Conflicting statements in the bible

[Gabriel Syme]

Wait...how could jesus be born in 6 BC? BC stands for "Before Christ".

If he was actually born 6 years earlier than scholars originally thought, then he could be born in 6 BC.

An error of 6 years aint so much among 2013 years, its represents approx. 0.3% error.

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Really?

Let's see: 2 Sam 23:8

v 1 Chronicles 11:11

Hi Minimalist,

That must be the worst example of a supposed conflicting statement ever!

So two sources, offer different military estimates of a number of men - big deal?

Can you name any non-recent battle or event in history which has not got at least some doubt over the numbers and dispositions involved?

For example, according to the sources wiki references, the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314:

Scottish army estimates: 5,000 - 10,000

English army estimates: 13,700 - 25,000

(the Scots won decisively, incidentally)

We cant use these discrepancies to rubbish the battle; we still know it took place, and why, and the main persons involved etc - ultimately, the fact we cannot accurate state the numbers means little with regard to our knowledge of the events of the battle and our understanding of its significance.

If there are multiple descriptions of the same event, there will always be some discrepancy: look at any collection of Police witness statements - even ones from just 5 minutes ago will offer different versions of events: what time was it? what colour was the car? how many people were there? etc

What is really important with any historical event or document is understanding the fundamental substance of it.

Don't you think it would be more fishy if all the accounts regarding an event agreed exactly, every time? Wouldn't that be somewhat suspect, as though they had all come from the same source, or had been agreed upon and rehearsed?

Cheers
GS

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Come on, you know that the mechanics will just claim that context explains it because they can't emotionally deal with this rock solid contradiction.

And the driver will claim that page 33 means that page 17 doesn't apply, for it is obvious that the creator of the car intends for you to never take the drain plug out.

Hi Ryantology

Ah, but our holy book proscribes that the oil must be changed in year two, or at 20,000 miles, whichever comes first, and so the plug must come out sometimes. It is known.

Grave consequences await those who scorn or ignore these important oil laws, repair bills be upon them.

Ultimately, mainstream drivers will understand pages 17 and 33 in light of how the whole book fits together - (not cherry pick them as isolated and polar opposites) - and viewed from a reasonable perspective.