PSA 145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
JER 13:14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

EXO 15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
ROM 15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

GEN 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
GEN 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
GEN 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
GEN 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

GEN 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
GEN 7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, GEN 7:9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

KI1 4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
CH2 9:25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

ACT 2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
MAT 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

ISA 14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
DEU 24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

LEV 11:21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
LEV 11:22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
LEV 11:23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

PSA 58:8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

ISA 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
MAT 4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

Genesis 1:
Day 1: Sky, Earth, light
Day 2: Water, both in ocean basins and above the sky(!)
Day 3: Plants
Day 4: Sun, Moon, stars (as calendrical and navigational aids)
Day 5: Sea monsters (whales), fish, birds, land animals, creepy-crawlies (reptiles, insects, etc.)
Day 6: Humans (apparently both sexes at the same time)
Day 7: Nothing (the Gods took the first day off anyone ever did)

Genesis 2:
Earth and heavens (misty)
Adam, the first man (on a desolate Earth)
Plants
Animals
Eve, the first woman (from Adam's rib)

#1: Step-by-step. The only discrepancy is that there is no Sun or Moon or stars on the first three "days".
#2: God fixes things up as he goes. The first man is lonely, and is not satisfied with animals. God finally creates a woman for him. (funny thing that an omniscient god would forget things)

#1: God says "it was good" after each of his labors, and rests on the seventh day, evidently very satisfied.
#2: God has to fix up his creation as he goes, and he would certainly not be very satisfied with the disobedience of that primordial couple.

Ps.92:12: "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree."
Isa.57:1: "The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart."

Matt.27:46,50: "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" ...Jesus, when he cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost."
Luke23:46: "And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, "Father, unto thy hands I commend my spirit:" and having said thus, he gave up the ghost."

John19:30: "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished:" and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."

II SAMUEL 24:13: So God came to David, and told him, and said unto him, shall SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE come unto thee in thy land? or will thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue. thee?
I CHRONICLES 21:11: SO God came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee. Either THREE YEARS OF FAMINE or three months to be destryed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee;

II SAMUEL 24: And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Isreal and Judah.
I CHRONICLES 21: And SATAN stood up against Isreal, and provoked David to number Israel.

Exod. 24:9,10; Amos 9:1; Gen. 26:2; and John 14:9
God CAN be seen:
"And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my backparts." (Ex. 33:23)
"And the Lord spake to Moses face to face, as a man speaketh to his friend." (Ex. 33:11)
"For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." (Gen. 32:30)
God CANNOT be seen:
"No man hath seen God at any time." (John 1:18)
"And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for there shall no man see me and live." (Ex. 33:20)
"Whom no man hath seen nor can see." (1 Tim. 6:16)

"I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy." (Jer. 13:14) "Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling."
"The Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy." (James 5:11)
"For his mercy endureth forever." (1 Chron. 16:34)
"The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works." (Ps. 145:9)
"God is love." (1 John 4:16)

"And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham." (Gen 22:1)
"Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man." (James 1:13)

How did Judas die?
"And he cast down the pieces of silver into the temple and departed, and went out and hanged himself." (Matt. 27:5)
"And falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all of his bowels gushed out." (Acts 1:18)

"And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." (2 Kings 2:11)
"No man hath ascended up to heaven but he that came down from heaven, ... the Son of Man." (John 3:13)

Jesus' prediction regarding Peter's denail:
Before the c0ck crow - Matthew 26:34
Before the c0ck crow twice - Mark 14:30

MAT 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
MAT 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
MAT 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
MAT 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
MAT 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
MAT 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
MAT 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
MAT 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
MAT 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
LUK 6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
LUK 6:21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
LUK 6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
LUK 6:23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

GAL 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
GAL 6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden.

KI2 24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
CH2 36:9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

ACT 9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
ACT 22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

MAT 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
(default is against)
MAR 9:40 For he that is not against us is on our part.
(default is for)

LUK 9:50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.
(default is for)

MAT 28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
MAT 28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
MAT 28:4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
MAT 28:5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

MAR 16:5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.

