[exmarine]

I've seen these arguments before - many times. The fact is that these do not represent true contradictions, just different pieces and points of view of the same account. There is a huge difference between an "apparent" contradiction and a "true" contradiction. Think about that.

[Cleburne]

One could also take into account translation faults and difficulties, but this opens up a whole new facet of argument. At any rate, as I heard it from another "Bible literalist", the original manuscript contained no error. Whether or not individual translations are 100 percent perfect is obvious: most have some error, some more than others. But, I should note, the truth found within is not marred by these usually minor translation problems-the Word remains very close to what it started out as. Incredibly so if you consider the difficult times it has run into. Very few books even remain in cirrculation three thousand years after being written!