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felixomor:
The Bible does not contradict itself.
Over the centuries past, Numerous Agnostic and even some atheist professors who have thoroughly studied the entire bible have on many occasions, come to that conclusion, even despite admitting they dont believe it. Although many came to later believe after a complete study of it.

I would like to first define what a contradiction is according to the Oxford English dictionary;

A combination of statements, ideas, or features which are opposed to one another:


A good example will be thus:
"John went to school "

To contradict or oppose this statement,
I will have to say;
"John never went to school"

In the light of the aforementioned definition;
"John went to market"
would not even by any means, be a contradiction to
"John went to school"

Why? You may ask.
The answer is simple;

John may have gone to both school and the market, but at different times.


Both statements can be correct, and so will not be qualified to be regarded as opposed to each other. Hence not contradicting nor inconsistent with each other.

Another example would be:
1. "John met a girl called Mary at school"
2. "John met many girls at school"

These two statements coming from 2 different authors can be correct.

How?
The answer is simple;

John could have met Mary at 8am and subsequently met Patricia, Rose, Bolanle and Rukky at 9am, 10am, 11am and12noon respectively.

So it would obviously have been foolish to call both statements contradictions of each other, or to say both statements are not consistent with each other.

It would have been a different scenario if the original statement was;

"John met only Mary at school"

In this case,
"John met many girls at school"
would be a contradiction.

The word "only" would clearly be the changing factor.

And Still on this example, It will even be more foolish to ask,
"how many girls were at John's school?"

Why is it foolish to ask so?
The answer is easy too.

The subject of the statements was not the total population of girls at John's school.
The subject was rather based on the fact that John met girl/girls at school.

A last example would be;

"John said we could come"
and
"They said we could come"

These 2 statements coming from 2 different authors are not by any means contradictions, neither are they inconsistent, as there are numerous possible ways both could happen and still be true as follows;

1. John could be the spokesman of "they"

OR

2. John and "they" could have said so at different times.

OR

3. John and "they" could have also said so at the same
time in unison

4. And so on and so forth

The only way I could have contradicted

"John said we could come"
Is to have said
"John never said we could come"..


Thats that for buttressing the explanation of what contradictions are.

Coming Back to the bible and the issue of young internet users who claim to be atheists today, its quite unfortunate that many seem to throw around the word "contradiction" all in an attempt to discredit the bible for their personal fleshly gain.
They usually use the internet for this by posting falsely titled articles that make them appear like well researched bible skeptic sholars.

The Parts of the bible where they usually do this, are where different authors give accounts of the same biography or events.
For example, the gospels, 1st and 2nd Kings, Chronicles, Samuel etc.

I will, for the sake of this article, pick one from the popular ones they throw around.

Luke 24:4-5
And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
5. And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

AND

Mark 16:5-6
 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
6.And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.

Firstly, Take note, Luke says what happened
"as they were perplexed"

Mark says what happened
"as they entered"

As we can see, Two different points in time
Just take note.

Secondly, also take note
The subject topic of both scriptures is NOT the total population count of men or angel messengers that were inside the tomb.
As a matter of fact, if you observe, carefully, none of those two parts of scriptures mentions the total number of angels that were at the tomb.

The subject of both scriptures was what transpired at different points in time while the women entered and also while they were within the tomb.
Just take note.


But guess what

These two portions of the bible are boldly and wrongly pointed as contradictions to each other on an anti-christian bible quiz  website that was featured on one article written by Seun above
You can check it here:

http://exchristian.net/3 (link also above)

To tell you the extent of their insincerity and utter dishonesty,
They did it by asking the question

" How many men were in Jesus' tomb when the women arrived?"

A careful look at this question would show you that the subject of this question is based on the total population count seen by the women on arrival.
Hence the phrase "How many men"

Moreso, the quiz question also specified subject time; "on arrival"

However and contrarily, none of those bible verses highlighted above had the subject of total population counts.

And also, Mark was the only one who decribed in detail what happened as "they entered" which is synonymous with "on arrival"


They intentionally used a question with a different subject and subject time to arrive at the conclusion that both portions of the bible contradicted each other.

When in actual truth, their question (based on "arrival" was generated from a momentary description from Mark.

They devilishly picked another momentary description for another point in time, from Luke and arrived at the false claim of "contradiction".

Just As illustrated in our earlier example,

"John met a girl at school"
Vs.
"John met many girls at school"

Also, For clarity sake, no portion of the bible talks about the total number of angels that were at the tomb.

Unfortunately, This is not the only portion of the bible they have dishonestly represented as contradiction before.
They have done so on many other verses, as I said before.

For example, the bible never mentioned the number of wise men who came to present gifts to baby Jesus.
But what we find commonly today even among Christians is "three wise men".
This is Wrong!

Another example; the bible never mentions the age of the earth despite the fact that many people go around saying the bible says the earth is 6000 years old

Thank God for bible explanation websites today that can easily be found using search engines like google.
As a result, These verses can now easily be researched.
A good one is www.biblestudytools.com
Such websites are free for everyone to use.

And most importantly, thank God for the Holy Spirit Who reveals these things to us.

