Bible contradictions?

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I'm not judging you. I'm telling you. Apologists don't write what they do to convert anyone. The Hellbound laugh at what they write. And why shouldn't they? Apologists are playing in the atheist's court, trying to use all that logic and science when all the answers we need are in the Bible.

No, apologetics is specifically about the bible which is not in their court. Arguing science such as evolution, and cosmology (which I've done) is playing in their court.

Martin Luther, the founder of one branch of Protestantism, once wrote "God does not work salvation for fictitious sinners. Be a sinner and sin vigorously.... Do not for a moment imagine that this life is the abiding place of justice; sin must be committed. ...Sin cannot tear you away from him [Christ], even though you commit adultery a hundred times a day and commit as many murders."

Christianity teaches us that we are wretched sinners, unworthy of God's love. This is why we deserve it if God tortures us for all eternity. It's kind of like the love that a wife-beater has for his spouse. God can set us on fire and then say "see what you made me do" and we must feel it is our fault. Praise the sweet name of Jesus. But I digress.

I'm unfamiliar with your quote from Martin Luther but I imagine he meant that you should not be shameful of your sin but you shouldnt try to sin either. Regardless, Martin Luther was a revolutionary, not a prophet. We show our love for Jesus by keeping his commandments (John 14:15). You think it is fun to sin? If you had good wisdom, you would know that nothing in this world matters. When we die, all we get to take with us is our hearts. Gold, silver, good drinking times... They all don't matter. We need to live for God and obviously God does not approve of our sin. Its like if you have a wife and you have a drinking problem and she will stay with you regardless but she tells you she would like it if you; what do you do? If you tell her you don't want to stop how do you think she will feel about you compared to you saying "I'll try"? There are many who believe faith is all you need and you don't need to bother with works which is wrong. There are those on the other side who say you must repent and do no more and if you still sin you never truly repented. They are wrong too. I'm in the middle. I say salvation is free but if we don't change after salvation, something's wrong. Works comes naturally. You should despise sin, not say "I can sin all I want because I'm saved."