LUK 24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

JOH 20:12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

MAT 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
MAR 13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

LUK 21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

1 thessalonians 4:15-18

What was the color of the robe placed on Jesus during his trial?
scarlet - Matthew 27:28
purple John 19:2

When did Baasha die?
26th year of the reign of Asa I Kings 16:6-8
36th year of the reign of Asa I 2 Chron 16:1

How old was Ahaziah when he began to reign?
22 in 2 Kings 8:26
42 in 2 Chron 22:2

What did they give him to drink?
vinegar - Matthew 27:34
wine with myrrh - Mark 15:23

ON THE POWER OF GOD
"... with God all things are possible." -- Matthew 19:26

"...The LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron." -- Judges 1:19

ON DEALING WITH PERSONAL INJURY
"...thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. " -- Exodus 21:23-25

"...ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also." -- Matthew 5:39 

ON INCEST
"Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of this mother..." -- Deuteronomy 27:22

"And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter...it is a wicked thing...." -- Leviticus 20:17

[But what was god's reaction to Abraham, who married his sister -- his father's daughter?] See Genesis 20:11-12

"And God said unto Abraham, As for Sara thy wife...I bless her, and give thee a son also of her..." -- Genesis 17:15-16

ON TRUSTING GOD
"A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD..." -- Proverbs 12:2

Now consider the case of Job. After commissioning Satan to ruin Job financially and to slaughter his shepherds and children to win a petty bet with Satan. God asked Satan: "Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause." -- Job 2:3 

ON FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
"Honor thy father and thy mother..."-- Exodus 20:12

"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. " -- Luke 14:26

ON RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD
"...he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. " -- Job 7:9

"...the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth...." -- John 5:28-29 

1. How many women went to Jesus' tomb?

One - John 20:1-18         
Two - Mt 28:1-8
Three - Mk 16:1-8
Many - Lu 23:55-24:10

Did Mary Magdalene tell any men about the tomb?
Yes:
Mt 28:8; Lu 24:9-10
No:
John 20:2 Mk 16:8

Did she go back to the tomb with any of them?
Yes:
John 20:2-11 Mt 28:1-10,16
No:
Mk 16:8-14; Lu 24:9-12

Interesting.  I've always thought the god referred to in the NT was a different sort than the one in the OT.  If you notice many of the contradictions on god's personality come from the different testaments.
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wow theres a lot there

Interesting.  I've always thought the god referred to in the NT was a different sort than the one in the OT.  If you notice many of the contradictions on god's personality come from the different testaments.
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two different gods??
or
god had a mood swing??
or
god is toying with us mere mortals???
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this for me proves that it was indeed whritten by man and from different point of view.....


how can people base everything on one of these when they all contradict themselves...this is for me a very confusing religion 

we see it even today, they cannot even agree with each other on how to interpret it.


ho well...
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I've noticed this before, especially the difference between the God of the OT and the God of the NT.  In the OT basically the message is that God got so pissed of at what he"created" that he wiped them all out and started over.  So... um... Christians... I guess we should be waiting for this to happen again soon??  But no, according to the NT he is merciful and loving... 

Bah.  A bunch of BS that weak people put blind faith in because they refuse to challenge the Christian authority. 

Clearly a book of lies is not for me.  I'll take Star Wars any day
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I've noticed that too. Its the same god though, according to christianity.



There was more but it was taking too long to post. I figure, if they want me to post more, they're welcome to

Oh and if you guys want, I can post a few passages of God gathering the believers and then sending them back to kill the non believers (man, woman, child, infant...)
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Please do.

Matthew 10:34-36:

  34“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35For I have come to turn “ ‘a man against his father,
      a daughter against her mother, a daughterinlaw against her motherinlaw–
      36a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.’[e]

Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

-God in Deuteronomy 12:2-3

"The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open."
Hosea 13:16

25 Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock to their enemies.
26 So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, "Whoever is for the LORD, come to me." And all the Levites rallied to him.
27 Then he said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: `Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.'"
28 The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died.
29 Then Moses said, "You have been set apart to the LORD today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this day."
(Exodus 32:25-29 NIV)

20 "Whoever sacrifices to any god other than the LORD must be destroyed.