Whenever a sincere truth-seeking person is in doubts, he should pray for understanding and the Holy Ghost would open his eyes to understand God's word.

You could also search bible verse explanations on google and youtube.
There are many other free resources online.
Bible explanation is not meant for only theologians and seminarians.

It is sad that many of these young folks who have not read the bible completely before, fall for this "bible contradiction" gimmick and begin to call themselves atheists.
When u Ask them "why?" they would scream "bible contradiction".

The "bible contradiction" gimmick is a plot by the devil directed towards young people of today, to discourage them from approaching what he fears the most, which is the Sword of the Word of God.


He makes them to Forget what the term "contradiction" means in the first place. Giving them a false sense of protection for their sins.
As a result, they never get to ask God for forgiveness.

The devil also makes them forget the fact that being skeptic doesnt necessarily make you an atheist.


My prayer is that, may the Lord Open their eyes to the truth and deliver them from this grand deception.

Amen.

they entered
abeg go near by to any woman selling kunu and take one kunu and one bottle of zobo tell the woman say i don pay. my man u don try, mak u rest from all ur labours... nice work

Baby smile daddy wants to know where u are in this darkness

With all these rusian girls that do scam people up and down, their most hit up line is wen dey send a message telling u they are already at the airport or at the embassy but unfortunately sometin happened and their money isn't accessible that you will hav to assist them so dat when they arrive they will pay u back. Bro dont fall for it. Na so one wine me wine me to tell her my country me know say d momment i say i b nigeria she go end contact cuz we be fathers wen it comes to online scaming . As she disturb me tire i say bros i b nigerian ooo. Up to today she never reply weh she don jam god father for the busziness . More over na bros dey d other line no b babe. Dey fit giv their accomplice phone mak e talk with fine woman voice. Jst dey careful bros, use ur wild nigerian instinct to figure out the truth

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its called pewee (small sized eggs). adjust the feed pls, or it may be because of competition she is not able to feed well, but normally its jst once in while u will experience this...

optional1:
Not the first not the second and not the third..

I keep slapping guys in my dreams in public cos they keep stepping on my toes.
The one of last night the guy touched my bum bum in public, I thought it was a mistake I didn't say anything, he then touch me again I turned and gave him a hot dirty slap in the public. He wanted to slap me back but I over powered him and beat him up warned him never to try what he did to me to any lady again.. I woke up.





Please those anyone knows the interpretation of this dream?

if the guys u kept slapping we're sexual predators, molesters of some sort, or guys that tries to take advantage of you and other ladies without the proper approach of a gentle man, then what u we're doing was merely protecting the rights of women not only of ur self but of other victims as u warned that he shouldn't try it with u or any other lady... may be u we're called to help protect the rights of women and educate them of their rights, cuz now a days women don't really know how to say no! u will be surprised to see and hear all the shameful things they do now especially on social media, frolicking their bodies anyhow without proper constraint. may be u have such a ministry to teach our young ladies to have self control and restraint and to resist such negative advances. think about this.

Tomatoes hate close spacing, if you notice, ur seedlings, most of them are turning yellow, this is because they are too close to each other. Pls transplant, or space immediately if not they will grow prematurely and wud use more time to reach maturity. the moment u transplant u will see quick results and rapid growth.

See the way she dey look the snake make d tin no fire her, she no even trust the snake sef
Sha as people dey contribute mak k kuku contribute : end time marriage

What stops you from saying NO!
Common sense

IntrovertXtian:
@Bolded 1

Thank you sir for the advice. But it is just like telling me I should stop at secondary school or not continue in learning after my University.


@Bolded 2 & 3
Sir, I do not agree because I am not demanding God to speak to me audibly. I said I want to HEAR God audibly! The audibility is from my end and not God's. Surely, God speaks AUDIBLY every time but most times we as His children do not HEAR Him audibly because of distractions here and there. Even if we can hear God audibly, I believe there are still dimensions; dimensions that are even teachable and impactable.

