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Originally Posted by Vampyr

I can't resist either.



1.
"Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of this mother..." -- Deuteronomy 27:22

"And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter...it is a wicked thing...." -- Leviticus 20:17

[But what was god's reaction to Abraham, who married his sister -- his father's daughter?] See Genesis 20:11-12

"And God said unto Abraham, As for Sara thy wife...I bless her, and give thee a son also of her..." -- Genesis 17:15-16


2.

"... I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." -- Genesis 32:30

"No man hath seen God at any time..."-- John 1:18


3.

"... with God all things are possible." -- Matthew 19:26

"...The LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron." -- Judges 1:19


4.

"Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man." -- James 1:13

"And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham..." -- Genesis 22:1


To name a few, anyway.

That's what happens you have a group of writers with different styles and interpretations; Inconsistencies in accounts show up. I don't think the contradictions are really that important though. What's of interest to me is the fact that many of the stories in the bible (especially Noah's Ark) have obvious roots in ancient sumarian texts. They are parables based on factual events. Jesus's miracles are most likely parables as well. As the bible was written it was known that the earliest records of our civilization were dated around 3000 B.C.. That's why they assumed the earth was created not too long before that. They interpreted the lack of a written record as meaning life didn't exist until that time.