THE BIBLE is a collection of 66 books one of them only 2 pages long. They were selected from many manuscripts many of which were rejected as unsuitable. It has been retranslated, edited and manipulated to a point where most Christians have ceased to defend its authenticity or even recognize it as the word of ‘God.’ It is an unreliable and flawed source of reference.
Of course it contradicts itself as does all legend and mysticism and all attempts to fabricate truth. Truth is to be found in nature which never contradicts itself. It never lies or attempts to explains itself, it simply is reality.