The population of all of Palestine was never more than 700,000...
The population of the whole Arabian peninsula wasn't much bigger than that in the 1920s....
Epic stories require HUGE numbers.
You can believe what you want to believe.
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The population of all of Palestine was never more than 700,000...
The population of the whole Arabian peninsula wasn't much bigger than that in the 1920s....
Epic stories require HUGE numbers.
You can believe what you want to believe.
Of course... You can also believe in the tooth fairy if you choose. Archaeologists from Israel and all over the world have been digging for 200 years now.. In the time of David it was less than 10 acres.
By the time of Christ most Jews lived outside of Palestine.. in Rome, Alexandria, Aleppo, Damascus, Anatolia, Persia, Elephantine Island and all around the Mediterranean. Palestine couldn't support a large population. They didn't have enough water, pasture or arable land.
Riiiight,,, and you can believe that I'm a computer generated response if you choose to, but it is still what it is.
And, of course, the size of Jerusalem means absolutely NO ONE lived outside it's gates... of course, just like Washington D.C.
And, of course, no one ever comes to Passover - it is just the city folk of Washington DC,it's like no one ever goes to Washington DC.
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Why on earth would I think you are a computer-generated response?
Take some time to read and study the history of the first century... You are proving every negative stereotype about the notion that religious people reject education and that is NOT so. Shame on you.
Of course... You can also believe in the tooth fairy if you choose.
SCUBA diving is not archeology.LOLOL. Who told you Saudi Arabia and Egypt wouldn't "allow" it? Was that one of Ron Wyatt's excuses? SCUBA diving in the Red Sea is very popular.
The depth of the sea in the northern part of the Gulf of Aqaba is very deep at over 900 metres, and even deeper to the south at over 1200 metres, the depth between Nuweiba and the Saudi coast is in places only around 90 metres deep and thus is like an underwater bridge.
BTW 90 Meters is 300 feet deep. Most SCUBA divers dive to 60 feet (like yours truly) Maximum for sports divers is about 130 feet.
Don't let these con artists treat you like a fool.
Yep, countries sometimes get a bit ticked off when foreigners want to dig up their past. Of course that is no excuse to believe a known fraud.SCUBA diving is not archeology.
Due to items being stolen, Egypt is strict with foreigners searching for artifacts, even legitimate foreigners.
Archaeology meets politics: Spring comes to ancient Egypt
It's an older article (8yrs old), but nothing's changed. Not for foreign archeologists.
Their Ministry of Antiquities is always in turmoil, it seems.
Figures!
SCUBA diving is not archeology.
Due to items being stolen, Egypt is strict with foreigners searching for artifacts, even legitimate foreigners.
Archaeology meets politics: Spring comes to ancient Egypt
It's an older article (8yrs old), but nothing's changed. Not for foreign archeologists.
Their Ministry of Antiquities is always in turmoil, it seems.
Figures!
Would love too. It's a two way street. But you have been a little dogmatic in your position.
So let me give you a second chance..
I assume you understand what happens during the Passover and who goes there.
What would be your estimate of Jerusalem's population during a Passover?
I don't have the knowledge required to give such an estimate.
I don't have any knowledge about the subject whatsoever.
I made only one point here, really.
Given that there are studies by experts on the subject that conclude different numbers then the ones cited by ancient authors with a story of their own, and thereby conclude that these authors are "almost certainly" exaggerating their numbers...
If you then counter that with elevating the ancient authors' status to near infallible on that point, consistently refering to these experts as "ex-spurts" (what does it even mean?) while also acknowledging that you have not read these studies and even aren't interested in learning about what they have to say....
Who's being dogmatic here, then?
And yes, assuming that these studies were done properly, if all the data suggests something different then some testimonial account, then the data wins. Every time.
As my favorite quote goes: If reality disagrees with your beliefs, it's not reality that is incorrect.
The Passover is a national call for Israelites to come to Jerusalem to offering sacrifices to God. Bethlehem was the place where they brought and basically held all the lambs that were going to be offered as a sacrifice. It was the custom that still was being exercised as Mary, Joseph, Jesus and the caravan that they went with went just 20 years before.
Therefore, 100,000 is a conservative estimate.
Your estimator would be correct if there was no Passover.
How is that ad hominem?For the same reason you said:
And it will do you no good to use ad hominem
Literalists tend to take any perceived insult as an ad hominem fallacy. It does not matter how many times their error is explained to them. For some reason they do not seem to understand the differene between:How is that ad hominem?
LOL Actually, your statement (not you) is stupid and therefore you are wrong.Literalists tend to take any perceived insult as an ad hominem fallacy. It does not matter how many times their error is explained to them. For some reason they do not seem to understand the differene between:
"You are stupid, therefore you are wrong" and "You are stupid, and you are wrong".
Literalists tend to take any perceived insult as an ad hominem fallacy. It does not matter how many times their error is explained to them. For some reason they do not seem to understand the differene between:
"You are stupid, therefore you are wrong" and "You are stupid, and you are wrong".
No, it is clearly not "stupid". That you do not know the difference between the two is why you are constantly making false accusations of ad hominem fallacies.LOL Actually, your statement (not you) is stupid and therefore you are wrong.![]()
You are too serious.No, it is clearly not "stupid". That you do not know the difference between the two is why you are constantly making false accusations of ad hominem fallacies.
What?!2000 years ago? Fewer than 15,000.