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If the Bible was divinely inspired, then why would it have so many really obvious contradictions?\nTheological doctrines:\n1. God is satisfied with his works\nGen 1:31\nGod is dissatisfied with his works.\nGen 6:6\n2. God dwells in chosen temples\n2 Chron 7:12,16\nGod dwells not in temples\nActs 7:48\n3. God dwells in light\nTim 6:16\nGod dwells in darkness\n1 Kings 8:12/ Ps 18:11/ Ps 97:2\n4. God is seen and heard\nEx 33:23/ Ex 33:11/ Gen 3:9,10/ Gen 32:30/ Is 6:1/\nEx 24:9-11\nGod is invisible and cannot be heard\nJohn 1:18/ John 5:37/ Ex 33:20/ 1 Tim 6:16\n5. God is tired and rests\nEx 31:17\nGod is never tired and never rests\nIs 40:28\n6. God is everywhere present, sees and knows all things\nProv 15:3/ Ps 139:7-10/ Job 34:22,21\nGod is not everywhere present, neither sees nor knows all\nthings\nGen 11:5/ Gen 18:20,21/ Gen 3:8\n7. God knows the hearts of men\nActs 1:24/ Ps 139:2,3\nGod tries men to find out what is in their heart\nDeut 13:3/ Deut 8:2/ Gen 22:12\n8. God is all powerful\nJer 32:27/ Matt 19:26\nGod is not all powerful\nJudg 1:19\n9. God is unchangeable\nJames 1:17/ Mal 3:6/ Ezek 24:14/ Num 23:19\nGod is changeable\nGen 6:6/ Jonah 3:10/ 1 Sam 2:30,31/ 2 Kings 20:1,4,5,6/\nEx 33:1,3,17,14\n10. God is just and impartial\nPs 92:15/ Gen 18:25/ Deut 32:4/ Rom 2:11/ Ezek 18:25\nGod is unjust and partial\nGen 9:25/ Ex 20:5/ Rom 9:11-13/ Matt 13:12\n11. God is the author of evil\nLam 3:38/ Jer 18:11/ Is 45:7/ Amos 3:6/ Ezek 20:25\nGod is not the author of evil\n1 Cor 14:33/ Deut 32:4/ James 1:13\n12. God gives freely to those who ask\nJames 1:5/ Luke 11:10\nGod withholds his blessings and prevents men from receiving\nthem\nJohn 12:40/ Josh 11:20/ Is 63:17\n13. God is to be found by those who seek him\nMatt 7:8/ Prov 8:17\nGod is not to be found by those who seek him\nProv 1:28\n14. God is warlike\nEx 15:3/ Is 51:15\nGod is peaceful\nRom 15:33/ 1 Cor 14:33\n15. God is cruel, unmerciful, destructive, and ferocious\nJer 13:14/ Deut 7:16/ 1 Sam 15:2,3/ 1 Sam 6:19\nGod is kind, merciful, and good\nJames 5:11/ Lam 3:33/ 1 Chron 16:34/ Ezek 18:32/ Ps 145:9/\n1 Tim 2:4/ 1 John 4:16/ Ps 25:8\n16. God's anger is fierce and endures long\nNum 32:13/ Num 25:4/ Jer 17:4\nGod's anger is slow and endures but for a minute\nPs 103:8/ Ps 30:5\n17. God commands, approves of, and delights in burnt offerings,\nsacrifices ,and holy days\nEx 29:36/ Lev 23:27/ Ex 29:18/ Lev 1:9\nGod disapproves of and has no pleasure in burnt offerings,\nsacrifices, and holy days.\nJer 7:22/ Jer 6:20/ Ps 50:13,4/ Is 1:13,11,12\n18. God accepts human sacrifices\n2 Sam 21:8,9,14/ Gen 22:2/ Judg 11:30-32,34,38,39\nGod forbids human sacrifice\nDeut 12:30,31\n19. God tempts men\nGen 22:1/ 2 Sam 24:1/ Jer 20:7/ Matt 6:13\nGod tempts no man\nJames 1:13\n20. God cannot lie\nHeb 6:18\nGod lies by proxy; he sends forth lying spirits t deceive\n2 Thes 2:11/ 1 Kings 22:23/ Ezek 14:9\n21. Because of man's wickedness God destroys him\nGen 6:5,7\nBecause of man's wickedness God will not destroy him\nGen 8:21\n22. God's attributes are revealed in his works.\nRom 1:20\nGod's attributes cannot be discovered\nJob 11:7/ Is 40:28\n23. There is but one God\nDeut 6:4\nThere is a plurality of gods\nGen 1:26/ Gen 3:22/ Gen 18:1-3/ 1 John 5:7\nMoral Precepts\n24. Robbery commanded\nEx 3:21,22/ Ex 12:35,36\nRobbery forbidden\nLev 19:13/ Ex 20:15\n25. Lying approved and sanctioned\nJosh 2:4-6/ James 2:25/ Ex 1:18-20/ 1 Kings 22:21,22\nLying forbidden\nEx 20:16/ Prov 12:22/ Rev 21:8\n26. Hatred to the Edomite sanctioned\n2 Kings 14:7,3\nHatred to the Edomite forbidden\nDeut 23:7\n27. Killing commanded\nEx 32:27\nKilling forbidden\nEx 20:13\n28. The blood-shedder must die\nGen 9:5,6\nThe blood-shedder must not die\nGen 4:15\n29. The making of images forbidden\nEx 20:4\nThe making of images commanded\nEx 25:18,20\n30. Slavery and oppression ordained\nGen 9:25/ Lev 25:45,46/ Joel 3:8\nSlavery and oppression forbidden\nIs 58:6/ Ex 22:21/ Ex 21:16/ Matt 23:10\n31. Improvidence enjoyed\nMatt 6:28,31,34/ Luke 6:30,35/ Luke 12:3\nImprovidence condemned\n1 Tim 5:8/ Prov 13:22\n32. Anger approved\nEph 4:26\nAnger disapproved\nEccl 7:9/ Prov 22:24/ James 1:20\n33. Good works to be seen of men\nMatt 5:16\nGood works not to be seen of men\nMatt 6:1\n34. Judging of others forbidden\nMatt 7:1,2\nJudging of others approved\n1 Cor 6:2-4/ 1 Cor 5:12\n35. Christ taught non-resistance\nMatt 5:39/ Matt 26:52\nChrist taught and practiced physical resistance\nLuke 22:36/ John 2:15\n36. Christ warned his followers not to fear being killed\nLuke 12:4\nChrist himself avoided the Jews for fear of being killed\nJohn 7:1\n37. Public prayer sanctioned\n1 Kings 8:22,54, 9:3\nPublic prayer disapproved\nMatt 6:5,6\n38. Importunity in prayer commended\nLuke 18:5,7\nImportunity in prayer condemned\nMatt 6:7,8\n39. The wearing of long hair by men sanctioned\nJudg 13:5/ Num 6:5\nThe wearing of long hair by men condemned\n1 Cor 11:14\n40. Circumcision instituted\nGen 17:10\nCircumcision condemned\nGal 5:2\n41. The Sabbath instituted\nEx 20:8\nThe Sabbath repudiated\nIs 1:13/ Rom 14:5/ Col 2:16\n42. The Sabbath instituted because God rested on the seventh day\nEx 20:11\nThe Sabbath instituted because God brought the Israelites\nout of Egypt\nDeut 5:15\n43. No work to be done on the Sabbath under penalty of death\nEx 31:15/ Num 15:32,36\nJesus Christ broke the Sabbath and justified his disciples in\nthe same\nJohn 5:16/ Matt 12:1-3,5\n44. Baptism commanded\nMatt 28:19\nBaptism not commanded\n1 Cor 1:17,14\n45. Every kind of animal allowed for food.\nGen 9:3/ 1 Cor 10:25/ Rom 14:14\nCertain kinds of animals prohibited for food.\nDeut 14:7,8\n46. Taking of oaths sanctioned\nNum 30:2/ Gen 21:23-24,31/ Gen 31:53/ Heb 6:13\nTaking of oaths forbidden\nMatt 5:34\n47. Marriage approved\nGen 2:18/ Gen 1:28/ Matt 19:5/ Heb 13:4\nMarriage disapproved\n1 Cor 7:1/ 1 Cor 7:7,8\n48. Freedom of divorce permitted\nDeut 24:1/ Deut 21:10,11,14\nDivorce restricted\nMatt 5:32\n49. Adultery forbidden\nEx 20:14/ Heb 13:4\nAdultery allowed\nNum 31:18/ Hos 1:2; 2:1-3\n50. Marriage or cohabitation with a sister denounced\nDeut 27:22/ Lev 20:17\nAbraham married his sister and God blessed the union\nGen 20:11,12/ Gen 17:16\n51. A man may marry his brother's widow\nDeut 25:5\nA man may not marry his brother's widow\nLev 20:21\n52. Hatred to kindred enjoined\nLuke 14:26\nHatred to kindred condemned\nEph 6:2/ Eph 5:25,29\n53. Intoxicating beverages recommended\nProv 31:6,7/ 1 Tim 5:23/ Ps 104:15\nIntoxicating beverages discountenanced\nProv 20:1/ Prov 23:31,32\n54. It is our duty to obey our rulers, who are God's ministers\nand punish evil doers only\nRom 13:1-3,6\nIt is not our duty to obey rulers, who sometimes punish the\ngood and receive unto themselves damnation therefor\nEx 1:17,20/ Dan 3:16,18/ Dan 6:9,7,10/ Acts 4:26,27/\nMark 12:38,39,40/ Luke 23:11,24,33,35\n55. Women's rights denied\nGen 3:16/ 1 Tim 2:12/ 1 Cor 14:34/ 1 Pet 3:6\nWomen's rights affirmed\nJudg 4:4,14,15/ ...CHRISTIANITY IS AMAN MADE RELIGION AND THE AUTHOR IS PAUL WHO DIVERTED THE TEACHING OF JESUS(PBUH) BY TEACHING TRINITY WHICH IS NOWHERE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.......ISLAM(SUBMITTING YOUR WILL TO GOD) IS THE WAY

I am a muslim and everybody think that those guys who kill are real Islamic people , they are going to hell that what God said . First thing is that Islam is a peace religion and there is nothing to do with killing. Second thing there is God called Allah, who is the only God in this world and next one, doesn't want killing and deaths and in our religion God told and warned us not to kill people because he is the only one who kills and takes lives from people and we are harmed to kill. Third thing God told us that who kills one person as if he killed the whole people and that guy is going to hell. God said if a woman wants to cover her  body completely or does she want to cover her body except her face and hands its okay but the hair must be covered. THE PEOPLE YOU SEE IN THE BREAKING NEWS COVERED WITH MASK AND KILL  PEOPLE ARE NOT MUSLIM THEY ARE OUT OF ISLAM AND THEY ARE GOING TO HELL.

If anyone wears a niqab or burqa they are not communicating openly. \nWesterners rely on seeing the full facial expression when talking to someone. When only the eyes are exposed it comes over as sinister, this person must be hiding something. \nIt is no secret that if you wanted a job in a bank in years past, you needed to ensure you did not have a beard. \nIn fact most banks around the world insist nowadays on their customers removing helmets and balaclavas if you go within their doors,, because of identification. They want to know who they are dealing with: is this person hiding something, are they a crim, are they dishonest ?

The western world is under attack it is an attack that is being supported by our own governments under the guise of freedom of religion we are being forced to accept beleifs and ideology that we not only dont agree with but in many ways find despicable but if anyone dares to raise the alarm he is attacked by the media as a bigot and a rascist effectively shutting down discussion of the problem. WE must stand together and forcefully let the leadership know that we are not all blind idiots like those who protest against anyone who sees the reality of the situation, they are not rascists as you claim but people who see where this is going unlike yourselves.

There are a lot of things that we have not put into law, because they are covered by common sense. If a Muslim woman goes into a shop and makes a purchase It is reasonable for the shop keeper to want to see their face, after all a large robe can hide a lot of shop lifted goods.. We can make that law if it becomes necessary, so a person must comply with the law and not claim that their religious law is greater. Trouble with the Muslim religion is that it is a political system within a religion.. Just think of all the wrong that was done in the name of Christianity, we have learnt from that, now the Muslims have to learn the same lesson.

People real Islam is not a religion of peace! Read the Koran and you will see! It's true that most Muslims are peaceful,but most Muslims like Christians follow the traditions of their Mosque or Church but do not follow the full letter of the Koran or Bible. True Koran believing Muslims who follow the full letter of the word of the Koran are violent and are not tolerant of other religions. they are a threat to any civilized society! Wake up people this radical evil religion will do nothing but cause pain and suffering to any country who tolerates it! Christianity is a religion of love and peace,a religion who's member are full of a holy,righteous spirit and compassion for their fellow man. A religion that is freely given and freely received and a religion to never be forced on another human being! We as a civilized people must never bow down to evil, even if our evil government try to force us to . We must all stay true and firm to our God and our brothers in Christ no matter what the cost! Peace and love to all!

Christians are not under the law of even their own Bible. That is because Jesus fulfilled the law when he died and rose again. Now to those that think Christianity and the Islam is the same you are naive. Firstly the violent verses in Christianity is speaking as part of the old testament temple law. and as I said earlier Jesus dies to fulfill the law, so we are not under the law, and any other violent verses in the Bible is in fact a description of a historical event... \nNow the Quran prescribes the violence in the newer verses. The newer verses of the Quran which supersedes the older more peaceful version. \nIn Christianity newer verses supersede the old but, the newer verses are more peaceful. unlike the Quran where the newer verses are more violent.\nAlso one must look at the founder of any religion to see what it is like. Jesus was peaceful and perfect even Mohammad agrees with that,\n\nBut Mohammad killed, raped, had sex with a prepubescent girl named (forgive me for the spelling ) Aishia. He had sex with her when she was 9 years old, Jesus was against that. \n\nThe followers in the religion are to copy the the founder of that religion. The Hadith is a collection of Mohammad's sayings. so the followers of islam are supposed to follow that too. ISIS are some of the most devout Muslims in the world and follow the Quran and the Hadith to the letter. To say ISIS does not represent islam is like saying tele-evangelists are not a part of Christianity. (And I am sure some of you might actually agree with that) but the fact is it does. The personal character of them does not always represent Christianity. Jesus was perfect Mohammad was not. Jesus is sitting at the right had of God \nMohammad was the worst of sinners. \n\nMohammad is in hell because he was killed my a female and according to Mohammad in the Hadith a man murdered by a woman is going to go to hell. That would also include Mohammad. \n\nSo who would you want to follow. The man that committed NO sin and lived a holy and perfect life and died for us and is sitting at the right hand of God, or the one that did some of the most awful sins in the world, is far from perfect completely unholy end expects his followers to die for him, and is now in hell.\n \nYour Call. \n.\nWatch how many death threats I get after this.

I don't see any of these Chadur ,nikab working behind a shop counter ! so they all must be kept women ! The full burka, was originally worn by prostitutes .

Fuck Islam.This is Canada.I don't want to see Islam. I don't want to smell Islam.I don't want to hear Islam. My family helped build this country.We built the infrastructure for this country. If you don't want to follow our way of life, then don't come here.We don't need you.In this next election, the topic of Islam must be addressed. Don't vote for any candidate that wants to turn Canada into another Islamic satellite state.

...i see the messages on yt and i can see that nobody in europe or america wants islam to be allowed....but governments are bounded to the political correction that dont let them to do what they must do...i bet that an anti-muslim party would be successfull if it would arose in the werstern world....

Islam is a vile, pernicious ideology that has considerably eroded the quality of life in all Western countries it has come in contact with. It has led to the mass rape of local children (think Britain and Australia), terrorism, and general disdain toward non-believers. At the very least, even if the majority of Muslims are moderate (and numerous polls have shown otherwise), they exhibit disproportionately high unemployment rates and are significant recipients of welfare relative to other groups, so I certainly do not see any economic rationale behind mass Muslim immigration either. We must stop importing Islam into our great nation before it is too late. I commend the few politicians who have had the common sense and audacity to speak out in this regard.

I don't see why Canadians must learn about slavery in that country. I mean, if 4% of the population is black and many of them are immigrants from the Caraïbe. What is the point? They live in Canada. Another thing, black Canadians are really sensitive for no reason. Compared to other countries in the Americas, they have it better. Maybe I can't understand what they are complaining about because I'm American but I see over sensitivity.

Muslims in Europe - Must see, Click Below.\n\n80 million immigrated sucking the wealth out of Europe

satan does not get the blame the wrongdoer must be punished fro his or her own crimes. \nwhen everyone is in hell. thw deweelers of hell will go to satan and tell him it his fault that they are in hell with him. satan will reply i only whispered to you. \nthe dwellers of hell will see their blame and shall be miserable.

I have seen them myself! I have witnessed them lurking about on my Islamic streets for flying out loud! \n\nI don't need stupid lies to promote my argument, I have witnessed it. My brothers have, my family have & my friends have. Something must be done to prevent it and thats hopefully something we can both agree on... sharia law as I say is the best method for this.\n\nWomen must do this. Don't think you understand, short skirts in no way or form is modest. It must be abolished, I see it far to oft

It's peaceful right over the world my friend\n\nI'm not brainwashed either you see I don't listen to everything the stupid news tells me!! I'm not that stupid unlike (the average brit/american) is. So you can NOT talk to me about BRAINWASHING.\n\nIf you're talking about the mosque brainwashing me? Have you ever been there? You don't know anything about them my friend. You're just lying as your a racist atheist. The mosques are a good source of information.\n\nI do think for myself, you must to.