This infographic identifies some 439 places where the Bible contradicts itself. From Project-reason.org.
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8 Responses to Contradictions in the Bible
PaulDz
November 12th, 2010 at 23:19
beautiful chart, bad data. Infographics can be like that. Draw responsibly.
Scott
November 13th, 2010 at 03:20
Multiple accounts of an event that differ in incidental details but contain the same core storyline actually reinforce the historical reliability of that core storyline. If there were no contradictions, no differences between the accounts of various events in the Bible, historians would treat that as evidence the entire thing was fabricated. The gospels of Matthew and Luke are generally considered to be derived from a previous account called Q, now lost, precisely because there are so many similarities between the two gospels.
Richard
November 13th, 2010 at 23:05
Piss off Scott
Tom
November 14th, 2010 at 20:26
Yeah Scott, piss off.
Erick
November 15th, 2010 at 12:13
It’s easier to say “piss off Scott” than to give a solid argument…
I support his thought.
Scott Yardley
November 15th, 2010 at 17:47
I need to see a bit more textual criticism of his own work before I can take him seriously as someone who is able to fairly critique the Bible. Looks like a sloppy cut and paste job.
Scott
November 19th, 2010 at 02:37
I’m glad to see that reasoned debate has won the day once again.
Sailor
September 23rd, 2012 at 00:26
Scott,
C.S. Lewis?
Unfortunately, in a court, contradictory stories would not make a judge find a story more historically believable.