Stephen Hawking's Final Book Says There's 'No Possibility' of God in Our Universe

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Kinachojadiliwa nami hapa si belief.

Una haki ya kuamini chochote, naitambua haki yako hiyo ya kikatiba.

Naitambua haki ya kuamini unavyotaka, au kutoamini unavyotaka, kama ilivyoandikwa katika International Declaration of Human Rights tangu December 10 1948.

Mtu akikuingilia katika haki yako hiyo, nitakusaidia kupingana naye kuilinda, hata kama mimi siamini unachoamini. Natetea uhuru wako kuamini unachotaka.

Sijadili imani hapa, najadili facts.

Naona unachanganya mambo.

How is the argument God does not exist scientifically provable?

 

[Lee Napoleon]

Kuna rais mmoja wa Marekani wa mwanzo kabisa, nafikiri alikuwa John Aadams yule, alisema wao wanayafanyia kazi masuala ya msingi kabisa yasiyokwepeka katika maisha ya kila siku (kula, pahala pa kuishi, afya, mambo ya kimsingi ya kiuchumi kama ajira etc) ili watoto wao wawe na luxury ya kuweza kuchambua masuala mengine (kama haya ya uwepo wa Mungu).

Tatizo kwetu huko wengi hawajatatua matatizo ya msingi, sasa kujadiliana na mtu ambaye hajapata muda wa kumsoma Anselm, Augustine, Russell, Dawkins, Hitchens, kwa sababu hata bajeti ya vitabu hana, au Kiingereza hajui kwa sababu hakufanikiwa kupata nafasi ya kujifunza, ni tabu sana.

Ndiyo maana nafikia nafasi hata kuonesha areguments za kutokuwepo kwa Mungu zinazotolewa na watu wanaosema Mungu yupo.

Hawana uwezo wa kufikiri kwa kina, muda wao mwingi unatumiwa kufukuza riziki ya siku.

Mtu anakwambia complexity ya dunia na viumbe ni lazima iwe imeumbwa, haiwezi kuwa imetokea yenyewe tu.

Hajui kwamba, kwa kusema hilo, anachosema kiukweli kabisa, ni kwamba Mungu muumba vyote hawezi kuwepo.

Kwa sababu, kama complexity ni lazima iumbwe, haiwezi kutokea tu, hata Mungu naye ni complex, naye atahitaji muumba, na muumba wake atahitaji muumba, ad infinitum, ad nauseam.

Kwa hiyo, hapo hakuna Mungu muumba yote, kuna an infinity of viumbe.

Kwa hiyo Mungu hayupo.

Yani mtu anafikiri ananipinga mimi, kumbe anajipinga mwenyewe.

Kwa nini? Kwa sababu hajapata nafasi ya kuchunguza hoja yake kwa umakini kabla ya kuitoa, amejikita kwenye kufukuza riziki.

What a reply... Thank you bro me huwa napenda kuchanganua mambo mwenyewe taratibu! Ninamaswali kichwani zaidi ya 20 ambayo sijawahi kupata majibu na sijafikiria kuuliza bado. Reasons I'm broke sitaki kuumiza kichwa mpaka niondokane na hili. Government sucks nayo inanipa headache ila kiukweli nina doubts za kutosha hata huyo professor zake naona ni baadhi tu ya topics nikizojiuliza mwanzo.

Huwa sitaki kutafakari sanaa ila nikipita kwenye nyuzi kama hizi nadokoa tu maarifa kadhaa ambayo naongezea kwenye doubts zangu.

Nipate kazi ya kuniingizia kipato na kutuliza akili hizi doubts nitazileta japo sina elimu Sana kwenye masuala ya theology, philosophy wala physics theories.

Nina doubts za kufikirika tu maana nina kaelimu kanakoniruhusu kujiuliza maswali.

 

[Lee Napoleon]

Una point ya muhimu sana. Mtu mwenye njaa hana muda mwingi wa kuhoji uwepo wa Mungu.

Atasaka tonge kwanza, tena kwa kuomba Mungu.

Na ukimwambia Mungu hayupo, afanye kazi apate hela, anaweza kuona unamuwekea kijiba cha uchuro.

Ndiyo maana wengi wanapingana nami bila point.

Mtu katoka kusali kanisani apate kazi ili imsaidie kulisha familia yake, halafu unamwambia Mungu hayupo.

Unafikiri atafurahi?

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Bro hawezi kufurahi na ukiwa karibu anaweza akupige ngumi. Njaa sio kitu poa.!
Pia mwingine anaeza akawa na doubts ila akawa anaoingana nazo kwasababu anahisi anamkosea Mungu so they just keep calm.[emoji1]

 

[Kiranga]

How is the argument God does not exist scientifically provable?

Proof 1. Using physics.

1. God is said to be the epitome of perfection.

2.Perfection, as expressed in thermodynamics language, is the lowest possible entropy level that cannot be lowered further. Any deviation from this lowest possible entropy is deviation from perfection. The second law of thermodynamics covers that.

3.The lowest possible entropy is nothingness.

4. If God is perfection, then God is nothingness.

5.If God is nothingness, then God does not exist.



Proof 2, abstract logic.

1. God is said to be all knowing, all loving and all capable.

2. An all knowing, all loving and all capable God would not like to see anyone suffer, that would contradict his all loving nature.

3.An all knowing, all loving and all capable God would have the means to create a universe in which suffering is not possible, in fact he wouldn't lack the capability make all existence suffering free. Allowing suffering anywhere would contradict his all knowing, all loving and all capable natures.

4. We do see suffering in the world. This contradicts the existence of the all knowing, all loving and all capab;le God.

5. This all knowing, all loving and all capable God cannot co exist with suffering. This is a mutually exclusive existence. Either this God exists and suffering is impossible, or suffering is possible and this God does not exist.

6. Suffering exists.

7. Therefore, this God does not exist.

 

[Lee Napoleon]

Nilikua YouTube naangalia interview ya Dizasta Vina East Africa TV akaulizwa do you believe in God. Akasema hapana...
Majibu yake yalikua

"watu wanamuogopa Mungu ila hawampendi, so watafanya kila kitu kujiweka sehem salama maana vitisho wanaviogopa" He said

So nafikiri alituzungumzia wengi Sana [emoji23]

 

[Kiranga]

What a reply... Thank you bro me huwa napenda kuchanganua mambo mwenyewe taratibu! Ninamaswali kichwani zaidi ya 20 ambayo sijawahi kupata majibu na sijafikiria kuuliza bado. Reasons I'm broke sitaki kuumiza kichwa mpaka niondokane na hili. Government sucks nayo inanipa headache ila kiukweli nina doubts za kutosha hata huyo professor zake naona ni baadhi tu ya topics nikizojiuliza mwanzo.

Huwa sitaki kutafakari sanaa ila nikipita kwenye nyuzi kama hizi nadokoa tu maarifa kadhaa ambayo naongezea kwenye doubts zangu.

Nipate kazi ya kuniingizia kipato na kutuliza akili hizi doubts nitazileta japo sina elimu Sana kwenye masuala ya theology, philosophy wala physics theories.

Nina doubts za kufikirika tu maana nina kaelimu kanakoniruhusu kujiuliza maswali.

Kitu kimoja umetaja hapo cha "government sucks". Kuna uhusiano wa moja kwa moja kati ya kuamini amini mambo kama ya kuwepo kwa Mungu na kupata uongozi mbovu.

Watu wanaoamini kuwapo kwa Mungu ni rahisi sana kuwa manipulate kisiasa na kuwashikia akili.

Ukisoma historia ya falme kubwa zilivyoweza kushika watu wengi, utaona katikati ya utawala wowote mkubwa, ni lazima kuwe na imani ya Mungu.

Wafalme wa Mesopotamia walitambua hili, Waisraeli walitambua hili, Wamisri walitambua hili, Wachina walitambua hili, Wagiriki walitambua hili, Warumi walitambua hili mpaka Constantine akaukumbatia Ukristo na kuhariri Biblia ya leo kwa sababu za kisiasa.

Mpaka ukija kwa watawala wa enzi hizi wakina George W Bush,Obama na Donald Trump wote wametumia dini kupata urahisi kutawala.

Na watawala wanajua kwamba watu wengi hawana muda wa kuchunguza vitu kwa kina, hivyo wanawanasa kwenye mtego wa "For God and Country".

Ndiyo hapo unapoambiwa habari za "fulani chaguo la Mungu". Wakitutajia Mungu tu, wanajua wengi wetu tunapeleka akili likizo!

Na hapo ndipo wanapopata nafasi za kupiga bila mjadala.

 

[Kiranga]

Nilikua YouTube naangalia interview ya Dizasta Vina East Africa TV akaulizwa do you believe in God. Akasema hapana...
Majibu yake yalikua

"watu wanamuogopa Mungu ila hawampendi, so watafanya kila kitu kujiweka sehem salama maana vitisho wanaviogopa" He said

So nafikiri alituzungumzia wengi Sana [emoji23]

Dizasta Vina ana mengi ya kufundisha jamii kama msanii. Kuna mambo mengine yakisemwa na wasanii yanakuwa na impact zaidi, ingawa tunayasema kila siku.

Ukiangalia abject poverty ya vijijini huko Tanzania, halafu kuna watu wana mabilioni ya dola wanayachezea tu, halafu bado ukaamini kuna Mungu mwenye upendo wote, hapo inabidi kichwa kiangaliwe kama hakijaingia aina fulani ya kichaa.

 

[Kiranga]

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Bro hawezi kufurahi na ukiwa karibu anaweza akupige ngumi. Njaa sio kitu poa.!
Pia mwingine anaeza akawa na doubts ila akawa anaoingana nazo kwasababu anahisi anamkosea Mungu so they just keep calm.[emoji1]

Kuna dogo mmoja.

1. Kakulia kanisani.
2. Kapata mke kanisani.
3. Kaunganishiwa kupata kazi kanisani.
4. Ana network kubwa ya wazee wenye influence kanisani.
5. Kasafiri dunia nzima kwenye mikutano kwa mgongo wa kanisa

Unafikiri mtu kama huyo hata akigundua Mungu hayupo atakubali? Wakati maisha yake yote mafanikio yanatoka kanisani?

Hawezi kukubali.

 

[Lee Napoleon]

Kitu kimoja umetaja hapo cha "government sucks". Kuna uhusiano wa moja kwa moja kati ya kuamini amini mambo kama ya kuwepo kwa Mungu na kupata uongozi mbovu.

Watu wanaoamini kuwapo kwa Mungu ni rahisi sana kuwa manipulate kisiasa na kuwashikia akili.

Ukisoma historia ya falme kubwa zilivyoweza kushika watu wengi, utaona katikati ya utawala wowote mkubwa, ni lazima kuwe na imani ya Mungu.

Wafalme wa Mesopotamia walitambua hili, Waisraeli walitambua hili, Wamisri walitambua hili, Wachina walitambua hili, Wagiriki walitambua hili, Warumi walitambua hili mpaka Constantine akaukumbatia Ukristo na kuhariri Biblia ya leo kwa sababu za kisiasa.

Mpaka ukija kwa watawala wa enzi hizi wakina George W Bush,Obama na Donald Trump wote wametumia dini kupata urahisi kutawala.

Na watawala wanajua kwamba watu wengi hawana muda wa kuchunguza vitu kwa kina, hivyo wanawanasa kwenye mtego wa "For God and Country".

Ndiyo hapo unapoambiwa habari za "fulani chaguo la Mungu". Wakitutajia Mungu tu, wanajua wengi wetu tunapeleka akili likizo!

Na hapo ndipo wanapopata nafasi za kupiga bila mjadala.

Sana bro mi kwenye masuala ya uongozi naangalia busara za mtu so nikiona wanaingiza hayo masuala natibukwa

 

[Lee Napoleon]

Dizasta Vina ana mengi ya kufundisha jamii kama msanii. Kuna mambo mengine yakisemwa na wasanii yanakuwa na impact zaidi, ingawa tunayasema kila siku.

Ukiangalia abject poverty ya vijijini huko Tanzania, halafu kuna watu wana mabilioni ya dola wanayachezea tu, halafu bado ukaamini kuna Mungu mwenye upendo wote, hapo inabidi kichwa kiangaliwe kama hakijaingia aina fulani ya kichaa.

[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] dah

 

[Lee Napoleon]

Kuna dogo mmoja.

1. Kakulia kanisani.
2. Kapata mke kanisani.
3. Kaunganishiwa kupata kazi kanisani.
4. Ana network kubwa ya wazee wenye influence kanisani.
5. Kasafiri dunia nzima kwenye mikutano kwa mgongo wa kanisa

Unafikiri mtu kama huyo hata akigundua Mungu hayupo atakubali? Wakati maisha yake yote mafanikio yanatoka kanisani?

Hawezi kukubali.

Yeah naelewa bro

 

[Kiranga]

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Jeff Bezos wa Amazon anamtaliki mkewe, katika talaka yao, Jeff anamuachia mkewe utajiri wa dola za Marekani takriban bilioni 35.

Na bado Jeff Bezos anabaki na utajiri wa dola za Kimarekani zaidi ya bilioni 100.

GDP ya Tanzania ya mwaka 2017 ni dola za Kimarekani Bilioni 52.

Utajiri wa mtu mmoja tu Jeff Bezos, baada ya kumtaliki mkewe na kumuachia utajiri wa dola za Kimarekani bilioni 35, ni takriban GDP ya miaka miwili ya nchi nzima ya Tanzania.

Yani uchanganye uchimbaji madini, utalii, kilimo na kila shughuli ya uzalishaji inayofanyika Tanzania, kwa miaka kama miwili mfululizo, ndiyo unafikia utajiri wa mtu huyu mmoja, tena baada ya yeye kupunguza utajiri wake kwa dola bilioni 35 kutokana na talaka.

Huyo mtu mmoja tu.

Halafu kuna watoto wanakufa vijijini Tanzania kwa sababu hawana chakula, hawana neti za kujikinga na mbu.