Exodus 22:20

Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

Exodus 23:24

With all respect Stellar, but I took a look at this site atheists.org, and the attitude taken by some guys is like a war against religion. I know we can't all think the same way, I know you're an Atheist, and I respect that, but these guys say that religion and science are enemies. That's not true, science answers the "how", religion the "who" and "why". I don't say religion is better than science, I just say that they don't oppose, they compliment. And we can see that in the fact that there are scientists who are at the same time religious people (Louis Pasteur)
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"I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy." (Jer. 13:14) "Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling."
"The Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy." (James 5:11)
"For his mercy endureth forever." (1 Chron. 16:34)
"The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works." (Ps. 145:9)
"God is love." (1 John 4:16)

With all respect Stellar, but I took a look at this site atheists.org, and the attitude taken by some guys is like a war against religion. I know we can't all think the same way, I know you're an Atheist, and I respect that, but these guys say that religion and science are enemies. That's not true, science answers the "how", religion the "who" and "why". I don't say religion is better than science, I just say that they don't oppose, they compliment. And we can see that in the fact that there are scientists who are at the same time religious people (Louis Pasteur)

Stellar, do not fall into the same stupidities of Ashley-Star*Child  who reads the Kabbalistic Book of Enoch literally, ignoring the codes of the science of Kabbalah in order to unravel its secrets.

Again: Your concepts are an example of how a person, who reads a book of chemistry without knowing chemistry symbolism, can erroneously say that “H2O” means: “2 Horses and 1 Ox” and so on.

I would be very curious to hear some of the Christians' reasons or explanations of this discrepency, though.  I know lots of Christians, and they aren't all fanatical 'sheeple'.  Many are very thoughful and intelligent and they MUST have a way to explain this.
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Why do I always end up posting accidently right before Loge??    No wonder my questions never get answered.
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With all respect Stellar, but I took a look at this site atheists.org, and the attitude taken by some guys is like a war against religion. I know we can't all think the same way, I know you're an Atheist, and I respect that, but these guys say that religion and science are enemies. That's not true, science answers the "how", religion the "who" and "why". I don't say religion is better than science, I just say that they don't oppose, they compliment. And we can see that in the fact that there are scientists who are at the same time religious people (Louis Pasteur)

So far no one has explained why there are contradictions in the bible





A nice speech but it is off-topic.
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VII. THE CAUSES OF THE CONTRADICTIONS

There are four primary causes for most of the contradictions listed above:

A. THE MESSIANIC PROPHECIES

The gospel writers (especially Matthew) tried to show that Jesus was the Messiah by having him fulfill Old Testament "prophecies," sometimes with absurd results (as in the case of the "two donkeys" and the "thirty pieces of silver").

B. THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN JESUS' AND PAUL'S GOSPELS

The gospel that Jesus and his disciples proclaimed to the Jews was in accordance with what the Old Testament predicted about a human Messiah reigning over a restored kingdom of Israel, a kingdom of peace and righteousness. The people of Israel were to repent as personal righteousness was necessary to become a member of the kingdom.

In contrast to Jesus' gospel was the gospel preached to the Jews and gentiles by the apostle Paul, which Paul refers to as "my gospel" and "the gospel that I preach" to differentiate it from what was being proclaimed by the disciples. In Paul's gospel the human Jewish Messiah became a divine saviour of all nations, the restored kingdom of Israel became a heavenly kingdom, and admittance to the kingdom was based on faith rather than personal righteousness.

The two gospels caused great animosity between Paul and the original apostles, an animosity that is played down in the books of Acts and Galatians, but which still shows through in several places. When Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD the Jewish Christians in Jerusalem were scattered or killed, and the opposition to the gospel of Paul was largely eliminated. The gospel of Paul was incorporated into the gospel of Jesus, in many cases supplanting it.

