RE: Horrible things in the bible
October 12, 2014 at 2:17 am
(This post was last modified: October 12, 2014 at 2:25 am by Aractus.)
(October 11, 2014 at 12:37 pm)Retrolord Wrote: Anyway I returned because I wanted to suggest reading about biblical archaeology and how many places and people they have found. Again, not stating its true. Just sharingWhich FYI I have done and you have not, otherwise you'd answer my questions. Archaeologists can and have traced the emergence of the Israelite people we know today, but it certainly did not happen in the way described in the Bible.
Here's an article in defence of the OT's history re archaeology.

That's it, that's all they have in their defence.
Lek - you still don't know the Bible or you'd address the issues I raised. For instance men can divorce women but women cannot divorce men (Deuteronomy 24:1) how is that just and fair?
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke