The Gospels: Second Century Writings. Bible Absurdities: Absurdities in the Bible. Links to other articles in this series: Key to Abbreviations Introduction to the Bible and Biblical Problems Fatal Bible Flaws? Bible Atrocities Bible Inconsistencies: Bible Contradictions? Bible Precepts: Questionable Guidelines Bible Vulgarities NOTE: These lists are meant to identify possible problems in the Bible, especially problems which are inherent in a literalist or fundamentalist interpretation.
Some of the selections may be resolvable on certain interpretations--after all, almost any problem can be eliminated with suitable rationalizations--but it is the reader's obligation to test this possibility and to decide whether it really makes appropriate sense to do this. To help readers in this task, these lists are aimed at presenting examples where problems may exist given certain allowable (but not always obligatory) assumptions.
GE 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven(s) and the earth. " GE 1:3-5, 14-19 There was light ("night and day") before there was a sun. SAB, Contradictions in Genesis. Genesis Introduction Absurdities Contradictions Science and History Family Values Women Injustice Interpretation Sex Cruelty and Violence Prophecy Intolerance Homosexuality Politics Boring Stuff Good Stuff SAB: Genesis Dwindling in Unbelief - Genesis - God's Killings in Genesis. "Thou shalt not kill" only applies to members of your own tribe. Then take note that after instructing the Israelites to not kill: God orders destruction of 60 cities so that the Israelites can live there -- resulting in the killing of all the men, women, and children of each city, (Deuteronomy 3).
He orders an attack on Jerico and the killing of "all the living creatures of the city: men and women, young, and old, as well as oxen sheep, and asses" (Joshua 6). He orders the murder of all the people of Jabesh-gilead, except for the virgin girls who were taken to be forcibly raped and married. (Judges 21) God approves of the slaughter (in verse 6) of a peaceful people. "The men of Dan came to the town of Laish, whose people were peaceful and secure. They attacked and killed all the people and burned the town to the ground. Lets hear God's own words: My angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites; and I will wipe them out.
"You are my battle-ax and sword," says the LORD. 3848827. A List Of Biblical Contradictions.