RE: Hi, I'm a Christian. Help Me Disprove My Religion!
October 5, 2015 at 1:08 am
(This post was last modified: October 5, 2015 at 3:13 am by Aractus.)
(October 4, 2015 at 2:29 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote:
No AtlaSS, I was never fed any anti-Islamic /anti-Catholic /anti-Orthodox information. The fact is what you, the Orthodox, and the Catholics believe about the Bible has been scientifically disproved. The Old Testament has not been systemically edited at any time after the 2nd century BC.
It doesn't matter to me who you are, if I see people making typical uninformed atheist statements I call it for what it is. And your arguments are just that - uninformed. They come wholesale from Islamic apologist sources, and yet you have the gall to claim it as your original thought. Some of the NT books are forged, however we have the epistle of James, the 7-9 authentic epistles of Paul (Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, Philemon, probably Ephesians, and possibly 2 Thessalonians). We have the four gospels and Acts. Luke-Acts is written by the one author, who doesn't identify himself but scholars believe it was either Luke or a close associate of Luke. Acts 13-28 is in the first person narrative, so is written by someone with first-hand experience. If you'd bothered to check modern scholarship you would know this. We also have the short epistle of Jude, and the very shot epistles of 1-3 John.
The epistle of James is either written in the 40s or 50s AD, and most scholars place it being written shortly before the Jerusalem council (Acts 15/Gal 1) around 48-49AD.
As for analysing the evidence, you are not qualified to do that. All you are qualified to do is to look to respected historians in the relevant field and cite them.
I point you to my earlier post in this same thread

For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke