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Is the bible historically accurate?
- Thread starter Rex
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Hirohito18200
Member
I dont want to take you too literally so bear with me...
I can't prove that the fish came before the land animals, if you are taking the creation as being literal... because we would have been created after, so we would have no way of knowing. Much of Genesis is debated as being authentic, like the flood, tower of Babel, ect. However, once the Old Testament gets into the history of Israel as a nation, pretty much everything is confirmed by outside accounts, like their captivity in Babylon, ect. Also, their history gets much more believable after that ^^. Jesus is a whole nother story, but did u mean the New Testament too? Because there have been books upon books written about that
I can't prove that the fish came before the land animals, if you are taking the creation as being literal... because we would have been created after, so we would have no way of knowing. Much of Genesis is debated as being authentic, like the flood, tower of Babel, ect. However, once the Old Testament gets into the history of Israel as a nation, pretty much everything is confirmed by outside accounts, like their captivity in Babylon, ect. Also, their history gets much more believable after that ^^. Jesus is a whole nother story, but did u mean the New Testament too? Because there have been books upon books written about that
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
I think it's important to remember that the Bible contains both the myths and histories of an entire race of people. So yes, some of it is historically accurate and can be proven, but other parts are just stories and we need to use reason and common sense to weed out which is which.
Hirohito18200
Member
Thats what I was trying to say... The national history parts are reliable but the others are up for grabs...
What parts of the national history do you refer to? There is no proof for an enslavement in Egypt (indeed very little proof for Israelites having been there on any scale worth mentioning), no proof for the Exodus in spite of all these years of supposed desert walking, no proof for any falling walls in Jericho, no proof (fortunately) for the multiple genocides and other atrocities when Israel entered Palestine...Hirohito18200 said:
harold e. rice
Member
Many of the stories in the book of Genesis have been found to be fables borrowed from early cultures. The evident was found on clay cuneiform tablets, papyrus, hieroglyphic, lambskin, steles and relics that were discovered and is now located in museums all over the world.Rex_Admin said:
Other stories in the bible have been associated with various myths from all over the world.
true blood
Active Member
There have been many historic proofs. Ancient sites, civilizations, and characters have been verified. Alot of the proofs have been lost in the fire of the Alexander library in 7th century, it is said that over 1 million volumes were lost. I'd like to know why the photo's of the Dead Sea scrolls were with held from the public for 40 years after they were discovered...hmm
Remnants of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zoar, and Zeboiim have been discovered as well as Jericho. There have been many dicoveries
Remnants of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zoar, and Zeboiim have been discovered as well as Jericho. There have been many dicoveries
Pah
Uber all member
true blood said:
Nothing you've mentioned has any bearing on the core issue of the Bible - namely the existence of God or what was supposed to have taken place there.
George Washington is supposed to have chopped down a cherry tree. That his childhood home is a known place does nothing to prove the legend. He was alo supposed to have tossed a coin across a river - the fact the river does exist does not verify the story.
Specifically http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/sodom_gomorrah_01.shtml
The Dead Sea scrolls date about 300 CE and were from an Gnostic sect. Perhaps they were withheld for that reason or something in the ebb and flow of political jousting.
-pah-
true blood
Active Member
Not to sway off-topic but, Pah, maybe the reason science can't prove God is because God is invisible? hmm..
true blood
Active Member
pah said:
The discovery of Sodom and Gomorrah with tons of ash could possible relate to what happened in the bible. The proof that fires started on the roofs of all the buildings excavated and eventially the burning roofs collapsed into the interior and spread inside the buildings. The discovery of Jericho and the exact fortified walls as described by Joshua and that they collapsed from the bottom and created a ramp that outsiders could run up. Hmm..
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
Not really... it would only prove those cities existed and were destoryed in some manner. Proving the were destoryed how and why the Bible says they were, would be pretty much impossible.true blood said:
true blood
Active Member
Yes they could. Why couldn't they? To be more exact, five cities of the plain mentioned in Gen. have been found. Studies at these cities prove they all had been abandoned at the same exact time. Four of the cities are covered in the same exact ash, and in every destroyed city ash deposites have made the soil a spongy charcoal, impossible to build over. According to the bible only 4 of the 5 cities were destroyed, leaving Lot to flee to Zoar. Zoar wasn't destroyed by fire but was abandoned at this time period. hmm..
And its been proved that all the buildings in the cities were destroyed from a fire that started on the rooftops. Exactly like the bible teaches. Impelling. Now be open minded about this people, don't you think its a bit wierd that 4 cities burned down at the same time with each building catching fire on the rooftops?
And its been proved that all the buildings in the cities were destroyed from a fire that started on the rooftops. Exactly like the bible teaches. Impelling. Now be open minded about this people, don't you think its a bit wierd that 4 cities burned down at the same time with each building catching fire on the rooftops?
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
So? It's doesn't prove the fire and brimstone from Heaven story. It can't. Finding these cities only proves they existed and were later destoryed or abandoned.
true blood
Active Member
Hot objects falling onto rooftops, catching fire, burning, 4 cities, same time...very much proves it somewhat. What other proof is possible is what I'm wondering..
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
true blood said:
Sounds a like a volcano, a meteor.... not fire and brimstone from an angry god.
true blood
Active Member
But yet there is no evidence of a volcano or meteor...