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.