Halafu unaambiwa kuna Mungu anayetupenda wote sawasawa, ana uwezo wote na ujuzi wote.

Huyo Mungu yupo kweli au ni hadithi tu?

 

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Proof 1. Using physics.

1. God is said to be the epitome of perfection.

2.Perfection, as expressed in thermodynamics language, is the lowest possible entropy level that cannot be lowered further. Any deviation from this lowest possible entropy is deviation from perfection. The second law of thermodynamics covers that.

3.The lowest possible entropy is nothingness.

4. If God is perfection, then God is nothingness.

5.If God is nothingness, then God does not exist.



Proof 2, abstract logic.

1. God is said to be all knowing, all loving and all capable.

2. An all knowing, all loving and all capable God would not like to see anyone suffer, that would contradict his all loving nature.

3.An all knowing, all loving and all capable God would have the means to create a universe in which suffering is not possible, in fact he wouldn't lack the capability make all existence suffering free. Allowing suffering anywhere would contradict his all knowing, all loving and all capable natures.

4. We do see suffering in the world. This contradicts the existence of the all knowing, all loving and all capab;le God.

5. This all knowing, all loving and all capable God cannot co exist with suffering. This is a mutually exclusive existence. Either this God exists and suffering is impossible, or suffering is possible and this God does not exist.

6. Suffering exists.

7. Therefore, this God does not exist.

In your Proof 1. Using physics:

Do nothingness and does not exist mean the same thing?

Entropy deals with systems, and this is the meaning of entropy:

Entropy is defined as the amount of disorder within a system. This means disorganized systems have greater entropy, and similarly, systems that are more organized have lower entropy - see more

How did you come up with nothingness in relation to entropy which applies to systems? You cannot speak of entropy without relating to a system.

Your Proof 2, abstract logic.

God has multiple characters, He is not limited to do what you only think or wish. Bible shows clearly
"God created the Universe, and it was all good and satisfying to Him. So He did not want to add or do things that would make a man satisfied, but Him and only Him." Ref: Who is God?

The reason that you are not satisfied with Who God is or what He did is a proof that His existence is not primarily for impressing you.

 

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Stephen Hawking's Final Book Says There's 'No Possibility' of God in Our Universe
By Brandon Specktor, Senior Writer | October 17, 2018 04:23pm ET

Stephen Hawking's Final Book Says There's 'No Possibility' of God in Our Universe

In a new book that was published posthumously, Stephen Hawking, who died in March, wrote that it is impossible for God to exist in our universe.


From his desk at Cambridge University and beyond, Stephen Hawking sent his mind spiraling into the deepest depths of black holes, radiating across the endless cosmos and swirling back billions of years to witness time's first breath. He viewed creation as a scientist, and when he was called to discuss creation's biggest puzzles — Where do we come from? What is our purpose? Are we alone? — he answered as a scientist, often to the chagrin of religious critics.

In Stephen Hawking's final book "Brief Answers to Big Questions," published Tuesday (Oct. 16) by Bantam Books, the professor begins a series of 10 intergalactic essays by addressing life's oldest and most religiously fraught question of all: Is there a God? [Big Bang to Civilization: 10 Amazing Origin Events]

Hawking's answer — compiled from decades of prior interviews, essays and speeches with the help of his family, colleagues and the Steven Hawking Estate — should come as no surprise to readers who have followed his work, er, religiously.

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"I think the universe was spontaneously created out of nothing, according to the laws of science," Hawking, who died in March, wrote. "If you accept, as I do, that the laws of nature are fixed, then it doesn't take long to ask: What role is there for God?"
In life, Hawking was a vocal champion of the Big Bang theory — the idea that the universe began by exploding suddenly out of an ultradense singularity smaller than an atom. From this speck emerged all the matter, energy and empty space that the universe would ever contain, and all that raw material evolved into the cosmos we perceive today by following a strict set of scientific laws. To Hawking and many like-minded scientists, the combined laws of gravity, relativity, quantum physics and a few other rules could explain everything that ever happened or ever will happen in our known universe.
"If you like, you can say the laws are the work of God, but that is more a definition of God than a proof of his existence," Hawking wrote.

With the universe running on a scientifically guided autopilot, the only role for an all-powerful deity might be setting the initial conditions of the universe so that those laws could take shape — a divine creator who caused the Big Bang to bang, then stepped back to behold His work.

"Did God create the quantum laws that allowed the Big Bang to occur?" Hawking wrote. "I have no desire to offend anyone of faith, but I think science has a more compelling explanation than a divine creator."
Hawking's explanation begins with quantum mechanics, which explains how subatomic particles behave. In quantum studies, it's common to see subatomic particles like protons and electrons seemingly appear out of nowhere, stick around for a while and then disappear again to a completely different location. Because the universe was once the size of a subatomic particle itself, it's plausible that it behaved similarly during the Big Bang, Hawking wrote.
"The universe itself, in all its mind-boggling vastness and complexity, could simply have popped into existence without violating the known laws of nature," he wrote.

That still doesn't explain away the possibility that God created that proton-size singularity, then flipped the quantum- mechanical switch that allowed it to pop. But Hawking says science has an explanation here, too. To illustrate, he points to the physics of black holes — collapsed stars that are so dense, nothing, including light, can escape their pull.
Black holes, like the universe before the Big Bang, condense into a singularity. In this ultra-packed point of mass, gravity is so strong that it distorts time as well as light and space. Simply put, in the depths of a black hole, time does not exist.

Because the universe also began as a singularity, time itself could not have existed before the Big Bang. Hawking's answer, then, to what happened before the Big Bang is, "there was no time before the Big Bang."

"We have finally found something that doesn’t have a cause, because there was no time for a cause to exist in," Hawking wrote. "For me this means that there is no possibility of a creator, because there is no time for a creator to have existed in."

This argument will do little to persuade theistic believers, but that was never Hawking's intent. As a scientist with a near-religious devotion to understanding the cosmos, Hawking sought to "know the mind of God" by learning everything he could about the self-sufficient universe around us. While his view of the universe might render a divine creator and the laws of nature incompatible, it still leaves ample space for faith, hope, wonder and, especially, gratitude.

"We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe," Hawking concludes the first chapter of his final book, "and for that I am extremely grateful."
Originally published on Live Science.

cc James Comey

It is impossible for God not to exist

 

[Kiranga]

In your Proof 1. Using physics:

Do nothingness and does not exist mean the same thing?

Entropy deals with systems, and this is the meaning of entropy:

Entropy is defined as the amount of disorder within a system. This means disorganized systems have greater entropy, and similarly, systems that are more organized have lower entropy - see more

How did you come up with nothingness in relation to entropy which applies to systems? You cannot speak of entropy without relating to a system.

Is God disorganized or the epitome of order?

Your Proof 2, abstract logic.

God has multiple characters, He is not limited to do what you only think or wish. Bible shows clearly
"God created the Universe, and it was all good and satisfying to Him. So He did not want to add or do things that would make a man satisfied, but Him and only Him." Ref: Who is God?

The reason that you are not satisfied with Who God is or what He did is a proof that His existence is not primarily for impressing you.

