The best contradiction against Christians

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This is a contradiction which can not be countered with the usual "mistranslation" or "copyist error" or any other typical apologetic response. This contradiction is quite simple: Either Matthew got it wrong, Luke got it wrong, or they BOTH got it wrong!

Some common attempts at rebuttals:
"It's not Herod the Great."
If you look at Matthew 2:22 you'll see a reference to Archelaus and "his father" Herod. Archelaus was the son of Herod THE GREAT and brother to Antipas. Antipas is mentioned in 14:1-2. So YES, it IS Herod the Great.

"Quirinius was governor twice."
This is an assertion which has nothing to support it other than more assertions.

"It didn't mean 'governor' but instead 'one who governs'...so it could have been a lesser office of power."
Luke only makes ONE reference to Quirinius and it's to establish that he was governor of Syria at the time. If he were in any less of an office, the entire point of bringing up his name would be worthless. It would be the same as pointing out that there was an attack on American soil when Obama was a Senator in an article that isn't about Obama and we never reference him again. If we are trying to attach a political figure to establish roughly when it happened (as Luke is obviously doing) we would name President Bush, not someone else.