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Archaeological Report on Magen and Peleg's Dig at Qumran
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 Leader of the gang of jerkoffs(tm)  Religious Views: L'Uomo verrà portato dalla sua creazione 
That's my point, just because something was written on stone doesn't mean we will find it today.
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
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 
To be fair... I started that story with something more durable than stone...
(November 30, 2013 at 6:26 am)pocaracas Wrote: why couldn't god write the story on something a bit more... permanent... like, for example... titanium...? An example of writing on titanium dated back 3k years would be far more impressive than anything written on stone... given that we have records of such writings on stone by people... Just saying that your god is a slouch and relies way too much on people to do its job.   (December 2, 2013 at 5:10 am)Aractus Wrote: That's my point, just because something was written on stone doesn't mean we will find it today. Arguing from silence since 33 A.D. ![[Image: extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/zf86M5L7/extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg)
Probably more like 140 AD.
 (December 2, 2013 at 5:10 am)Aractus Wrote: That's my point, just because something was written on stone doesn't mean we will find it today. Ahh the ancient Jews, they were so dutiful in preserving the items touched and used DIRECTLY by their god. Tell me, if you "received" tablets (even replacements) or had a box that "housed" the glory of your tribes god, would you ever lose it? I think it would be handed down to the succeeding generations of believers with fanatical attention to it's preservation. After all, it is the very proof of your sky-daddies existence. Look at the early, persecuted Xians, even they managed to save some things while in the capital of the empire that was trying to exterminate them. The absence of evidence may not be evidence of absence, but common sense dictates that if the Essenes were able hide manuscripts to save them, then the priests were perfectly capable of hiding those items touched by Yahweh. (December 6, 2013 at 9:37 am)dcamp67 Wrote: Ahh the ancient Jews, they were so dutiful in preserving the items touched and used DIRECTLY by their god. Tell me, if you "received" tablets (even replacements) or had a box that "housed" the glory of your tribes god, would you ever lose it? I think it would be handed down to the succeeding generations of believers with fanatical attention to it's preservation.The Holy Temple was taken and destroyed, the contents plundered and destroyed on more than one occasion - this included the Temple Scrolls! The Masoretic Text was preserved by using private copies that Rabbi's had. Once it had been written, it became the standard text - ie Rabbi's could view it to compare it to their copies and make corrections - just as had been the case with the ancient Temple Scrolls.
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
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 Quote:The Holy Temple was taken and destroyed, Was it? Or was it a fictional creation of later writers? You are very gullible, Danny.
Again, Min, I don't think any serious historian believes that either the first or the second temples were "legend". If you think so, why not provide your sources?
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
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 |
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