RE: Yahweh: The worshiping of a Volcano / fire GOD of War.
April 10, 2012 at 4:46 am
(This post was last modified: April 10, 2012 at 4:49 am by Godscreated.)
(April 10, 2012 at 3:24 am)TheJackel Wrote:Quote:Jebel al Lawz
Ahhh NO! ..lol .. I've gotten that answer before, but it doesn't come anywhere near matching what is described in the bible.. It's actually a pretty poor theory constructed on very loose interpretations of the bible, and a very small segment of the bible. My article on the other hand goes much deeper than that, and covers a heck of a lot more of the actual bible in relation to the regions in question. It's definitely not Al Lawz..
Quote:Ron Wyatt first proposed the idea that Mt. Sinai was at Jebel al-Lawz. Whatever one may think of Ron Wyatt's "discoveries," he should be given full credit for this discovery. However, I would like to call your attention to a recent book examining the claims of Ron Wyatt. It is entitled Holy Relics or Revelation, by two SDA researchers, Russell and Colin Standish. (Hartland Publications, Box 1, Rapidan, VA 22733. 1-800-774-3566). This book is a careful, meticulous, in-depth study of Ron Wyatt's claims. These researchers "speak the truth in love" but state that Ron Wyatt has not been truthful in his claims.
In fact, Ron Wyatt is not considered a reliable or credible source for anything concerning the bible in the scholar and archeological world. And his claims really do not make any sort of sense what-so-ever if you actually read the evidence I've provided, and the scripture I have provided. In fact, your response has not actually addressed any of the evidence, but was rather a tossing of a failed assumption by Ron Wyatt. You're going to have to deposit something a lot more credible than that.
Quote:A casual stroll through hellDevil proves that faith is everything...GOD
Btw, this tells me you don't know much about your religion or the bible. It also tells me that you don't know that "Hell" is not a proper translation and comes from corrupt Greek texts. I'm assuming here that you use the KJV of the bible. And concerning the "Devil", well you might want to read this article I wrote to:
Satan: The Devil in the details!
Yeah that doesn't exist... Fun stuff!
Many others have sighted Jebel al Lawz as Mt. Sinai, there is no way that people of any number would be able to stay at the base of an erupting volcano, let lone live there for a year. The ash which would be considerable according to your research would have killed all living creatures. The heat would have been unbearable especially in that climate. The threat of lava would have keep the people away. What about water, there is little rain fall in that area, at best one inch a year, so no surface water would have been available to them, and if there were any wells they would have been contaminated by the active volcano, the water would have been unfit to drink or any other uses for that matter. I don't know about you, but most people would have enough sense not to go up on a volcano as it was erupting, Moses would more than likely have been poisoned by the gases that the volcano would be releasing, you write as if one could just stroll up to an erupting volcano, as if strolling through a park on a clear spring day. I believe you have over looked the reality of such an adventure. Also how would people camp on volcanic fields, the cooled lava is extremely sharp and there leather sandals would not afford them much protection, and that would be for the ones who actually had sandals. You are correct in saying Jebel al Lawz is not a volcano, yet the granite top of the mountain has been severally scorched, there has never been any vegetation growing on top of the mountain to burn, so how did it become that devastated. By the way Ron Wyatt was not the first to claim Jebel al Lawz as Mt. Sinai, and in actuality his information came from others who were in country long before him, and they had to keep secret that they had studied al Lawz for years, because they were still in country and could have gone to prison for many years if caught. The Saudis are funny that way, they have fenced off many historic sites to keep people from discovering much of the history that area holds.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.