know enough science about the way the body heals and its rates of healing to know this is in opposition to scientific knowledge. It is not just labeling ignorance. Now it may come about that we find out that some aliens beamed a new bone into my arm because they felt bad for me but until then the evidence and proper use of the term miracle still exists. When confronted with stories of the miraculous I respect your choice to appeal to unknown technologies as long as your honest enough to admit that you have no evidence that these technologies exist.
@@blusheep2 Thanks for your answer. What you say is coherent, however when I speak about "the miracles never downgraded" I always refer to the only one organization in charge of it: the Congregation for the Causes of Saints is the congregation of the Catholic Church that oversees the process of the approval of miracles. Of all the miracles approved so far, no one of them had been downgraded (as far as I know), even tho there could be a scientific explanation of the phenomenon found only years later. Miracle today, miracle forever. That's not correct. We have two different visions of the divine. I do not believe in that god theology passed off thru years. I have been following for many years now too many eminent scholars studying the bible so deep that emerged a totally different story that's coherent in its wholeness, something that never occurs if you read the bible with theological filters, ever. As a word, "Miracle" convey a theological meaning that I am not feeling anymore. That's why, to me, it's nothing more than a mere "unexplained phenomenon" due probably to some higher knowledge we do not possess at the moment. And about the higher technology, the hebrew bible if full ot it, but the chronicles of it slam unavoidably against the poor language tools of the ancient authors. But all the books, from genesis on, speaks about something so magnificent that even the authors could use a word to explain (because of yet nonexistent terms)...
I looked up "Mike Winger contradictions" and I was not disappointed! I've believed in the Bible for 7 years but was still believing that there were some contradictions in the gospels. This has put my mind at ease and strengthened my faith in the scruptures even more. Thank you Mike!
There are plenty of actual contradictions in the Bible, and Mike Winger just picked ones no critic actually uses. If you want to see how the Bible contains contradictions, just look up "Holy Koolaid".
@@msdd7610 Using malicious hermeneutics or deconstruction can 'find' contradictions in any text, but most people that aren't trained in philosophy/linguistic/literature don't know about this. So it's fairly easy to fool someone by 'finding contradiction' without them being necessarily there.
@@metapolitikgedanken612 I mean yeah there's certainly stuff that people point to as contradictions that aren't contradictions but there are quite a few pretty clear contradictions, and not through language semantics
Thanks Mike. Hey, something else worth noting is that J. Warner Wallace from Cold Case Christianity actually sites a number of the seeming contradictions as the reason that he became a believer! He is a Real life Cold Case investigator and he interestingly states that in murder investigations, the key witness accounts ALWAYS vary slightly. So to him these accounts “had the ring of truth about them” because of slight inconsistencies! Not despite them
"Everytime you chase one down and it ends up not being a contradiction you lose any belief that there are contradictions" so true. I believe the bible has no contradictions.
I've debated and spoke with atheist on this topic for 17 Years. I've always enjoyed talking with the ones who has showed equal respect. I've learned a lot from those studies and have yet to find a single contradiction in God's word.
But what about the numeric errors how can I answer someone as a Christian who asks me about how ,The Bible can have contradictions when is suppose to be perfect and being the word of God
@@samtv6447 I've only had to study a few out, which ones are you meaning ? Numerics is the only topic I havnt got into a lot of, it's usually the same stories between the books people think they find mistakes in.
@@samo6083i havent looked at that... but as far as i know, hebrew didnt have numeric alphabet, therefore they used phoenician (if im not mistaken) and unlike hebrew alphabeth, phoenician handwriting back then seemed bulky and not so clear, therefore you will find some numbers error in OT due to handwriting copying... i used to be bothered with this but not anymore... those numbers dont really change the value of the stories... so dont focus too much on those or you will miss the more important things from the readings... the whole book of the bibles, numerical error probably less than 15 (probably...)
Good job. I trusted Jesus when a stranger on the street in New Orleans stopped and explained what happened on the cross and that Jesus rose again and was my only hope for Heaven, in 1984, and through the last 39 years the Bible has proven itself to be so trustworthy in every area of study. It's really an amazing book! So these little seeming contradictions don't bother me anymore. My eternity is not in jeopardy over me not knowing an answer right now about EVERYTHING! Lol...we do not live this way in real life. Ya know? We regularly stake our lives and the lives of our loved one's on much less researched and vetted information than this. Because we use our minds, and we understand language and reason. And when so much is true we determine it not wise to wait to know everything before we trust what we do know! So many have good answers, and others, such as the "two Jerichos", have answers we just can't see now. That one was not a problem when written. But was found again by archeology in 1904 I think. If the Bible is trustworthy in the large quantity of important doctrinal truth , why would it lie in the very few passages in question that do not influence doctrine at all? Yall check out Sir William Ramsay, atheist archaologist, who set out to disprove the Bible, specifically Luke's Gospel and The Book of Acts in the New Testament. After decades of digging, and traveling, and studying, he says Luke is the greatest historian of antiquity. This led him to become a christian and wrote over 20 books on the subject. Read how Luke's writings astounded him in every aspect. Thanks Mike. ✌️
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet but the twin cities of Jericho was discovered by German archaeologist Carl Watzinger and theologian Ernst Sellin from 1907-1909.
Thank you so much, Mike. I was raised as an SDA Christian, but I had no real relationship with Jesus until a month ago. I am getting baptized in November so I've been researching to strengthen my faith. There are many critics of the Bible that fuel my doubt, but I thank God every day that He gave each and every one of us a mind to think and reason for ourselves. I know God's glory is revealed in weakness, but please pray for me.
This blesses me so much! I have always believed the Bible is inerrant but don’t always have the tools to speak about it with people with questions or assumptions. Thank you Mike please never stop
I would say even though these are not contradictions, they still make the Bible even more believable because clearly, these men weren’t all sitting together - “okay, you say 2 so I’ll say 2 even though I was only focused on the 1 - can’t have a contradiction here.” Further proof they aren’t contradictions at all just doubles down. Awesome example with the “I went to the movies the other night” vs “Susie and I went to the movies” - exactly!! Both are true - just depends on perspective.