C. THE DELAY IN JESUS' RETURN

As time went by without Jesus returning, the apostle Paul was forced to rethink things he had written about earlier, including the state of dead believers and the nature of the kingdom.

D. CREATING A HISTORY FIT FOR A GOD

When Jesus was changed from a Jewish "son of David" sitting on David's throne to a divine "son of God" sitting on a heavenly throne, it became necessary to invent a godlike biography for him. Thus the troublesome virgin birth, miracles, resurrection, etc.

The list of contradictions in this paper is by no means complete, the examples being chosen primarily from the gospels. The examples given above, however, more than prove the point that the Bible is most definitely not, in any sense, the Word of God. The church has made imaginative (and often absurd) attempts to reconcile these contradictions. None of these attempts have the ring of truth - instead they have the ring of desperation.

Hmmm...thanks Richdog, that was a very interesting exerpt.  There were so many authors trying to get their works tied into the Bible, no wonder they couldn't always corroborate.

btw, your avatar is hi-rarious!
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Seem quite legit reasons for the indiscrepencies

don't know if I would call the reasons legit or not, but they do show that Xianity has been changed over and over thru the centuries to where it is nothing like what it orginally started out as! Shows that it is naught more than very inconsistent mythology!

most, if not all, of these so called contradictions appear only in translations, not in the original language. most of them are cleared up by looking at alternate meanings of some of the words. some others might need a little bit of reasearch into ANE culture to see if the author ment something other than what a westerner would read. i highly doubt that the websites that stellar got these contradictions do this. they have hardly done enough research to show that these are in fact contradictions. if someone found two translated statements that contradict each other and claimed that those statements constituted proof of a contradiction in the text, they would probably be laughed at by anyone with a little knowledge of textual critisism techniques.

I don't know if bringing the original Mark into line with the other gospels by inserting the tomb scene (it originally ended with the burial) as unimportant, or the varied lengths between certain Dead Sea scrolls and their corresponding books of the Xian bible is "unimportant" or not, but it sure shows that what y'all use is not the original material no matter what spin you attempt to put to it! 
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I maintain that complete additions or subtractions are good evidence that the bible is not inspired by God in any manner, but is nothing more than mythology, just like that of the Greeks and Norse! Incidentally, I too believe in a Creator, just not the bogus one of Xianity
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i knew there would be a few brick walls here who didnt try to refute anything i said and just said they were wrong. sorry, but just saying something is wrong doesnt make it so

most, if not all, of these so called contradictions appear only in translations, not in the original language.

most of them are cleared up by looking at alternate meanings of some of the words.

i highly doubt that the websites that stellar got these contradictions do this. they have hardly done enough research to show that these are in fact contradictions.

if someone found two translated statements that contradict each other and claimed that those statements constituted proof of a contradiction in the text, they would probably be laughed at by anyone with a little knowledge of textual critisism techniques.

if you are saying the actual text of the bibe has changed, with the exception of copyist errors and some unimportant bits, you would be wrong.

but it sure shows that what y'all use is not the original material no matter what spin you attempt to put to it!

First contradictions do not prove everything in the Bible is false, just as science contradicts itself everyday, but not everything in science is false (or is it?)

How in the world are new discoveries made?? When the current data can't explain observed phenom... there's a contradiction, and science grows because of it. First global cooling, then global warming... what led to the black hole theory before black holes observed... so many things.

did they when putting out the contradictions?

How in the world are new discoveries made?? When the current data can't explain observed phenom... there's a contradiction, and science grows because of it. First global cooling, then global warming... what led to the black hole theory before black holes observed... so many things.

I believe in Jesus just like some believe in Allah or Aliens or whatever, can't we all just get along?

Oh... no... because in my belief, some might go to hell, and because I believe that, I and my belief must be destroyed.

Why does it matter so much to those that don't believe? Really bugs em?

Why? Not like I walk around telling people they're going to hell or anything.