I spent some time going through questions in this and so far found logical and not far out explanations. An observation is that some of the "contradictions" are very close in scripture (one is from one verse "contradicting" the next), meaning that some of these are deliberate. I realise that alot of these require extra study and research into it's background and original text. All this has done is further my belief and made me realise that God has made this to confound the "wise". I certainly Looked at the questions and thought "but how?" So thank you Jim Merritt! I shall enjoy studying through this lot, even if some of the questions are lame and easy to answer. Don't take this at face value, although yes it does take time to mine the truth in some cases.