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THE RABBIS LIKE THE SCRIBES THAT WROTE THE SECOND BIBLE ALL DID THEIR
BEST TO INCORPORATE WHAT THEY HAD HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO
GENERATION TO GIVE A HISTORY OF WHERE MAN CAME FROM AND WHAT MEN WENT
THROUGH TO BECOME WHAT THEY WERE AT THE MOMENT IN TIME THAT THEY
WROTE ABOUT.
DARWIN HAD NOT YET FORMED HIS THEORY OF EVOLUTION SO NONE OF
WHAT HE LEARNED EVER GOT INTO NEITHER THE OLD NOR THE NEW TESTAMENT.
WHEN YOU READ THE OLD NOR THE NEW TESTEMENT ARE FACTUAL BECAUSE
THERE WAS LITTLE OF WRITTEN AND DOCUMENTED PROOF. THAT PUTS
EVERYTHING IN THE MYTHOLOGY STATE.
UNDERSTANDING THAT DOES NOT LESSON ANE OF IT'S HISTORICAL EXPLAINATIONS,
IT SIMPLY CLEARS THE AIR ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE READING.
YOU MAKE YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT AS TO WHETHER IT WAS INSPIRED BY WHAT
YOU CALL GOD.
REMEMBER ALL CULTERS HAD THEIR OWN GODS,
INCLUDING ANN
RICKAMAVEN wrote:
Rick, if you've actually done a little reading (you know...things like "books," "magazines," and "newspapers") you would realize that this "mythology" you talk about has scientific backing.
Some 90%+ of the places mention in the Bible can be verified by looking at a map.
The notion that the like of David was a myth has several notable sources that verify it as existing. One of them is in the tomb of an Egyptian king (who, I might add, was not Jewish).
The existence of a historical Jesus is documented by several sources, a Shroud (which, despite the propaganda, connot be proved to be a forgery) and another matching remnent housed in Spain (which has blood evidence AND matches the features of the Shroud of Turin almost exactly).
The Bible is notable for identifying numerous historical kings in their relative timeframes, including a couple whose existence would not have been discovered if it were not for the Bible texts.
Fragments of the New Testament that line up with the current narrative can be traced back as early as 100 AD. Things like the current incarnation of Leviticus can be traced back to evidence much earlier than that.
For all of your chest-thumping over your Jewish roots, Rick, it'd be nice if you actually knew something about it. I find it a little unfortunate that the average Bible-thumping Christian probably knows more about your supposed heritage than you do (and probably takes it a little more seriously than you). It's a pity, really...
