I was going to respond but Pil did such a great job. Confessions are helpful in giving a concise summary of what is believed by a church, giving both essentials and non-essentials (for the sake of local church unity and clarifications). Again, they are secondary to Scripture.

Providentially, over on the Reformed Baptist Fellowship blog there are some articles you would greatly benefit from reading:

On the Value & Validity of Confessions of Faith, Part 1
ON THE VALIDITY & VALUE OF CONFESSIONS OF FAITH, PART 2
On the Validity & Value of Confessions of Faith, Part 3
The Value of a Confession of Faith, Part 4

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As you demonstrated with this snippet, confessions of faith can be contradictory.

How is it contradictory? I am not denying that there can be contradictions in a confession of faith, as a confession is a human document, but I would like to know what you think is contradictory.

Do your elders share these same ideas that you do? Do you treat them the same way you treat us, ignoring all the things we try to point you to?

True godliness is a sincere feeling which loves God as Father as much as it fears and reverences Him as Lord, embraces His righteousness, and dreads offending Him worse than death~ Calvin