The bible is believed by christians to be the word of god, as recorded by men. Nearly 4,000 manuscripts of this official text agree with each other and contain relatively few errors. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the errors in the king james bible. Indeed, if it can be shown that the englishlanguage bible that i can obtain at my local bookseller usually the defined as the king james version is absolutely inerrant, their case that it is the word of god would be greatly strengthened.
But when a book of god has as many as 50,000 errors, then everybody will never believe it again, mrs. Alleged bible contradictions explained by george w. Oct 06, 2006 the bible has been translated so many times and by the wrong people. The errors in the king james bible kindle edition by ruckman, dr. There are not 50,000 errors in a bible, as jehovahs witnesses claim. Thankfully it also has the most manuscripts over 24,000 of any document in antiquity such that we can know what the original says with certainty. Does the bible contain errors, contradictions, or discrepancies. The fact is, differences within two or more biblical accounts may be the result of copyists errors. Scientific and historical errors in the bible learn religions. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading all thats wrong with the bible. Shortly after the article published in 1957, bible scholars politely critiqued jws and refuted the claim of 50,000 errors in the kjv. The earth is a flat disk in shape, like a dinner plate, and rests upon mountain pillars. The book of james a detailed commentary basic training bible ministries page 2 introduction to james background of the book the epistle of james is one of the general epistles, including 1 and 2 peter, 1, 2 and 3 john, and jude.
While i was still formulating the theme of this booklet, i heard a knock at my door one sunday morning. White, a prophetess of the seventh day adventist church, in her bible commentary vol. The bible, in contrast, is claimed by many believers to be infallible, inerrant and perfect. Click on a book listed below which will take you to its introduction page. But then the book of hebrews weaves a legal case that argues that jesus is a priest. God sent his word to the people and over the course of years they changed it to fit there need. Bible contradictions explained come reason ministries. The new international commentary on the new testament series.
There are a few small errors in a number of different places. But it is important to realize that this would not prove that christianity is untrue. This does not mean there are no difficulties in the bible. Since then, i have read the entire bible in many different translations. These variations are not errors in the original text itself, but are mistakes made by those who copied the manuscripts by hand a tedious task that lent itself to making minor mistakes.
With 6 billion people on this planet, we need to disobey god on this one. Magazine dated 8 september, 1957, carried this startling headline 50,000 errors in the bible. If the bible claims to be gods word,34 then the bible should be an imitation of who god is. Those who want to reject the message of the bible will often point to apparent errors, contradictions, and discrepancies. However, looking at the bible objectivelya book written by approximately 40 different authors over a period of around 1500 years, and copied over and over by hand for 1400 years until the invention of the printing press. Located primarily at mount athos in greece, copies of the text give us a very reliable record of the new testament. Peter s download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
This is where the jehovahs witnesses get their charge that there are 50,000 errors in the bible. He cites the most outstanding errors and, by stat ing that some students claim the king james version has 50,003 errors, he leaves the impression that 50,000 such serious errors occur in the bible, which, of course, is not true. Other passages talks of seeking him and finding him not meaning. Because the greek manuscripts and english translations of all other bibles contradicts. This brief article lists a few of the most important corrections to errors and inaccuracies in the king james version bible. A european gentleman stood there, grinning broadly. Thus when you read about some prophecy and then a few chapters or books later it seems to come true, you simply accept that as proof. One evangelist said the holy bible is the only book on earth today that. Absolutely thorough explanation of so called errors in the king james bible. I read the bible in the original languages, have a graduate degree in it and have studied it for years. All these articles are saying the bible has errors because they are comparing it to the jws bible.
What the christian fundamentalist doesnt want you to know. So there is a sense in which the primary task of the men who compiled the bible was to find the complete canon of god. Alleged bible contradictions explained dehoff publications. The niv served me well, especially in my first decade as a christian. I could write a book predicting the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001 and write it such that it appeared to be a prophecy.
Factual errors and internal contradictions in the bible. Easter sunday discrepancies, rich young ruler discrepancies, the demise of judas, etc. Some moral difficulties in the bible inter varsity. If there are over 50,000 documented errors in the bible, how can christians still believe that it is the literal word of god.
Most of these socalled errors have been corrected by modern translators. In this book, ahmed deedat gives a number of errors with their explanations in a concise and tothepoint manner. A small listing but yet with good questions about some key contradictions in the bible. As we have gone over before, the bible has spelling errors, grammatical errors, word order errors, scribal errors, and the like. Here are all solutions to difficult bible passages from genesis to revelation. As to the bible and if it is ordained by god, we must take a look at what it claims to be, and what being ordained means. Contradictions, absurdities, and more kindle edition by conner, jonah david. Conveniently because otherwise every time we made a reference to matthew we would have to say the first book of the new testament chapter so and so. And if god is a perfect being, how would he allow so many errors to occur.
You can do the exact reverse and say there are 50000 errors in the jws bible when you are comparing it to the bible. Yet he didnt make the light producing objects the sun and the stars until the fourth day 1. Jan 11, 2008 when the bible was compiled into the book we know and love today, it represented every word god had ever written. Top 20 most damning bible contradictions bob seidensticker. Discussion on 50,000 errors in the bible ahmed deedat. Frank turek was asked, how do we account for the errors of the scribes in the new testament since these documents were. The kjv has been relentlessly attacked for 2 simple reasonsfor money and so scholars can become their own final authority and sit in judgement of gods words.
A recent article entitled five mistakes in your bible translation which appeared in the huffington post, a liberal online newspaper, alleges that the bible contains numerous translation errors. The modern day bible is believed by scholars to have at least 50,000 errors. Errors in the bible wherein they say there are probably 50,000 errors in the bible. Of course this beg the question of why a perfect being couldnt make it. Biblical scientific errors are external errors something that the bible gets wrong about the external world as opposed to internal errors something that contradicts the bible s own message. The holy bible is considered by many the infallible word of god. The errors in the king james bible kindle edition by.
Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Dec 03, 2012 the book of job is the oldest book in the bible. Here are a few examples by no means all, but perhaps most of what christian pharisees demand that we believe as inerrant fact. There are not 50,000 errors in a bible, as jehovahs. Generally muslims and christians agree that whatever emanates from god, whether through in inspiration or by revelation, must serve one of four purposes. Magazine dated 8 september, 1957, carried this startling headline 50000 errors in the bible. When a chapter or section is finished, you will see at the bottom of the page. Errors in the bible here are a few examples by no means all, but perhaps most of what christian pharisees demand that we believe as inerrant fact. If we read the bible at face value, without a preconceived bias for finding errors, we will find it to be a coherent, consistent, and relatively easytounderstand book. Yes, there are verses that appear to contradict each other. A list of over 700 inconsistencies in the bible from.
Of course this beg the question of why a perfect being. Perhaps he planned for them to occur so the bible would change to speak differently to different generations. The disciples asked him why do you speak to them in parables. The whole thing is about new translations not having the exact word begotten in them. Of course there are errors and mistakes in the bible. Full text of 50000 errors in bible by sheikh ahmed deedat. It was not just written by man, but rather written by god through man. Rather than retract the article, jehovahs witnesses merely slithered back to brooklyn to quietly hide while sales of their new world translation kept raking in the dough. Still, and in part because the niv is a dynamic equivalence translation, translating idea by idea rather than word by word, there are some errors. A mustread for those interested in comparative religion. Most of these socalled errors have been corrected by. The holy book that contains 50,000 errors and defects religion nairaland. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of bible.
And as such, is absolutely free of errors or contradictions. Jude is the 4th smallest book of the bible yet one of the most potent in exposing doctrinal errors and false teachers. We can find errors and mistakes everywhere we look in the bible because its a collection of texts written centuries and millennia ago. Jul 31, 20 the niv served me well, especially in my first decade as a christian. God is a god of love and, therefore, the bible is a loving book.
A listing of 100 contradicting errors in the bible. God is a just god and, therefore, the bible is a just book. Apr 30, 2010 have you ever heard that there are 50,000 errors in the bible. Bible babble the holy bible and its errors, contradictions. This book is tremendously educational yet very fascinating to read. The reason why there are different gospel authors according to christians. The apostle paul wrote that all scripture is given by inspiration of god 2 timothy 3. Let us have a look at only a very few of these errors. For example, most of the errors in the king james version that jehovahs. In this book, ahmed deedat gives a number of errors with their explanations in a. The history of bible criticism reveals that the bible has no errors, but the critics do.
He said, to you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given matthew. The bible is the word of god, and we can depend on it as the book that illuminates the pathway to salvation. This book is the cornerstone to the christian and judaic religions, without this book, they have nothing to hold their beliefs to. How do we answer supposed bible contradictions and difficulties. For example, that ahaziah was 22 or 42 years old when he became king 2 kings 8. Here, lenny responds to several objecions and shows why the approach of these skeptics fails. The bible explicitly makes the claim of being the inspired word of god. One of the bedrock beliefs of most christian fundamentalists is in the inerrancy of their scripture, the bible. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The second statement is erroneous as will be shown later in this book. The entire bible is rife with historical errors, its hard to just name a few major ones in such a short space. Even more and different listings of contradicting errors in the bible.
These letters were sent out as circular epistles to be passed around and read in several locations. Jun 07, 2007 all these articles are saying the bible has errors because they are comparing it to the jws bible. He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything mark 4. Many times skeptics will present a list of socall contradictions such as whether god repents, the time of jesus death, and when peter denied him. But the difficulties are not due to gods perfect revelation, but to our imperfect understanding of it.
The primary measure they used was whether a book was inspired by god. God creates light and separates light from darkness, and day from night, on the first day. The holy book that contains 50,000 errors and defects religion. Feb 08, 2017 as we have gone over before, the bible has spelling errors, grammatical errors, word order errors, scribal errors, and the like.
The bible cannot err, since it is gods word, and god cannot err. Books of the bible explained scripture by scripture. Oftentimes, modern man forgets that whenever duplicates of the old testament scriptures were needed, copies had to be made by handa painstaking, timeconsuming task requiring extreme concentration and special working conditions. Genesis god creates light and separates light from darkness, and day from night, on the first day.
Biblical scientific errors refer to biblical claims that go against scientific data, usually as a result of a literalistic reading. The catholic position on the bible is not sola scriptura, which is the entire basis of your false claim anyway. God is a holy god and, therefore, the bible is a holy book. We must remember that the bible was written by approximately 40 different. Many base their entire religious ideology around the presumption that the bible is free from errors or mistakes, so demonstrating the presence of errors is key to rebutting their religious claims. Further, the discovery of errors in the bible would seem to cast doubt upon the whole work of the bible.
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