I am a believer in Christianity who is seeking a way out because I am having great difficulty taking the doctrine of eternal damnation of the many (which is clearly taught in _script_ure). Since my religious experience is in line with what the Bible teaches, the only honest way I can see to do this is to 'prove' the bible is in error. So I have been looking at some web stuff relating to the errancy of the Bible... And I have not found anything that can be called a major error or contradiction. Let me give a couple of examples of alleged errors and contradictions which are only useful for one who presupposes the Bible is in error. King Zedekiah from Je 34:4-5 and JE 52:10-11 ? I'm surprised this is even in the list. The prophecy was that he would not die by the sword but would die in peace. O.K. dying in prison after one's sons eyes have been put out is not my idea of peaceful either, but let's face it, the God of the Bible makes his own rules and has his own idea of peace... The fact is Zed did not die by the sword. 1SA 21:1-6 Ahimalech was high priest when David ate the bread. MK 2:26 Abiathar was high priest at the time. The Christian anti anti Bible websites say that this is not a problem since Abaithar was Ahimalech's son. Don't know much about it, but it seems plausible, I guess. MT 27:28 Jesus is given a scarlet robe (a sign of infamy). MK 15:17, JN 19:2 A purple robe (a sign of royalty). This really is nitpicking, isn't it? MT 27:44 Both of those who are crucified with Jesus taunt him. LK 23:39-42 Only one taunts Jesus, and he is rebuked by the other for doing so. So they both taunt him, then one stops and defends Jesus. Am I nuts or is this a plausible reading of the text? MT 27:48, LK 23:36, JN 19:29 Jesus was offered vinegar to drink. MK 15:23 It was wine and myrrh, and he did not drink it. JN 19:29-30 Whatever it was, he did drink it. So Jesus was offered wine and he did not drink it, then he was offered vinegar and he did drink it? Does each of the Gospel accounts have to give 'all' details? MT 27:54 The centurion says: Truly this was the son of God. MK 15:39 He says: Truly this man was the son of God! LK 23:47 He says: Truly this man was innocent (or righteous ). LoL. MT 27:55, MK 15:40, LK 23:49 The women looked on from afar. JN 19:25-26 They were near enough that Jesus could speak to his mother. Jesus yelled? The women were afar, then his mother came closer? MT 24:9 Even some of the disciples of Jesus will be killed. JN 8:51 If anyone keeps Jesus' words, he will never see death. HE 9:27 [All] men die once, then judgment follows. Anyone who has been a christian will understand why this is silly. MT 28:1 It was toward dawn when they arrived. MK 16:2 It was after sunrise. LK 24:1 It was at early dawn. JN 20:1 It was still dark. One has to stretch a bit to get that meaning into Mt 28:1. It could mean that, or it could mean they left 'when it was still dark'. The point I'm trying to make is that so many errors listed on websites are misunderstandings or stretches. What are the 'best' errors and/or contradictions you've seen in the Bible? What are the 'best' websites and books for this sort of thing? BTW, if you bring up minor things, like wrong dates for deaths of kings, etc, christians will just say, well that's a copyist error or it's due to the different way the jews kept time, and is unimportant because it does not affect doctrine. Thanks for any help, Kevin