I’ve done quite a few of these. I thought it would be good, then (for reference purposes) to collect them together all in one place: alphabetically categorized by topic. If people would buy self-published books of Catholic and general Christian apologetics, I’d collect them in a book, but since they don’t (unless the book is massively advertised, which I can’t afford), I won’t.
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“Contradictions” (Supposed): Examined More Closely
Reply to Atheists: Defining a [Biblical] “Contradiction” [1-7-11]
Debates with Atheist “DagoodS” (“Bible Difficulties”) [2006-2007, 2010-2011]
Review of The Book of Non-Contradiction (Phillip Campbell) [5-9-17]
Critique of Theologically Liberal Bible-Basher [6-6-17]
Alleged “Bible Contradictions”: Most Are Actually Not So [2002 and 6-7-17]
Atheist Inventions of Many Bogus “Bible Contradictions” [National Catholic Register, 9-4-18]
Bible “Contradictions” & Plausibility (Dialogue w Atheist) [12-17-18]
Seidensticker Folly #32: Sophistically Redefining “Contradiction” [4-20-19]
Seidensticker Folly #37: “What is a Contradiction?” 0101 [4-15-20]
Reply to Atheist Ward Ricker Re “Biblical Contradictions” [5-15-20]
Dialogues on “Contradictions” w Bible-Bashing Atheists [5-16-20]
Alleged Bible “Contradictions” & “Difficulties”: Master List of Christian Internet Resources for Apologists (Links) [7-19-10; links updated on 9-6-20]
Seidensticker Folly #69: “Difficulties” Aren’t Contradictions [1-4-21]
Atheists, Biblical “Contradictions” & the Plausibility Issue [2-4-21]
Refutation of Atheist Paul Carlson’s 51 Bible “Contradictions” [4-6-21]
Refutation of 194 Biblical “Contradictions” (#1-25) [4-5-22]
Refutation of 194 Biblical “Contradictions” (#26-50) [4-6-22]
Refutation of 194 Biblical “Contradictions” (#51-75) [4-7-22]
Refutation of 194 Biblical “Contradictions” (#76-100) [4-8-22]
Refutation of 194 Biblical “Contradictions” (#101-125) [4-8-22]
Refutation of 194 Biblical “Contradictions” (#126-150) [4-9-22]
Refutation of 194 Biblical “Contradictions” (#151-175) [4-11-22]
Refutation of 194 Biblical “Contradictions” (#176-194) [4-11-22]
General Principles / Preliminaries / Premises
An Introduction to Bible Interpretation [1987]
Atheist Bible “Scholarship” & “Exegesis” [3-18-03]
Are All Bible Books Self-Evidently Inspired? [6-19-06]
Are All the Biblical Books Self-Evidently Canonical? [6-22-06]
Were Apostles Always Aware of Writing Scripture? (6-29-06; abridged on 9-25-16)
Is the Bible in Fact Clear, or “Perspicuous” to Every Individual? [2007]
How Do Catholics Approach & Interpret Holy Scripture? [6-17-09]
Catholic Interpretation of Scripture (Hermeneutics / Exegesis): Resource List (Links) [6-28-09]
The Bible & Skepticism: Irrational Double Standards & Bias [8-6-09]
The Bible: “Clear” & “Self-Interpreting”? [February 2014]
“Butcher & Hog”: On Relentless Biblical Skepticism [9-21-15]
Dialogue with an Atheist on Bible Difficulties, Plausibility Structures, & Deconversion [6-10-17]
Why We Should Fully Expect Many “Bible Difficulties” [7-17-17]
Richard Dawkins’ “Bible Whoppers” Are the “Delusion” [5-25-18]
Biblical Interpretation & Clarity: Dialogue w an Atheist [5-26-18]
Is Inspiration Immediately Evident in Every Biblical Book? [National Catholic Register, 7-28-18]
Catholic Biblical Interpretation: Myths and Truths [National Catholic Register, 12-3-18]
Bible “Difficulties” Are No Disproof of Biblical Inspiration [National Catholic Register, 6-29-19]
Seidensticker Folly #33: Clueless Re Biblical Anthropopathism [7-24-19]
“Difficulty” in Understanding the Bible: Hebrew Cultural Factors [2-5-21]
An Omniscient God and a “Clear” Bible [National Catholic Register, 2-28-21]
Dialogue: Biblical Inspiration & Bible “Contradictions” [4-13-22]
Abortion
Seidensticker Folly #62: Bible & Personhood of Fetuses [11-10-20]
Abraham
