(March 27, 2021 at 11:24 am)Eleven Wrote:(March 27, 2021 at 11:18 am)Ferrocyanide Wrote: What do you mean?
--Ferrocyanide
It is simple, really. Historical records are bare facts.
The bible cannot claim historical accuracy if it alludes to allegory and metaphor.
Historical facts of past figures we know to have existed don't include elements only found in tall tales. Honest Abe was honest, he didn't speak Slytherin and live to the age of four-hundred.
“It is simple, really. Historical records are bare facts.
The bible cannot claim historical accuracy if it alludes to allegory and metaphor.
Historical facts of past figures we know to have existed don't include elements only found in tall tales. Honest Abe was honest, he didn't speak Slytherin and live to the age of four-hundred.”
==There is important information that is present in the Bible with respect to the ages.
Once the fall occurred (Adam and Eve + fruit eating action), there is indication as to how long Adam lived. It says he lived 930 y.
Why was this age selected? What does it teach us?
If you keep reading, it mentions who his son is and how long he lives and so on.
It gives specific ages for the dudes.
Is that an allegory or a metaphor? Explain to me the meaning behind it?
From what I see, they are describing people who are real for them. It talks about the lives of the named people, who their sons are and what they do.
Also, an important clue is that the ages of these people shortens.
This explains why nobody is living to near 1000 y by the time Jesus came along. Perhaps there is a genetic degradation going on or the jewish god is shortening people’s lives.
Why would the typical average joe from centuries ago think that the Genesis story and the books following it, are just allegory and metaphor?
To you, a guy living to an age of 400 y might seem preposterous but that’s probably because you are an atheist and you stick with the observable world.
But when it comes to the jewish god, he is all powerful designer. That explains why Adam and Eve had an infinite life. They had the tree of life available to them. As long as you eat from the tree of life, you remain in perfect shape.
Honest Abe? I’ve heard that united statians call Abraham Lincoln honest Abe.
Abraham Lincoln
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln
Born = February 12, 1809
Death = April 15, 1865 (aged 56)
That is too recent. Also, he existed in the 19 th century which is almost touching the information age, the nuclear age, the space age. Also, it is right in the middle of the modern scientific age which I claims to be from the ~1700 and on wards.
In other words, it is very difficult to make most historians and most scientists swallow that ---> “He spoke Slytherin and lived to the age of four-hundred.”
--Ferrocyanide
