(April 16, 2014 at 1:30 pm)Chas Wrote:(April 15, 2014 at 10:06 pm)Polaris Wrote: Let's see Bible was written down in the 6th Century BCE from 5 sources including the Annals of the Kings of Judah and Israel (the main reason for its historical accuracy), Jesus is not based off Horus and all the points used to compare the two do not agree with accepted data from Egyptology (I'm surprised there are still those out there spreading that when most prominent atheists tore that claim apart), a bunch of the issues from Leviticus used as insults against Christians not following them pertain to ancestor worship of the Ammonites (and other tribes), and the "Dark Ages" was when religion lost power to control politics (there were a few overtly religious leaders, but it was rare for that time period).
Obviously, only the Old Testament could be argued to have been written BCE.
The OT is not historically accurate: no Flood, no Egyptian captivity, no flight from Egypt, no great kingdom of Israel, and on and on.
The "Dark Ages" is when Christianity began to gain political power in Europe; by the Middle Ages, it was very well established.
You see, your 'facts' mostly aren't facts.
(April 15, 2014 at 10:24 pm)Polaris Wrote: 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?
Citation required. I don't know of any 'atheist' scholars who do so.
Well if my facts are wrong, then I guess all non-religious universities in the wolrd (the religious ones would never mention the 5 sources of the Torah) are wrong as well.
I wasn't aware the information likely provided via the Annals of the Kings of Israel and Judah had any mention of the Flood, Egyptian captivity, the Exodus, etc. etc.
It wasn't that the Kingdom of Israel was great compared to the world powers of the time (since it disappeared before the penning of the OT as you call it, I assume you mean the Kingdom of Judah), it was more sophisticated than its neighbors....that's the biggest detractor for the Canaanite slave/underclass hypothesis.
Look up the works of Eric H. Cline and his contemporaries. I still read to this day when Christians attack him for his statements about the the Biblical record....he accepts the validity of much of Kings and Chronicles, but accepts theories (Sea Peoples for him....he hasn't be able to definitely back it up, but little is known about that group save for the fact almost everyone I have read blames them for the Bronze Age collapse) outside of the Biblical framework for the origin of the Israelites in Canaan.
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.