Abraham & Beersheba, the Bible, & Archaeology [6-9-21]
Ehrman Errors #1: Philistines, Beersheba, Bible Accuracy [3-18-22]
Absolution
Resurrection #28: Remission of Sins “Contradictions”? [5-5-21]
Animal Rights
Dialogue w Atheist on Jesus, Demons, Pigs, & Animal Rights [7-5-18]
Arameans and Amorites
Arameans, Amorites, and Archaeological Accuracy [6-8-21]
Bible: Cosmology of
Biblical Flat Earth (?) Cosmology: Dialogue w Atheist (vs. Matthew Green) [9-11-06]
Flat Earth: Biblical Teaching? (vs. Ed Babinski) [9-17-06]
Bodies, Spiritual
Seidensticker Folly #26: Spiritual Bodies R Still Bodies! [10-9-18]
Seidensticker Folly #52: Spiritual Bodies R Physical [9-10-20]
Camels and the Patriarchs / Archaeology
Abraham, Moses, Camels, & Archaeological Evidence [5-22-21]
OT Camels & Biblically Illiterate Archaeologists [5-24-21]
When Were Camels Domesticated in Egypt & Israel? [5-25-21]
David, King
Ward’s Whoppers #13: How Did David Kill Goliath? [5-19-20]
Disciples, Twelve
12 Disciples of Jesus: Alleged Contradictions Debunked [12-9-06]
Resurrection #26: “Twelve” or Eleven Disciples? [5-4-21]
Documentary Theory
Documentary Theory of Biblical Authorship (JEPD): Dialogue [2-12-04]
Documentary Theory (Pentateuch): Critical Articles [6-21-10]
C. S. Lewis Roundly Mocked the Documentary Hypothesis [10-6-19]
Edomites
Edomites: Archaeology Confirms the Bible (As Always) [6-10-21]
Eucharist, Holy
Madison vs. Jesus #8: Holy Eucharist as “Grotesque Magic”? [8-7-19]
Exodus
Seidensticker Folly #5: Has Archaeology Disproven the Exodus? [8-15-18]
Faith & Reason
Seidensticker Folly #66: Biblical “Evidence-Less Faith”? [12-9-20]
Faith & Works
Final Judgment & Works (Not Faith): 50 Passages [2-10-08]
Seidensticker Folly #22: Contradiction? Saved by Faith or Works? [10-1-18]
“Fools” (Calling People That)
“Foreigners” / “Neighbors”
Ward’s Whoppers #9-10: Parting the Red Sea / “Foreigners” [5-18-20]
Seidensticker Folly #54: “Neighbor” in OT = Jews Only? [9-12-20]
Gadarenes / Gerasenes
Gadarenes, Gerasenes, Swine, & Atheist Skeptics (vs. Jonathan MS Pearce) [7-25-17]
Demons, Gadara, & Biblical Numbers (vs. JMS Pearce) [12-18-20]
Gerasenes, Gadarenes, Pigs and “Contradictions” [National Catholic Register, 1-29-21]
Pearce’s Potshots #62: Gadarenes & Gerasenes #3 [2-17-22]
Pearce’s Potshots #63: Lex, NT Texts, & the Next Town Over [2-18-22]
Galilee, Sea of
Ehrman Errors #7: “Other Side” of the Sea of Galilee [3-24-22]
Genesis: Abraham
Isaac and Abraham’s Agony: Dialogue with Agnostic (vs. Dr. Jan Schreurs) [June 1999]
Ward’s Whoppers #5: Isaac: Abraham’s “Only” Son? [5-18-20]
Ward’s Whoppers #7-8: “God of Abraham…” / Passover [5-18-20]
Genesis: Adam & Eve
Adam & Eve, Cain, Abel, & Noah: Historical Figures [2-20-08]
Historicity of Adam and Eve [9-23-11; rev. 1-6-22]
Defending the Historical Adam of Genesis (vs. Eric S. Giunta) [9-25-11]
Adam & Eve of Genesis: Historical & the Primal Human Pair [11-28-13]
Adam & Eve & Original Sin: Disproven by Science? [9-7-15]
Only Ignoramuses Believe in Adam & Eve? [9-9-15]
Ward’s Whoppers #4: Which Tree Fruit In Eden to Eat? [5-17-20]
Genesis: Cain & Abel
Adam & Eve, Cain, Abel, & Noah: Historical Figures [2-20-08]
“Where Did Cain Get His Wife?” [3-7-13]
Dialogue on How Cain Found a Wife [6-22-18]
Genesis: Documentary Hypothesis and Chiasmus
Pearce’s Potshots #39: Ignoring Chiastic Literary Genre in Genesis [7-5-21]
Genesis & Evolution
Scripture, Science, Genesis, & Evolutionary Theory: Mini-Dialogue with an Atheist [8-14-18; rev. 2-18-19]
Genesis & History
Modernism vs. History in Genesis & Biblical Inspiration [7-23-18]
Genesis: Noah & the Flood
Old Earth, Flood Geology, Local Flood, & Uniformitarianism (vs. Kevin Rice) [5-25-04; many defunct links removed and new ones added: 5-10-17]
Adam & Eve, Cain, Abel, & Noah: Historical Figures [2-20-08]
