Episode 8: Walking Contradiction

Published: Sept. 16, 2010, 3:10 a.m.

b'In this episode of the Theopologetics Podcast I discuss several alleged contradictions in Scripture, pointed to by theological liberals as evidence against the inerrancy of Scripture, and by skeptics as evidence against the overall reliability of the Bible.\\n\\nMusic\\n\\nGreen Day, Walking Contradiction, from the Insomniac album, 1995\\n\\nPromoted Resources\\n\\nLigonier Ministries, with Dr. R.C. Sproul\\n\\nSubscribe to the Renewing Your Mind podcast for free\\n\\n\\n\\nTerminology\\n\\nContradiction: In classical logic, a logical incompatibility between two or more propositions. As Aristotle\\u2019s law of noncontradiction states, \\u201cOne cannot say of something that it is and that it is not in the same respect and at the same time.\\u201d\\n\\nBiblical References\\n\\nContradictory Accounts of Creation\\n\\nGenesis 1:25-27 vs. Genesis 2:18-19 (humans after animals, or animals after humans?)\\nGenesis 1:27 vs. Genesis 2:18-22 (man and woman after animals, or man then animals then woman?)\\nGenesis 1:11,26 vs. Genesis 2:5-9 (plants before humans or after?)\\nBlog post refuting the alleged contradictions\\n\\n\\nContradictory Accounts of the Triumphal Entry\\n\\nMatthew 21:1-7 (cf. Zechariah 9:9)vs. Mark 11:1-7, Luke 19:29-36 and John 12:14-15\\nBlog post refuting the alleged contradiction\\n\\n\\nContradictory Accounts of Paul\\u2019s Conversion\\n\\nActs 9:7 vs. Acts 22:9 (companions heard or didn\\u2019t they?)\\nActs 9:7 vs. Acts 26:14 (they stood or they fell?)\\nActs 9:8 vs. 1 Corinthians 9:1 and 1 Corinthians 15:8 (Paul saw Jesus or didn\\u2019t see Jesus?)\\nBlog post refuting the alleged contradictions'