RE: Will The Internet Kill Religion?
April 15, 2014 at 10:51 pm
(This post was last modified: April 15, 2014 at 10:54 pm by Coffee Jesus.)
(April 15, 2014 at 10:24 pm)Polaris Wrote:(April 15, 2014 at 10:19 pm)Brian37 Wrote: It is a history of myth, like we can prove the books of Harry Potter were written. But it is not a book of facts or science. It is merely a reflection of the social desires and superstitions of it's time.
So is that why many prominent atheist scholars use the Biblical narrative to corroborate the historical records of other Middle East cultures as well as the archaeological record?
Fictional stories still tend to contain true elements. If a scifi alien book mentions the geographic locations of cities, 41st century historians might use that to check their claims about 21st century geography.
I didn't understand your first post about Leviticus and the Ammonites.