Redbeard... please, calm yourself.... no need to shout.
What Randy doesn't get, and it's something that's making you very emotional, is that most scholars of matters concerning the Jerusalem of the first century are themselves christians.
Of course, some may claim that they've done their best to remain unbiased by that sort of childish beliefs... but can we say it of most of them?
Can these scholars, who happen to be christian, separate their own beliefs from their research so fully as to be unbiased by their beliefs in their conclusions?
It is known that most (if not all) archeologists of the 19th and early 20th centuries carried around a bible and were digging to find the locations mentioned in there... Heck, still today, people are searching for Noah's ark!
Failure to find what's in the bible is seldom regarded as a problem with the bible, but rather with the methodology, digging in the wrong place, interpretation... oh well...
The point is, if a guy goes off, holding to a set of beliefs, he is very likely to single out details that confirm his belief and ignore those that don't and even slander those that go against it as forgeries.
What Randy doesn't get, and it's something that's making you very emotional, is that most scholars of matters concerning the Jerusalem of the first century are themselves christians.
Of course, some may claim that they've done their best to remain unbiased by that sort of childish beliefs... but can we say it of most of them?
Can these scholars, who happen to be christian, separate their own beliefs from their research so fully as to be unbiased by their beliefs in their conclusions?
It is known that most (if not all) archeologists of the 19th and early 20th centuries carried around a bible and were digging to find the locations mentioned in there... Heck, still today, people are searching for Noah's ark!
Failure to find what's in the bible is seldom regarded as a problem with the bible, but rather with the methodology, digging in the wrong place, interpretation... oh well...
The point is, if a guy goes off, holding to a set of beliefs, he is very likely to single out details that confirm his belief and ignore those that don't and even slander those that go against it as forgeries.
