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The contradictions are simply the result of textual evolution. The bible is not a single text, but a number of texts combined and convolved.





This is true but it was the same situation also for the Gospels
Some gnostic Gospels claim that the snake was the good guy
He was not trying to cheat the man, on the contrary he was trying to arise humanity from ignorance
Should this gnostic Gospel be considered as the first "illumist" document of history ?
The point is that in Nicea council all these gnostic gospels have been banned

Why did they not purge also the bible ?

Maybe because it was a so old and traditional document
They simply did not dare to touch it even though they realized there were some contracdictions