(November 25, 2012 at 8:28 pm)Daniel Wrote: You seem to think that Israel's morality is pagan-based. There are several things that attest otherwise, not the lest of which being that they kept the 10 commandments in the Ark of the Covenant. Regardless, the Hebrews/Israelites often refused to be moral, choosing instead the "easier" option. Also, consider that the israelites had the laws and commandments, but did not have a King (God was their King). For this reason they constantly got conquered by pagan nations and put under their laws. In the time of Christ this was the Roman empire - yet despite being under Roman authority they still kept to their Jewish laws and traditions.
...pagan-based? I am pretty sure I said the opposite of that.
"The underlying basis for sin and morality, in Biblical terms, are the ancient bigotries and prejudices of bronze-age shepherds in Israel."
Yeah, I did.
Quote:If you want to admit you have no evidence of fabrication, then just do so. Otherwise provide evidence that the Bible is fabricated. Simple.
When I say 'fabrication', I mean that the stories themselves are untrue or based on untruths, not necessarily that they were written or altered later (though it is impossible to believe they were not over thousands of years).
Unless someone can prove the existence of God, the entire thing is a sham because he is the center of the entire belief system. The purity of the text is meaningless until that assertion is shown to be true.
