Conflicting statements in the bible

[ThomM]

First of all you should actually read and understand what you've read before crying contradiction.

Sorry - but to claim that there are NO contradictions in the bible is just as MUCH a LIE as to claim some are - when there are explanations.

Now - there are a number of Major Contradictions of the bible- that cannot be explained away -

Among them - the two blood lines of the christ - in Matthew and Luke - BOTH cannot be true.(ANd worse - neither are true if you believe the christ is the son of god) But - it requires that we understand how the people of that time understood procreation. At that time - the bloodline ONLY went through MALES - father to son - because it was believed that the Father supplied the SEED of the male son - and the mother was only the "dirt" that the seed was planted in - and had no direct BLOOD relation to her son. This was to recognize that a babies blood supply is separate and can even be different type - than the mother.

Problem #1

The genealogy of Matthew descends through a CURSED line -Jeconiah (Jehoiachin) and his father Jehoiakim were both cursed by God himself, who said that neither of these men would have any descendent on the throne of David. - so this line CONTRADICTS the curse from the Old Testament. (Jeremiah 22)

Problem #2

Both lines end in JOSEPH - who we KNOW by the story had NO blood relation to the christ at all. (The bible specifically states that they had NO marital relations before the birth of the christ) Even if you claim that one of them is really the blood line of MARY - the Jews did not consider a woman to be in the bloodline. (And of course - since MARY is not mentioned - that is another addition theists like to add)

Problem #3

Even if the blood line of Luke - is the blood line of MARY - then Jesus would have descended through Nathan, not Solomon, making the prophecies in 2 Samuel 7:12-16 and 1 Chronicles 22:10 false.

Problem #4

If, using the genealogy in Luke, Jesus's claim to descent from David, of the tribe of Judah, is through Mary rather than Joseph then how can it be that Mary's cousin, Elizabeth, was descended from the house of Aaron, of the tribe of Levi (Luke 1:5)?

Problem #5

However - the biggest problem is that the christ is claimed to be the son of the god - and has NO bloodline connection to any male human.

There are many others

Why does the christ misquote the Old Testament - when it is supposed to be "his" word (One god supposedly)? 22 Matthew 4:10 versus Deuteronomy 6:13; Matthew 11:10 versus Malachi 3:1; Matthew 21:16 versus Psalm 8:2; Luke 4:17-21 versus Isaiah 61:1-2.

Why are there clear conflicts in the bible stories (Especially genesis) - with reality?

How about the Luke and Matthew stories of the christ supposedly in the desert - and the devil took him to a HIGH place where he could see ALL the kingdoms of the world. As we know - and the christ would have to know - that is NOT possible. In fact - there is no such place on earth from where you could see all the kingdoms mentioned in the bible before that.

And the problem with those two stories is - where did Luke and Matthew get the story from - there were only two supposedly there.- the christ and the devil. Both of them would have known that there was NO such place.
IF the story came from the christ - why did he LIE about it. IF the story came from the devil - then we question the source of the bible as being the word of god.