Unbelievable? 30 May 2009 Bible contradictions
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What should Christians believe about the "infallibility" of the Bible? Are the apparent contradictions that exist a problem?
Derek Tidball is the former Principal of the London School of Theology. He engages with atheist Gordon Livesey who has compiled a list of, as he believes, errors and contradictions in the Bible.
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