:Those whose faith dismisses, even strenuously resists, on ''doctrinal principle'', all appeals to supportive arguments based on reasonable logic and scholarly research outside of the Bible, in defense of the reasonable truth of Christianity, are said to have "blind faith". They are presented by liberal [[Skepticism|skeptics]] as evidence of the "ignorant stupidity" of Christian belief ([[Nutpicking]]). But the "blind faith" adherents of Christianity represent only a small minority among Christian believers in the truth of the Bible and the claims of the Christian faith of the apostles. They have been misled ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+22%3A29&version=RSVCE Matthew 22:29]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+12%3A24&version=RSVCE Mark 12:24]). They claim to know the Bible, but they do not know the Bible. They utterly ignore (''disobey, don't believe'') the scripture that says, "'''and ''be'' ready always to ''give'' an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you'''" ([https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/1Peter%203%3A15 1 Peter 3:15]). They stand on the simple, uncomplicated truth that all scripture is inspired of God for training in righteousness that the "man of God" may be complete, equipped for every good work ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Timothy+3%3A16-17&version=RSVCE 2 Timothy 3:16-17]). It is enough for them to read it. But in their unconscious pride of being "plain and simple" believers, "unlike those who have been misled by academically trained intellectuals who ''[[ipso facto]]'' heed deceitful spirits and doctrines of devils" ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+4%3A1&version=RSVCE 1 Timothy 4:1]), they are unaware of the very real danger of the possibility that, being deliberately ignorant, they can unintentionally "wrest" (twist) the scriptures to their own destruction ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+3%3A16-17&version=RSVCE 2 Peter 3:16-17]). When confronted with what seem to be apparently contradictory inconsistencies in the Bible, and not knowing how to answer, and finally believing that there is no answer (because they have no confidence in the intelligent scholarship and research of academics and theologians with university degrees, and thus are self-deprived of the possibility of having any recourse to informed, knowledgeable insights and answers in defense of the truth), they may lose their faith and fall away ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+6%3A4-8&version=RSVCE Hebrews 6:4-8]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+10%3A23-31&version=RSVCE 10:23-31]). Satan has gained advantage over them because they have been kept ignorant of his designs by their own ignorant teachers who in many cases are perhaps not at fault, and are innocent, having been themselves ignorantly taught by their own teachers whom they trusted ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+15%3A14&version=RSVCE Matthew 15:14];[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+2%3A11&version=RSVCE 2 Corinthians 2:11]). But if they truly desire to know the truth, God will not abandon them, and he will bring them to Himself ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+7%3A7-11&version=RSVCE Matthew 7:7-11]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+18%3A24-28&version=RSVCE Acts 18:24-28]). See [[Invincible ignorance]].
:The Christian teaching that '''scripture does not contradict itself''', that it is '''illicit and wrong''' to interpret it that way, is not ''explicitly'' found in any written text of the Bible, but it is an ''implicit'' part of apostolic oral tradition ([https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/2Thessalonians%202%3A15 2 Thessalonians 2:15]]).
:There are many competent verse-by-verse biblical commentaries available in print and online which deal with internal consistency of the Bible regarding particular passages that appear to contradict or to be contradicted by other passages. Most of them offer traditional Christian understandings of how apparent contradictions are in reality only superficial misinterpretations of readings based on a lack of sufficient knowledge, in-depth ''extra-biblical'' knowledge, [[Hermeneutics]], which is not provided by the Bible itself as a whole, which provides means to discern ''the true [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)#The literal sense of scripture|literal sense of scripture]]''. They ably demonstrate that these apparent contradictory texts are in fact verses and passages known to experts in [[Hermeneutics|biblical criticism]] to be reconcilable and resolved without any contradiction, primarily because within the context of the whole teaching of the Bible there is actually no real conflict or contradiction of meaning between them. This is part of the profoundly consoling spiritual work of mercy called "counselling the doubtful" (see [[Corporal and spiritual works of mercy]]). [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+5%3A19-20&version=RSVCE James 5:19-20].
:But not all biblical commentators offer individual explicit commentary on particular difficulties of particular verses and texts which might or might not appear to be contradictory, but only indirectly touch on them, or simply pass over them in silence without specifically addressing the particular issue the inquiring reader might wish to find resolved or examined.
:Those liberal biblical scholars and textual critics in the field of [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)|Higher Criticism]] who do not believe in the inspired and [[Biblical inerrancy|inerrant unity of the biblical text]] often (''but not always'') regard the results of successful harmonization of scriptural "difficulties" by conservative biblical scholars in full accordance with Christian doctrine and dogma as unconvincing, dishonest denials of facts presenting opaque mysteries involving unsolvable difficulties. It is a fact that researchers can reach radically different interpretations when confronted with the same identical textual evidence ([[Cognitive bias]]; [[Confirmation bias]]; [[Prejudice]]; [[Enmity]]; [[Invincible ignorance]]; [[Fallacy of invincible ignorance]]). Compare [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+14%3A1&version=RSVCE Romans 14:1].
:The interested reader is invited to see how the following commentaries have resolved (''if they have'') the few examples of apparently contradictory texts listed above.