Biblical contradictions are one of the great mysteries. There's really nothing in there that makes sense without an ocean's worth of ink spilled in explaining, backfilling, and conjuring up dubious context. Yet we have an entire political party dedicated to the notion that it's literally true.
Q: Why did America get the Puritans and Australia the convicts?
A: Australia won the coin toss.
However, it was a bit unfair not to mention that multiple religions have these sorts of problems. If this were a Muslim country, for instance, I suspect I'd be railing against that instead.