rabbit, there's a whole thesis paper written on that by some person. I haven't gotten my hands on it, but my pastor pretty much told me "The bible says 'thou shalt not murder'"
And yeah. Thou shalt not murder is one of the ten commandments (I lost track, but it's one of them) and when Moses was commanded to kill a bunch of people, it was because they were sinners (think what God did with Noah and the Ark).
@CrAz3D: I don't have the mental energy to bother looking, but since those are different chapters, I don't doubt that they're different incidents. Also, the first four gospels are known to contradict eachother, as will happen in any event where there are four people doing different things at different times. For example, the book of Judas (non-canonical) says that Judas was following a command from Jesus that he should turn him into the Pharasies in order to complete the plan, whereas Matthew, Mark and John (I'm guessing Luke, but he wasn't an apostle, so whatever) say that Jesus was prophesying, not commanding. But yeah, you get what I mean.
I fail to believe that you can find any inconsistencies in the bible (other than the obvious OT vs NT) that cannot be explained. If you believe the explination or not is a whole other situation, but they can all be explained. I like debating this, so if you can find anything (don't link me to page upon page, actually research them before sending them to me), let me know and I'll try my hand at disproving your point. Also, on amazon.com you can get a bible, shipped, for about a quarter I believe, or you can use
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