From: utzoo!decvax!microsof!uw-beave!cornell!vax135!floyd!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhb5b!smb
Newsgroups: net.religion
Title: Re: J.D. Jensen"s Bible contradictions explained
Article-I.D.: mhb5b.176
Posted: Wed Mar  9 10:00:44 1983
Received: Fri Mar 11 20:40:35 1983
References: <1239@floyd.UUCP>

The problem with citing or disproving Biblical contradictions is that
different parties on the net are starting from different postulates.  If
you start from the assumption that the Bible is divine, accurate, and inerrant,
then *by definiton* there are no contradictions; not only can everything
be explained, but there is a reason for (and hence a teaching from) the
apparent problem.  As I've previously mentioned, in orthodox Judaism such
explanations are considered to be part of the "Oral Law", which is accorded
equal status with the written Law.

If, on the other hand, you assume that the Bible was written by different
people and edited into its current form at a later date, then there's no
problem with contradictions; it's simply a case of imperfect editing and/or
transcription errors.