the point is that it is not about good and bad and it is not up for interpretation. Laws and rules in the bible are there for one purpose: to show us how evil we are and that we need God to forgive us and cleanse us... the only reason there all of these diferrent beleifs and iterpretations is because man gets things wrong or wants to manipulate a matter, neither God or the bible are wrong in any way its us. for example: have you ever tried to buy paint from autozone? they ask you for id. why is that? because people take the paint and use it to get high. was it meant for that? no. do the instructions say do that? no. people abuse and misuse everything under the sun including Gods word. The devils job is to cause us to doubt it or misinterpret it as much as he can to prevent our ultimate salvation. Gods salvation is free but the world tells us we have to work for it. God urges us to believe in his Son as he is the only sacrifice for sins but the world tells us believe in whatever you want as long as you treat people ok you will go to paradise when you die.. so someone reads the bible and they go into it w/ these new age beliefs that we as a culture have been brainwashed with and they totally miss the truth. i first really read the bible when i was 20 and there were no contradictions but i was shocked to find some of the stuff in there that i did cause growin up you always get the kid version. people have turned what is real into something religious. like if you go to church every week and pray a certain amount of times a day than your good.. where does this come from. it is nowhere in the bible. it comes from mans idea that he deserves a cookie for doing something he is supposed to do. thats why i say pray about it and approach reading it as if you know nothing.