Does the Bible Contradict Itself?

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Well, I would not go so far as to say the Bible is bollocks, but it seems to me that many who misread it are!

But how can you be sure that your interpretation is the correct one? When so many disagree with you, when it is ambiguous, when mistranslations have occurred, when the bible itself has been written and rewritten by all sorts of people throughout history?

It is by a mile, far more likely that a 'correct' interpretation does not exist.

Well, I'm not at all sure in a case where a biblical passage is ambiguous, or vague, but that does not mean that every passage is ambiguous, or vague. I'm not at all sure in a case where there is good evidence that a particular passage is a mistranslation of the original autograph, but that does not mean every passage of the Bible is mistranslated. I should be careful not to make any hasty generalizations. I should not throw out the baby with the bath water.

However, I am fascinated to hear you say the Bible has been rewritten so many times as to bear no significant resemblance to the original books. This is something I've not heard about the NT before, and I'd very much like to know why you hold this belief. Are you speaking of the New Testament as well as the Old? What evidence supports your premise?