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The Old Testament Claims....
#11
RE: The Old Testament Claims....
God clearly mucked around with the archaeological evidence. That way our free will isn't voided and instead we still need faith to believe the things in the OT really happened.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
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#12
RE: The Old Testament Claims....
(September 10, 2012 at 12:22 am)padraic Wrote: I had not seen that Min,thank you.


However, I think you are preaching to the converted (if you will forgive the expression) Nothing as prosaic as archaeological and/or historical evidence will convince the believer of anything which contradicts dogma. Far too threatening.


Agreed, Pad. I don't want to convince them. I merely want to plant seeds of doubt. With all the shit that xtians have in their brains the seeds may grow....eventually.

At least I think that is what Summer said.
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#13
RE: The Old Testament Claims....
Everybody knows that god sent angels with giant vacuum cleaners after the Israelites during their migration in the Sinai desert. So it is not suprising that there would be no archaeological trace of the exodus Wink

If god can do that, he can eliminate the archaeological evidence for the events which are protrayed in the Old Testament Wink
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#14
RE: The Old Testament Claims....
Ah, and the tomb of Abraham.
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#15
RE: The Old Testament Claims....
Yes...a good excuse for mass murder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the...s_massacre

Quote:The Cave of the Patriarchs massacre was a terrorist attack that occurred when Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli settler and member of the far-right Israeli Kach movement, opened fire on unarmed Palestinian Muslims praying inside the Ibrahim Mosque (or Mosque of Abraham) at the Cave of the Patriarchs site in Hebron in the West Bank. It took place on February 25, 1994, during the overlapping religious holidays of Purim and Ramadan.Twenty-nine worshippers were killed and 125 wounded.


Oh yes...the government denounced the killer but....

Quote:In the weeks following the massacre, thousands of Israelis traveled to Goldstein's grave to celebrate Goldstein's actions. Some Hasidim danced and sang around his grave. Although the government has said that those who celebrated the massacre represented only a tiny minority of Israelis, a New York Times report states that Israeli government claims may understate the phenomenon.


Murdering fuckwads.
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#16
RE: The Old Testament Claims....
Abrahamic religions: Based off a man who almost killed his son because he had voices in his head.
"FUCK YOU! He almost killed his son for MY god, not yours!"
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#17
RE: The Old Testament Claims....
(September 9, 2012 at 8:03 pm)padraic Wrote:
Quote:Episode One in the new series I will call BIBLE BULLSHIT.


Nice, but probably redundant; I think that may have been done already,more than a few times. But hey, whatever floats your cookies. Tiger


I saw that in a documentary recently.

PLUS it seems that not only did the Jews NOT conquer Canaan,they WERE Canaanites, probably refugees from the crumbling Mesopotamian empires.


The Biblical claims of Joshua's conquests and genocide in "The Promised Land' are contradicted by current archaeology,as far as I'm aware. (As indeed is the myth of the Exodus)

That's just a hypothesis put forth that is no more valid than my professor who believed they came from the Sea Peoples.

Current archeology as far as I aware only contradicts what they believe to be Jericho (they aren't even sure it's the right fucking city to begin with) was destroyed by fire instead of by earthquake.

So basically, when archeologists say they found an ancient city (whether Biblical or not), my first question to them is...are you sure? Where's the corollary evidence linking this city you just found to the name you placed upon it?
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.
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