The Bible is full of contradiction and cannot be trusted as final authority.

Biblical Contradictions

It is a central dogma of all fundamental Christians that the Bible is without error. They teach this conclusion by “reasoning” that god cannot be the author of false meaning and he cannot lie. Is this true? If written by a perfect being, then it must not contradict itself, as a collection of...

www.atheists.org

Bible Inconsistencies - Bible Contradictions? » Internet Infidels

In the author's opinion, these verses represent inconsistencies which would not be characteristic of inspiration by a perfect "God." Note: The author makes a subtle distinction between the terms "inconsistency" and "contradiction"; please see his explanation in the disclaimer at the top of this...

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It is a central dogma of all fundamental Christians that the Bible is without error. They teach this conclusion by “reasoning” that god cannot be the author of false meaning and he cannot lie. Is this true? If written by a perfect being, then it must not contradict itself, as a collection of books written by different men at different times over many centuries would be expected to contradict each other.

With this in mind, let us have a look at the Bible on several subjects.

The Sabbath Day
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” — Exodus 20:8

“One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.” — Romans 14:5

The Permanence of Earth
“… the earth abideth for ever.” — Ecclesiastes 1:4

“… the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.” — 2Peter 3:10

Seeing God
“… I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” — Genesis 32:30

“No man hath seen God at any time…”– John 1:18

Human Sacrifice
“… Thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God…” — Leviticus 18:21

[In Judges, though, the tale of Jephthah, who led the Israelites against the Ammonoites, is being told. Being fearful of defeat, this good religious man sought to guarantee victory by getting god firmly on his side. So he prayed to god] “… If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering” — Judges 11:30-31

[The terms were acceptable to god — remember, he is supposed to be omniscient and know the future — so he gave victory to Jephthah, and the first whatsoever that greeted him upon his glorious return was his daughter, as god surely knew would happen, if god is god. True to his vow, the general made a human sacrifice of his only child to god!] — Judges 11:29-34

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

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

Circumcision
“This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.” — Genesis 17:10

“…if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.” — Galatians 5:2

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

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

The Holy Lifestyle
“Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart…” — Ecclesiastes 9:7

“…they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not…” — 1 Corinthians 7:30

Punishing Crime
“The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father…” — Ezekiel 18:20

“I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation…” — Exodus 20:5

Temptation
“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

“And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham…” — Genesis 22:1

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

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

The End of the World
“Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. ” — Matthew 16:28

“Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. ” — Luke 21:32-33

“And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.” — Romans 13:11-12

“Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.” — James 5:8

“Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.” — 1 John 2:18

“But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.” — 1 Peter 4:7

These words were written between 1800 and 1900 years ago and were meant to warn and prepare the first Christians for the immediate end of the world. Some words are those supposedly straight out of the mouth of the “Son of God.” The world did not end 1800 or 1900 years ago. All that generation passed away without any of the things foretold coming to pass. No amount of prayer brought it about; nor ever so much patience and belief and sober living. The world went on, as usual, indifferent to the spoutings of yet another batch of doomsday prophets with visions of messiahs dancing in their deluded brains. The world, by surviving, makes the above passages contradictions.

Conclusion
What is incredible about the Bible is not its divine authorship; it’s that such a concoction of contradictory nonsense could be believed by anyone to have been written by an omniscient god. To do so, one would first have to not read the book, which is the practice of most Christians; or, if one does read it, dump in the trash can one’s rational intelligence — to become a fool for god, in other words.

To be an atheist, one need only be able to laugh when such obvious nonsense is offered as being “divine” truth.

All Bible quotes from the Authorized King James Version of the Bible (New York: Abradale Press, 1965)

This is an adaptation of an article originally written by former Interim President and current member of the Board of Directors Frank Zindler.

Bible Inconsistencies - Bible Contradictions? » Internet Infidels

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GE 1:3-5 On the first day, God created light, then separated light and darkness.
GE 1:14-19 The sun (which separates night and day) wasn't created until the fourth day.

GE 1:11-12, 26-27 Trees were created before man was created.
GE 2:4-9 Man was created before trees were created.

GE 1:20-21, 26-27 Birds were created before man was created.
GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before birds were created.

GE 1:24-27 Animals were created before man was created.
GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before animals were created.

GE 1:26 Man is to have dominion over fish, birds, cattle, and all wild animals, yet--
GE 2:15-17 It is wrong to be able to tell good from evil, right from wrong.

GE 1:26-27 Man and woman were created at the same time.
GE 2:7, 21-22 Man was created first, woman sometime later.

GE 1:28 God encourages reproduction.
LE 12:1-8 God requires purification rites following childbirth which, in effect, makes childbirth a sin. (Note: The period for purification following the birth of a daughter is twice that for a son.)

GE 1:31 God was pleased with his creation.
GE 6:5-6 God was not pleased with his creation.
(Note: That God should be displeased is inconsistent with the concept of omniscience as well as with the fact that God allegedly does not change his mind: NU 23:19-20, 1SA 15:29, JA 1:17.)

GE 2:4, 4:26, 12:8, 22:14-16, 26:25 God was already known as "the Lord" (Jahveh or Jehovah) much earlier than the time of Moses.
EX 6:2-3 God was first known as "the Lord" (Jahveh or Jehovah) at the time of the Egyptian Bondage, during the life of Moses.

GE 2:17 Adam was to die the very day that he ate the forbidden fruit.
GE 5:5 Adam lived 930 years.

GE 2:15-17, 3:4-6 It is wrong to want to be able to tell good from evil.
HE 5:13-14 It is immature to be unable to tell good from evil.

GE 4:4-5 God prefers Abel's offering and has no regard for Cain's.
2CH 19:7, AC 10:34, RO 2:11 God shows no partiality. He treats all alike.

GE 4:9 God asks Cain where his brother Able is.
PR 15:3, JE 16:17, 23:24-25, HE 4:13 God is everywhere. He sees everything. Nothing is hidden from his view.

GE 4:15, DT 32:19-27, IS 34:8 God is a vengeful god.
EX 15:3, IS 42:13, HE 12:29 God is a warrior. God is a consuming fire.
EX 20:5, 34:14, DT 4:24, 5:9, 6:15, 29:20, 32:21 God is a jealous god.
LE 26:7-8, NU 31:17-18, DT 20:16-17, JS 10:40, JG 14:19, EZ 9:5-7 The Spirit of God is (sometimes) murder and killing.
NU 25:3-4, DT 6:15, 9:7-8, 29:20, 32:21, PS 7:11, 78:49, JE 4:8, 17:4, 32:30-31, ZP 2:2 God is angry. His anger is sometimes fierce.
2SA 22:7-8 (KJV) "I called to the Lord; ... he heard my voice; ... The earth trembled and quaked, ... because he was angry. Smoke came from his nostrils. Consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it."
EZ 6:12, NA 1:2, 6 God is jealous and furious. He reserves wrath for, and takes revenge on, his enemies. "... who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and rocks are thrown down by him."
2CO 13:11, 14, 1JN 4:8, 16 God is love.
GA 5:22-23 The fruit of the Spirit of God is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

GE 4:16 Cain went away (or out) from the presence of the Lord.
JE 23:23-24 A man cannot hide from God. God fills heaven and earth.

