Question: Is Bible the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, God help us all?Let's see.
THE TRUTHFUL WITNESSThe answer appears to be negative."If I [Jesus] bear witness of myself, my witness is not true." (John 5:31)
"I [Jesus] am one that bear witness of myself..." (John 8:18)HAS ANYONE SEEN GOD?
"...for 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)DOES GOD TEMPT PEOPLE?
"...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)THE HOUR OF CRUCIFIXION
"And it was the third hour, and they crucified him." (Mark 15:25)
"...and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him." (John 19:14-15)EXISTENCE OF THE EARTH
"...but the earth abideth forever." (Ecclesiastes 1:4)
"...and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."
(II Peter 3:10)WHO PROVOKED DAVID TO NUMBER ISRAEL?
"And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah." (II Samuel 24:1)
"And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel." (I Chronicles 21:1)INIQUITY
"The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son..." (Ezekiel 18:20)
"...for the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me." (Exodus 20:5)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 brethern, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." (Luke 14:26)WHO WAS JESUS' GRANPA?
"And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ." (Matthew 1:16)
"And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being the son of Joseph, which was the son of He'-li."
(Luke 3:23)DID MICHAL HAVE CHILDREN?
"Therefore Mi'-chal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death." (II Samuel 6:23)
"...and the five sons of Mi'-chal, the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up..." (II Samuel 21:8)HOW OLD WAS AHAZIAH?
"Two and twenty years old was A-ha-zi'-ah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem." (II Kings 8:26)
"Forty and two years old was A-ha-zi'-ah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem."
(II Chronicles 22:2)THE SWORD
"Think not that I come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword." (Matthew 10:34)
"Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." (Matthew 26:52)
"...and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one." (Luke 22:36)HOW MANY STALLS DID SOLOMAN HAVE?
"And Soloman had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen." (I Kings 4:26)
"And Soloman had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horseman..." (II Chronicles 9:25)HOW MANY BARE RULE OVER THE PEOPLE?
"These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work." (I Kings 9:23)
"And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people." (II Chronicles 8:10)DID PAUL'S MEN HEAR A VOICE?
"And the men which journeyed with him stood speachless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man." (Acts 9:7) "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." (Acts 22:9)
HOW MANY ANIMALS WERE IN THE ARK?
"And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shall thou bring into the ark..." (Genesis 6:19)
"Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and fowls, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth. There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah." (Genesis 7:8-9)
"And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life." (Genesis 7:15)
"Of every clean beast thou shalt make to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female." (Genesis 7:2)
The Bible cannot be entirely true. It is inconsistent with itself. What else can you expect from a compilation of text written thousands of years apart? However, there are tens of thousands, nay, hundreds of thousands who are absolutely convinced that the Bible is to taken literally, word for word. Frightening, isn't it?