(October 19, 2012 at 2:30 am)Polaris Wrote:(October 17, 2012 at 2:40 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: This explanation from my knowledge has no historical basis. There wasn't any tradition of naming genealogies through the mother's line by using the father's name. It's only an ad hoc hypothesis by the apologist in order solve the contradiction.
Please provide actual evidence for this supposed tradition (rather than just assertions made on wacky sites).
LOL. Irony.
Please provide an example where I have done such a thing. When I have made arguments involving biblical interpretation, I cite books and peer reviewed journal articles from reputable sources. I don't rely on looney sites written by untrained authors who don't back up their arguments with evidence like Drich (and many atheists here unfortunately) does.
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
