"The Devil can cite scripture for his purpose," said Shakespeare.

Why and how are the "scriptures" so contradictory?

Because they are compilations of many earlier documents, and those
earlier documents were mostly written or formulated as oral traditions
by traumatised survivors of the series of catastrophes and subsequent
survivalist emergencies in which both our behaviour patterns and our
religions are rooted.

Of course you, habbie, can pose as a very wise man by pointing out
contradictions in scriptures, of which others are unaware as they are
too busy earning a living.

But what you are doing is not conducive to societal healing.

And yes, Gandhi was a clown. He weakened the Hindus with his naive
disregard of inter-tribal hatreds.

And if he'd tried that stunt with French or Belgian colonists, he
would have just got a bullet in his brain first time round, but the
British humoured him because the British are too "nice" for their own
good, as is shown by the fact that the British - because of their
"niceness," have now allowed themselves to be colonised by the
European Union.

Hey, you might find this link interesting:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070124111610AAnPxw0

Jesus isn't talking about himself, he's continuing on with the story (or
parable) and talking about the lord (of which the story is about)'s response
to his servants' actions.  

The Bible is just like most literature you read.  You can't take a single
sentence, or a single part, and decide it's meaning from there.  You have to
read the surrounding context and a lot of the times research what was
happening during that time frame to understand the meaning behind the message.

It's like doing explications, especially on really complex literature like
The Scarlet Letter.  If you just read it word for word without trying to
decipher all the hidden literary elements, it isn't going to mean much.
However, if you spend the time explicating the text you learn a lot behind
the meanings of the words.  (You can do the same with The Great Gatsby, and
the list goes on...)

Like most anything, the Bible is often taken out of context to suit the needs
of the person attempting to disqualify it, or use it to their own benefit.
Truly, "The Devil can cite scripture for his purpose." (Shakespeare) as noted
below.  

There are many verses that are easily misinterpreted, such as the one you
just used.  I am no expert in the Bible, but I have found that a little bit
of research goes a long way.  

Hope that helps.

Please don't misquote Jesus. This is totally contrary to his teachings
as recorded in the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke & John available here:
www.biblegateway.com )

(eg turn the other cheek, go an extra mile, Jesus didn't let a disciple
use violence to defend him before his arrest, but restored the ear which
had been cut off, the words "Father forgive them" re his crucifiers)

The words you quote above from Luke 19.27 are the last verse of a
parable and not an exhortation - they are what a King in the parable was
saying:

Luke 19:

10 For the Son of Man[a] came to seek and save those who are lost.”

Parable of the Ten Servants.

11 The crowd was listening to everything Jesus said. And because he was
nearing Jerusalem, he told them a story to correct the impression that
the Kingdom of God would begin right away. 12 He said, “A nobleman was
called away to a distant empire to be crowned king and then return. 13
Before he left, he called together ten of his servants and divided among
them ten pounds of silver,[b] saying, ‘Invest this for me while I am gone.’

14 But his people hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We
do not want him to be our king.’

 15 “After he was crowned king, he returned and called in the servants
to whom he had given the money. He wanted to find out what their profits
were. 16 The first servant reported, ‘Master, I invested your money and
made ten times the original amount!’

 17 “‘Well done!’ the king exclaimed. ‘You are a good servant. You have
been faithful with the little I entrusted to you, so you will be
governor of ten cities as your reward.’

 18 “The next servant reported, ‘Master, I invested your money and made
five times the original amount.’

 19 “‘Well done!’ the king said. ‘You will be governor over five cities.’

 20 “But the third servant brought back only the original amount of
money and said, ‘Master, I hid your money and kept it safe. 21 I was
afraid because you are a hard man to deal with, taking what isn’t yours
and harvesting crops you didn’t plant.’

 22 “‘You wicked servant!’ the king roared. ‘Your own words condemn
you. If you knew that I’m a hard man who takes what isn’t mine and
harvests crops I didn’t plant, 23 why didn’t you deposit my money in the
bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’

 24 “Then, turning to the others standing nearby, the king ordered,
‘Take the money from this servant, and give it to the one who has ten
pounds.’

 25 “‘But, master,’ they said, ‘he already has ten pounds!’

 26 “‘Yes,’ the king replied, ‘and to those who use well what they are
given, even more will be given. But from those who do nothing, even what
little they have will be taken away.

27 And as for these enemies of mine who didn’t want me to be their
king—bring them in and execute them right here in front of me.’”

 28 After telling this story, Jesus went on toward Jerusalem,

I think the words of the king in the parable make sense in the light of
other bible verses which warn of judgement to come, both after death and
 for nations which abandon God and for the world when Jesus returns.

Not sure of the point of this post as Jesus didn't say that, other than
reporting the words of someone else within a parable.

Jesus's love and offer of forgiveness extend to all, so your comment
above is questionable to say the least. Which verse do you refer to??

    Although its a parable , its clear that Jesus is the King ,
and the servants are his apostles and those who dont believe in him as
king will be killed in front of him. In fact Jesus and God and Satan
are running a kind of protection racket. If you dont believe in Jesus
(the only way to heaven is through him) then no matter how good a
human you , God and Satan will torment you forever in hellfire !
    Morons who believe in all this junk and not in Mother Nature
who really created us via evolution.

Luke 19.27

Jesus said
"But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them,
bring them here and slay them in my presence."

...
    missionaries will always confuse the issue. The bibles that
present Jesus thus have many violent verses in the Christian bible! I
posted before. Christians have always used bible as a political tool
not as a religious,spiritual tool. Thus they have verses which are
violent but hide them till they convert and then use them to kill
others who refuse. In war both sides invoke the same bible!
Mark 16 verses:

16:18  They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly
thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and
they shall recover