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Voldemort point two
Crew

PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:15 am


So, this is something I found while debating a Muslim earlier. Most of the "contradictions" he found were just a result of not reading it properly, but there were a few that made sense:

Jin Saga
According to Gensis 5:28, Noah was born when his father Lamech was 182 years old.
In Genesis 5:31-32, Lamech died when he was 777 years old and Noah was 500 years old when Lamech died.

However if Lamech died when Noah was 500 years old like the bible says, Lamech would have to have been 682 years old when he died, not 777. I figured this out by adding 500 (noahs age at Lamech's death) to 182 (Lamech's age when noah was born). This simple addition gives you the number 682, not 777.


Another mistake goes like this:
Genesis 1:3-5: God created light and separated it from the darkness on the FIRST day
Genesis 1:14-19: God didn't create light until the FOURTH day

(Note from Voldy: God created the Sun on the fourth day)


Also:
Genesis 1:11-12, 26-27: Trees were created before man.
Genesis 2:4-9: Man was created before trees.

(From a site: Genesis 1 is referring to the Earth itself (the Hebrew 'Erets'), while 2:5 is referring to "the field" (the Hebrew 'Sadeh'). Sadeh is always used in the Bible to refer to a specific area. In fact, in reading 2:5 you can see what the author was talking about - about plants that needed man's help to thrive as opposed to wild plants. Essentially, God created wild plants, but held back on creating those that needed man's help to thrive, until man was created.)


The second one actually made me laugh. Anyway, the first one is still bothering me.

Source for the answer to the last one: http://www.kingdavid8.com/Contradictions/Home.html
PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:42 am


Don't let the first one bother you. The "year" that they used at that point is different than the year we use now. I don't remember exactly what it was, but it was wierd. Yes, they still were remarkably old. In our eyes now, miraculously old.



PS: I don't know why, but I can't spell today crying

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:08 pm


Genesis 5:28-32 (King James Version)
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

The answer is common sense: Noah didn't have kids the same year Lamech died and wasn't that age when Lamech died; it's another part of the genealogies altogether. Adding a pointless math problem to it doesn't change anything. The length of a year has nothing to do with it.
PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:44 am


Oh, right. I didn't actually look the verse up... heh, I probably should have done that. xd

Voldemort point two
Crew


Romjacks
Crew

PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:07 am


Voldemort point two
Oh, right. I didn't actually look the verse up... heh, I probably should have done that. xd

That's how they get you. Whenever someone gives you a 'contradiction', look up the actual verses. 9 times out of 10, looking it up actually answers the supposed contradiction immediately.
PostPosted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:11 pm


In case you meet contradictions on your Bible,check this website out:http://www.thedevineevidence.com/

Sometimes,these contradictions are both correct,such as the Lord is a Merciful God,but he is also a Wrathful God

Hope that helps you my friend.

Zarfione

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