If we read the Bible at face value, without a preconceived bias for finding errors, we will find it to be a coherent, consistent, and relatively easy-to-understand book. Yes, there are difficult passages. Yes, there are verses that appear to contradict each other. We must remember that the Bible was written by approximately 40 different authors over a period of around 1500 years. Each writer wrote with a different style, from a different perspective, to a different audience, for a different purpose. We should expect some minor differences. However, a difference is not a contradiction. It is only an error if there is absolutely no conceivable way the verses or passages can be reconciled. Even if an answer is not available right now, that does not mean an answer does not exist. Many have found a supposed error in the Bible in relation to history or geography only to find out that the Bible is correct once further archaeological evidence is discovered. There are viable and intellectually plausible answers to every supposed Bible contradiction and error. There are books and websites available that list "all the errors in the Bible." Most people simply get their ammunition from these places; they do not find supposed errors on their own. There are also books and websites available that refute every one of these supposed errors. The saddest thing is that most people who attack the Bible are not truly interested in an answer. Many "Bible attackers" are even aware of these answers, but they continue to use the same old shallow attacks again and again.
If I read The Bible at face value, with an unbiased and neutral point of view, as we would read the Koran, etc. I find a very confusing and error-ridden book of absurd stories (The whole world from just two people? A global flood? An Egyptian princess giving Moses a Hebrew name? The whole Exodus story!) Christians criticize the Koran using the same logic atheists criticize The Bible!
I have read this stuff from both sides. Apologists simply add on stuff that isn't in The Bible to Ad Hoc rationalize many errors. Some defenses are good and some attacks are just downright ludicrous, such as Sam Harris using two verses right next to each other and saying that the Bible contradicts itself on how David killed Goliath. But to a truly honest person who listens to their intellect and not Ad Hoc rationalization, The Bible is clearly far from inerrant. Here is a good starting point: ffrf.org/legacy/books/lfif/?t=stone
@@michaelflores9220 The three examples you gave: 1.) Genetic Science proves all man came from a single couple... 2.) Geological Science and fossils also prove that every part of the earth has been under water... 3.) Mosheh is not a Hebrew name. It is an Egyptian name and all good Bible dictionaries confirm this fact. If you see problems, I suggest you do some real study and not just spew out the first thing that pops into your head...
@@defenderoftruth6000 Genetics show a Y-Chromosomial Adam and Mitochondrial Eve, but that does'nt mean they lived at the same time and it's not the same as everybody being descended from just one couple. DNA shows the total human population has never dropped below tens of thousands of breeding pairs.
@@defenderoftruth6000 2. Sia date person who has never read talkorigins. 3. Demonstrably false: The Hebrew Bible, The footnotes of the NABRE Bible and Wikipedia both state that it is odd that she is giving him a Hebrew name: "he became her son. She named him Moses (Moshe), saying, 'I drew him out (meshitihu) of the water.'"
I. am watching this video in March of 2022. Thank you for filming this and putting it on RU-vid. My mom, who is a Christian, has said. to. me many times. that. there are contradictions in the Bible. I always feel. very confused when she tells me this. We are Christians, we have. attended church faithfully. We have. been involved in church activities. How can she say there are contradictions in the Bible? I will show her. this. video and any others I have come across. This helps. me so much.
They can't. for some strange reason. They also won't go to the hard hit verses people say are flawed or con- . they don't dare for not much to explain this. God said for man not to , but it looks like man did.
Exactly ! There is just more information given in one gospel than another , it is so simple . I knew that , it is just nice to finally hear a minister say so .
People just dont want to give up their sin so they will strive to generate reasons and evidences to keep from the light and hide in the darkness of their misery. If all else fails, they will recreate Jesus in their own image. No amount of arguing will persuade them - better to instead warn them of the reality of the hell they inevitably and soon face if they persist in their hatred of truth.
Your out of context. its not what they feel. they want a little understanding. but no they get Hell from you and your rushing evil ignorant thoughts on them. you be ware of the place you don't have a clue about. Grace i believe and Repent or heat awaits you.
People interpret things differently and it’s all perspective. I am believer in Christ for many years and I never found any contradictions or errors in the Bible. I usually read out of the new American standard or new King James Version 📖✝️🙏🏻
Sorry, he doesn't bless me much, and I've been a follower of Jesus (A poor one) for 50 years. He just tries to reinforce his/listeners' beliefs. We are to have our beliefs transformed, not just confirmed. Romans 12...
@@marywesley6460 hi Mary, so glad to hear you refer to the bible as the scripture and not "The Word of God". I have known some Christian's call the scriptures the Word, to give what they say more authority. Jesus calls the text The Scripture. Not once in the Bible does it say "read the word" there are many ways to receive His word, but not by reading it, and often that will come through the Scripture, but not always. This is mainly an evangelical claim. They will say the Word of God is quick and powerful... etc. They think that refers to the Bible which is ridiculous the bible was not compiled for 300 years after that statement. Have a blessed day...
I always figured Judas tried to kill himself by cutting his abdomen opened, but when that didn't work, he hung himself. Mike's list of solutions makes much more sense.
There's medical accounts of the stomach walls being forced open and spilling out when one hangs themselves from a high enough point. God bless you and your family.
I’ve found so much confidence in this subject. I’ve found by just reading the context in full solves the issue and takes away the excuse of those who want to believe there are “contradictions”
I would like to share something that Jesus taught me.... do not put your trust or faith in something that can be corrupted in the hands of man, such as the bible, put your trust in Jesus Himself. He Himself is the Word of God and He doesn't share His title with a book. You argue and speak about a book MORE than you speak about your relationship with Jesus and what He has taught you directly as you walk with Him, which leads me to believe that you dont know Jesus personally, you just know ABOUT Him from reading other people's experiences. Do you realize those people wrote down what Jesus taught them so that you would go to Jesus for yourself and have a relationship with Him.... NOT so you would spend your life studying their experiences. I would encourage you to seek Jesus in prayer until you know His Voice so that you can be led by His Spirit, and not led by a book.
