Hello!

[TheCarlisle]

Eternal salvation. The Bible tells us how to save souls from going to hell. Therefore, in one way or another, the Bible saves lives.

Yes, but as souls aren't real and neither is hell then it's pretty useless isn't it?

In your minds, it ain't.

Eternal salvation doesn't exist?! Then why was Jesus performing all those miracles that were witnessed by thousands and then was crucified?

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Wow, that's a new unproven hypothesis.

Only because you waste your time reading books that tell you what you want to hear.

Try William Dever's "Who Were The Early Israelites" or Israel Finkelstein's "The Bible Unearthed."


You could start here...if you dare.

http://www.worldagesarchive.com/Referenc...ers%29.htm

In the last quarter century or so, archaeologists have seen one settled assumption after another concerning who the ancient Israelites were and where they came from proved false. Rather than a band of invaders who fought their way into the Holy Land, the Israelites are now thought to have been an 'indigenous culture that developed west of the Jordan River around 1200 B.C. Abraham, Isaac, and the other patriarchs appear to have been spliced together out of various pieces of local lore.

So I followed the link and read the first paragraph which contained this, "Obviously, Moses had not parted the Red Sea or turned his staff into a snake..." It's quite obvious? Then why is the Catholic faith increasing in numbers while the OT is obviously wrong? I think I've missed a memo or two.

As for the quote, it seems like it's been worded in a way to make one believe something that isn't proven yet, "...the Israelites are now thought to have been an 'indigenous culture that developed west..."
Who thinks this, the author? Most of society or historians? A similar wording is shown in the 3rd paragraph, "The Davidic Empire, which archaeologists once thought as incontrovertible as the Roman, is now seen as an invention of Jerusalem-based priests..." If the author is making these claims, he should have evidence to back it up.