Alleged Biblical Factual & Historical Discrepancies

Last updated on: January 23, 2025 at 12:04 pm By Dave Armstrong

Chapter 3 of my book (available for free online), Inspired!: 198 Supposed Biblical Contradictions Resolved. See the Introduction and ch. 1: How Do Atheists Define a “Biblical Contradiction”? All Bible passages RSV unless otherwise noted. ***** Did God create birds from “the waters” (Gen. 1:20) or the ground (2:19)? Genesis 1:20 in KJV might be reasonably interpreted as saying that birds were created from or out of the water (“Let the waters bring forth . . . fowl”) but it is an unfortunately imprecise and inaccurate... Read more

Biblical Idiom, Language, Theology, & Culture

Last updated on: January 23, 2025 at 12:02 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Chapter 2 of my book (available for free online), Inspired!: 198 Supposed Biblical Contradictions Resolved. See the Introduction and ch. 1: How Do Atheists Define a “Biblical Contradiction”? All Bible passages RSV unless otherwise noted. ***** 1.Why did Matthew take the very unusual step of including four women (Matt. 1:3, 5-6) in Joseph’s genealogy? Isn’t that a contradiction over against other biblical genealogies? The four women were Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba. But this is not “very unusual” in the... Read more

Books by Dave Armstrong: “Justification: A Catholic Perspective”

Last updated on: November 29, 2023 at 3:10 pm By Dave Armstrong

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[completed on 8-30-23] This is a book in which I debate Brazilian Calvinist Francisco Tourinho on one of the two “pillars” (as Protestants describe them) of the Protestant Revolt: justification by faith alone, or sola fide (the other being Scripture Alone or sola Scriptura as the rule of faith). Tourinho was a worthy opponent, we have established cordial and mutually respectful relations, and it was a pleasure to interact with him. I hope to debate him many more times. The... Read more

How Do Atheists Define a “Biblical Contradiction”?

Last updated on: December 1, 2023 at 3:18 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Chapter 1 of my book (available for free online), Inspired!: 198 Supposed Biblical Contradictions Resolved. ***** A common tactic of biblical skeptics is to question the veracity and historical trustworthiness of the New Testament based on alleged numerous “contradictions” therein. But most of these so-called “problem passages” can easily be shown to be non–contradictory and in fact, complementary. This is what might be described as the “1001 Bible contradictions” ploy. Anyone can go look up the definition of “logical contradiction.”... Read more

“Inspired!: 198 Supposed Biblical Contradictions Resolved”

Last updated on: January 23, 2025 at 11:49 am By Dave Armstrong

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[completed on 3 June 2023; 146+ pages; all biblical citations from RSV; available for FREE via linked installments on this page] Table of Contents Introduction [read below] Chapter One: How Do Atheists Define a “Biblical Contradiction”? [read online] Chapter Two: Critics’ Misunderstanding of Biblical Idiom, Language, Theology, or Culture (#1-35) [read online] Chapter Three: Alleged Factual and Historical Discrepancies (#36-89) [read online] Chapter Four: Supposed Contradictions and Errors with Regard to Science (#90-95) [read online] Chapter Five: Manufactured “Contradictions”... Read more

The Quasi-Schismatic Mentality

Last updated on: November 28, 2023 at 9:38 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Chapter 16 (pp. 141-145) of my book, Reflections on Radical Catholic Reactionaries (December 2002; revised second edition: 17 August 2013; slightly revised again in November 2023 for the purpose of the free online version). Anyone who reads this book should first read the following three introductory articles, in order to fully understand the definitions and sociological categories I am employing: Introduction (on the book page) Definitions: Radical Catholic Reactionaries, Mainstream “Traditionalists,” and Supposed “Neo-Catholics” [revised 8-6-13] Radical Catholic Reactionaries: What They... Read more

Was Pope St. John Paul II a “Modernist”?

Last updated on: November 28, 2023 at 9:31 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Chapter 15 (pp. 129-140) of my book, Reflections on Radical Catholic Reactionaries (December 2002; revised second edition: 17 August 2013; slightly revised again in November 2023 for the purpose of the free online version). Anyone who reads this book should first read the following three introductory articles, in order to fully understand the definitions and sociological categories I am employing: Introduction (on the book page) Definitions: Radical Catholic Reactionaries, Mainstream “Traditionalists,” and Supposed “Neo-Catholics” [revised 8-6-13] Radical Catholic Reactionaries: What They... Read more

The Pauline (“New”) Mass

Last updated on: November 28, 2023 at 9:26 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Chapter 14 (pp. 123-127) of my book, Reflections on Radical Catholic Reactionaries (December 2002; revised second edition: 17 August 2013; slightly revised again in November 2023 for the purpose of the free online version). Anyone who reads this book should first read the following three introductory articles, in order to fully understand the definitions and sociological categories I am employing: Introduction (on the book page) Definitions: Radical Catholic Reactionaries, Mainstream “Traditionalists,” and Supposed “Neo-Catholics” [revised 8-6-13] Radical Catholic Reactionaries: What They... Read more

Post-Vatican II “Liberal” Popes

Last updated on: November 28, 2023 at 9:21 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Chapter 13 (pp. 113-121) of my book, Reflections on Radical Catholic Reactionaries (December 2002; revised second edition: 17 August 2013; slightly revised again in November 2023 for the purpose of the free online version). Anyone who reads this book should first read the following three introductory articles, in order to fully understand the definitions and sociological categories I am employing: Introduction (on the book page) Definitions: Radical Catholic Reactionaries, Mainstream “Traditionalists,” and Supposed “Neo-Catholics” [revised 8-6-13] Radical Catholic Reactionaries: What They... Read more

Are the Vatican II Documents “Ambiguous”?

Last updated on: November 28, 2023 at 9:13 pm By Dave Armstrong

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Chapter 12 (pp. 99-111) of my book, Reflections on Radical Catholic Reactionaries (December 2002; revised second edition: 17 August 2013; slightly revised again in November 2023 for the purpose of the free online version). Anyone who reads this book should first read the following three introductory articles, in order to fully understand the definitions and sociological categories I am employing: Introduction (on the book page) Definitions: Radical Catholic Reactionaries, Mainstream “Traditionalists,” and Supposed “Neo-Catholics” [revised 8-6-13] Radical Catholic Reactionaries: What They... Read more