RE: C'mon, Look At All This Stuff That's Real
December 11, 2018 at 4:43 pm
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2018 at 4:50 pm by DeistPaladin.)
(December 11, 2018 at 4:21 pm)Drich Wrote: If you click on Herod the great translation scroll down to luke 1 you will see it is the same word. Meaning 'Herod" is all we have. technically The bible rather mathew nor luke makes a distinction between the herod of luke one or matthew 2. all we have is church tradition.. Nothing in the bible says church tradition is infallible. That said there is evidence for both what I have said to be true and an earlier birth to be true. either way the church no matter which side of the debate you are on knows the time line is off.I'm exhausted from repeating myself as well but I do note how you've moved to the position that the use of the word "Herod" is "ambiguous", as if it could have referred to either Herod. No, it's not (edit to add: for reasons already articulated ad neuseum) but hey, I'll take any progress at this point.
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to put on my atheist shoes, nothing in secular history says this even happens.. Either Way church tradition ascribes this to the great while the bible ambiguously says "herod' to say one or the other would mean the same man did both what is recorded in luke and in mat...
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Tell you what sport I'm done here you can call it a win if you like because everything I have to say has been said and backed up many times over with proper translation.
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