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Does Genesis contradicts the Big Bang theory about the time? [duplicate]
Although the Big Bang theory may be (like all scientific theories) subject to revision and improvement as new data becomes available, it is a robust scientific theory that is supported by a vast array ...
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Reconciling Genesis 1 with Science: Order of Creation [closed]
Let's go through it and number the issues with the order of creation. Some issues are with science (I mark with an S), but others are actually apparent even to an ancient reader, within the text ...
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Scientific contradictions in bible [closed]
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In the Book of genesis it is said that the Universe was created in 6 days. But from the scientific perspective it is impossible. It took billions of years. Also the chronology the ...
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How could Satan be cursed to crawl on the ground, yet walk before God in Job?
In Genesis 3:1 we find a serpent. Supposedly Satan inhabited the serpent, or the word should be translated Shining One (NIV). At any rate, God curses the snake in 3:14: "On your belly you shall go, ...
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When omniscient God had a plan for Jesus, why did God think of killing everyone?
There seems to be a contradiction between these two verses.
So the LORD said, "I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created--and with them the animals, the birds and the ...
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Was the cave of Abraham in Shechem or Hebron?
Genesis 23:17–20 says:
So Ephron’s field in Machpelah near Mamre—both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field—was deeded to Abraham as his property in the ...
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How to reconcile the number of people that went down to Egypt with Jacob?
In Genesis 46 26-27 it says:
26 All those who went to Egypt with Jacob—those who were his direct
descendants, not counting his sons’ wives—numbered sixty-six persons.
27 With the two sons[f] ...
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Was Keturah Abraham's wife or concubine?
Keturah was Abraham's wife?
Genesis 25:1-2 Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah. She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.
Keturah was Abraham's concubine?
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Does Romans 7:20 contradict Genesis 4:7?
In contrast with Romans 7:20:
But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one
doing it, but sin which dwells in me. [NASB]
Genesis 4:7 states:
“If you do well, will ...
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What are the responses to the "Radical's Critics" argument concerning Genesis 1 and 2?
The Radical's Critics argue that there is a discrepancy between the Genesis 1 account of creation and the Genesis 2 account, and thus proving that the doctrine of inerrancy is false.
Has this been ...
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2 Chronicles 28:3 vs Genesis 22:2
How is the contradiction explained between 2 Chronicles 28:3 and Genesis 22:2 in the protestant tradition?
Genesis 22:2 NIV
Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you
love—Isaac—and ...
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Which came first, man or animal? [duplicate]
Genesis 1:24-27 states that humans were created after the other animals, and the first man and woman were created simultaneously.
1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature ...
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How could Jacob wrestle with God if no one can see God and live?
Is this a contradiction? Or am I missing something. It seems strange to think one can "wrestle" with God.
Genesis 32:30 (NIV):
30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God ...
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How could Cain have built Enoch? [closed]
God cursed Cain to be an eternal wanderer:
Genesis 4:12 King James Version
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee
her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt ...
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Are there two different creation accounts in the bible? [closed]
There are two seemingly contradictory accounts of creation in the Bible.
The first is in Genesis 1:1-2:3.
The second is in Genesis 2:4-25.
Why are there differences in the accounts?
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