GE 6:3 The Lord said, "My spirit will not be in man forever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years."
GE 9:29 Noah lived nine hnndred and fifty years.

GE 6:4 There were Nephilim (giants) before the Flood.
GE 7:21 All creatures other than Noah and his clan were annihilated by the Flood.
NU 13:33 There were Nephilim after the Flood.

GE 6:6. EX 32:14, NU 14:20, 1SA 15:35, 2SA 24:16 God does change his mind.
NU 23:19-20, 1SA 15:29, JA 1:17 God does not change his mind.

GE 6:19-22, 7:8-9, 7:14-16 Two of each kind are to be taken, and are taken, aboard Noah's Ark.
GE 7:2-5 Seven pairs of some kinds are to be taken, and are taken, aboard the Ark.

GE 7:1 Noah was righteous.
JB 1:1,8, JB 2:3 Job was righteous.
LK 1:6 Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous.
JA 5:16 Some men are righteous, (which makes their prayers effective).
1JN 3:6-9 Christians become righteous (or else they are not really Christians).
RO 3:10, 3:23, 1JN 1:8-10 No one was or is righteous.

GE 7:7 Noah and his clan enter the Ark.
GE 7:13 They enter the Ark (again?).

GE 11:7-9 God sows discord.
PR 6:16-19 God hates anyone who sows discord.

GE 11:9 At Babel, the Lord confused the language of the whole world.
1CO 14:33 Paul says that God is not the author of confusion.

GE 11:12 Arpachshad [Arphaxad] was the father of Shelah.
LK 3:35-36 Cainan was the father of Shelah. Arpachshad was the grandfather of Shelah.

GE 11:26 Terah was 70 years old when his son Abram was born.
GE 11:32 Terah was 205 years old when he died (making Abram 135 at the time).
GE 12:4, AC 7:4 Abram was 75 when he left Haran. This was after Terah died. Thus, Terah could have been no more than 145 when he died; or Abram was only 75 years old after he had lived 135 years.

GE 12:7, 17:1, 18:1, 26:2, 32:30, EX 3:16, 6:2-3, 24:9-11, 33:11, NU 12:7-8, 14:14, JB 42:5, AM 7:7-8, 9:1 God is seen.
EX 33:20, JN 1:18, 1JN 4:12 God is not seen. No one can see God's face and live. No one has ever seen him.

GE 10:5, 20, 31 There were many languages before the Tower of Babel.
GE 11:1 There was only one language before the Tower of Babel.

GE 15:9, EX 20:24, 29:10-42, LE 1:1-7:38, NU 28:1-29:40, God details sacrificial offerings.
JE 7:21-22 God says he did no such thing.

GE 16:15, 21:1-3, GA 4:22 Abraham had two sons, Ishmael and Isaac.
HE 11:17 Abraham had only one son.

GE 17:1, 35:11, 1CH 29:11-12, LK 1:37 God is omnipotent. Nothing is impossible with (or for) God.
JG 1:19 Although God was with Judah, together they could not defeat the plainsmen because the latter had iron chariots.

GE 17:7, 10-11 The covenant of circumcision is to be everlasting.
GA 6:15 It is of no consequence.

GE 17:8 God promises Abraham the land of Canaan as an "everlasting possession."
GE 25:8, AC 7:2-5, HE 11:13 Abraham died with the promise unfulfilled.

GE 17:15-16, 20:11-12, 22:17 Abraham and his half sister, Sarai, are married and receive God's blessings.
LE 20:17, DT 27:20-23 Incest is wrong.

GE 18:20-21 God decides to "go down" to see what is going on.
PR 15:3, JE 16:17, 23:24-25, HE 4:13 God is everywhere. He sees everything. Nothing is hidden from his view.

GE 19:30-38 While he is drunk, Lot's two daughters "lie with him," become pregnant, and give birth to his offspring.
2PE 2:7 Lot was "just" and "righteous."

GE 22:1-12, DT 8:2 God tempts (tests) Abraham and Moses.
JG 2:22 God himself says that he does test (tempt).
1CO 10:13 Paul says that God controls the extent of our temptations.
JA 1:13 God tests (tempts) no one.

GE 27:28 "May God give you ... an abundance of grain and new wine."
DT 7:13 If they follow his commandments, God will bless the fruit of their wine.
PS 104:15 God gives us wine to gladden the heart.
JE 13:12 "... every bottle shall be filled with wine."
JN 2:1-11 According to the author of John, Jesus' first miracle was turning water to wine.
RO 14:21 It is good to refrain from drinking wine.

GE 35:10 God says Jacob is to be called Jacob no longer; henceforth his name is Israel.
GE 46:2 At a later time, God himself uses the name Jacob.

GE 36:11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
GE 36:15-16 Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz.
1CH 1:35-36 Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

GE 49:2-28 The fathers of the twelve tribes of Israel are: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Joseph, and Benjamin.
RE 7:4-8 (Leaves out the tribe of Dan, but adds Manasseh.)

GE 50:13 Jacob was buried in a cave at Machpelah bought from Ephron the Hittite.
AC 7:15-16 He was buried in the sepulchre at Shechem bought from the sons of Hamor.

EX 3:1 Jethro was the father-in-law of Moses.
NU 10:29, JG 4:11 (KJV) Hobab was the father-in-law of Moses.

EX 3:20-22, DT 20:13-17 God instructs the Israelites to despoil the Egyptians, to plunder their enemies.
EX 20:15, 17, LE 19:13 God prohibits stealing, defrauding, or robbing a neighbor.

EX 4:11 God decides who will be dumb, deaf, blind, etc.
2CO 13:11, 14, 1JN 4:8, 16 God is a god of love.

EX 9:3-6 God destroys all the cattle (including horses) belonging to the Egyptians.
EX 9:9-11 The people and the cattle are afflicted with boils.
EX 12:12, 29 All the first-born of the cattle of the Egyptians are destroyed.
EX 14:9 After having all their cattle destroyed, then afflicted with boils, and then their first-born cattle destroyed, the Egyptians pursue Moses on horseback.

EX 12:13 The Israelites have to mark their houses with blood in order for God to see which houses they occupy and "pass over" them.
PR 15:3, JE 16:17, 23:24-25, HE 4:13 God is everywhere. He sees everything. Nothing is hidden from God.

EX 12:37, NU 1:45-46 The number of men of military age who take part in the Exodus is given as more than 600,000. Allowing for women, children, and older men would probably mean that a total of about 2,000,000 Israelites left Egypt.
1KI 20:15 All the Israelites, including children, number only 7000 at a later time.

EX 15:3, 17:16, NU 25:4, 32:14, IS 42:13 God is a man of war--he is fierce and angry.
RO 15:33, 2CO 13:11, 14, 1JN 4:8, 16 God is a god of love and peace.

EX 20:1-17 God gave the law directly to Moses (without using an intermediary).
GA 3:19 The law was ordained through angels by a mediator (an intermediary).

EX 20:4 God prohibits the making of any graven images whatsoever.
EX 25:18 God enjoins the making of two graven images.

EX 20:5, 34:7, NU 14:18, DT 5:9, IS 14:21-22 Children are to suffer for their parent's sins.
DT 24:16, EZ 18:19-20 Children are not to suffer for their parent's sins.

EX 20:8-11, 31:15-17, 35:1-3 No work is to be done on the Sabbath, not even lighting a fire. The commandment is permanent, and death is required for infractions.
MK 2:27-28 Jesus says that the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath (after his disciples were criticized for breaking the Sabbath).
RO 14:5, CN 2:14-16 Paul says the Sabbath commandment was temporary, and to decide for yourself regarding its observance.

EX 20:12, DT 5:16, MT 15:4, 19:19, MK 7:10, 10:19, LK 18:20 Honor your father and your mother is one of the ten commandments. It is reinforced by Jesus.
MT 10:35-37, LK 12:51-53, 14:26 Jesus says that he has come to divide families; that a man's foes will be those of his own household; that you must hate your father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, and even your own life to be a disciple.
MT 23:9 Jesus says to call no man on earth your father.

EX 20:13, DT 5:17, MK 10:19, LK 18:20, RO 13:9, JA 2:11 God prohibits killing.
GE 34:1-35:5 God condones trickery and killing.
EX 32:27, DT 7:2, 13:15, 20:1-18 God orders killing.
2KI 19:35 An angel of the Lord slaughters 185,000 men.
(Note: See Atrocities section for many more examples.)

EX 20:14 God prohibits adultery.
HO 1:2 God instructs Hosea to "take a wife of harlotry."

EX 21:23-25, LE 24:20, DT 19:21 A life for a life, an eye for an eye, etc.
MT 5:38-44, LK 6:27-29 Turn the other cheek. Love your enemies.

EX 23:7 God prohibits the killing of the innocent.
NU 31:17-18, DT 7:2, JS 6:21-27, 7:19-26, 8:22-25, 10:20, 40, 11:8-15, 20, JG 11:30-39, 21:10-12, 1SA 15:3 God orders or approves the complete extermination of groups of people which include innocent women and/or children.
(Note: See Atrocities section for many other examples of the killing of innocents.)

EX 34:6, DT 7:9-10, TS 1:2 God is faithful and truthful. He does not lie.
NU 14:30 God breaks his promise.

EX 34:6, DT 7:9-10, TS 1:2 God is faithful and truthful. He does not lie.
1KI 22:21-23 God condones a spirit of deception.

EX 34:6, DT 7:9-10, TS 1:2 God is faithful and truthful. He does not lie.
2TH 2:11-12 God deludes people, making them believe what is false, so as to be able to condemn them. (Note: some versions use the word persuade here. The context makes clear, however, that deception is involved.)

EX 34:6-7, JS 24:19, 1CH 16:34 God is faithful, holy and good.
IS 45:6-7, AM 3:6 God is responsible for evil.

EX 34:6-7, HE 9:27 God remembers sin, even when it has been forgiven.
JE 31:34 God does not remember sin when it has been forgiven.

LE 3:17 God himself prohibits forever the eating of blood and fat.
MT 15:11, CN 2:20-22 Jesus and Paul say that such rules don't matter--they are only human injunctions.

LE 19:18, MT 22:39 Love your neighbor [as much as] yourself.
1CO 10:24 Put your neighbor ahead of yourself.

LE 21:10 The chief priest is not to rend his clothes.
MT 26:65, MK 14:63 He does so during the trial of Jesus.

LE 25:37, PS 15:1, 5 It is wrong to lend money at interest.
MT 25:27, LK 19:23-27 It is wrong to lend money without interest.

NU 15:24-28 Sacrifices can, in at least some case, take away sin.
HE 10:11 They never take away sin.

NU 25:9 24,000 died in the plague.
1CO 10:8 23,000 died in the plague.

NU 30:2 God enjoins the making of vows (oaths).
MT 5:33-37 Jesus forbids doing so, saying that they arise from evil (or the Devil).

NU 33:38 Aaron died on Mt. Hor.
DT 10:6 Aaron died in Mosera.

NU 33:41-42 After Aaron's death, the Israelites journeyed from Mt. Hor, to Zalmonah, to Punon, etc.
DT 10:6-7 It was from Mosera, to Gudgodah, to Jotbath.

DT 6:15, 9:7-8, 29:20, 32:21 God is sometimes angry.
MT 5:22 Anger is a sin.

DT 7:9-10 God destroys his enemies.
MT 5:39-44 Do not resist your enemies. Love them.

DT 18:20-22 A false prophet is one whose words do not come true. Death is required.
EZ 14:9 A prophet who is deceived, is deceived by God himself. Death is still required.

DT 23:1 A castrate may not enter the assembly of the Lord.
IS 56:4-5 Some castrates will receive special rewards.

DT 23:1 A castrate may not enter the assembly of the Lord.
MT 19:12 Men are encouraged to consider making themselves castrates for the sake of the Kingdom of God.

DT 24:1-5 A man can divorce his wife simply because she displeases him and both he and his wife can remarry.
MK 10:2-12 Divorce is wrong, and to remarry is to commit adultery.

DT 24:16, 2KI 14:6, 2CH 25:4, EZ 18:20 Children are not to suffer for their parent's sins.
RO 5:12, 19, 1CO 15:22 Death is passed to all men by the sin of Adam.

DT 30:11-20 It is possible to keep the law.
RO 3:20-23 It is not possible to keep the law.

JS 11:20 God shows no mercy to some.
LK 6:36, JA 5:11 God is merciful.

JG 4:21 Sisera was sleeping when Jael killed him.
JG 5:25-27 Sisera was standing.

JS 10:38-40 Joshua himself captured Debir.
JG 1:11-15 It was Othniel, who thereby obtained the hand of Caleb's daughter, Achsah.

1SA 8:2-22 Samuel informs God as to what he has heard from others.
PR 15:3, JE 16:17, 23:24-25, HE 4:13 God is everywhere. He sees and hears everything.

1SA 9:15-17 The Lord tells Samuel that Saul has been chosen to lead the Israelites and will save them from the Philistines.
1SA 15:35 The Lord is sorry that he has chosen Saul.
1SA 31:4-7 Saul commits suicide and the Israelites are overrun by the Philistines.

1SA 15:7-8, 20 The Amalekites are utterly destroyed.
1SA 27:8-9 They are utterly destroyed (again?).
1SA 30:1, 17-18 They raid Ziklag and David smites them (again?).

1SA 16:10-11, 17:12 Jesse had seven sons plus David, or eight total.
1CH 2:13-15 He had seven total.

1SA 16:19-23 Saul knew David well before the latter's encounter with Goliath.
1SA 17:55-58 Saul did not know David at the time of his encounter with Goliath and had to ask about David's identity.

1SA 17:50 David killed Goliath with a slingshot.
1SA 17:51 David killed Goliath (again?) with a sword.

1SA 17:50 David killed Goliath.
2SA 21:19 Elhanan killed Goliath. (Note: Some translations insert the words "the brother of" before Elhanan. These are an addition to the earliest manuscripts in an apparent attempt to rectify this inconsistency.)

1SA 21:1-6 Ahimalech was high priest when David ate the bread.
MK 2:26 Abiathar was high priest at the time.

1SA 28:6 Saul inquired of the Lord, but received no answer.
1CH 10:13-14 Saul died for not inquiring of the Lord.

1SA 31:4-6 Saul killed himself by falling on his sword.
2SA 1:2-10 Saul, at his own request, was slain by an Amalekite.
2SA 21:12 Saul was killed by the Philistines on Gilboa.
1CH 10:13-14 Saul was slain by God.

2SA 6:23 Michal was childless.
2SA 21:8 (KJV) She had five sons.

2SA 24:1 The Lord inspired David to take the census.
1CH 21:1 Satan inspired the census.

2SA 24:9 The census count was: Israel 800,000 and Judah 500,000.
1CH 21:5 The census count was: Israel 1,100,000 and Judah 470,000.

2SA 24:10-17 David sinned in taking the census.
1KI 15:5 David's only sin (ever) was in regard to another matter.

2SA 24:24 David paid 50 shekels of silver for the purchase of a property.
1CH 21:22-25 He paid 600 shekels of gold.

1KI 3:12 God made Solomon the wisest man that ever lived, yet ....
1KI 11:1-13 Solomon loved many foreign women (against God's explicit prohibition) who turned him to other gods (for which he deserved death).

1KI 3:12, 4:29, 10:23-24, 2CH 9:22-23 God made Solomon the wisest king and the wisest man that ever lived. There never has been nor will be another like him.
MT 12:42, LK 11:31 Jesus says: "... now one greater than Solomon is here."

1KI 4:26 Solomon had 40,000 horses (or stalls for horses).
2CH 9:25 He had 4,000 horses (or stalls for horses).

1KI 5:16 Solomon had 3,300 supervisors.
2CH 2:2 He had 3,600 supervisors.

1KI 7:15-22 The two pillars were 18 cubits high.
2CH 3:15-17 They were 35 cubits high.

1KI 7:26 Solomon's "molten sea" held 2000 "baths" (1 bath = about 8 gallons).
2CH 4:5 It held 3000 "baths."

1KI 8:12, 2CH 6:1, PS 18:11 God dwells in thick darkness.
1TI 6:16 God dwells in unapproachable light.

1KI 8:13, AC 7:47 Solomon, whom God made the wisest man ever, built his temple as an abode for God.
AC 7:48-49 God does not dwell in temples built by men.

1KI 9:28 420 talents of gold were brought back from Ophir.
2CH 8:18 450 talents of gold were brought back from Ophir.

1KI 15:14 Asa did not remove the high places.
2CH 14:2-3 He did remove them.

1KI 16:6-8 Baasha died in the 26th year of King Asa's reign.
2CH 16:1 Baasha built a city in the 36th year of King Asa's reign.

1KI 16:23 Omri became king in the thirty-first year of Asa's reign and he reigned for a total of twelve years.
1KI 16:28-29 Omri died, and his son Ahab became king in the thirty- eighth year of Asa's reign. (Note: Thirty-one through thirty-eight equals a reign of seven or eight years.)

1KI 22:23, 2CH 18:22, 2TH 2:11 God himself causes a lying spirit.
PR 12:22 God abhors lying lips and delights in honesty.

1KI 22:42-43 Jehoshaphat did not remove the high places.
2CH 17:5-6 He did remove them.

2KI 2:11 Elijah went up to heaven.
JN 3:13 Only the Son of Man (Jesus) has ever ascended to heaven.
2CO 12:2-4 An unnamed man, known to Paul, went up to heaven and came back.
HE 11:5 Enoch was translated to heaven.

2KI 4:32-37 A dead child is raised (well before the time of Jesus).
MT 9:18-25, JN 11:38-44 Two dead persons are raised (by Jesus himself).
AC 26:23 Jesus was the first to rise from the dead.

2KI 8:25-26 Ahaziah was 22 years old when he began his reign.
2CH 22:2 He was 42 when he began his reign.
[Note: Some translations use "twenty-two" here in an attempt to rectify this discrepancy. The Hebrew is clear, however, that 2CH 22:2 is 42. The Hebrew words involved are Strong's H705 and H8147, "forty" and "two," respectively.]

2KI 9:27 Jehu shot Ahaziah near Ibleam. Ahaziah fled to Meggido and died there.
2CH 22:9 Ahaziah was found hiding in Samaria, brought to Jehu, and put to death.

2KI 16:5 The King of Syria and the son of the King of Israel did not conquer Ahaz.
2CH 28:5-6 They did conquer Ahaz.

2KI 24:8 Jehoiachin (Jehoiakim) was eighteen years old when he began to reign.
2CH 36:9 He was eight.
(Note: This discrepancy has been "corrected" in some versions.)

2KI 24:8 Jehoiachin (Jehoiakim) reigned three months.
2CH 36:9 He reigned three months and ten days.

2KI 24:17 Jehoiachin (Jehoaikim) was succeeded by his uncle.
2CH 36:10 He was succeeded by his brother.

1CH 3:11-13 The lineage is: Joram, Ahaziah, Joash, Amaziah, Azariah, Jotham.
MT 1:8-9 It is: Joram, Uzziah, Jotham, etc.

1CH 3:19 Pedaiah was the father of Zerubbabel.
ER 3:2 Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.

2CH 19:7, AC 10:34, RO 2:11 There is no injustice or partiality with the Lord.
RO 9:15-18 God has mercy on (and hardens the hearts of) whom he pleases.

ER 2:3-64 (Gives the whole congregation as 42,360 while the actual sum of the numbers is about 30,000.)

JB 2:3-6, 21:7-13, 2TI 3:12 The godly are persecuted and chastised but the wicked grow old, wealthy, and powerful, unchastised by God.
PS 55:23, 92:12-14, PR 10:2-3, 27-31, 12:2, 21 The lives of the wicked are cut short. The righteous flourish and obtain favor from the Lord.

PS 10:1 God cannot be found in time of need. He is "far off."
PS 145:18 God is near to all who call upon him in truth.

PS 22:1-2 God sometimes forsakes his children. He does not answer.
PS 46:1 God is a refuge, a strength, a very present help.

PS 30:5, JE 3:12, MI 7:18 God's anger does not last forever.
JE 17:4, MT 25:46 It does last forever. (He has provided for eternal punishment.)

PS 58:10-11 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees vengeance.
PR 24:16-18 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls or stumbles.

PS 78:69, EC 1:4, 3:14 The earth was established forever.
PS 102:25-26, MT 24:35, MK 13:31, LK 21:33, HE 1:10-11, 2PE 3:10 The earth will someday perish.

PR 3:13, 4:7, 19:8, JA 1:5 Happy is the man who finds wisdom. Get wisdom.
LK 2:40, 52 Jesus was filled with wisdom and found favor with God.
1CO 1:19-25, 3:18-20 Wisdom is foolishness.

