Do you know of a list of alleged Bible contradictions I am not already aware of?

#ANSWER: Yes, you are missing some very important sites.

I would recommend the following

http://www.watchtower.org/e/t13/article_01.htm

http://4simpsons.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/thats-th...

http://www.tektonics.org/index2.html

Many cite perceived contradictions which in fact are simply overly literal and transparently false interpretations.

Is it REALLY a contradiction?

To illustrate a statement that says a man is a "good worker" and later a statement that he was a "dishonest worker" may be viewed as contradictory unless one takes into account the time period being referred to. The man may well have started out as a "good worker" in 1985 but have been eventually corrupted and convicted for a crime later in his career.

As well as needing to take into account the time a statement is made, WHO a statement is made to/about is also relevant. For example "Is God a man of peace or war?" Romans 15:33 says "The God of peace." but Exodus 15:3:"The Lord is a man of war. This apparent 'contradiction' is nothing of the sort since God can of course be BOTH depending on who he is interacting with.

To illustrate: Former President Bush identified himself as a "a President of War", did this mean he would go to war against his own people? Would Americans fear after this statement that he would drop bombs on Washington or New York? Obviously he was refering to warring against his enemies. In a similar way God offers Peace to those that desire a peaceful relationship with him but is a 'God of War' to those that defy him and attack his people.

Is it physically impossible for BOTH to be true? A true contradiction presents two facts which are IMPOSSIBLE to harmonize. Often people site two apparently contractory facts which can in fact be harmonized.

To illustrate, one observer of a car accident says that the driver had a heart attack, another than he crashed and a third that he drowned. If however the indivdual was driving over a bridge, had a heart attack and crashing over the barrier, plummeted into the river below, drowning, all three statements can be true. A contradiction arises ONLY when one or more are physically impossible. For example, he drowned in London at 3pm on Friday and was burnt at the stake at 3:01 on the same day in Paris. The two statements are physically impossible to harmonize thus you have a "true" contradiction. Since the bible rarely gives specific times of events, readers would be hard pushed to identify a contradiction of this nature. In short, most facts can be harmonized and no claim of contradiction can be thus made in their regard.

Unfortunately the some of the less reputable sites simply lie or misrepresent information in scripture. For example one site quotes a seeming discrepency between "the chief of [David's] army" killing either 800 or 300 men. Upon closer examination the bible reveals the two accounts were referring to two different men; Joshebbassheboth (the Tahchemonite) killing 800 men (2 Sam. 23:8 .) and Jashobeam (the Hachmon·ite) killing 300 (1 Chron. 11:11).

Being all too familiar with what theists consider acceptable 'evidence' and 'proof' and their general dishonest way of defending their religion, I'm not terribly impressed that you're implying that the contradictions aren't, in fact, contradictions. The only difference between Muslims and Christians is that Muslims are violent, oppressive, theosupremacists and crazy (for believing their fairy tales) whereas Christians are generally peaceful, more tolerant of women's rights, gays' rights and other religions rights to exist not to mention secularism but are still just as crazy (for believing their fairy tales) as Muslims are.

To many people who lack understanding... Jesus' very existence and teachings are a contradiction to the Word of God.

But, these people lack understanding.