Contradictions
Theology
Questions where the tension is one of Theology — 126 in all.
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These marks echo where critical scholarship tends to land on each question — not GEBible’s own ruling.
Seen as a contradiction
Genuinely disputed
Seen as reconciled
Genuinely disputed among scholars
Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
The tension: Genesis 1:1 and Isaiah 44:24 state that God the Father created everything alone, explicitly stretching out the heavens 'by myself.' John 1:3 and Colossians 1:1…
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Deuteronomy, Isaiah, and New Testament passages repeatedly assert strict monotheism, with YHWH alone and no other gods beside him.
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Usually considered reconciled
Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
The tension: Genesis 2:2-3 has God resting on the seventh day after finishing creation and sanctifying that day as a day of rest.
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Genuinely disputed among scholars
Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
The tension: Genesis 2:18-24 presents marriage as a divine solution to the problem that 'it is not good that man should be alone.' 1 Corinthians 7:1 and 7:7 have Paul decla…
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Usually considered reconciled
Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
The tension: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and James repeatedly extol wisdom as supremely valuable, something to be pursued and preferred over gold.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Genesis shows Yahweh strolling through Eden 'in the cool of the day' — audible footsteps, physical movement.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: 1 John 3:20 declares God knows all things.
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Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: Genesis 4 has Yahweh preferring Abel's offering and rejecting Cain's — he respects persons.
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Genuinely disputed among scholars
Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
The tension: The Priestly source and the Genesis narrative have Yahweh approving Abel's animal sacrifice and later filling Leviticus with hundreds of verses of mandatory bl…
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Genuinely disputed among scholars
Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
The tension: Romans 5:12 says death passed upon all men through Adam.
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Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: John 3:18 and 1 John 4:9 call Jesus the 'only begotten Son of God' (monogenes).
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Genesis 6:2-4 and Jude 6-7 describe angelic beings (the 'sons of God') having sex with human women and producing Nephilim.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Genesis 1:31 has God pronouncing everything he made 'very good' on day six.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Numbers 23:19, 1 Samuel 15:29, Malachi 3:6, and James 1:17 stack hard on the idea that God does not and cannot repent or change.
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Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: Ecclesiastes 7:20 flatly denies there is any just man on earth who does good and does not sin.
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Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: Job 15:14, Isaiah 64:6, and Romans 3:10 deny anyone is righteous — all our righteousness is as filthy rags, there is none righteous, no, not one.
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Genuinely disputed among scholars
Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
The tension: Genesis 8:21 has God swear in his heart never again to curse the ground because of humanity, yet Isaiah 24:1-6 announces a curse that devours the earth and Mal…
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Romans 5:12 has Paul teach that death passed upon all humanity because of Adam's single sin — the archetypal transgenerational punishment.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: The Hebrew Bible repeatedly narrates theophanies in which God is seen face-to-face — by Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, seventy elders, Manoah, Micaiah, Job, Isa…
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Genuinely disputed among scholars
Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
The tension: A wide set of passages (Gen 14:19, 22; Exod 9:29; 19:5; Deut 10:14; Ps 24:1; 50:12; 89:11; 1 Cor 10:26) affirm that God owns the earth absolutely.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: Genesis 18:14 asks the rhetorical question "Is any thing too hard for the LORD?" — the obvious answer being no.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: 2 Peter 2:7-8 calls Lot "just" and "righteous" and describes his soul as vexed by the wickedness of Sodom.
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Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: James 1:13 draws a hard line: "God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man." Genesis 22:1 opens the Akedah by saying "God did tempt Abraham" a…
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: Exodus gives contradictory agency for Pharaoh's heart.
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