Where Do The Alleged Biblical Discrepancies Come From?
There is rarely a week that passes in my life when I do not hear some godless heathen or carnal Christian crying about Biblical discrepancies. For the heathen there’s nothing that I can do but pray that they find the truth of Christ. But for the Christian we can list the situations that may make the Bible appear to be fallible. I cannot cover every instance of alleged Biblical discrepancies, but I can refer you to a book written by John W. Haley called “Alleged Discrepancies of the Bible”. In over 471 pages Haley looks at all the alleged discrepancies in our Bible, showing them to be misinterpretation from our standpoint, not an error in God’s Word. The following information is a condensation of some of the scholarly work found in this book. The situations which may cause alleged Bible discrepancies are: THE METHOD OF RECORDING TIME: The Jews had two chronological dating methods, a sacred calendar and a civil calendar. Among the Latin Christian nations there were around 7 different cal
