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That, at last, is an honest admission. And that is one of the reasons you argue against ToE. You don't understand it any more than a person who has never looked under the hood understands how an engine works. You have no knowledge of things like biology or palaeontology. More important, you intentionally remain ignorant of science because you know it conflicts with your deep rooted religious beliefs.
Getting your ears tickled... again?
To my left I have my "Oxford Desk Dictionary", and generally speaking it's quite reliable, and I do use it at times, but I don't believe it's inerrant.Therefore, at the end of this, you should really do this... Ready?
Throw your Bible in the garbage, and tell your wife you are no longer a Christian because you don't know which parts of the Bible are true, or which are plain fiction.
I taught Jewish theology in the Lunch & Learn program at the synagogue I used to belong to, and what you have done is to play fast & loose with the Hebrew while at the same time ignoring how the language is structured and used throughout Torah. It is no mystery for those who use Hebrew to know what "yom" is and how it's used, which I had explained in my previous post, including the exception when it's used symbolically, which is usually easy to tell since there are lead-in statements to show it's being used as such.
That I can 100% agree with!
Correct. You have every right to pick and choose those parts of scripture to accept, to consider allegory or to ignore just like every other religious person of any belief.
You made it even worst, by adding this:
The claim is that they are opposed to their members getting an advanced formal education for fear that it will contradicts their teachings and lead to apostasy. It's a claim. So what? If these words were published, as a fact though, you would really experience the results of higher education
Wow.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
I made no threats. Did you interpret it as a threat?
Why do you keep repeating those lines,?
No I did not.
Huh???
Ditto.
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Would it be asking to much of you to show that the Exodus did not happen?
Historicity
It is hardly worth the effort, but I will spare you a cut and paste:
Practically the entire Bible refers to what some allude to as fiction, as fact.
The way I see it, "you can't have your cake and eat it too", not from what is clearly evident.
Picking and choosing what one wants to believe, and what one does not want to believe, from the Bible, is like a man, ripping pages from the Bible. Soon enough, he realizes that he wasted his time. He could have thrown the whole book in the garbage,one time, and called it George.
In my view, that's basically what persons have done, who insists on referring to the creation account, the garden of Eden account, the flood account, the Soddom and Gomorrah account, the fall of Jericho account, etc., etc., etc., as myths.
So whether they hold on to the Bible or not, or claim to believe it, it appears to me, they don't. So it's puzzling to me, why they do, unless they use it as a a cover. The Bible is full of miracles which they call myth... I'm speechless.
Who walks around with a book of myths, and is quick to point them out. To my mind, that person may as well collect all the Egyptian, and other pagan myths, are carry them around as well. It makes no sense to me.
Perhaps someone will explain.
I thought you had scientific evidence. This is mere opinion. It's not science. I thought you were going to show me some sort of evidence that showed the Exodus could not have happened.
Do you know what the topic of the thread is? Okay then.
No I did not. Please read to understand what is written.
I made a statement to another poster.
You are obviously not paying attention, or perhaps you just are not trying to understand.... anything I say.
Did you notice the thread title?
Pardon me? Not that I am hard of hearing. I just don't understand what you are trying to say here.
What do you mean he "told you the same thing" - the same thing as what?
If the flood in question didn't occur as described, then it didn't occur?
I say Petrovich is wrong. Now the onus is on you to prove me wrong.
Clear scientific evidence was presented.
Petrovich is a known quack, creationist, clown show, etc. He does not have a real academic appointment at a real university (adjunct faculty is a term used for hired and abused help) and his major claimed affiliation is with The Bible Seminary, an organization whose only accreditation is with the fly-by-night "Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools" that also accredits institutions such as "Southern California State University" (not USC nor a state university) and St. Luke (note the deceptive naming, not St. Luke's, but St. Luke ... what a difference an "s" makes). In any case, Petrovich is not the sort that any competent researcher would use in the sort of Appeal to Authority that you are attempting, reducing your argument to a Logical Fallacy.Meanwhile, there is much evidence being presented, for the Exodus, which is only being denied.
So it seems to be a matter of opinions winning out because the vast majority of scholars are seeking to discredit the Bible.
The Exodus documented in ancient inscriptions
A collection of 16 previously untranslated ancient inscriptions lay in museums for 100 years but have now been translated by Dr. Doug Petrovich. The result is one of the most important archeological discoveries of all time. There are references to four Bible characters, including Moses.
"What we read in the book, we find in the ground"
New Discoveries Indicate Hebrew was World's Oldest Alphabet
Sinai Inscriptions
Concluding Words...
While conceding that his research has been met with considerable cynicism from fellow scholars, who state that biblical dates are unreliable, Petrovich contended that the onus is on them to prove him wrong.
“My discoveries are so controversial because, if correct, they will rewrite the history books and undermine much of the assumptions and misconceptions about the ancient Hebrew people and the Bible that have become commonly accepted in the scholarly world and taught as factual in the world’s leading universities,” he said during the interview.
“To my skeptics, I say: ‘Continue to be skeptical. Do not accept my conclusions until you are convinced they are correct.’” Petrovich added: “Truth is un-killable, so if I am correct, my findings will outlast scholarly scrutiny.”
The onus is on you, to provide evidence to prove the findings wrong.
Though, I don't depend upon these findings, it is clear that all you can rely on, are opinions - no evidence whatsoever.
Not by you.
It would not matter what evidence is presented to show you are wrong. All who oppose your preferred opinion would be quacks, and quirks.
No. Quacks and quirks are confined to those who claim an exodus on the sole basis of surviving mythology and who lack any physical evidence of the event, evidence which should be easily found if the Exodus were factual.
