Alleged Bible Contradictions Jim Merritt (from - 1992) Born (YYYY.MM.DD): 1953.12.30 Occupation:...

Alleged Bible ContradictionsJim Merritt (from www.infidels.org - 1992)

Born (YYYY.MM.DD): 1953.12.30

Occupation: Unix systems engineer

Degrees:M.S. Physiochemical Oceanography, University of South Carolina (1976)

M.S. Operations Research/Systems Analysis specializing in advanced modeling, Naval Postgraduate School (1982)

Title(s): Lieutenant Commander, USNR


non-believer - "The Bible is riddled with repetitions and contradictions, things that the Bible bangers would be quick to point out in anything that they want to criticize."


God good to all, or just a few?

PSA 145:9 (308) The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

JER 13:14 (374) 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.


War or Peace?

EXO 15:3 (34)The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

ROM 15:33 (552)Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Who is the father of Joseph?

MAT 1:16 (469) And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

LUK 3:23 (499) And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli.


War or Peace?





LUK 3:23 (499) Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli, (NIV)


War or Peace?





LUK 3:23 (499) When Jesus began to preach, he was about thirty years old. Everyone thought he was the son of Joseph. But his family went back through Heli, (CEV)


Human vs. ghostly impregnation?

ACT 2:30 (529) Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

MAT 1:18 (469) Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

Vestigial Bones & OrgansVestige

a bodily part or organ that is small and degenerate or imperfectly developed in comparison to one more fully developed in an earlier stage of the individual, in a past generation, or in closely related forms (M-W)

Vestigial Organ

homologous characters of organisms that have seemingly lost all or most of their original function in a species through evolution. These may take various forms such as anatomical structures, behaviors and biochemical pathways. (Wikipedia)

Vestigial Bones & OrgansPenguin

has wings - not for flight

Are penguin wings useless?

exaptation

Emu

has wings - not for flight

Are emu wings useless?

are emus improving intheir evolution?

Vestigial Bones & OrgansHumans

tail (coccyx)

"Human embryos have a tail that measures

about one-sixth of the size of the embryo itself. As the embryo develops into a fetus, the tail is absorbed by the growing body." (Wikipedia)


tail (coccyx)

Purpose of Coccyx

connects ligaments &muscles to pelvis & posterior from spine

helps support internal organs

aids in defecation

bears weight while sitting


tail (coccyx)

many documented "tails"

Mr. Oram's is a congenital malformation known as spina bifida

spina bifida (a developmental birth defect caused byincomplete closure ofembryonic neural tube)

neural tube (embryo'sprecursor to central nervous system

Chandre Oram - India


tail (coccyx)

many documented "tails"

most are Sacrococcygeal teratoma (tumor)

Scientific Evidence For The BibleThere Are Many Types of Science

Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Astronomy, Geology, Psychology, Meteorology, Botany, Politics, Forensics, Medical Science (Neurology, Cardiology)

Archaeology

Sociology (manners, customs, history)

Diplomatics (decipher old writings, to ascertain their authenticity, their date, signatures, etc)

Paleography (study of ancient writing)

Scientific Evidence For The BibleArchaeology

The Hittites - began finding sources in late 1800'ssince 1907 the German Archaeological Institute

has been excavating The Hittitesruled areas between Mes., Syria & Palestine

1900-1200 BC (conquered by Assyria 717BC)


The Moabite Stone - found in 1868dated to 840bc


The Moabite Stone - found in 1868 - dated to 840bc

"I am Mesha, son of Chemosh, the king of Moab, the Dibonite.

As for Omri king of Israel, he humbled Moab for many years

And his son reigned in his place; and he also said, "I will oppress Moab!"

And the men of Gad lived in the land of Atarot from ancient times

And Chemosh said to me, "Go, take Nebo from Israel."

And from there I took the vessels of Yahweh, and I presented them before the face of Chemosh


The Dead Sea Scrolls - found in 1946-1956 @ Qumran NW shore of Dead

Seadate from 150BC - 70AD972 documents (40% are copies of OT)at least fragments from every book of OT (except

Esther)

Scientific Evidence For The BibleDiplomatics

decipher old writings, to ascertain their authenticity, their date, signatures, etc

Author

Plato

Caesar

Aristotle

Homer

NT

earliest copy

900ad

900ad

1100ad

400bc

70-130ad

app. span

1200yrs

1000yrs

1400yrs

500yrs

20-80yrs

Date

427-347bc

100-44bc

384-322bc

900bc

50-100ad

# copies

7

10

49

643

5,686

accuracy

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?

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95%

99.5%

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