From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!ihuxk!jdj55611
Newsgroups: net.religion
Title: Re: Biblical contradictions
Article-I.D.: ihuxk.285
Posted: Tue Mar  8 12:28:38 1983
Received: Wed Mar  9 05:31:31 1983
Reply-To: jdj55611@ihuxk.UUCP (J. D. Jensen)
References: utcsrgv.1122 trsvax.223


No contradictions in the Bible in the last 1900+ years? Where have you 
been!  It seems to me that an excellent example of the contradictions
in the Bible are the 1900+ religious groups who call the Bible their
source of inspiration yet differ widely on what that means.

One error found in the Bible is in the two accounts of Paul's vision.
The first is found in

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

Compared to 

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

In describing the same event in the same book, the story differs in
detail.

Another example is the death of Judas Iscariot

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.

Compare that to 

Matt 27:5   And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and
	    departed, and went and hanged himself.

You may consider this simply a typo, but how many other precepts were
"edited" by scribes as these books were passed along?

Another problem is the number of writings mentioned in the Bible but
are nowhere to be found. Here are some examples:

Exo 24:4	Book of the Covanent
Num 21:14	Book of the Wars of the Lord
Josh 10:13      Book of Jasher
2 Sam 1:18 	  "     "
1 Sam 10:25	A Book of Statutes
1 Kings 11:41	Book of the Acts of Solomon
Col 4:16	Missing Epistle of Paul
Eph 3:3		  "      "      "
Jude 3		Missing Epistle of Jude
Jude 14		Prophecies of Enoch

It would seem to me that if these writings were good enough to be
referenced in the Bible, they are good enough to be scripture!
All the above refer to the King James Version(!?)

				J.                                 J.