(October 16, 2013 at 4:03 pm)John V Wrote: You shouldn't lie when there's a written record for all to see. You said that the bit about camels was less important than the other bits you threw against the wall:Mea culpa. I did carelessly contrast the issue about camels to "major claims." However, if that's the case, you cannot say that you were not told what's most important, whether the exodus story has any historical basis, i.e., the liberation, wandering, conquest.
Quote:OK, in response to my last question about the historical reliability of the Bible there was some quibbling about camels, but no one attempted to respond to the major claims, that the central narrative of the Old Testament never happened, there was no liberation from Egypt, no wandering in the desert, no conquest of Canaan.
I still say under what rules does anyone think he has won a debate when he has made an inconclusive attempt to answer one out of eleven questions? You're just indulging in a lot of posturing to avoid looking like a fool. Put up or shut up.
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people — House