(April 2, 2015 at 7:57 pm)Nestor Wrote:(April 2, 2015 at 6:45 pm)Minimalist Wrote: And Gone With The Wind mentions Atlanta. Does that make the novel factual?Are you denying that the facts I mentioned are accurate? Or are you admitting that the Bible contains factually accurate information sometimes, but only like "Gone With The Wind" does, even though you just assert this because, well, who knows? What's your evidence that a single author (not to mention the dozens we actually have to work with) only intended to write a novel? It would be nice if you could start to present that evidence or just admit that you take an extreme view of dismissing everything in the Bible because it was not written from a modern perspective that clearly distinguishes history and fiction for the people too lazy to do the hard work of scholarship.
You are the one asserting that there are historical facts in your precious bible. I'm asking for a short list. I've already given you 4 that are hogwash so the ball is in your court.
Just because the Bible gives factually accurate information sometimes doesn't mean that all information it contains is factually accurate. Do you think the creation story is factually accurate? Do you think the flood story is factually accurate? Do you think the miracle stories of Jesus are factually accurate? There are things in the Qur'an that are accurate too. Does that make the whole thing accurate?
Nobody cares about the Bible, they care about the evidence. Historians operate by using multiple independent historical sources. Where are your multiple independent historical sources for the things claimed in the Bible? Let us know when you find some.
There is nothing demonstrably true that religion can provide mankind that cannot be achieved as well or better through secular means.
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