Is the Bible Believable? Alleged Bible Contradictions - Can They Be Solved? - John R Schroeder - February 1975

John R Schroeder

THE BIBLE is full of mistakes and contradictions!' "These were the words of a tall, handsome medical officer, some few years ago, in the saloon of a passenger steamer as we were gliding silently through the beautiful waters of the Mediterranean, returning home from a voyage to the East. "I asked him, as there was so many mistakes in the Bible, would he kindly show me a few of them? "But the only reply I could get from him was, 'It's full of them, it's full of them.' "I then placed my open Bible in front of him, and in presence of another passenger, said: 'If you can show me one mistake or contradiction in that Book, I will give up the whole thing'" (Sidney Collett, All About the Bible, p. 115, 1966 edition). Dr. Collett was very confident of his ability to defend the Bible against any and all comers claiming supposed contradictions. Others, on the other end of the pendulum, are equally confident of their ability to poke the Bible full of holes by pointing to an endless string of contradictions. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library