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historical merits of the bible?
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RE: historical merits of the bible?
(June 27, 2014 at 9:30 am)ignoramus Wrote: Guys, I really enjoy reading posts which dissect contents of the bible and analyse , scrutinize and find discrepancies.

Let's take away the sky daddy bits and all the morality and parables, etc.

What is left?
As a historical body of text, has it provided any historical or scientific information which is generally considered "fact" due to the empirical evidence noted in it, which cannot be validated by other writings of the time.

Eg: social migration

Millions have been spent looking for evidence on the exodus. None was found. These archeologists set out to prove the exodus for religious and political reasons, all they did was prove that the bible is not a reliable source for anything.

Which is extra funny considering Troy was long believed to be mythical, until the moment someone basically took up the Illiad, went looking and eventually found the place. (Which was the wrong place but in the end Schliemann and/or Calvert redid the work and found the correct spot).
I don't think the bible can claim anything like that. But I could be wrong on this.
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historical merits of the bible? - by ignoramus - June 27, 2014 at 9:30 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by RobbyPants - June 27, 2014 at 12:48 pm
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by LostLocke - June 27, 2014 at 9:39 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by archangle - June 27, 2014 at 10:03 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by FatAndFaithless - June 27, 2014 at 10:08 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by archangle - June 27, 2014 at 10:19 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by FatAndFaithless - June 27, 2014 at 10:28 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by Anomalocaris - June 27, 2014 at 10:18 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by Jenny A - June 27, 2014 at 10:42 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by Grandizer - June 27, 2014 at 10:46 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by DeistPaladin - June 27, 2014 at 10:52 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by Minimalist - June 27, 2014 at 12:11 pm
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by Anomalocaris - June 27, 2014 at 12:31 pm
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by Bibliofagus - June 27, 2014 at 12:28 pm
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by Minimalist - June 27, 2014 at 1:12 pm
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by Wyrd of Gawd - June 27, 2014 at 9:29 pm
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by ignoramus - June 27, 2014 at 10:39 pm
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by ThomM - June 28, 2014 at 1:29 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by vodkafan - June 28, 2014 at 8:20 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by DeistPaladin - June 28, 2014 at 2:33 pm
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by Angrboda - June 28, 2014 at 4:14 pm
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by vodkafan - June 29, 2014 at 11:12 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by Minimalist - June 29, 2014 at 10:07 pm
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by The Grand Nudger - June 29, 2014 at 11:35 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by ignoramus - June 29, 2014 at 8:48 pm
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by vorlon13 - June 30, 2014 at 12:05 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by ignoramus - June 30, 2014 at 1:03 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by DeistPaladin - June 30, 2014 at 1:19 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by Mr Greene - June 30, 2014 at 8:12 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by Cato - June 30, 2014 at 8:21 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by Mr Greene - June 30, 2014 at 9:00 am
RE: historical merits of the bible? - by Minimalist - June 30, 2014 at 10:10 am

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