Does the Bible Contradict Itself?

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Yet he has come, and I think he deserves respect.

Respect is earned.

Agreed. Please let me know how I might begin to earn such from you.

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It would take much time to have everyone in ancient Palestine (men and women) journey to the village or city in which their ancestors were born.

That's not a Biblical contradiction, that's a Biblical ERROR, evidently written - long after the fact - by someone totally unfamiliar with first-century Roman laws.

Rome required that everyone return to his place of residence, not his place of birth. That would mean that about 99.9% of the population was already where they had to be. Many - like traders - had more than one "legal" place of residence, so they could also stay where they were. Others - like soldiers and other employees of Rome - were exempt from returning to their places of residence for a census.
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So VERY few people would have had to travel. Ten years? Ten months would have been a lot more time than was needed.

Try another useless apologism.

Oh, and while you're at it, how - exactly - did Judas die? IOW, what would the cause of death have been listed as if he had died today? The only way around that obvious contradiction is a lie.

I suppose we can agree to disagree, unless you have further evidence to present to me. I'm not yet convinced. Once again, I'm asking that we stick to the topic, rather than chase cotton tails down bunny trails.

But I'll make an exception in this case. So I asked myself: What if Luke was a poor historian and got his facts wrong? How would that effect my current beliefs? The answer is that I'd be suspect of some other details of his gospel, but there would still be a great deal of evidence supporting the central theme that a dead guy who said he would get up and walk, did. But this, too is a topic for another discussion thread.

For now, I'd really like to know if there really are two biblical passages that contradict each other in some significant way. I've heard many say there are, but have yet to lay my eyes on what they've seen and examine what they know to the point where I also know that such contrary texts exist.