There is no contradiction in the Bible that cannot be explained sufficiently

This argument relies so much on a common issue with religious people. If something does contradict part of the Bible or science in general. Then they quickly begin to change the definition of words in the name of “interpretation.” If the words can’t be taken literally then they have no meaningful value. Like how job 38:14 says the earth is flat. “The earth takes the shape of clay underneath a seal…” what other shape does clay underneath a seal take besides flat with bumps coming out of it? Or how it commonly refers to the earth as a circle, never a 3 dimensional object.

While the Bible may not contradict itself, in any meaningful way, (even though I’d argue it does) it does often contradict our basic understanding of the world on many occasions. Therefore the Bible is a useless book for anything other than possibly telling the human story, and having themes that supposedly make a good and moral person. However, you can extract that from almost any book. Read Game of Thrones you can extract that incest is bad and leads to evil, you can extract that pride leads to people dying, you can extract that being over ambitious can cause negative impacts on lives, etc.

The Bible isn’t special, it’s just another fiction book that people can extract value from. That doesn’t mean it’s valuable in and of itself, it just means it’s a good story.

Can anything be explained sufficiently?

Sorry to my opponent for my forfeiture.
Will not happen again.

I was out on a trip, and completely forgot about it.
My apologies.

If you change it from Standard to Rated, I’ll accept.

I'd say this debate is missing the critical distinction between what it means to be 'explained' and 'explained sufficiently'.

You can explain anything. That doesn't mean it's a good explanation.

I would change "explained" to "plausibly rationalized." Otherwise, interpretations of the resolution are going to be extremely subjective.

This one looks like it's up your alley.

They can be explained badly, that's for sure.