Best respond is to ask yourself deep down inside, do your research, keep an open mind instead of trying to defend what you think you believe because someone question your faith.
One contradiction I have found in the Old Testament is: Early on it is said that a man shall not live more than 120 years. But, then after that there are lots of men who live longer. I believe they are even born after the prohibition is made, so they can't have been grandfathered in.
OR another way to look at that passage is that it is actually a prophecy given by God that it would be 120 years until the flood that killed all people except the 8 on the ark.
Not to add fuel to the fire, but if you read the Bible you would automatically, from the atheist point, see the contradictions. But I am a Christian so I don’t believe they are contradictory at all either.
I think a lot of these small contradictions are geared toward fundamentalists. people who think every word of the bible is literally true and inspired to be written down by God. Under that belief system ANY error or contradiction, no matter how small, is a serious case against fundamentalism because God wouldn't make mistakes, or get any details wrong.
@@samforsyth no not the originals but hundreds of years later when people tried transcribing it into languages like English that's when things got messed up
I think your professor actually knew that and wanted you to look it up especially in a logics and critical thinking class they're the type to not take things at face value even what they say Mike looking it up in the bible and reading it for himself is critical thinking skills and it's important especially when someone is going to point out supposed bible contradictions
The Bible has no contradiction: 1)Question:How many pairs of clean animal did God tell Noah to take into Ark? a) 2 (Genesis 6:29,20) b) 7(Genesis 7:2) answer 2 pair of animal male and female whether unclean or clean animal take into the ark. 7 group of selected a pair clean animal take into the ark. 2)when David defeated King Sabah, how many horsemen did he captured? a) 1, 1700 (2 Samuel 8:4) b) 7,000 (1 Chronicle 18:4) answer both verses 2 Samuel 8:4 and 1 Chronicle 18:4 the same figure 7, 000 horsemen. 3). Question:How many stall horses did Solomon have? a) 40,000 horses chariot b) 4,000 horses and chariot. Answer:,for every one chariot there are 2 horses stall. 1,000 chariot ready to fight. 1,000 x 2horses stall =40,000 horses chariot while other one 4,000 chariot have 4,000 horses is equivalent 4,000 horses and chariot. 4Question)Did Jesus ascend the paradise the same day of crucifixion? a) yes (Luke 23:43) b) No Jesus said to Mary Magdalene two day later I have not yet to the Father (John 20:17) answer: Jesus said to the thief who hanging crufied on the cross who defend Jesus and believes Jesus today you will with me in my paradise. The thief save jesus christ today as listed his name to heaven upon believes in Jesus. The the believer thief upon the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ he will be included the resurrection of all believer to go to heaven at the time of rupture. Jesus Christ upon his death on the cross he will not immidi0ately ascended to heaven because at the time his list of life on the cross. He will be buried and after 3 days he will resurrected there some activities will happened before he ascended to heaven. He will appeared to 12 deciples, he will appeared to Mary Magdalene, his mother and other women, he will appeared 500. brother and sister in the Lord as mention 1 Corinthian 15 and he will give the deciple great commission to preach the gospel and baptising them mention Matthew 28:19,20 after finished all his activities he will ascended to heaven. The thie who believes in Jesus will meet him upon the resurrection of a dead at his 2nd coming. 5)Question: where was Jesus at sixt hour on the day of crucifixion? a) on the cross(mark 15:23) b) in Pilate court(John 19:14) at around 6 o'clock in the morning Jesus was in the court of Pilate to read the verdict od execution death penaltybon the cross. After 6 hours Jesus hanging on the cross of his crucifixion in Mark 15:33, 34 around 3 pm there was a darkness over the whole land until 9th hour Jesus cried a loud voice saying my God my God why do you forsaken me. there was an earth wuaken and the veilnof the temple rent in twain from top to the bottom.
Um can I ask you something can I copy and paste you comment so I can use it and two how do I copy and paste another person comment and mobile because it won’t let me
Glad to hear your comments regarding question marks regarding contradictions. One that seems to be a clear contradiction is how did Judas purchase the field with the price of iniquity in Acts when in Matthew it clearly says that he threw the pieces of silver into the temple then went and hanged himself. This brings up another contradiction, how could Judas and the Priests both have bought the field of blood? We shouldn't do mental gymnastics to try and explain away discrepancies when they are clear. Just put a question mark there. PS, you even gave the verses in a slide at the 19:10 point of this video.
There are clearly differences in the text, it's stupid to try and argue out of it, that's OK, it makes it more authentic. The problem arises when you claim it to be, "The Word of God". I ask, but he doesn't answer...
For one witness to report that an angel was present does not contradict a report by another witness that multiple angels were present. You would have to have Matthew say there was only one angel present. The same would be true for any nightly news story were multiple sources were used for the story line.
The one account is angels inside the tomb. They were on either side. The other is a witness at a different time but, more importantly, a different place: outside the tomb on the stone. You could say the one on the stone was for moving it. The two inside were for guarding the inside or there to proclaim Christ's resurrection.
There's a saying in my business... "There sure are a lot of shoppers, but not very many buyers..." There were people in Jesus's day who walked with Jesus and still didn't believe. There are many today who wouldn't believe even if you answered correctly to every contradiction. As they say; "misery loves company..."
There are also people living today who would have believed if they encountered the same kind of evidence that the disciples did, but because of the time and place of their births, they will never be given the evidence they need to believe. There are also people in the gospels such as Thomas, who clearly wouldn't have believed in Jesus if all he had to rely on was the kind of ancient manuscript evidence that we have in 21st century. Isn't it strange that when the disciples need to see the risen Jesus in order to believe, they're given the evidence they need to believe. Or when merely seeing Jesus isn't enough, and they need to see him eat a piece of fish to prove he's not an apparition (Luke 24), they're given the evidence they need to believe. And when all that evidence isn't enough and Thomas needs to feel Jesus wounds in order to believe, he's given the evidence he needs to believe. But when the rest of the worlds skeptics require anything remotely close to that same standard of evidence in order to believe, we can all just go straight to hell for not believing these ancient stories. That's exactly the kind of double standard one should expect from a false religion.
tod beard Why does Joseph (Jesus’s supposed father) have two different fathers listed in Matthew 1:16 and Luke 3:23? Matthew 1:16 And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ. Luke 3:23 Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli. First, a few preliminary comments need to be addressed. Luke’s genealogy is complete, and Matthew’s is merely a selected one. Matthew’s genealogy was not meant to be complete according to Matthew 1:17, where it is specifically broken into groups of 14. The two genealogies trace through two of David’s sons, and both trace to Abraham. Matthew focuses on the kingly relationship through David and, ultimately, to the Jewish patriarch Abraham. However, Luke doesn’t stop there. He continues to trace Christ’s genealogy back to Adam. Luke focuses more on the humanity of Christ going back to Adam, where sin and death first entered into creation-hence the need for a Savior in the first place. Another note is that both genealogies are aware of Mary’s virgin birth. For example Matthew says: “Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom (feminine) was born Jesus.” Luke is more obvious in that he says: “being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph.” With regards to the alleged “two fathers” of Joseph, the explanation of the differences between Matthew 1 and Luke 3 is quite simple. Luke traced Christ’s lineage through Mary, while Matthew traced it through Joseph. Matthew’s Genealogy One of the main reasons Matthew is recording Joseph’s lineage is due to Jeconiah (variant spellings: Jechonias, Jehoiakim). He is listed in Matthew 1:11. Because of Jeconiah’s actions, a prophecy came down that none of his descendants would ever sit on the throne of David. Jesus, who forever sits on this throne, could not have been a physical descendant of Jeconiah (Jeremiah 22:30). A virgin birth would obviously prevent this. This indicates that Matthew’s genealogy is Joseph’s, and this confirms the significance of the feminine verbiage. When Matthew mentioned Joseph’s wife, Mary, at the end of the genealogical list, he used the feminine form for the parent of Jesus. This reveals that Jesus was indeed Mary’s son and not Joseph’s. Luke’s Genealogy When looking at Luke 3, the genealogical list is strictly men from Jesus to Adam, whereas in Matthew’s list, some women were included, such as Tamar, Ruth, and so on. So, if this were a genealogy of Mary, then she would be listed. JOSEPH, WHEN HE MARRIED MARY, BECAME THE SON OF HELI ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF MOSES AND COULD LEGALLY BE INCLUDED IN THE GENEALOGY. Moreover, in the genealogy, Heli is listed as the father of Joseph, who had 2 daughters. The first is Mary, and the other was Zebedee’s unnamed wife (Matthew 27:56; John 19:25). When there were no sons to preserve the inheritance in accordance with the Law of Moses (Numbers 27:1-11; Numbers 36:1-12), the husband would become the son upon marriage to keep up the family name. Therefore, Joseph, when he married Mary, became the son of Heli according to the Law of Moses and could legally be included in the genealogy. Also, in Luke’s genealogy the form is different from that of Matthew’s. Matthew’s list gives the father and who they begot (Greek gennao). In Luke the form is different, where X is the son of Y. But more precisely, the word son is absent in Greek, but only inserted into English so we can better understand it. The only place where son is used in the Greek is in verse 23 where Jesus was the supposed son of Joseph, of Heli, of Matthat, of Levi, and so on. Luke is being very precise. Jesus was thought to be the son of Joseph, who was of Heli. Notice that Luke never said that Joseph was the son of Heli in the Greek. This reduces the alleged contradiction to nothing and shows that Luke’s genealogy is Mary’s-with Joseph’s name listed due to inheritance laws-and Matthew’s genealogy is Joseph’s. answersingenesis.org/bible-timeline/genealogy/whats-in-a-fathers-name/ Like nearly every supposed contradiction. They are assumed simply because most choose not to look for a solution. In this day of instant information from the net. Such excuses are indefensible. What I find most disturbing is that Bart Ehrman continues to use this. So....Is he truly ignorant of this or is he being deceptive on purpose?
Gen 1 is the 6 day creation(plain Jane Adam/Man), Day 8 is Adam(Eth Ha Adam/ THEE Man) and company. The Hebrew tells it plan as day, yet people choose not to see it. 6 day creation were hunters and fishes, but God didn't have a person to till the ground, and so He created THEE Adam, the Bible is a snap shot of the line on Adam to Jesus, but God does tell us about everything, we just got to read, and yes in context.loving these series.
For the examples of Luke 18:35-39 and Mark 10:46-47, around 13:47, could they not also be reconciled in that in both, Jesus was near Jericho but not within it? The blind men in each were both found near Jericho but not within it.
The Acts account does not explicitly say Judas. You have to infer Judas form the prior verse. But the Acts person also bought the field with the silver that Judas threw back. So it seems the Acts person is the person than took the silver that Judas threw back, bought the field and was punished.
That’s been my understanding as well. The man that fell wasn’t Judas but rather the one who purchased the field with the blood money. Mike provides an interesting answer to the supposed contradiction, I just didn’t think there was a need for one in the first place!
It's not just a matter of number. It's a matter of WHERE and WHEN. Did a single angel appear outside the tomb or two angels inside the tomb? Did the angel speak to them while sitting on the boulder or inside the tomb? Was the stone rolled away before they got there or by the angel after they arrived?
I love how Mike Winger outright lies and intentionally uses straw man fallacies here, which is demonstrated by the fact he doesn't show any sources that would indicate these are the contradictions cited by mainstream critics.
Lets all take a moment to appreciate the parallel between Jesus as carpenter and son of a carpenter (Joseph), and Jesus as God and Son of God (Yahweh).
So I ran into a RU-vid video of people saying that Jesus was a fictional character and was a made up character that the Romans wrote about and I don’t want this to be true at all and I’m praying that this isn’t true at all. Can someone clarify or comment on this please?
There’s more evidence that Jesus was a real historical figure than there is for Julius Caesar. Scholars who argue that Jesus was a mythical figure are an extreme minority within modern scholarship. Bart Ehrman, who is atheist, wrote an entire book defending Jesus’s existence. Jesus’ existence is a historical fact with strong evidence supporting it, and that is the predominant academic viewpoint.
Genesis 1 answer!!! Bible time frame All in Genesis 7 days of creation week 7 days a week 7 Spirits of God (Isaiah 11:2) 7 colors of the promise-bow 7 everlasting gates on you head (2 eyes, 2 nostrils, 2 ears, 1 mouth) (psalms 24:7-10) 7 candles on the Jewish menorah 7 represents completion. Year 1 Each “day” is a 1000 year time frame where the event could happen at the beginning or the end of a millennium. Day 1 separation of light and darkness (God is light and man sinned and was separated) “And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.” Genesis 1:4 KJV Year 1000-1300 BCE Day 2 waters in the mist of the firmament (Noah’s Flood) “And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” Genesis 1:6 KJV Year 2600~ Day 3 God separated the waters and dry land appeared. (Moses parting the Red Sea and dry land appeared) “And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.” Genesis 1:9 KJV Year 4000~ Year 0~ (Bible took about 1400 -1600 years to put together.) Day 4 God created the greater and lesser light. (Jesus is the light of the world and John had to become lesser) “And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.” Genesis 1:16 KJV Year AD 33 Day 5 God made abundant life in the waters. (The Holy Spirit produced life us and rivers of living water flow from our bellies) “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.” Genesis 1:20 KJV 2000 years after Christ or 2days Day 6 God gave dominion of the world to man. (Tribulation and anti-Christ ) “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.” Genesis 1:26 KJV Year 6000-7000 Day 7 God rested/ceased from his work. Jesus sits on his throne in Israel publicly (“Millennial Reign in Israel”, Ezekiel 37, Isaiah 66:8, Rev 1:7, Isaiah 11 rest chapter) “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9 KJV “For you, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours.” Psalms 90:4 NLT “But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:8-9 NIV “For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” Exodus 20:11 NIV
There's a problem here that I think is getting glossed over. The presence of a single contradiction is damning for the Bible, Tanakh, or Qur'an (all of which are claimed to be the word of God). It doesn't matter if the contradiction is minor or major. The fact that it exists means something is untrue in the book, which means it CANNOT be from God. The standard for truthfulness from GOD is higher than general conversation, because God does not make mistakes. Another problem here is that what's often ignored are the other factors to consider: 1. Often, we make up context that isn't reasonable or remotely suggested by the text itself to rationalize some contradictions (e.g. different lineage of Jesus). 2. Anonymous and pseudopigraphical nature of the Gospels, which suggest ulterior motives wihich only human beings. 3. Synoptic nature of the first 3 Gospels, so some accounts are identical in some parts, meaning they're discussing the same event. 4. Historical context. The gospels were not written at the same time. Each Gospel appears well after its predecessor. Mark > Matthew > Luke > John. John diverges significantly from the rest. 5. The lack of an authentic original source text, tied directly to Jesus, to compare later accounts to. In light of this, there are reasonable conclusions that better explain the abundance of contradictions than the answers people usually tout. Usually, they end with the conclusion that the Bible is a work of many men, subject to the errors of man.
I like and appreciate your videos. You've helped me with many questions I've had. My newest question revolves around the word "table Throughout the New Testament the word table is used w out the word "the " before it. Any particular reason for this?
To the question....Where was Jesus when He healed the man, you made a reference to the excavation of Ernst Sellin of the "Two Jerichos". Where can i find an image of that excavation of the two Jerichos, one Jesus went out of and the one He entered?
The thing with contradictions and supposed miss information that invalidates the Bible as being supernatural and inerrant, is that “to the faithful no further evidence is required, but to the faithless no amount of evidence is sufficient.” It doesn’t matter how perfect the Bible is or isn’t or how reliable or sufficient or even if one “came back from the dead” to warn the unbeliever. Just like the answer came to the “rich man” They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them. For even if one comes back from the dead, they will not believe. I don’t mean not to support the Bible or the arm yourself with information and take up the cause of defending the scriptures. I’m just saying that most will never believe regardless of the amount of evidence you provide. If one does not want to believe, they will never be convinced until they enter eternity without the Savior.
Bible Critic: ''I found a verse in the particular Bible I was given. In it, there's a fly smudge over one of the words. Therefore, the entire Bible is wrong.'' No... that's not a strawman fallacy; these Bible Critics really are that pedantic. Truth is, they'll find ANY excuse to NOT believe.
I've just noticed something that I never noticed before that I'm struggling with... The account in Matthew saw the went and get the disciples because they thought his body had been moved and then Jesus shows up. In John, they arrive only to see the angel move the stone away and are then told that Jesus is not there, but that he'd gone to Galilee... So in one account, they leave to get the disciples and bring them back to the tomb and Jesus appears at the tomb. In the other they are told by the angel to go to Galilee to meet Jesus...
Here's one I wonder: John, Jesus (in John) and Paul to Timothy all day no one has seen God at any time. Jesus even went on to say that no one had heard his voice or had seen his form in any way, yet the Old Testament is replete with examples of people seeing God. To me, that's pretty blatant...
Can you please send the links for all the series of The Bible full of Contradictions!" to help one Muslim friend to answer his questions.- Thank you God bless
My favorite contradiction is the death of King Saul. Found at the end of 1 Samuel and the beginning of 2 Samuel. The typical answer is silly. It requires assuming all kinds of nonsense to make the stories fit. Basically assuming on a lie to make the stories work. There are very real contradictions in the bible. It's not hard to find quality or quantity of contradictions. I would ask you if it seems odd to have to defend the suppossed Word of God in such strange ways and assuming so many thinks. The death of Judas explanation is as bad as King Sauls. Theology problems are my area of interest. The theology of todays church is a mish mash of convenient apathy. It really expects nothing so it's very easy to do.
A friend of mine had a similar experience where a teacher taught his class that the bible has many contradictions, giving the example of the number of animals that were to go on the Ark, 1 pair or 7 pairs. He asked me about it, and since I hadn´t heard of this example I just read the text and immediately saw that it wasn´t a problem. 1 pair of all, 7 pairs of the clean animals. My advice will always be to just read the text, most "contradictions" fall apart right away.
This doesn't work. Genesis 6:19 says, "And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you." Two of every sort. Not 14. No wiggle room. You should take your own advice and try actually reading the Bible. You obviously never have, as most Christians never have.
+Ken Scaletta if you read the whole passage, into chapter 7, it clarified two of every unclean and seven of the clean. Unless you think the author intends to contradict himself only a few sentences after his initial statement. It seems silly to assume such a contradiction rather than clarification. That attitude of assuming contradiction could never be applied to other books without concluding them all utterly full of contradiction.
Another explanation of the carpenter/son of carpenter problem is that Jesus was learning, during his youth, to do the work of his father - correction, his Father. In that day, a son was to pursue a vocation at the age of 20 and to "enter into one's full vigor" at the age of 30 (Pirkot Avot 5:21), as Jesus did (Luke 3:23). It was during this 10 years (and even before, as evidenced by his comment when Mary and Joseph found him at the temple) that he was learning from his Father. True, he may have been a carpenter ALSO, but his main job was to get prepared for his ministry as a prophet (Luke 24:19) and apostle (Heb. 3:1). " I speak these things as the Father taught Me." (John 8:28 NASB)
no, Mike, your college professor wanted your classmates to think that the Bible was contradictory. He really didn't care about you, one student, who was already a Christian.
Or maybe the legend the gospel writer was collecting was based on an event perceived from different perspectives- maybe someone saw a thing and they thought he was moving in one direction and someone else saw the event and thought he was moving in another direction - if all these narratives were “fake” then they’d have erased these discrepancies
The so-called "contradictions" are built-in because the bible was written and patterned after the "tree of knowledge of good and evil"... One can easily see the contradiction because that one tree contains two opposing wisdom , the good and the evil...do not wonder if the bible contains both sides which are opposites , good and evil , truth and falsehood , positive and negative...like a tree of knowledge of good and evil , it should be written the way it should be written , a double-minded book to suit the nature of sinners...sinners are double-minded individuals , and the Lord was more than glad to provide them a book appropriate for them... Christ himself , testified that HE CAME NOT FOR THE RIGHTEOUS BUT FOR THE SINNERS...so the beloved book of the world of sinners was born...every conceivable sin was written so that sinners cannot find excuse for their wrongdoings because everything was laid bare in the book , good as well as evil...
The divorce and remarriage for adultery doctrine is based solely on the supposed guilt of the wife in Matthew 5:32, and Matthew 19:9. However, the wife in Matthew 5:31-32 is clearly not guilty of fornication because the Jews that Jesus was speaking to were still living under the law, and if fornication was discovered, there was a moral obligation to report the offender according to Deuteronomy 22:13-24. The wife, who would have been found guilty of fornication, was subsequently stoned to death, according to the law, which had still governed the Jews up until Christ's death on the cross. The same for a woman caught in adultery, according to Leviticus 20:10. How could a wife, guilty of fornication, or adultery, under the law of Moses, be given a writing of divorcement and be caused to commit adultery with whosoever marries her, that is divorced? Jesus is clear, in these examples, that the wife is not guilty of fornication, but is still caused to commit adultery if she marries another man now that she is divorced. This is the only way that Matthew 5:31-32, and Matthew 19:9 keep harmony with Romans 7:2-3, and 1 Corinthians 7:39. Unlike the synoptic gospels of Mark and Luke, which were written to evangelize the Gentiles, Matthew was written to the Jews, and has of 24 characteristics that identify it as intended for the house of Israel. The ancient Jews called the betrothed (engaged) "husband" and "wife" according to Deuteronomy 22:23-24, Matthew 1:18-25, and Luke 2:5-7. Deuteronomy 24:1-4 (Moses's precept of divorce and remarriage) was never for fornication or adultery. Allowing those guilty of fornication and adultery to remain living and become a prospect for remarriage was against the law of Moses in Deuteronomy 22:13-24 and Leviticus 20:10, which commanded that those who were found guilty of fornication and adultery be put away from Israel, and stoned to death. The law of Moses was not given to the world, only to the Jews. From the exodus, to Christ's death on the cross, the law of Moses governed the Jewish people. But when Jesus died on the cross, he caused the Jews to be dead to the law of Moses so they could be joined to Christ under a New Covenant. This is what Jesus's fulfillment of the law of Moses, including Deuteronomy 24:1-4 (Moses's precept of divorce and remarriage), means. Paul gave several warnings to Christian believers against keeping the law of Moses over following Christ and his commands under the New Covenant with Christ. Keeping the whole law is no longer possible for those in Israel and that is why Christ prophesied that the temple would be destroyed. These scriptures make it clear that if you choose the law over Christ, that you must keep the whole law: Romans 7:4, Galatians 3:1-9, Galatians 3:10-29, Galatians 4:1-7, Galatians 4:21-31, and Galatians 5:1-15. Being unequally yoked to unbelievers is not a cause for divorce, once two become one-flesh in a covenant of marriage, according to 1 Corinthians 7:12-14. Many one-flesh covenant marriages between unbelievers are recognized by God in the scriptures, most notably the marriage covenants between Herodias and King Herod's brother Philip, Potiphar and his wife, Ahab and Jezebel, and Ruth to her deceased husband Mahlon by Boaz when he took her to be his wife. Some are teaching that 1 Corinthians 7:15 implies that those who are abandoned by the unbeliever, are "no longer bound" in a one-flesh covenant of marriage. The reason this is in conflict is due to the way some translations word it, which gives it an entirely different meaning, and context. 1 Corinthians 7:15, says, "But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace." As you can see, the actual scripture says "not enslaved" which means that the husband or wife is not enslaved to sin with the unbelieving spouse, and is free to worship Christ in peace. Subsequent translations have changed the words to imply that they nullify the marriage covenant, which is not at all the case. The issue that this creates is with 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, which says, "10To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. 