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Biblical fundamentalists, [[Biblical inerrancy|inerrantists]], ultra-orthodox Jews and [[Conservative Christianity|conservative]] [[Christians]] generally claim that the [[Bible]] is the infallible Word of [[God]], and therefore contains no contradictions. The [[Chicago Statement on Bible inerrancy]] was signed by almost 300 noted evangelical scholars, including [[James Boice]], [[Norman Geisler]], [[John Gerstner]], [[Carl F. H. Henry]], [[Kenneth Kantzer]], [[Harold Lindsell]], [[John Warwick Montgomery]], [[Roger Nicole]], [[J. I. Packer]], [[Robert Preus]], [[Earl Radmacher]], [[Francis Schaeffer]], [[R. C. Sproul]], and [[John Wenham]]. <ref>http://www.bible-researcher.com/chicago1.html</ref> Conservative [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologists]] usually maintain that alleged Bible contradictions are a result of poor [[Bible exegesis]] and that often the Bible's critics are not qualified to perform Bible exegesis (that is to say ''critical interpretation''), which needs to be a multi-disciplinary pursuit. <ref>http://www.tektonics.org/af/calcon.html</ref>  In addition, there are a number of [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologists]] who offer Bible exegesis with regard to specific verses to show that they are not in contradiction,  <ref>http://www.tektonics.org/index2.html</ref><ref>http://www.inerrancy.org</ref><ref>http://www.apologeticspress.org/allegeddiscrepancies/</ref><ref>http://www.christian-thinktank.com</ref> other scholars.

Biblical fundamentalists, [[Biblical inerrancy|inerrantists]], ultra-orthodox Jews and [[Conservative Christianity|conservative]] [[Christians]] generally claim that the [[Bible]] is the infallible Word of [[God]], and therefore contains no contradictions. Critics generally reply that the Bible is full of contradictions, cannot consequently be the infallible Word of God, and for this reason nowhere claims to be. The following article is designed to test both assumptions directly against what the Bible itself says.  

Critics of the Bible who have no relevant doctorates in the relevant fields often assert at atheist websites that the Bible is full of contradictions. <ref>http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/jim_meritt/bible-contradictions.html</ref><ref>http://ffrf.org/books/lfif/?t=contra</ref><ref>http://www.atheists.org/christianity/contradictions.html</ref><ref>http://dim.com/~randl/tcont.htm</ref><ref><http://www.krysstal.com/contradi.html</ref><ref>http://www.evilbible.com/Biblical%20Contradictions.htm</ref>