@Bolded 4
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

God bless you greatly

I must commend you for replying with utmost maturity, its hard to see such nowadays in nairaland. Thank you.
I understand what ure looking for, yes indeed God do speak audibly but only as He wills it. Inother words, if u operate in the revelatory gifts of the Spirit u tend to hear audibly from God but only as it relates to helping others but not for personal ends. Im saying this out of experience; the only time i heard God audibly was when the gift of the word of knowledge and the gift of the word of wisdom was in operation that particular time and as i said it involved helping someone. And o, the time i heard the audible voice again one time was when i was getting into a serious problem i notice it tends to come personally as a warning when one is entering a kind of problem in such cases u really do not want to receive the audible voice when u knw it might bring a stern warning for something that is abt to happen u dont want any part in. Pls, im not saying u cant receive such audible voixe for good, u can but only as God's wills. Also, there was a time i was so eager to hear God audibly instead the spirit of God warned me not to but to believe Him to lead me and guild me the way He sees fit, that was when i had a dream that Night of Jesus handing me the above mentioned book that i should read... Suprising enough, weeks gone by somebody brought the book to me asking me to read it that the Lord ask him to give me! In another story i read i cant really remember if it was stated in this book or not. A woman was so desperate to hear the audible voice of God because her pastor always says he heard the voice of God teling him to do so and so without explaining to his congregation what kind of voice he heard wether audibly or inward, it made the woman to seek it without prior wisdom so much till the extend a demon accommodated her, and took over her mind. U see thats the danger of seeking God wrongly! Yes, u will definitely hear God's authoritative voice someday but enjoy it while it last, trust me it wont last and is not something that will continue for long, for we walk by faith and not by sight... The audible voice of God registers to ur sense of hearing so seeking it too much is by walking bY sight when u can walk by faith and be lead by both the inward witness and the instill voice of God. Unless ure operating on the revelatory gifts u will hear more than enough not for your personal end but for the edification of others so i will advice u instead to seek or pray enestly for the gifts of the spirit like the word of wisdom, knowledge, discerning of spirit or prophecy for helping of others this way ur quest wouldn't be self seeking but for the encouragement of others, u will hear more than enough from God to helping others. Dear, im only advicing u being previledge to do so, and also having operated in some form of this gifts before. Notwithstanding, u may choose to accept this or not the choice is ultimately left to you and not to me, we can agree to disagree on certain issues instead and that doesn't mak us to be enemies. Thank you for ur patience and understanding... Really respect ur maturity.

Is a good thing ure searching for, but my advice is that you dont seek the audible voice but the instill voice and inner witness. It is not scriptural for you to demand God to speak to you audibly, but it is your scriptural right to hear Him in your spirit and inward witness cuz the HolY Ghost dwell in your spirit. The only way He can communicate to you is through your conscience which is the voice of your spirit. There is one sure book i will advice you to read, he spoke extensively using the bible to back up his teachings. The book is following God's plan for your life by kenneth E Hagin. Mak sure u buy it u wount regret it i assure u.

greenstar:
please where is that found?

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You can multitask, all apps are set to automatically optimized, that means it will shut down when operating another app this way it optimize ur ram ussage, you can stop this by goin to your settings and untick the optimization option for the app u dont want to be restarting anytime u go back to it. Mak sure dey are ur frequently used app. I did it on mine it works, apart from some heavy apps dat will need more ram strenght to srt.

Na our head they wan take do research? They are not serious..

She is a keeper, pls take good care of her un behalf of nigeria. Prove to them nigerian men are loving and caring. Congratulations.

La click la trafic ko? Ure not serious

Somepeople no dey always hear word, anyway mak i follow suit: la click la ram burst

La click la endtimes

BlueEyeBalls:
He dat is in me, is greater than he that is in the world.... I jump and pass!

after u don popo their daughter you think say dey no know ne? they they look for perfect opportunity to cut ur dick take do ritual. nothing He who is in me statement when u ma no pure..i just dey wonder how much ur thing fit be for the spirit world??

how can picking up money on the road without effort be havoc? traditional belief are just so twisted. now let me giv u another version, along your road as u proceed in life God is letting you know that the finance you need to make through will come to you effortless. another sign of saying wealth without struggle.

it just simply means ur calling is education you should continue your studies the same thing happened to me many times right now im continuing my studies and doors are just opening! its another way of letting you know what the future has in store for you. like bf goin back to sch i was believing God for a job but instead of dreaming abt interviews and such, i kept on seeing my self writing exams in sch infact my admission was a total miracle!

both of them don sell u for coven you no know may b ur blood too sweet thats why she dey call u swtheart

and this is what happens when you give old people android phones to use

controlled experiment to see how many comments and likes you will get. well played!

make una check well na guy weh dey use female dp. na one chance u dey oy welcome to nairaland

this type of ducks will not hatch their eggs better still, u can get a pair so that the male duck will fertilize the egg bf the female lays it. u can get a mini incubator to hatch the eggs produced. They naturally will not sit on their eggs to hatch, this may be due to the change of their wild environment to a controlled one.

you never learn your lesson all this link posters anyway mak i follow suit. la click la bend

my dear poster this isnt a mental illness sometimes spiritual things are so hard for people of the world to understand. even as u are describing it i so much desire the gift so please pray for me to operate in it. just as been foretold it is clear that you are called to stand within the office of the prophet and or seer. it is a very big responsibility so u will hav to prepare properly before God can begin to move u into deeper realm. yes there is a deeper realm to move in but it wouldn't come unless ure are obedient to d first instruction given u by the Holy Spirit. you couldnt talk to them now becuz you hav not grown spiritually up to that level when your faith can actively hear them speak. this is just as a reminder to do something to the ministry God has given you. sometimes u may need one or two reminders from the spirit world that you have been preserve into this ministry and ur life spared even in then face of sin God is still love, so that you will not drift completely away from your calling. so do something about your spiritual growth. ready books that are inspired by the Holy Ghost, pray in ur private time in the Holy Ghost and intercede for others also pray for me too that i may move in such a beautiful realm. thank u.

eya. God put the desire in you for a purpose only guide such a desire for good and not for evil. take such a desire back to God and expect him to guide u through till u meet the desire of ur heart.

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