Noah’s Flood & Catholicism: Basic Facts [8-18-15]
Do Carnivores on the Ark Disprove Christianity? [9-10-15]
New Testament Evidence for Noah’s Existence [National Catholic Register, 3-11-18]
Seidensticker Folly #49: Noah & 2 or 7 Pairs of Animals [9-7-20]
Pearce’s Potshots #36: Noah’s Flood: 40 or 150 Days or Neither? [7-1-21]
Pearce’s Potshots #37: Length of Noah’s Flood Redux [7-2-21]
Local Flood & Atheist Ignorance of Christian Thought [7-2-21]
Local Mesopotamian Flood: An Apologia [7-9-21]
Genesis: Serpent
Exchange w Biblical Skeptic on the Genesis Serpent [6-1-17]
Orthodox Interpretation of Genesis and the Serpent [National Catholic Register, 11-19-18]
Genesis & Time
The Genesis Creation Accounts and Hebrew Time [National Catholic Register, 7-2-17]
God: Anthropopathism
Seidensticker Folly #33: Clueless Re Biblical Anthropopathism [7-24-19]
God: Bloodthirsty?
God: Creator
Seidensticker Folly #14: Something Rather Than Nothing [9-3-18]
Ward’s Whoppers #1-3: Genesis 1 vs. 2 (Creation) [5-17-20]
Seidensticker Folly #41: Argument from Design [8-25-20]
Seidensticker Folly #42: Creation “Ex Nihilo” [8-28-20]
“Quantum Entanglement” & the “Upholding” Power of God [10-20-20]
Quantum Mechanics and the “Upholding” Power of God [National Catholic Register, 11-24-20]
God: Eternal & Uncreated
Seidensticker Folly #38: Eternal Universe vs. an Eternal God [4-16-20]
God & Evil
Problem of Evil: Treatise on the Most Serious Objection (Is God Malevolent, Weak, or Non-Existent Because of the Existence of Evil and Suffering?) [2002]
God and “Natural Evil”: A Thought Experiment [2002]
Replies to the Problem of Evil as Set Forth by Atheists [10-10-06]
“Logical” Problem of Evil: Alvin Plantinga’s Decisive Refutation [10-12-06]
“Strong” Logical Argument from Evil Against God: RIP? [11-26-06]
Is God the Author of Evil? (vs. John Calvin) [Oct. 2012]
Why Did a Perfect God Create an Imperfect World? [8-18-15]
Atheists, Miracles, & the Problem of Evil: Contradictions [8-15-18]
Alvin Plantinga: Reply to the Evidential Problem of Evil [9-13-19]
God: “Evolves” in the OT?
Seidensticker Folly #20: An Evolving God in the OT? [9-18-18]
God: Existence of
Seidensticker Folly #13: God Hasta Prove He Exists! [8-29-18]
God & Free Will
Seidensticker Folly #3: Falsehoods About God & Free Will [8-14-18]
God & “Hard Hearts”
Reply to a Calvinist: Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart (vs. Colin Smith) [10-14-06]
God “Hardening Hearts”: How Do We Interpret That? [12-18-08]
God: Immutability
Is God in Time? [11-30-06]
Seidensticker Folly #34: Does God “Regret” or “Repent”? [7-25-19]
God: Judgment
Judgment of Nations: Biblical Commentary and Reflections [9-21-01]
God’s Judgment of Humans (Sometimes, Entire Nations) [2-16-07]
“How Can God Order the Massacre of Innocents?” (Amalekites, etc.) [11-10-07]
God’s “Punishing” of Descendants: Unjust? [7-8-10]
Final Judgment is Not a Matter of “Faith Alone” At All [National Catholic Register, 10-7-16]
Does God Ever Judge People by Sending Disease? [10-30-17]
Is God an Unjust Judge? Dialogue with an Atheist [10-30-17]
God’s Judgment of Sin: Analogies for an Atheist Inquirer [9-6-18]
Seidensticker Folly #17: “to the third and fourth generations”? [9-11-18]
Does God Punish to the Fourth Generation? [National Catholic Register, 10-1-18]
Madison vs. Jesus #9: Clueless Re Rebellion & Judgment [8-7-19]
“Why Did God Kill 70,000 Israelites for David’s Sin?” [4-13-20]
God & Lying
Seidensticker Folly #35: Is God an Inveterate Liar? [7-25-19]
God & Murder
Did God Command Jephthah to Burn His Daughter? [6-8-09]
Seidensticker Folly #12: God Likes Child Sacrifice? Huh?! [8-21-18]
Loftus Atheist Error #6: Is God “Love” or a “Moral Monster”? [9-9-19]
Does God Cause Miscarriages?: A Farcical Exchange [8-23-20]
God: Name of
Ward’s Whoppers #6: Meaning of “Knowing” God’s Name [5-18-20]
God: Narcissist?
Madison vs. Jesus #6: Narcissistic, Love-Starved God? [8-6-19]
If God Needs Nothing, Why Does He Ask For So Much? (Is God “Narcissistic” or “Love-Starved?) [National Catholic Register, 8-22-19]
God: Omnipresence
God in Heaven & in His Temple: Contradiction? (vs. Dr. Steven DiMattei) [11-23-20]
God in Heaven and in His Temple: Biblical Difficulty? [National Catholic Register, 12-10-20]
God: Omniscience
Ward’s Whoppers #15-16: God & Omniscience / Worship [5-20-20]
God & Rape
Seidensticker Folly #6: God Has “No Problem with Rape”? [8-15-18]
God & Repentance
Madison vs. Jesus #7: God Prohibits Some Folks’ Repentance? [8-6-19]
Does God Ever Actively Prevent Repentance? [National Catholic Register, 9-1-19]
God & Sin
Does God “Want” Men to Sin? Does He “Ordain” Sin? [2-17-10 and 3-16-17]
God: a Spirit
Loftus Atheist Error #8: Ancient Jews, “Body” of God, & Polytheism [9-10-19]
Seidensticker Folly #71: Spirit-God “Magic”; 68% Dark Energy Isn’t? [2-2-21]
Dark Energy, Dark Matter and the Light of the World [National Catholic Register, 2-17-21]
God: Trinity
50 Biblical Evidences for the Holy Trinity [National Catholic Register, 11-14-16]
Seidensticker Folly #9: Trinity Unclear in the Bible? [8-17-18]
Seidensticker Folly #40: Craig, Trinity Definition, & Analogies [4-17-20]
God, Worship, & Praise
Why Do We Worship God? Dialogue with an Atheist [5-11-18]
Ward’s Whoppers #15-16: God & Omniscience / Worship [5-20-20]
Seidensticker Folly #47: Does God Need Praise? [8-31-20]
Seidensticker Folly #51: God and Praise, Part II [9-8-20]
Does God Have Any Need of Praise? [National Catholic Register, 9-24-20]
Golden Calf
Golden Calf & Cherubim: Biblical Contradiction? (vs. Dr. Steven DiMattei) [11-23-20]
Goliath
Goliath’s Height: Six Feet 9 Inches, 7 Feet 8, or 9 Feet 9? [7-4-21]
Hell
Dialogue w Atheists on Hell & Whether God is Just [12-5-06]
Herod the Great
Reply to Atheist Jonathan MS Pearce: Herod’s Death & Alleged “Contradictions” (with Jimmy Akin) [7-25-17]
Hittites
“Higher” Hapless Haranguing of Hypothetical Hittites (19th C.) [10-21-11; abridged 7-7-20]
Homer and the Gospels
Immigration Issues
Immigration & the Bible (w John Cavanaugh-O’Keefe) (see also the longer Facebook version) [9-18-17]
Do Jesus and the Bible Advocate Open Borders? [9-18-17; expanded on 6-21-18]
Borders and the Bible [National Catholic Register, 1-14-19]
“Israelites”
Pearce’s Potshots #27: Anachronistic “Israelites”? [5-25-21]
Jairus’ Daughter
Pearce’s Potshots #44: Jairus’ Daughter “Contradiction”? [8-17-21]
Jeremiah
Loftus Atheist Error #10: Prophet Jeremiah vs. Mosaic Law? [9-11-19]
Jesus & “Anxiety”
Jesus’ Agony in Gethsemane: Was it “Anxiety”? [National Catholic Register, 10-29-19]
Jesus: Ascension
Seidensticker Folly #15: Jesus’ Ascension: One or 40 Days? [9-10-18]
Jesus: Bethlehem (and Nazareth)
Pearce’s Potshots #65: Who First Visited Baby Jesus? [2-26-22]
Jesus: Burial of
Resurrection #12: Who Buried Jesus? [4-26-21]
Jesus: Census
The Census, Jesus’ Birth in Bethlehem, & History [2-3-11]
Quirinius & Luke’s Census: Resources on the “Difficulty” [2-26-22]
Pearce’s Potshots #66: Bethlehem Joseph / Census Issues [2-28-22]
Jesus: Children of?
Did Jesus Have Children? (“Offspring”: Isaiah 53:10) [5-30-06]
Jesus: Christmas
Vs. Atheist David Madison #36: Matthew & Christmas [12-10-19]
Jesus: Disciples’ Forsaking of
Resurrection (?) #8: Disciples Forsaking Jesus [4-23-21]
Jesus: Divinity of
Was Jesus Confused About His Mission? [9-8-15]
Jesus Had to Learn That He Was God? [12-15-15]
50 Biblical Proofs That Jesus is God [National Catholic Register, 2-12-17]
Seidensticker Folly #55: Godhood of Jesus in the Synoptics [9-12-20]
Jesus: Existence of
Seidensticker Folly #4: Jesus Never Existed, Huh? [8-14-18]
Jesus & Families: Leaving of
Dr. David Madison vs. Jesus #1: Hating One’s Family? [8-1-19]
Madison vs. Jesus #4: Jesus Causes a Bad Marriage? [8-5-19]
Madison vs. Jesus #5: Cultlike Forsaking of Family? [8-5-19]
Did Jesus Teach His Disciples to Hate Their Families? [National Catholic Register, 8-17-19]
Jesus: Genealogies
Reply to Atheist Jonathan MS Pearce: “Contradictory” Genealogies of Christ? [7-27-17]
Are the Two Genealogies of Christ Contradictory? [National Catholic Register, 1-5-19]
Jesus: Great Commission
Seidensticker Folly #30: Small vs. Great Commission? [10-26-18]
Jesus & Jewish Burial Customs
Seidensticker Folly #31: Jesus’ Burial Spices Contradiction? [4-20-19]
Madison vs. Jesus #12: Discipleship & Jewish Burial Customs [8-8-19]
Jesus & Jews & Gentiles
David Madison vs. the Gospel of Mark #7: Ch. 7 (Gentiles) [8-19-19]
Did Jesus Minister Exclusively to Jews and not Gentiles? [7-2-20]
Did Jesus Heal and Preach to Only Jews? No! [National Catholic Register, 7-19-20]
Jesus: Last Words on the Cross
Jesus’ Last Words: Biblical “Contradictions”? [4-8-21]
Jesus: “Many NT Jesuses”?
Seidensticker Folly #56: Many Jesuses in the New Testament? [9-13-20]
Jesus: “Mean”?
David Madison vs. the Gospel of Mark #8: Ch. 9 (“Mean” Jesus) [8-19-19]
Jesus: Messianic Prophecies of the OT
Isaiah 53: Ancient & Medieval Jewish Messianic Interpretation [1982; revised 9-14-01]
Isaiah 53: Jewish-Christian Dialogue: Is the “Servant” the Messiah (Jesus) or Collective Israel? (vs. Ari G. [Orthodox] ) [9-14-01, with incorporation of much research from 1982]
Reply to Atheist on Isaiah 53 & “Dishonest” Christians [7-2-10]
Reply to Atheist on Messianic Prophecies (Zech 13:6, Ps 22) [7-3-10]
Reply to Atheist Jonathan MS Pearce: “Mistranslation” of “Virgin”? (Isaiah 7:14) (with Glenn Miller) [7-26-17]
Dual Fulfillment of Prophecy & the Virgin Birth (vs. JMS Pearce) [12-18-20]
Jesus & Money
Vs. Atheist David Madison #42: Jesus vs. Financial Responsibility? [12-19-19]
Jesus: Mustard Seed
Seidensticker Folly #25: Jesus’ Alleged Mustard Seed Error [10-8-18]
Jesus: Nativity
Pearce Pablum #69: Straw-Man, Mythical “Nativity” [3-2-22]
Pearce Pablum #70: Nativity Book Errors [3-4-22]
Jesus the “Nazarene”
Jesus the “Nazarene” Redux (vs. Jonathan M. S. Pearce) [12-19-20]
Jesus: Palm Sunday: Olive and Palm Branches
Resurrection Debate #4: No “Leafy Branches” on Palm Sunday? [4-19-21]
Jesus: Parables
David Madison vs. the Gospel of Mark #5: Chapter 4 (Parables) [8-16-19]
Jesus: Passion and Trial of
David Madison: Synoptics vs. John Re Jesus’ Will & Passion? [8-22-19]
Who Seized Jesus & Struck Him During His Trial? (vs. Bob Seidensticker) [2-15-23]
Jesus: “Prince of Peace”
Madison vs. Jesus #11: He’s Not the Prince of Peace? [8-8-19]
Jesus: Resurrection
The Resurrection: Hoax or History? [cartoon tract with art by Dan Grajek: 1985]
