Biblical Truths :: Examining the errancy of the bible

Jesus' birth was in the time of the governor Quirinius
- Luke 2:2,3-7

Jesus' birth was in the time of Herod
- Matt 2:1

The problem here? While Quirinius and Herod held different stations, the terms they served never coincided or overlapped.

Quirinius - became governor of Syria around 8 CE

Herod - died 4 BCE

The prophesied anointed one was to be born "of the fruit of his (david's) loins"
- Acts 2:30

Jesus to come from david's seed (semen)
- Romans 1:3

Jesus claims he is the root of david
- Revelation 22:16

And yet jesus was born of a virgin
(no "seed" at all- even if the myth is true it was god's seed- not david's)
- Matt 1:18

God kills a man (onan) for "pulling out" and ejaculating onto the ground thereby avoiding impregnating his partner
- Gen 38:7-10

As background, onan's partner in this affair was his dead brother's wife. According to the text, the reason he was struck down was for "spilling his seed" and not for what he believed to be an adulterous act.

Apparently it never paid to try to use your own judgment of what was right or wrong back in those days. Best to let someone else do your thinking for you.

Nadab and abihu are incinerated by god for offering a "strange fire" before the lord
- Leviticus 10:1-2

The passage doesn't tell us what makes a "strange fire" - you'll just have to watch out next time you light up the Kingsford in the back yard or you could be next!

God condemns any man who has his penis severed or his testicles wounded....Ouch!

In the same passage, any child born out of wedlock shall never "enter into the congregation of the lord"- nor the next 10 generations of his line

- Deut 23:1,2

God has a friendly meeting with his arch enemy, satan, but god somehow doesn't even recognize him
- Job 1:6-7

The two have a wager over how much suffering it would take before righteous job will reject god.

God kills 70,000 men for the sins of their leader
(yup, david again)
- 2 Sam 24:15

God kills an innocent baby for its father's (david) wrongdoing, all the time ignoring david's desperate pleas to spare the innocent's life
- 2 Sam 12:15-20

According to god's law, an unwed girl not found to be a virgin must be killed
- Deut 22:13-21

Of course, the same does not apply to men! How convenient. How brutal.

God deliberately deludes people so they will not be saved
- 2 Thess 2:11-12