Self-Contradictions of The Bible

Di William Henry Burr

Initially published anonymously, this short pamphlet basically gives a long list of contradictions in the Bible regarding Theological Doctrines, Moral Precepts, Historical Facts, and Speculative Doctrines.

• Lingua: Italiano
• Editore: Youcanprint
• Data di uscita: 27 giu 2019
• ISBN: 9788831628242

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Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

THEOLOGICAL DOCTRINES

MORAL PRECEPTS

HISTORICAL FACTS

SPECULATIVE DOCTRINES

Self-Contradictions of The Bible

by William Henry Burr

First digital edition 2019 by Ruffini Gianluca

THEOLOGICAL DOCTRINES

- 1.

GOD IS SATISFIED WITH HIS WORKS.

And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. (Gen. 1:31.)

GOD IS DISSATISFIED WITH HIS WORKS.

And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. (Gen. 6:6.)

- 2.

GOD DWELLS IN CHOSEN TEMPLES.

And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him: I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. . .. For now, have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there forever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. (2 Chron. 7:12, 16.)

GOD DWELLS NOT IN TEMPLES.

Howbeit the Highest dwelleth not in temples made with hands. (Acts 7:48.)

- 3.

GOD DWELLS IN LIGHT.

Dwelling in light which no man can approach unto. (1 Tim. 6:16.)

GOD DWELLS IN DARKNESS.

The Lord said he would dwell in thick darkness. (1 Kings 8:12.)

He made darkness his secret place. (Ps. 18:11.)

Clouds and darkness are round about him. (Ps. 97:2.)

- 4.

GOD IS SEEN AND HEARD.

And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my backparts. (Ex. 33:23.)

And the Lord spake to Moses face to face, as a man speaketh to his friend. (Ex. 33:11.)

And the Lord called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid. (Gen. 3:9, 10.)

For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. (Gen. 32:30.)

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw, also, the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up. (Is. 6:1.)

Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. And they saw the God of Israel. . .. They saw God, and did eat and drink. (Ex. 24:9, 10, 11.)

GOD IS INVISIBLE AND CANNOT BE HEARD.

No man hath seen God at any time. (John 1:18.)

Ye hath neither heard his voice, at any time, nor seen his shape. (John 5:37.)

And he said, thou canst not see my face; for there shall no man see me and live. (Ex. 33:20.)

Whom no man hath seen nor can see. (1 Tim. 6:16.)

- 5.

GOD IS TIRED AND RESTS.

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. (Ex. 31:17.)

I am weary with repenting. (Jer. 15:6.)

GOD IS NEVER TIRED AND NEVER RESTS.

Hast thou not heard that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? (Is. 40:28.)

- 6.

GOD IS EVERYWHERE PRESENT, SEES AND KNOWS ALL THINGS.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place. (Prov. 15:3.)

Whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. (Ps. 139:7-10.)

There is no darkness nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. (Job 34:22, 21.)

GOD IS NOT EVERYWHERE PRESENT, NEITHER SEES NOR KNOWS ALL THINGS.

And the Lord came down to see the city and the town. (Gen. 11:5.)

And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and, if not, I will know. (Gen. 18:20, 21.)

And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord, amongst the trees of the garden. (Gen. 3:8.)

- 7.

GOD KNOWS THE HEARTS OF MEN.

Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men. (Acts 1:24.)

Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. (Ps. 139:2,