Does the Bible Contradict Itself?

[spockrates]

Thaks for your frank opinion. You might be right, but that remains to be seen. Do you mind if I give you some responses Christians of different denominations have given me when I've asked the same questions of them? I'd like to know what you think of their answers.

You don't have to bother, I can tell you right now.

Bullshit

Unless ofcourse they've given you reasonable and rational responses, in which case miracles really do happen.

OK, thanks for helping me out. The most common response given by Evangelicals and Fundamentalists is this: They cite this passage of scripture.

10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables 12 so that,

“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
    and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’"

(Mark 4)

They then say that God reveals the true interpretation to his own, and leaves others in the dark.