i'm referring to "the bible unearthed : archaeology's new vision of ancient isreal and the origin of its sacred texts" by israel finkelstein and neil asher silberman.
i think it should be required reading for anyone who deigns to defend the historicity and literal interpretation of the bible.
(i'm looking at you singlecell).
I own the book and use it as a basis for archeology. As for it's dating of the biblical texts I reject it since it's all based on a 'story' in 2 Kings which really can't be proven. Other then that the book is a good introductory to the reality archeology is uncovering.
Magnum that is Israel Finkelstein vs Willian Dever they always argue about something lol
my parents and i are discussing a quote that was made many years ago.
we know for a fact that it was made.
i have exhausted all of my resources to find it, and so i come here to this fine group to ask you about this quote.. the subject is about money.
Is there and august 1879 wt online somewhere?
an athist made this casual statememt on another thread:.
this would suggest to me that there are at least some atheists that do have consistant beliefs.. .
as an atheist, how could he possibly trust the reason that suggests this to himself?
That is silly.
I want the beliefs I used to have! I was so sure I had the truth then it was all shattered in a day by one cold hard fact (ERVs)
So the reson I am an athiest is because evidence points conclusivly to there being no god. (Or at least no personal god)
I mis the innocence of not knowing better.... but.... once you've seen it's all BS there is no way to put your mind back.
alot of people are saying god is cruel for killing the firstborns and animals and people in the ten plagues.
but didn't god achieve his goal of making nations and people be in fear of him?.
EdenOne... The core of Deuteronomy (12-26) was likely written in the time of Josiah.... The rest during and after the exile. That is what is accepted by most schoolars and historians. Some of the laws in Josiah's law code were older and from the the northern kingdom before 722BCE likely.
the pope told a distressed kid who lost his dog that "all god's creatures will go to paradise..." which has catholics asking do animals now have souls?
i hope i see my labrador again in paradise.
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So Catholisism changes stnces... like JWs ... intresting... I see a pattern.
This is a stupis comment... Do animals have souls?. Why agrgue about someting that is a myht
alot of people are saying god is cruel for killing the firstborns and animals and people in the ten plagues.
but didn't god achieve his goal of making nations and people be in fear of him?.
The firstborn plague is explained in the same chapter Ex12 where Yahweh wanted people to offer their firstborn son... yes it says that...
Therefore the story of the firstborn of Eygpt is just following suit... Micah 6 is famlier to witnesses... every knows verse 8... does anyone read the preceeding verses? Micha offers to offer his forborn son in the verses to Yahweh.
Judges 11 of course states an example of this
The point is although later Jewish editors obscered child sacrifice we know from archeology and the bible (in almost hidden paseges) this happened (Don't get me started on Abraham and Isaac)
i live in the usa and want to ship my game consoles (xbox, playstation, wi, ect), laptop, and other items to my wife's family in the philippines.
i've used a company locally that ships there at a fix price of $90 per box.
so whatever i fit in the box will ship at that rate regardless of weight.
Ship by FedEx and only FedEx... Every other mail sytem take WAY to long and is almost always intercepted by Philippine authorities.
Interestingly I need to ship a Playstation myself to my brother in law in the Philippines too. lol
i suggest taking this slowly .
.. consider the difference between taking a poll about an upcoming election and the actual vote itself on the day of the election.. the information gathered about what the vote will be is provisional.
the vote on the day of the election is actual and official.. it is the one that counts.. now, carefully ask yourself what the specific difference--if any--there is between the poll information and the election result as an identical knowledge of.
If this was ancient Greece this sort of thinking would place you along with Socrates or Plato lol..
Here is a simpiler one:
Could God create a rock so huge he couldn't lift it? <<I once saw a stupid short film based on this
i was thinking about how so many posters here on jwn are frustrated and frantic to help their loved ones get away from the brainwashing of jws, and how much advice is given about how to help family members and loved ones.
i considered my own leaving and that it was internal turmoil based on the teachings getting weirder and child abuse issues, to name just a few, and it made me wonder:.
did you self-awaken or were you assisted by the gentle proddings of a friend or family member?
No one else really woke me up. As early as 2007 I prayed for a job and got one.... Of course I had left a resume at the job I got lol
It was 2010 when I read books about events in the bible could NOT be found in archeology.. if that was true and Genesis was wrong then Jesus was either lying or was a myth... I decided to see if there was 100% proof of evolution... if I couldn't find it I would cast my doubts aside... I found it... ERVs and Chromosome #2....
I was awake... But i'm still trapped in.
i always wonders, and now i know.
thank you pope francis.. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/world/europe/dogs-in-heaven-pope-leaves-pearly-gate-open-.html?action=click&contentcollection=sunday%20book%20review&module=mostemailed&version=fullion=marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article.
does this include the dogs that end up on the dinner table in some cultures?
Every single referance in the bible to dogs is bad!
Exodus is funny... in it Moses uses an expression that is rendered as: "Not a dog shall move his tongue".... The Jews hated dogs it seemed.
