RE: A Literal Bible. Answering questions
May 8, 2022 at 6:07 pm
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2022 at 6:10 pm by Brian37.)
(May 8, 2022 at 5:53 pm)Green Diogenes Wrote:(May 8, 2022 at 5:31 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: I guess I'll ask one more time before I drop it..but, who are we talking about here? Are we trying to employ some kind of empathy for the man who was close enough to watch a person be vaporized by an airburst in 1500bce, and lived to tell the tale?
The empathy point is a general point.
In that specific example; a comet airburst involves an intense flash of light and heat, similar to a nuclear bomb. It lasts a moment, and doesn't penetrate the terrain. Getting up into the mountains for cover was the objective of the party, so it would stand to reason they were in mountainous terrain that shielded them from this effect, since they survived. One person being out in the open, observed by others in cover, is not a ridiculous idea.
Having empathy for the author, who was having empathy for the figure in the story (which was derived from an Acacia bush, so the author says), is how you realise that 'pillar of salt' is the best terms a man who had no idea that space existed or what exactly was going on, could use to describe the appearance of what he saw.
It is a STORY, nothing more. It does not prove the existence of a super cognition being the cause and controller of everything.
Flood mythology for example, isn't unique to the god/s of the 3 Abrahamic traditions. The Epic of Gilgamesh has a story of flooding and building a boat and and saving family and livestock. Back then the vast majority of our species had no clue how big the planet was, or that it was a round ball, a globe, and not flat. And most people were not long distance travelers. So when they saw a deluge they mistook a local flood to being the entirety of the planet.
None of the story you mention proves that a God exists. The Bible existing also is not evidence that a super cognition exists. It is only evidence that people made claims. You cant agree with me that they had no clue about what they were seeing, then claim the bible proves they knew what they were "on to something". Humans of all religions worldwide in antiquity saw things they didn't understand.
And please, do not bring up Aquinas and quantum physics.
