Reading this article and the ensuing (and largely predictable) commentary, I am struck yet again by how many "rules-driven" (aka "legalistic") people fail to grasp the consequences of Goedel's Incompleteness Theorem.  It is impossible to formulate a set of logical propositions which are both complete and consistent.  If you want consistency, you must sacrifice completeness.  All lawmakers and law-enforcers need to understand this limitation of human logic.  

Jesus Christ repeatedly pointed his questioners back to the underlying principles, rather than allowing Himself to be trapped in the minutiae of interpretations that sensibly will vary from case to case.

Dr Patterson has shown us one serious contradiction in GC Working Policy.  There are probably others.  In these cases the wisest course is to remove the contradiction, and permit lower-level entities to determine the appropriate action on a case-by-case basis.

Has God tasked us to resolve all contradictions in this life?