(May 23, 2012 at 8:39 pm)padraic Wrote:(May 23, 2012 at 2:31 pm)Polaris Wrote: Yeah. Evidence. It's what we look for in the academic field.
Do you mean 'credible evidence' and 'proof' ?
'Evidence' is NOT a synonym for 'proof'. I guess religious studies have 'looser' standards of evidence.
Quote:The Annals of the Kings of Judah.
Book of Kings I think. Mate religious texts are not credible prime source historical documents,period.
Like I said. I look for the evidence of those who follow religions.
They are credible when they are corroborated by the archeological record and extra-Biblical sources. Kings and Chronicles are merely a consolidation of the histories of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel with some religious elements mixed in.
@Drake. Because the Bible basically says if you really want to know more, go read these books. I doubt if they had not existed, the Chronicler would have made such a comment.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