11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife." As you can see, those who claim 1 Corinthians 7:15 shows the Apostle Paul giving permission to remarry do not understand the command, that Christ gives is to an abandoned husband, in 1 Corinthians 7:11, is that he "must not divorce" his wife, and his wife is commanded to "remain unmarried or else be reconciled" to her husband. The theory that 1 Corinthians 7:15 nullifies two as being one-flesh in marriage puts the Apostle Paul directly at odds with Christ, by implying that Paul has issued an opposing command. Some also teach that 1 Corinthians 7:27-28 is referring to both divorced men and virgin women, and not exclusively to men and women (virgins) who have never been married. This has been falsely taught for some time in churches as referring to anyone who is not currently in a marriage, which, for them, also includes those who are divorced. This is a very false assumption, and puts these verses in a different context, that is at odds with both the teachings of Christ and the apostle Paul. We see Paul refer to virgins, which signifies the unmarried who have never before been wed, which is the proper context here. We see Paul saying clearly that it is good for virgins, which is also speaking to never before wed men here, "that it is good for a man so to be." He goes on to say, "Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife." Who is he referring to here? Men who, like himself, have never married. The word "bound", in these verses, is a clear reference to betrothal (engagement) and not to a one-flesh covenant of marriage. The ancient Jews were considered bound as husband and wife during the betrothal (espousal/engagement) before becoming one-flesh in a covenant of marriage, through consummation. This is affirmed by the context of the term "bound" seen in Numbers 30:14-16. The Jewish couples in ancient Israel, who were betrothed (engaged) were also bound together until death, either by execution for fornication, or by other causes. Then Paul says, "But and if thou marry, thou has not sinned", which is who? The men who had never married in the congregation at Corinth. So he begins with verses 25-26 speaking exclusively to men that have never married. Paul then says, "and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned", which is speaking directly in regard to virgin women who have never been married, within the congregation, not divorced women. Notice that verse 34 says, "There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband." Paul speaks plainly when he says "there is a difference between a wife and a virgin." Paul goes on to say, "But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry." This is speaking of a virgin who has become of age to bear children when it says, "let them marry." This is a clear command, to a single man, who has taken a virgin to be his wife. Paul then says, "Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well." This is referring again to the single man who decides it is better not to marry, but to stay betrothed (engaged), under the present distress, by saying that he "hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin." Paul then says, "So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better", which again means single men, in the congregation, who have betrothed a wife, do well if they marry, and those who choose not to marry their virgin brides do better, under the current climate. For more proper context of the word "bound", let's look further down in this chapter to verse 39, which says, "39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord" (1 Corinthians 7:39). For so long, these scriptures, between verses 25-38, have been twisted and used to enable divorce and remarriage, by wayward churches and teachers, and have caused many to stumble and to be trapped in unscriptural unions. The use of the woman at the well, in regard to marriage, falsely implies that Christ was endorsing remarriage after a divorce. This teaching is in defiance of Matthew 22:23-28, which shows a woman who had been widowed seven times, and entered into each subsequent marriage without any scriptural conflicts with God's law of marriage (one-flesh covenant) seen in Genesis 2:23-24. Mark 10:1-12 and Matthew 19:1-12 both record Christ's teaching that day beyond the Jordan. There is no mention of the words "fornication", "writing of divorcement", or "divorced" in Mark's Gospel, because Mark was not written to the Jews (as Matthew's Gospel was), but to evangelize the Romans and Greeks, who had no knowledge of the law of Moses in Deuteronomy 22 or Deuteronomy 24. All of these facts draw a clear understanding that remarriage after a divorce, under the New Covenant with Christ, is a scripturally false and baseless teaching. Please use wisdom when living in any situation against what the scriptures command.
For a text that is either written by or at least inspired by a perfect being, I would expect the text to be 100% clear with no contradictions or inconsistencies. It would not need apologists to defend it because it would stand on its own merit. What we see in the bible is exactly what we would expect from fallible human authors; not an omniscient and omnipotent being. Some charitable license is reasonable to request, but the amount of mental gymnastics that apologists must go through to justify scripture belies the idea of divine authorship. Ex: Judas' death. If he was hanged and then his guts fell out later then it is simply wrong to describe his death as being gutted. His death was from the hanging. If you describe his death as gutting when he died from hanging, then you have failed to accurately describe Judas' death. Its fine if you want to ADD that his guts spilled out in addition to the hanging, but if you omit telling that he was hanged then you are a failure at giving accounts.
If you think the Bible is consistent, I encourage you to read "Misquoting Jesus" by Bart Ehrman who is a respected new testament scholar. The number of contradictions in just the new testament is staggering. The bible is not what most people are told it is when they grew up. As I mentioned in my first comment, if Judas died by hanging and THEN he fell and his guts fell out, then it is a complete *FAILURE* for the author of Acts to omit that CRUCIAL detail that Judas died by HANGING and not buy being gutted. Text written by an omniscient being simply would not fail to omit such a critical detail.
You are missing the point of Ehrman's quote and my comment. We aren't talking about the same thing. I'm not talking about variants of early copies. For the sake of argument I'll even grant that there are no textual variants. What I am talking about is the message as delivered by any given translation (ex NIV). THAT's the contradictions and failures of which I speak.
chris mabe Bwahahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Yyyyeah....that’s like saying “If there were no contradictions in certain belief systems, there would be no Catholics, Muslims, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, Jews, Scientologists....the list is endless
is it possible that an early scribe saw son twice in a row, thought it was a mistake, and removed one? Or that an early scribe wrote son twice by accident? Idk greek but just a theory. Seems like an easy mistake to make.
So basically what your saying is STUDY your Bibles. I'll take it further. STUDY don't just read. And further still.....STUDY the exact way that God Instructs you to. God Tells us that STUDYING is the way to be approved by God. How fo we get approved by God.....one more time? By STUDYING. But God goes further and Tells us EXACTLY how we should be studying His Words. Verse by Verse Chapter by Chapter.....in an organized thoughtful slow methodical manner. Here a little and there a little. THINKING carefully about what we have Read.
In Genesis 1 God created the plants on the third day, but Genesis 2 seemingly says there were no plants anywhere even at the time Adam was created. Or does Gen 2:6 implicitly say that plants were created simultaneously with the watering of the whole ground?
They believe it's a literary writing style. All through the OT you will find the same thing. A story, then a recap summary on the story. Another possibility is after the northern 10 tribes rebelled and separated, the stories which were mostly oral took form in the north 10 tribes, and the 2 remaining in Jerusalem thus giving us the two. Scholars have debated it for years.
When did the idea develop that Christians have to believe in the New Testament as a God inspired scripture on par with the Torah or even above it? Why didn’t Jesus prepare the disciples that they will receive a canon of New Testament scriptures which would replace the Holy Spirit as the one who guides us into all the truth? We have the law in letters, yet according to the writer of Hebrews the letter kills, the Spirit makes alive. Why then do we want more letters? There’s so much confusion in the body of Christ, so much disunity, and all because nobody can agree on what exactly the scriptures are saying. Everyone interprets something into them thinking this is the absolute truth and one wall after another is erected, one division after another. The church is so fragmented today that it has lost all its power and authority it once had before the canon of the New Testament was decided upon. Think about that. More people were ushered into God’s kingdom during the time when there was no New Testament, so much that Christendom became a threat to Rome and had to be sanitised.
24:50 it does happen a lot. One time they told me the sto4y of the “another Jesus” bc this man supposedly did everything Jesus dis first, actually I think that is one of the first videos I saw of Mike bc the examples really confused me, I turned to realise there are college professors who use it as an explanation on their classes, they are masters I bet they know it’s not exactly the same, they just wanna confuse people.
I have yet to watch the other videos so you may have an answer for this, but i sincerely desire an answer to the seeming contradiction in the gospel accounts of the prophecy Jesus gave regarding his denials of Christ the night he was betrayed, specifically whether the cock crew before 3 denials, as Jesus prophesied would not happen in two gospels, but which happened in another.
😂😂😂 Whenever contradictions are brought up, believers aren't interested in whats most likely, most plausible or most probable. They're only interested that you can't prove that it's impossible. Believers are interested in the tiniest sliver of possibility that can't be disproven. They'll negotiate with their holy book over and over and then retreat to non believers not being able to show it's impossible. 😂😂
What do you do when there is a church saying it’s ok that there are contradictions. And that it makes for discussion to bring the word and that it helps build your faith . I personally don’t like that word contradictions for the Bible. One example this particular church used is the mark Luke and Matthew on the tomb and the women going to tell others and one saying the women didn’t tell others that Jesus wasn’t in the tomb. The believe this is a contradiction but that we don’t always have to have the answer because this shouldn’t change the fact that Jesus died on the cross for us.
The other day I was watching a RU-vid video where two cartoons were debunking a Christian’s debunking of evolution. The cartoon characters were relatively static, most of the animation being blinking. And all three of the voices sounded pretty much the same. Having mischief in mind, I entered the comment section, but thought better than to continue with my planned sarcasm. For the most part, most commenters where on about some lie in the Book of Hebrews, I think. Whatever it was didn’t interest me enough to look it up. But one commenter knew the Bible was a lie because it says ants have four feet, or legs, or something. If this is so, that would be QED on the Bible’s veracity, yet I have never heard of this. Why didn’t Peter Jennings use this in his doc?
If Genesis 1 and 2 are complementary, what is your take on the theory that God created a first woman in Gen 1 who was not submissive to Adam and so God had to make Eve from Adam's rib?
Why would Mark use the Jewish time system if he was writings to gentiles? If that was Matthew that would make sense. Did the gentiles living in that area also use the same system?
Why did God not ensure that the original texts of the New Testament were clearly identified and preserved thereby ensuring that there could be no confusion with other writings (eg Gospel of Thomas), and textual variations caused by subsequent copying errors over the centuries?
The texts of the New Testament _are_ clearly identified. The "gospel of Thomas" is utter nonsense, have you ever read it? Nobody who knows the Bible would ever think that writing should belong in the New Testament. The Scriptures were inspired by the Holy Spirit when the authors wrote them. The translators weren't inspired though. If God would not allow false translations then every Jack and Harry could sit down and start translating the Bible without even knowing the original language well, and God had to "dictate" them what to write to avoid mistranslations. Obviously not how God is and works. Instead God made sure that the original texts are preserved in such extensive amounts that there is no question what the original text says. There are more than 25,000 manuscripts of the New Testament - much more than for any other document of antiquity.
@@friedrichrubinstein2346 Every Jack and Harry did, for the better part of 300 years, write gospels and epistles - some very early. Some were even considered canon at one time or another (eg Epistle of Barnabas, Shepherd of Hermas, Apocalypse of Peter, 3rd Corinthians). In fact there are probably twice as many Christian writings left out of the new testament canon as are in it! All these works reflected the many different christian narratives that sprang up immediately after the death of Jesus. You may think it was God guiding the selection of just one of these narratives (and the set of books/writings that supported that narrative), but history demonstrates it was more likely plain old power and politics.
It doesn't matter to those athiests if those alleged contradicts are true or not as its not about truth. Just ask them, as they say all truth is relative anyways. No its not about truth to them, its about them trying to destroy the faith of believers in Jesus Christ which they find perversely enjoyable. Do not let them brothers in Christ come close to this. Be armed, by study of the scriptures, as this is a form of spiritual warfare.
