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#636522
anonymous_troy
Because we do have proof.
We have the fossils.
"There have been so many things that prove the Bible is historically accurate"
And none that prove the Bible theologically accurate.
8/16/2008 8:46:05 PM
#636527
mrsyoungie
If all the fundy posts started having correct spelling and grammar, I might consider that a miracle from god.
But it seems as unlikely.
8/16/2008 8:48:47 PM
#636528
JonathanE
Actually, the archeological record cannot confirm a single bit of "biblical" history, save for the temple of Jerusalem that was destroyed in 70AD. There is no actual archeological evidence for Moses, Noah, Jesus, etc. etc. etc.
Nice try, though.
8/16/2008 8:49:34 PM
#636529
aaa
Got bones?
8/16/2008 8:51:40 PM
#636537
Gressil
According to Wikipedia the Ancient Greeks stopped being the Ancient Greeks when the Dorians invaded in 146BCE and John the Baptist got his head lopped off about 30BE, he's just making it up as he goes along!
8/16/2008 8:56:11 PM
#636538
John
People don't refuse to believe the Bible's history and geography. We know there was a Nebuchadnezzar and a King Ahab, and a Jericho, and a temple in Jerusalem. That doesn't prove everything in the Bible is true. We also know there is a Baker Street in London, but that doesn't prove Sherlock Holmes was real.
The "ancient Greek" wammer is talking about is probably Josephus, a Greek-speaking Roman Jew who wrote a history of the Jewish people for Greek-speaking gentiles. Unfortunately, the earliest surviving copies of his work may have been "edited" by the Catholic Church. Also, it's hard to know how much he and others wrote about the early Christians was describing the Christians or simply documenting what they themselves believed.
8/16/2008 8:56:41 PM
#636542
Dick Handsome
There may be some marginal historical accuracy, and can be proven scientifically. However you can’t expect a rational thinking human to believe that a zombie rose from the dead 3 days after his death.
8/16/2008 8:59:17 PM
#636549
Moon Wolfhowl
Yeah, you've got your kings and cities, but what about the people rising from the dead and the men forming from dust and women forming from the man's ribs, and the talking snakes and donkeys, and the light existing before there was anything to make light, and the guy being able to survive days inside the guts of a whale(or "great fish", as either they weren't sure, or they think whales are fish), and the goats having striped young because they were looking at reeds as they fucked?
How is any of that accurate?
8/16/2008 9:04:28 PM
#636561
Laura
Why do stupid people keep trying to discuss science?
8/16/2008 9:13:31 PM
#636603
Allegory for Jesus
"Why is it that science gets away on ideas and theory with out any real proof"
Learn the scientific method or GTFO.
"Ancient Greek wrote about the beheading of John the Baptist."
What!?
8/16/2008 9:43:27 PM
#636607
SurfinSeaOtter
Arcealogys?
8/16/2008 9:47:27 PM
#636636
Horsefeathers
"Why is it that science gets away on ideas and theory with out any real proof but they want proof of God?"
A little thing called evidence.
8/16/2008 10:13:42 PM
#636648
Eden
We also know that Troja, which was mentioned in the works of Homer, existed.
But that doesn´t prove that the greek Pantheon, about which Homer wrote as well, also existed.
8/16/2008 10:24:40 PM
#636680
Jay-Sus
There have been so many things that prove the Bible is historically accurate.
Provide fossils, graphs, charts and other forms of creditable evidence that isn't from the Bible.
8/16/2008 10:51:38 PM
#636696
Old Viking
The Bible is to legitimate history as casting out demons is to modern medicine.
8/16/2008 10:59:59 PM
#636742
Moondog
I hope Lassie came to recue Jeremiah when he was down the well. Lookit all the times she came through for Timmy!
8/16/2008 11:25:29 PM
#636777
Philbert McAdamia
Miracle? Like Jebus on a piece of toast? Or do you mean when somebody sells one of those for big bucks on ebay - when the day comes that I get $38,000 (cash) in my hot litle hands for a burnt jebus tortilla then I will believe in miracles.
But not your bible.
8/16/2008 11:44:27 PM
#636783
apYrs
if I saw a true miracle, I'd accept the supernatural. I atill wouldn't accept the god of the bible, who is petty, nasty, and unjust. I couln't squeeze an omnipotent being into such a small box.
And if it was so small, I wouldn't want to live forever praising it
8/16/2008 11:48:16 PM
#636786
anevilmeme
"Why is it that science gets away on ideas and theory without any real proof...."
It doesn't, science rests upon evidence and nothing else. Not dogma, not theology, not myths, not clergy, et al, just evidence.
8/16/2008 11:49:43 PM
#636895
Mister Spak
Science provided an internet to post your idiocy on. Where is the miracle from your bible?
8/17/2008 12:52:17 AM
#636999
Patches
I've discovered a state called Kansas.
Somewhere in that state, at one point, lived a girl named Dorothy.
There are records of tornadoes there.
There are also records of rainbows.
I see this as incontrovertible evidence that the Wizard of Oz is 100% historically accurate.
8/17/2008 2:00:42 AM
#637131
The Jamo
"Arcealogys"
Absolutely priceless! I think this deserves the Best Speller award.
8/17/2008 3:11:05 AM
#637228
Topaz_witch
Ancient Greek, is he a person or a prophet? I never heard of Anciet Greek writing or otherwise. lolz.
8/17/2008 4:34:53 AM
#637417
Beeblebrox
Would you believe if you saw a miracle
If it could be demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that it was truly a miracle, then I'd be a little more willing to listen to you. However, you need to realize that a single miracle isn't solid proof of Jehovah's existence. The miracle could be merely a random fluctuation in the "field of probability" that knits the universe together.
8/17/2008 7:51:25 AM
#637710
Michael
Firstly science is all about investigating facts, and when they do find them, some brain-dead fundie moves the goalposts.
Secondly if they do find a seal, they will find in buried in your imagination.
Thirdly if the story of John the Baptist being put on the Anne Bolynn diet is true, then he certainly deserved it.
Fourthly, by no means is the Bible accurate in anything, least of all in the field of History (it's my job for the last 56 years - ancient text.... blah, blah, blah..)
And lastly, I consider getting a seat on the #9 tram a miracle, or when a palsy-brained fundie learns to write 6 consectutive words without making 4 grammatical errors.
8/17/2008 12:03:25 PM
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