Why did David number the people of Israel? | Answering the Atheist
Inquiry:
Who moved David to number the people of Israel? Was it God or Satan? 2 Samuel 24:1 says God did so, but 1 Chronicles 21:1 says it was Satan. Is there a contradiction?
William Stewart
How many years of famine? | Answering the Atheist
Inquiry:
How many years of famine were threatened? In 2 Samuel 24:13 God gave David a choice between seven years of famime, three months of fleeing before the enemy, or three days of plague. In 1 Chronicles 21:11, the choices are three years of famime, three months of fleeing before the enemy, or three days of plague. Is there a contradiction?
What were Jesus’ last words? | Answering the Atheist
Inquiry:
What were Jesus’ last words? Matthew records, “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?” and says He yielded up His spirit (Matthew 27:46, 50). Luke says He cried out, “Father, unto thy hands I commit my spirit,” and then gave up the ghost (Luke 23:46). John says He said, “It is finished,” and then bowed his head, giving up the ghost. Is there a contradiction?
Sermon on the Mount or Plain? | Answering the Atheist
Inquiry:
Was Jesus’ first sermon preached on a plain or on a mount? Matthew 5:1-2 says He went up into a mountain to teach the people, but Luke 6:7, 20 says he stood in the plain. Which is it? Is there contradiction?
Did Judas hang himself or fall down? | Answering the Atheist
Inquiry:
How did Judas Iscariot die? Acts 1:18 says he fell and his bowels gushed out. Matthew 27:5-7 says he hanged himself. Also, did he purchase the field (Acts 1:18) or did the chief priests buy it (Matthew 27:5-7)? Is there a contradiction?
Do the righteous really live? | Answering the Atheist
Inquiry:
Do the righteous live or not? Psalm 92:12 reads, “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree.” However, Isaiah 57:1 says, “The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart.” Is there a contradiction?
Moses’ personality | Answering the Atheist
Inquiry:
What kind of personality did Moses have? Do Numbers 12:3 and Numbers 31:14, 17, 18 contradict?
Was God happy with Creation? | Answering the Atheist
Inquiry:
How satisfied was God with creation? God said “it was good” after each of his labours and rests on the seventh day, evidently, very satisfied.
However, God has to fix up his creation as he goes, and he would certainly not be very satisfied with the disobedience of that primordial couple. (funny thing that an omniscient god would forget things)
Is there a contradiction?
Was Creation Really Orderly? | Answering the Atheist
Inquiry:
How orderly were things in creation?
#1: Step-by-step. The only discrepancy is that there is no Sun or Moon or stars n the first three “days.”
#2: God fixes things up as He goes. The first man is lonely, and is not satisfied with animals. God finally creates a woman for him. (funny thing that an omniscient God would forget things)
Is there a contradiction?
Something wrong in the Creation Account | Answering the Atheist
Inquiry:
There is a problem with the creation accounts. Here is the order of the first (Genesis 1), the Priestly tradition:
Day 1 – sky, earth, light
Day 2 – water, both in ocean basins and above the sky (!)
Day 3 – plants
Day 4 – sun, moon, stars (as calendrical and navigational aids)
Day 5 – sea monsters (whales), fish, birds, land animals, creepy-crawlies (reptiles, insects, etc.)
Day 6 – Humans (apparently both sexes at the same time)
Day 7 – Nothing (the Gods took the first day off anyone ever did)
