joelr
Well-Known Member
The Bible is not a fairy tale. "All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.” (2Timothy 3:16-17)
Not a fairy tale, a myth.
For teaching? What does it say about going to war with other cities? Or about non-Hebrew slaves? What punishment does it say for cursing? (Anyone who blasphemes or curses shall be stoned to death by the entire community. 24:16). Guess you pick and choose what to teach?
God's Son, Jesus Christ, constantly referred to the Hebrew Scriptures to support his teaching. In fact, during the course of Jesus' ministry, he is known to have referred to or expressed thoughts that parallel passages from about half of the books of the Hebrew Scriptures and yes, that includes the book of Genesis. (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5) (Genesis 7:1-24; Luke 17:26-27)
How does the NT referencing a bunch of laws and myths demonstrate anything? The Israelite laws were very similar to other cities, Canaanites and so on. Assyriologist John Bowden points out in his work that Deuteronic laws from scripture mirror laws from other cultures of the time.