PR 12:2, RO 8:28 A good man obtains favor from the Lord.
2TI 3:12, HE 12:6 The godly will be persecuted.

PR 14:8 The wisdom of a prudent man is to discern his way.
MT 6:25-34 Take no thought for tomorrow. God will take care of you.

PR 14:15-18 The simple believe everything and acquire folly; the prudent look where they are going and are crowned with knowledge.
MT 18:3, LK 18:17 You must believe as little children do.
1CO 1:20, 27 God has made the wisdom of the world foolish so as to shame the wise.
PR 16:4 God made the wicked for the "day of evil."
MT 11:25, MK 4:11-12 God and Jesus hide some things from some people.
JN 6:65 No one can come to Jesus unless it is granted by God.
RO 8:28-30 Some are predestined to be called to God, believe in Jesus, and be justified.
RO 9:15-18 God has mercy on, and hardens the hearts of, whom he pleases.
2TH 2:11-12 God deceives the wicked so as to be able to condemn them.
1TI 2:3-4, 2PE 3:9 [Yet] God wants all to be saved.

PR 8:13, 16:6 It is the fear of God that keeps men from evil.
1JN 4:18 There is no fear in love. Perfect love drives out fear.
1JN 5:2, 2JN 1:6 Those who love God keep his commandments.

PR 26:4 Do not answer a fool. To do so makes you foolish too.
PR 26:5 Answer a fool. If you don't, he will think himself wise.

PR 30:5 Every word of God proves true.
JE 8:8 The scribes falsify the word of God.
JE 20:7, EZ 14:9, 2TH 2:11-12 God himself deceives people.
(Note: Some versions translate deceive as "persuade." The context makes clear, however, that deception is involved.)

IS 3:13 God stands to judge.
JL 3:12 He sits to judge.

IS 44:24 God created heaven and earth alone.
JN 1:1-3 Jesus took part in creation.

IS 53:9 Usually taken to be a prophecy re: Jesus, mentions burial with others.
MT 27:58-60, MK 15:45-46, LK 23:52-53, JN 19:38-42 Jesus was buried by himself.

JE 12:13 Some sow wheat but reap thorns.
MI 6:15 Some sow but won't reap anything.
MT 25:26, LK 19:22 Some reap without sowing.
2CO 9:6, GA 6:7 A man reaps what he sows.

JE 32:18 God shows love to thousands, but brings punishment for the sins of their fathers to many children.
2CO 13:11, 14, 1JN 4:8, 16 God is a god of love.

JE 34:4-5 Zedekiah was to die in peace.
JE 52:10-11 Instead, Zedekaih's sons are slain before his eyes, his eyes are then put out, he is bound in fetters, taken to Babylon and left in prison to die.

EZ 20:25-26 The law was not good. The sacrifice of children was for the purpose of horrifying the people so that they would know that God is Lord.
RO 7:12, 1TI 1:8 The law is good.

EZ 26:15-21 God says that Tyre will be destroyed and will never be found again.
(Nebudchanezzar failed to capture or destroy Tyre. It is still inhabited.)

DN 5:1 (Gives the title of "king" to Belshazzar although Belshazzar was actually the "viceroy.")

DN 5:2 (Says that Nebuchadnezzar was the father of Belshazzar, but actually, Nebonidus was the father of Belshazzar.) (Note: Some versions attempt to correct this error by making the verse say that Nebuchadnezzar was the grandfather of Belshazzar.)

ZE 11:12-13 Mentions "thirty pieces" and could possibly be thought to be connected with the Potter's Field prophesy referred to in Matthew.
MT 27:9 Jeremiah is given as the source of the prophesy regarding the purchase of the Potter's Field. (Note: There is no such prophesy in Jeremiah.)

MT 1:6-7 The lineage of Jesus is traced through David's son, Solomon.
LK 3:23-31 It is traced through David's son, Nathan.
(Note: Some apologists assert that Luke traces the lineage through Mary. That this is untrue is obvious from the context since Luke and Matthew both clearly state that Joseph was Jesus' father.)

For more read https://infidels.org/library/modern/donald_morgan/contradictions.html

 

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It is impossible for God not to exist

If God (all knowing, all capable, all loving) exists, it would be impossible to question his existence.

We are questioning his existence.

Therefore, God does not exist.

 

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Jeff Bezos wa Amazon anamtaliki mkewe, katika talaka yao, Jeff anamuachia mkewe utajiri wa dola za Marekani takriban bilioni 35.

Na bado Jeff Bezos anabaki na utajiri wa dola za Kimarekani zaidi ya bilioni 100.

GDP ya Tanzania ya mwaka 2017 ni dola za Kimarekani Bilioni 52.

Utajiri wa mtu mmoja tu Jeff Bezos, baada ya kumtaliki mkewe na kumuachia utajiri wa dola za Kimarekani bilioni 35, ni takriban GDP ya miaka miwili ya nchi nzima ya Tanzania.

Yani uchanganye uchimbaji madini, utalii, kilimo na kila shughuli ya uzalishaji inayofanyika Tanzania, kwa miaka kama miwili mfululizo, ndiyo unafikia utajiri wa mtu huyu mmoja, tena baada ya yeye kupunguza utajiri wake kwa dola bilioni 35 kutokana na talaka.

Huyo mtu mmoja tu.

Halafu kuna watoto wanakufa vijijini Tanzania kwa sababu hawana chakula, hawana neti za kujikinga na mbu.

Halafu unaambiwa kuna Mungu anayetupenda wote sawasawa, ana uwezo wote na ujuzi wote.

Huyo Mungu yupo kweli au ni hadithi tu?

Swali la msingi unalotakiwa kujiuliza ni kwa nini mtu mmoja ni tajiri kuliko nchi na kwa nini watu wengine ni maskini kuliko hata umaskini wenyewe?

 

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Swali la msingi unalotakiwa kujiuliza ni kwa nini mtu mmoja ni tajiri kuliko nchi na kwa nini watu wengine ni maskini kuliko hata umaskini wenyewe?

Kwa sababu dunia haina usawa.

Kwa nini dunia haina usawa?

Kwa sababu mambo hayaendi kwa kupangwa na Mungu mwenye uwezo wote, ujuzi wote na upendo wote ambaye angeweka usawa au tofauti ndogo.

Kwa nini mambo hayaendi kwa kupangwa na Mungu huyo?

Kwa sababu Mungu huyo hayupo.

Kama unabisha, thibitisha Mungu huyo yupo.

 

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If God (all knowing, all capable, all loving) exists, it would be impossible to question his existence.

We are questioning his existence.

Therefore, God does not exist.

There is no God's character that hinders to question Him. God has authority even over your life, he for example has dictated that you will live a certain amount of time, after that you have to die.

 

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There is no God's character that hinders to question Him. God has authority even over your life, he for example has dictated that you will live a certain amount of time, after that you have to die.

Before you say "there is no God's character...".

Can you prove God exists?

Anyone can say Comrade Kipepe is God, and there is no character that prevents Comrade Kipepe's authority.

But does saying so prove that Comrade Kipepe exists as God?