Why do gospel contradictions matter?

[ThomM]

First off, I'm not a believer. But I constantly hear from fellow non believers that the gospels aren't reliable because they contain contradictions. Honestly, I don't understand why this argument is used. From my understanding, the gospels spread by word of mouth for at least 20+ years before being written down. And then mark was written down, which the others are based off of. So isn't the real reason they are unreliable due to them being circulated by conversation for over 20 years?

Please, correct me if I'm wrong. I'm happy to be educated.
(Any helpful links would be appreciated!)

For centuries - the Bible existed as the INERRANT word of god - and so to claim that there were problems with the bible - which was defined as the INSPIRED word of god given through human writers to us - was to claim that the god was not PERFECT . People were tortured - and Killed in various despicable and horrific ways just by claiming that bible to have errors. (AND t does have errors)

Of course - the bible was not written down for HUNDREDS of years - but supposedly the god was guiding the copiers to make perfect inerrant copies (Which is NONSENSE)

However - anyone who actually READS the bible can clearly see that they are not PERFECT - and they contain MANY contradictions and outright errors against reality. ANd - if You read the bible in several languages - you can see that the same passages simply are not translated the same.

Example = in the John Passage often used in the USA to show that the chirst and the father are the same - "He and I are ONE" - the translation FAILED to get that meaning properly. When Julius Caesar said he was ONE with the Roman Senate - he meant that they agreed = not that they were the same person. IT is an IDIOM used in many languages - and people in countries where that idiom is used and is obvious would NEVER take the meaning that people in the US do.


The fact is - ALL bibles contains errors in reality starting with the EDEN fairy tale - and contradictions from various books are there in all versions - and those who claim OTHERWISE are simply LYING to themselves and others.