Historical innacuracies? The bible is a collection of stories, written by (bare minimum) four different authors, and not a historical account. If the age of the earth is worked out through the bible geneologies (and this has been done by christians too, not only atheists) you get the typical answer of about 6000 years. Sometimes people will say there're gaps in the geneologies and extend that time to 10000. Of course, I realize that not everyone is a Young Earth Creationist, but there you have it. So there's a basic one. Another, you've already talked about- the order of beings being created (which is nonsense anyway) is simply wrong. Adam and Eve certainly didn't exist- so there was no "fall." If they did exist, we (humanity) would be descended from a single mating pair from 6000-10000 years ago, which would not even come CLOSE to explaining why we are so genetically diverse. It's flat out impossible. Next big one; the flood. Now, geologists can go a looong way back through the geological strata and there is no data to support a Noachian flood. It is a myth. I know Daystar may say what he's said before- flood data could be misunderstood, or something similar. But that is so unlikely that it is impossible, and personally I would trust the opinions of the many many geologists who've worked in the field and actually looked at the data. A global flood would leave a layer of mud and silt at the exact same level all over the world when the waters receded (this raises the other issue, where exactly did the water go? We don't have enough ice on earth to explain that). But there is no such layer. Instead, all over the world the geological strata are in order, and geologists go back in history the lower they go in the strata.
As for contradictions, Chatpilot's right- the bible is rife with them. In the creation story itself Genesis 1 and 2 don't even agree about the order of created animals. And even if some of these contradictions don't turn out to be contradictions, many of them still are. How can you trust the rest as truth?
As for contradictions, Chatpilot's right- the bible is rife with them. In the creation story itself Genesis 1 and 2 don't even agree about the order of created animals. And even if some of these contradictions don't turn out to be contradictions, many of them still are. How can you trust the rest as truth?
