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You should attack the bad links in the causal chain that lead to absurd conclusions, not the conclusions themselves.
So yes, it's worth attacking the bible's nonchalance about contradictions -- but don't bother dwelling on the contradictions themselves.
The contradictions are a proper point of attack, but only if they would be really, genuinely troublesome even granting the rest of the premises.