" 

 ::::I'm aware of that, and haven't suggested the word ""apparent.""  To maintain a NPOV we should steer a middle ground that recognizes that many people say (or allege, or assert, or suggest, or claim, or whatever word you like that doesn't take a position on whether they're right or not) while others say (or argue, or claim, or assert, or respond, or counter, etc. - again, without taking a position on whether they're right or not) that the inconsistencies are either only ""apparent,"" or don't affect the validity of the underlying message, or arise from misunderstandings of the text, or are the result of textual corruption in the copying of manuscripts or whatever. 

 ::::Just out of curiosity, what made you think I was suggesting that we use the phrase ""apparent inconsistencies""?  I wasn't trying to.   "