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The Walls of Jericho
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outhouse
Atheistically
Because it couldn't be mythology?
It could be but that isn't the thread question.
psychoslice
Veteran Member
I would have to say no, it just wouldn't happen.
outhouse
Atheistically
It actually is.
Nothing can literally fall down if it did not happen.
Spies open the gates
It actually is.
Nothing can literally fall down if it did not happen.
Spies open the gates
Sure it can, just read the story. Colorful language be the ancients. The wall fell down or the spies in a wooden horse on the inside. Either way the Israelites on the outside went inside, according to the writings in Joshua.
outhouse
Atheistically
Heres the deal.
That's according to Joshua
Israelites did not even exist at that time.
No one lived there in the time of Joshua
So no Israelites at any time had anything to do with these walls.
NobodyYouKnow
Misanthropist
Not that I know much about it, but repetitive sound at a certain level can cause huge walls to crumble...
seeking4truth
Active Member
symbolic?? walls of resistance to truth? sound of truth?
Hebrews 11:30 says; "By faith the walls of Jer′i·cho fell down after the people had marched around them for seven days." I believe their obedience to God's instructions led God to flatten Jericho's walls. That Jehovah did this miraculously is evident from the fact that the wall section where Rahab resided remained standing, thus sparing her life and that of her family.(Joshua 6:22,23)
psychoslice
Veteran Member
That's it, its all metaphorical, why can't people see that?.
CMike
Well-Known Member
They literally fell down from an act of G-D.
psychoslice
Veteran Member
Were you there to see that, or do you just believe in what you have been conditioned to believe?.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
It was probably just termites.
outhouse
Atheistically
What evidence do you have for that?
It is stated earthquakes brought down the walls, no where near the period of israelites even existing.
maybe your being facetious
Caladan
Agnostic Pantheist
No. It were the Semites :sarcastic. Which brings us back to the original question in the OP... did they literally make the walls fall by blowing their horns, or was it an exciting literary piece used by the Hebrew scribes who passed the tradition?
I guess we're back to square one! Still I have to admit, the idea of knocking down the walls by blowing horns as a symbolism for the power of the God of the Israelites, to actually be a metaphor for something more soldierly and pragmatic such as sending infiltrators to open the city's gates is pretty exciting.
Disclaimer: To the two predictable opposing sides who trumpet either the literalism of the narrative, or the fact that its entirely fictional. YOU'RE NO FUN. And you are missing a point, or rather a chance to develop this into something interesting.
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outhouse
Atheistically
Careful what you wish for
Sometimes finding the true source of mythology isnt as fun as one would think.
If you had a opinion, your wlecome to share. Id like to learn more about this side. So far no one has even dug deep enough to peak my interest.
As far as I can tell its to promote Yahweh Saboath's power, while building a history for a multi cultural people who had no idea of their real history, it had been wiped out so many times.
Caladan
Agnostic Pantheist
I think there is at least one assumption built into each of your sentences above. But I'll just say that if you are not interested in mythology/religious literature or rather its sources, then this and probably hundreds of other threads you've commented in suggest a case of masochism?Careful what you wish for
Sometimes finding the true source of mythology isnt as fun as one would think.
If you had a opinion, your wlecome to share. Id like to learn more about this side. So far no one has even dug deep enough to peak my interest.
As far as I can tell its to promote Yahweh Saboath's power, while building a history for a multi cultural people who had no idea of their real history, it had been wiped out so many times.
I'm actually quite fond of finding the origins and inspiration of various myths and what these tell us about the people who articulated the stories.
CMike
Well-Known Member
Yup I was there.