You say "Simply providing different accounts doesn't mean they 'disagree' or are 'contradictory'. It just means you have to do a bit of thinking."
No. What it means is that in order to accept these different account, you have to STOP thinking.
If you have (x) number of contemporaneous accounts and they differ, then by the application of ant brand of logic, at least a minimum of (x minus 1) accounts MUST be inaccurate.
The Bible is so flawed and contradictory that the only way you can believe it without having your brain explode is to change the definitions of words like "Truth" and "Contradiction", and cling to words and phrases like "Context", "Interpretation" and "Deeper Meaning"