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Old 10-21-2006, 10:11 AM   #11
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This is a bigger subject than you seem to think. You have a lot of reading in front of you if you want to cover the topic.

First of all, note that the existence of most contradictions is only an argument against Biblical inerrancy. Most Christians are not fundamentalists, and do not expect the Bible to be inerrant.

I recommend reading some of Don Morgan's writings here in the II Library, especially Biblical Inconsistencies

I would also recommend the writings of Ferrll Till. He has published a magazine devoted to the question of Biblical inerrancy, The Skeptical Review.

You can look at www.skepticsannotatedbible.com (not the .org - that's Jason Gastrich's commercial project) - which is an attempt to annotate all of the Biblical "problems." But you need to read it critically, and just use it as a start.
I'll take a look. But I'm not clear if the topic is just outright contradictions or also includes inconsistencies.
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O.K. I looked. I think it would be much better if contradictions were distinguised from inconsistencies. Nor am I sure what constitutes an inconsistency. The synoptic gospels could be called inconsistent because they don't all relate the same events or relate them identically. Do those qualify?
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Old 10-21-2006, 03:18 PM   #13
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An unsophisicated yet very readable and fun book is, The Born Again Skeptic's Guide to the Bible (or via: amazon.co.uk), by Ruth Green.

By "unsophisicated," I mean that she is not a scholar--just a person who read the Bible, was horrified, and wrote a 300 page book discussing what she found.
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