Posts by HowTheBibleWasCreated

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Pleading with my Captors

by not bitter in

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i have always had bonkers dreams and i remember a lot of them, even some from my childhood.

i have the common dreams of flying and being chased all the time.

and i used to dream about demons but not for a very long time.. but heres the thing, i often dream that i've been captured and about to be tortured or murdered and the rest of my dream is about me negotiating my freedom and promising all sorts of things if they will only let me go free.

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I could help you fight your battles. Seriously. Lucid dreaming. PM if your interested

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What did your Grannie teach you?

by compound complex in

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for me: how to garden, do laundry (we washed in an old maytag wringer and pegged the wash on a wire line), cook, clean house.. most importantly, how to show love and respect .

.. miss you, nana!!!

please share!.

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She taught me the story of the Grasshoer and the ant and also the Boy who cried Wolf.

I learn alot for these...

Greek fairy tales with good moral... imagine that

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Something I need to clear up about the bible - It is not a BRONZE AGE BOOK!

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

let's be technical.

the bronze age ended in 1200 bce in devoloped places and later ... aroun 900-800 in other places.

indeed read 1 samuel 13's ending.. the bible was produced not one tiny bit in the bronze age.

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Snare:Good Point. Thanks

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Something I need to clear up about the bible - It is not a BRONZE AGE BOOK!

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

let's be technical.

the bronze age ended in 1200 bce in devoloped places and later ... aroun 900-800 in other places.

indeed read 1 samuel 13's ending.. the bible was produced not one tiny bit in the bronze age.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

And i'm pissed off.

Many vocal atheist (I admit i am on this board) show holes in Christian reasonings quickly. Sadly this is a such a common lie that i've seen Bill Maher use it on TV.

The Bible being a bronze age book is actually something Christians claim. Moses wrote this thing. Note true and I can disprove that with one word:

Goshen.... an Egyptian Provance from 671-400BCE or so.... <<< Bronze age?....Christians have NO response to that!

That people who claim they have studied and found out the bible is not god's words AND STILL CALL IT A BRONZE AGE BOOK are just as bad in ways.

The book is IRON AGE down through to the second century CE

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Something I need to clear up about the bible - It is not a BRONZE AGE BOOK!

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

let's be technical.

the bronze age ended in 1200 bce in devoloped places and later ... aroun 900-800 in other places.

indeed read 1 samuel 13's ending.. the bible was produced not one tiny bit in the bronze age.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Let's be technical. The Bronze age ended in 1200 BCE in devoloped places and later ... aroun 900-800 in other places. Indeed read 1 Samuel 13's ending.

The Bible was produced NOT ONE TINY BIT in the bronze age. (The only parts that might date then is Ps 29.... which is heavely revised and the Song of the Sea.

The rest is :

IRON AGE!

Get it right.

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Question for Atheists.. Did you gain a Greater Sense of Morality and Happiness?

by objectivetruth in

i've heard some view points that state, atheists are generally more moral & caring for fellow humans, than are theists.. i'd like to hear some personal stories of life changes and quality of life after you became atheist.

i have a simple theory that may explain this.. i'll explain my theory if you'd like, after a few responses, as i really am interested in the personal changes that you experienced.. thank you very much, and i look forward to your stories..

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Can a person follow the sermon on the mount and still be a an athiest... Yes. (Athiests for Jesus comes to mind)

Can a person follow the ten commandments and be an atheist? NO No No. The first 4 laws are about the deity.

Without religious texts would we all be athiests? Of course not! Most of the religions in this world (by numbers of religions, not followers) have little to any written text and are eith spritist or Henotheistic. (Some are montheist)

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Yes you will inherit a Land flowing with Milk & Honey, but did i forget to mention about Leprosy?

by Quarterback in

this week's bible highlights, as well as last week indicated that the promise land wasn't so fortunate as thought.

this week it mentions premature balding.

if you were balding prematurely, you had to see the priests.

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The leprosy mentioned apply to many skin conditions. For instance I have eczema. Many people do. But in israel I would be unclean... for something that is not contagious.

Futher because of eczema I shave my head (That plus it feels good) I guess that partis clean... it is baldness...

Need to check to warp and the woofs of my clothes for mildew lol

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Question for Atheists.. Did you gain a Greater Sense of Morality and Happiness?

by objectivetruth in

i've heard some view points that state, atheists are generally more moral & caring for fellow humans, than are theists.. i'd like to hear some personal stories of life changes and quality of life after you became atheist.

i have a simple theory that may explain this.. i'll explain my theory if you'd like, after a few responses, as i really am interested in the personal changes that you experienced.. thank you very much, and i look forward to your stories..

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Atheists treat others well becaue they want to and it's logical.

Theists treat others well because an invisable man is watching their every move and will punish them if they slip

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Solomon's Temple was there one??

by Crazyguy in

its interesting to find out that there is no evidence of king david or his son solomon.

what about this amazing temple that solomon supposedly built??

there is no arcylogical evidence that it ever excisted either.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

Putting Dacid and Solomon aside (Who I will be dealing with in futher chapters of my book on here) the first temple I am 90% sure existed. However:

1. Solomon didn't build it. (He likely didn't exist)

2. 2 Kings 12 describes a 'refit' of the temple. I think this is when the Yahweh temple was built in Jerusalem. There were temples to other gods too.

3. Dueteronomy 12-26 is a law code from the north that was revised and used for Josiah's reforms. It is 100% likely a temple existed then for Yahweh.

4. There were other temples for Yahweh. (Bethel, Shiloh etc)

5. The book of Ezra is mosly from the 200s BCE and can't be relied on.

I do however think the second temple is the description found in 1 Kings 6,7.

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How The Bible Was Invented 6. Israel Fights Back and becomes a Kingdom (925-870BCE)

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

was buried in tirzah; and elah his son reigned.

judah, elah the son of baasha began to reign.

they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of israel?.

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I haven't read that yet. The book is for every bible believer however as I know more about JWs I might tend to hint sometimes.

I already addressed the LXX and the MT in the last chapter. (As well as the dead sea scrolls.) I never dealt with the Samaritian Pentatuch since it wasn't rlevent for 1 Kings. As for canons I might deal with that but this is a process that took place for Jews in the secod century CE and Christians in the 4th. Kind of early in the book lol.