“Three Days and Nights” in the Tomb: Contradiction? [10-31-06]
Dialogue w Atheist on Post-Resurrection “Contradictions” [1-26-11]
Seidensticker Folly #18: Resurrection “Contradictions”? [9-17-18]
Seidensticker Folly #57: Male Witnesses of the Dead Jesus [9-14-20]
Pearce’s Potshots #13: Resurrection “Contradictions” (?) [2-2-21]
Pearce’s Potshots #14: Resurrection “Contradictions” #2 [2-4-21]
Refuting 59 of Michael Alter’s Resurrection “Contradictions” [3-12-21]
12 Alleged Resurrection “Contradictions” That Aren’t Really Contradictions [National Catholic Register, 4-7-21]
Resurrection (?) #6: “Three Days and Three Nights” [4-21-21]
Resurrection #15: Luke & Jesus’ Galilee Appearances [4-28-21]
Resurrection #17: Women Who Saw the Risen Jesus [4-29-21]
Resurrection #18: “Touch Me Not” & Mary Magdalene [4-29-21]
11 More Resurrection “Contradictions” That Aren’t Really Contradictions [National Catholic Register, 5-8-21]
Seidensticker Folly #76: Resurrection Eyewitnesses [12-7-21]
Pearce’s Potshots #56: Paul & Jesus’ Resurrection [12-10-21]
Dan Barker’s Easter Challenge (Chronology of Accounts) [3-18-23]
See also:
How the Resurrection Narratives Fit Together (Jimmy Akin, 1-23-17)
Jesus: Second Coming
Dr. David Madison vs. Jesus #3: Nature & Time of 2nd Coming [8-3-19]
Seidensticker Folly #58: Jesus Erred on Time of 2nd Coming? (with David Palm) [10-7-20]
Jesus: Sermon on the Mount
Atheist “Refutes” Sermon on the Mount (Or Does He?) [National Catholic Register, 7-23-17]
Jesus: Thieves Crucified With Him
Resurrection (?) #7: Crucified Thieves Taunting Jesus [4-21-21]
Jesus: “Turning the Other Cheek”
Jesus Didn’t Always Turn the Other Cheek (Proverbs) [7-6-19]
What Does “Turn the Other Cheek” Mean? [National Catholic Register, 7-20-19]
Jesus and Unbelief
Resurrection #27: Jesus’ View of Unbelief & Evidence [5-5-21]
Jesus and the Women at the Crucifixion
Resurrection (?) #9: The Women at the Crucifixion [4-23-21]
Job
Ward’s Whoppers #14: Who Caused Job’s Suffering? [5-20-20]
Who Caused Job to Suffer — God or Satan? [National Catholic Register, 6-28-20]
John, Gospel of (Author)
Pearce’s Potshots #46: Who Wrote the Gospel of John? [9-2-21]
John the Baptist
Dialogue w Agnostic on Elijah and John the Baptist [9-24-06]
Seidensticker Folly #27: Confusion Re John the Baptist [10-9-18]
Jonah
Catholics and the Historicity of Jonah the Prophet [6-27-08]
Joseph (Patriarch)
Pearce’s Potshots #28: Pharaoh Didn’t Know Joseph?! [5-26-21]
Joseph of Arimathea
Dialogue w Atheist: Joseph of Arimathea “Contradictions” (??) (Lousy Atheist Exegesis Example #5672) [1-7-11]
Resurrection #11: “All the Council” / Joseph of Arimathea? [4-25-21]
Joshua & the Sun
Seidensticker Folly #39: “The Sun Stood Still” (Joshua) [4-16-20]
Joshua’s Conquest
Judas
Death of Judas: Alleged Bible Contradictions Debunked (vs. Dave Van Allen and Dr. Jim Arvo) [9-27-07]
Resurrection #19: When Was Judas Paid? [4-30-21]
Resurrection #20: Motivation of Judas’ Betrayal [4-30-21]
Resurrection #21: Chronology of Judas’ Evil Plans [5-1-21]
Resurrection #22: Did Judas Repent Or Not? [5-2-21]
Resurrection #23: How Did Judas Die? [5-3-21]
Resurrection #24: Judas & the Potter’s Field [5-3-21]
Last Things (Eschatology)
Biblical Annihilationism or Universalism? (w Atheist Ted Drange) [9-30-06]
“The Last Days”: Meaning in Hebrew, Biblical Thought [12-5-08]
