Introduction to Bible Difficulties and Bible Contradictions
Bible difficulties, or apparent Bible contradictions, exist. The
opponents of Christianity often use them in their attempts to
discredit Christianity. Sometimes these attacks undermine the
faith of Christians who either don't understand the issues or
don't have the resources to deal with them. Opponents of
Christianity will cite what they consider a Bible contradiction
or difficulty by comparing one verse to another (or more) that
seems to disagree with the first. In doing this, several verses
are often referenced as being contradictory or problematic.
Therefore, to make this section of CARM easy to use, it is
arranged by verse for easy lookup. Since many of the same
"difficulties" deal with one verse in opposition to another or
even several others, I have listed all the verses addressed in
the same answer. This makes the initial list look larger than it
really is. For example, how many animals did Noah bring into the
ark? Genesis 6:19-20 says two wh