RE: The Bible proves zombies
July 22, 2011 at 9:15 pm
(This post was last modified: July 22, 2011 at 9:21 pm by Justtristo.)
(July 22, 2011 at 9:07 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I like this site because it provides multiple translations of the same verse.
http://bible.cc/2_kings/19-35.htm
As usual, the KJV is about the worst of the lot.
Curious about this of course is that the Assyrians would be so stupid as to send 185,000 men to attack a shithole of a town with a total population of about 10,000 at Hezekiah's time.
The Assyrian version of events is that after crushing Hezekiah's kingdom and reducing the majority of its towns to rubble the Assyrians turned on Jerusalem and allowed him to surrender, pay tribute, and be restored to the position of vassal of Assyria. Much of the territories overrun were detached from Hezekiah as punishment. Somehow, this seems more reasonable than the bible horseshit and is supported by archaeological evidence....unlike the fucking bible.
Yeah the Book of Kings is by no means an accurate account of the events that happened, even compared to works of the same period which were considered real history by historians. Any good historian knows even in stuff like Tacitus Annals or Josephus The Jewish Wars, there is a bias that needs to be accounted for. So historians take that bias into account and match if possible the events described in one work, with other works which describe the same event, which you have done here.
(July 22, 2011 at 9:07 pm)Minimalist Wrote: As usual, the KJV is about the worst of the lot.
That is why I dont use the KJV apart from the archaic language, Why Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens prefer the KJV over more modern, accurate translation is beyond me. Considering that if more people read the bible in a modern language, it would make a of people stop considering themselves Christian.
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