Love of Enemies
“Love Your Enemies”: Old Testament Teaching Too? [9-7-20]
Luke: Historical Reliability
Gospel of Luke Bashing Examined & Found Wanting (vs. Vexen Crabtree) [2-12-21]
Lust
Mark: Gospel of
Dr. David Madison vs. Jesus #2: Weird & Fictional Mark 16? [8-3-19]
Madison vs. the Gospel of Mark #1: Intro. & Overview (Gospels as “Con Job”? / Parables & Repentance / Old Testament Sacrifices & Jesus / “Weird” Mark 16 / Why Jesus Was Killed) [8-13-19]
David Madison vs. the Gospel of Mark #2: Chapter 1 (Why Did Mark Omit Jesus’ Baptism? / Why Was Jesus Baptized? / “Suffering Servant” & Messiah in Isaiah / Spiritual “Kingdom of God” / Archaeological Support) [8-14-19]
David Madison vs. the Gospel of Mark #3: Chapter 2 (Archaeological Support / Sin, Illness, Healing, & Faith / “Word” & “Gospel”) [8-15-19]
David Madison vs. the Gospel of Mark #4: Chapter 3 (Unforgivable Sin [Blaspheming the Holy Spirit] / Plots to Kill Jesus / Rude Jesus? [“Who is My Mother?”]) [8-16-19]
David Madison vs. the Gospel of Mark #9: Chapter 10 (Christian Biblical Ignorance / Jesus vs. Marriage & Family? / Divinity of Jesus) [8-20-19]
David Madison vs. the Gospel of Mark #10: Chapter 11 (Two Donkeys? / Fig Tree / Moneychangers) [8-20-19]
David Madison vs. the Gospel of Mark #11: Chapter 12 (Jesus Predicts His Passion & Death / Judgment Day / God’s Mercy / God as Cosmic Narcissist?) [8-21-19]
Pearce’s Potshots #15: Gospel of Matthew vs. Gospel of Mark? [2-7-21]
Groundless Gospel of Mark Bashing Systematically Refuted (vs. Vexen Crabtree) [2-9-21]
Mary & Jesus
“Who is My Mother?”: Beginning of “Familial Church” [8-26-19]
Did Jesus Deny That Mary Was “Blessed” (Lk 11:27-28)? [11-19-19]
Did Jesus Denigrate Calling Mary “Blessed?” [National Catholic Register, 12-24-19]
“Who is My Mother?” — Jesus and the “Familial Church” [National Catholic Register, 1-21-20]
Mary: Sinless
“All Have Sinned” vs. a Sinless, Immaculate Mary? [1996; revised and posted at National Catholic Register on 12-11-17]
Matthew: Gospel of
Seidensticker Folly #53: Matthew Cited the Wrong Prophet? [9-11-20]
Pearce’s Potshots #15: Gospel of Matthew vs. Gospel of Mark? [2-7-21]
Gospel of Matthew Bashing Refuted Point-by-Point (vs. Vexen Crabtree) [2-10-21]
Moses
Did Moses (and God) Sin In Judging the Midianites (Numbers 31)? [5-21-08]
Righteous and Sinful Anger in Moses: Smashing the Tablets and the Rock at Meribah [5-22-08]
Ward’s Whoppers #9-10: Parting the Red Sea / “Foreigners” [5-18-20]
Moses & Aaron & Their Staff(s): Biblical Contradictions? (vs. Dr. Steven DiMattei) [11-21-20]
A Bible Puzzle About the Staff of Moses and Aaron [National Catholic Register, 1-14-21]
Pearce’s Potshots #29: No Pitch / Bitumen in Moses’ Egypt? [5-26-21]
Moses, Kadesh, Negev, Bronze Age, & Archaeology [6-10-21]
New Testament: Citation of the Old Testament
Old Testament Citations in the NT Defended (Jn 7:38) [7-4-10]
Pacifism
Pacifism vs. “Just War”: Biblical and Social Factors [April 1987]
Passover
Ward’s Whoppers #7-8: “God of Abraham…” / Passover [5-18-20]
Paul & Atheism
St. Paul: Two-Faced Re Unbelief? (Romans 1 “vs.” Epistles) [7-5-10]
Paul: Knowledge of Jesus
Seidensticker Folly #24: Paul’s Massive Ignorance of Jesus (?) [10-5-18]
Ehrman Errors #4: Paul’s “Neglect” of the Life of Jesus [3-22-22]
Paul & Lying
Pearce’s Potshots #16: Does St. Paul Justify Lying? [2-12-21]
Paul: “Pluralist”?
St. Paul: Orthodox Catholic or Theological Pluralist? [12-28-18]
Paul & Romans
David Madison vs. Paul and Romans #1: Chapter 1 (Virgin Birth / God in Creation / Human Rebelliousness / Paul’s Loving Tolerance / God’s Forgiveness / Paul on Sex & Marriage / God’s Just Judgment) [8-22-19]
David Madison vs. Paul and Romans #2: Chapter 2 (God’s Fair Judgment / Soteriology / God Knowing Our Thoughts / Chosen People) [8-26-19]
David Madison vs. Paul and Romans #9: Chapter 9 (“Hardening Hearts” and Hebrew “Block Logic”) [8-30-19]
Peter: Denials of
Seidensticker Folly #48: Peter’s Denials & Accusers [8-31-20]
Philistines
Pearce’s Potshots #33: No Philistines in Moses’ Time? [6-3-21]
Ehrman Errors #1: Philistines, Beersheba, Bible Accuracy [3-18-22]
Polytheism & the Bible
Seidensticker Folly #19: Torah & OT Teach Polytheism? [9-18-18]
Loftus Atheist Error #8: Ancient Jews, “Body” of God, & Polytheism [9-10-19]
Do the OT & NT Teach Polytheism or Henotheism? [7-1-20]
The Bible Teaches That Other “Gods” are Imaginary [National Catholic Register, 7-10-20]
Seidensticker Folly #70: Biblical “Henotheism” [?] Redux [1-31-21]
Prayer
Seidensticker Folly #7: No Conditional Prayer in Scripture? [8-16-18]
Should We Pray for All People or Not (1 John 5:16)? [9-5-18]
Biblical Prayer is Conditional, Not Solely Based on Faith [National Catholic Register, 10-9-18]
We Can’t Demand That God Directly Communicate to Us or Answer Prayer Exactly as We Want Him to (and God’s non-answer is no reason to leave the faith) [blog combox, 2-23-19]
Madison vs. Jesus #10: Universal Answered Prayer & Healing? [8-7-19]
Proverbs
Ward’s Whoppers #17-21: Proverbs Allow of Exceptions [5-21-20]
Salvation
Seidensticker Folly #29: Repentance: Part of Salvation [10-26-18]
Seidensticker Folly #64: A Saved Dahmer & Damned Anne Frank? [11-24-20]
Ehrman Errors #3: Jesus vs. Paul on Salvation? [3-22-22]
Science & the Bible / The Universe
Seidensticker Folly #21: Atheist “Bible Science” Absurdities [9-25-18]
Seidensticker Folly #23: Atheist “Bible Science” Inanities, Pt. 2 [10-2-18]
Loftus Atheist Error #9: Bible Espouses Mythical Animals? [9-10-19]
The Bible and Mythical Animals [National Catholic Register, 10-9-19]
The Bible is Not “Anti-Scientific,” as Skeptics Claim [National Catholic Register, 10-23-19]
Vs. Atheist David Madison #37: Bible, Science, & Germs [12-10-19]
Seidensticker Folly #36: Disease, Jesus, Paul, Miracles, & Demons [1-13-20]
Sea of Galilee
Bashing Mark on Geography / “Sea” of Galilee [3-30-22]
Slavery & the Bible
Biblical Inspiration & Cultural Influences: Contradictory? (emphasis on slavery) [8-10-18]
Seidensticker Folly #10: Slavery in the Old Testament [8-20-18]
Seidensticker Folly #11: Slavery & the New Testament [8-20-18]
Souls
Seidensticker Folly #8: Physics Has Disproven Souls? [8-16-18]
Ten Commandments
Seidensticker Folly #16: Two Sets of Ten Commandments? [9-10-18]
Ward’s Whoppers #11-12: Ten Commandments Issues [5-19-20]
Pearce Pablum #68: “Thou Shalt Not Kill” [Murder] [3-2-22]
Tomb of Jesus
Resurrection #14: When Was the Stone Rolled Away? [4-27-21]
Resurrection #16: Peter & John at the Empty Tomb [4-28-21]
Women
Dialogue: Sexist, Misogynist Bible and Christianity? (Debate with Five Atheists. Are Christian Women Abused as “Sheep”?) [9-20-10; abridged a bit on 2-12-20]
“Zombies” (Matthew 27:51-53)
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Photo credit: geralt (8-18-16) [Pixabay / Pixabay License]
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Summary: I’ve done quite a few rebuttals of falsely alleged biblical “contradictions”, so I thought it would be good (for reference purposes) to collect them all together in one place, categorized by topic.
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Last updated on 18 March 2023
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