Posted by Damien [140.146.138.55 - ] on 11 May 2004 at 16.05.29 ZuluTime:

In Reply to: Need a list of actual bible quotes posted by MondoHebe on 11 May 2004 at 15.43.35 ZuluTime:

Well, after putting 'bible contradictions' in a yahoo search, this is what I came up with:

http://ffrf.org/lfif/?t=contra.txt

Example:

Should we kill?
     Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt not kill."
     Leviticus 24:17 "And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death."
     vs.

     Exodus 32:27 "Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, . . . and slay every man his brother, . . . companion, . . . neighbor."
     I Samuel 6:19 " . . . and the people lamented because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter."
     I Samuel 15:2,3,7,8 "Thus saith the Lord . . . Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. . . . And Saul smote the Amalekites . . . and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword."
     Numbers 15:36 "And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses."
     Hosea 13:16 "they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with children shall be ripped up."

Should we tell lies?
     Exodus 20:16 "Thou shalt not bear false witness."
     Proverbs 12:22 "Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord."
     vs.

     I Kings 22:23 "The Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee."
     II Thessalonians 2:11 "And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie."
     Also, compare Joshua 2:4-6 with James 2:25.

Should we steal?
     Exodus 20:15 "Thou shalt not steal."
     Leviticus 19:13 "Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him."
     vs.

     Exodus 3:22 "And ye shall spoil the Egyptians."
     Exodus 12:35-36 "And they spoiled [plundered, NRSV] the Egyptians."
     Luke 19:29-34 "[Jesus] sent two of his disciples, Saying, Go ye into the village . . . ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. . . . And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt? And they said, The Lord hath need of him."

http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/jim_meritt/bible-contradictions.html

Example:

God good to all, or just a few?
     PSA 145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
     JER 13:14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

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War or Peace?
     EXO 15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
     ROM 15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

http://www.krysstal.com/contradi.html
     http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/nov_2000/bible_con.htm
     http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/extra/bible-contradictions.html

And that's just after a five minute search. I'm sure there are many more you could find with a little more effort.