[Replying to TRANSPONDER in post #764] I’m looking for an objective definition, rather than examples. Your examples to me are simply minor issues. They have no impact on any doctrinal issues, so under my classification, they would all be minor points. You can even remove all those passages from the Bible and it would have …
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Diogenes wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 10:23 pm Really? Some experts show just the opposite, that scribes felt free to rewrite scripture without indicating they had. “Scribes who copied texts frequently added, changed or omitted content – without giving any indication in the manuscript that they had done so.” https://news.ku.edu/2020/07/09/how-dead … -literally We can verify …
otseng wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:52 am One thing interesting about the Bible is it is based on the context of history. Many sections of the Bible are set in the background of historical events, places, and people. So, it is possible to then confirm its validity through historical methods (written records and archaeology). …
One of the most significant Biblical archaeological discoveries is the Dead Sea Scrolls. “The discovery of the first Dead Sea Scrolls in a remote Judean Desert cave in 1947 is widely considered the greatest archaeological event of the twentieth century.” https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/featured-scrolls “Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls is among the more important finds in the …
Diogenes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 2:37 pm Because philosophy provides a tool to discuss something does not mean the ‘something’ exists. Discussing what actually exists would be through ontology: “Ontology is the branch of philosophy that studies concepts such as existence, being, becoming, and reality.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology Sure, ontology cannot “prove” something exists, but it …
TRANSPONDER wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 11:04 pm No, no. For me yjis is about Bible reliability as to actual events and minor errors like one or two angels (easily excused) against errors that really call Bible credibility into question (The nativities, no Transfiguration in John and – yes – the resurrections make the mid …
Diogenes wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 6:54 pmNaturalism may not be automatically or irrevocably present itself as the only system of finding truth, but what is in second place? What other system comes close. The clue to the answer lies in the reference you provided earlier… In fact, science is not even equipped to answer …
Diogenes wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 6:23 pm I could accept the Bible “as reliable as any other book” that claims to record fantastic or supernatural events that are impossible according to known science. Want to reiterate that they are only impossible because modern science assumes naturalism is true, not because naturalism is actually true. …
TRANSPONDER wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 2:08 am I would say that Minimalist would best fit my view. Bearing in mind that this is NOT ‘most placed did not exist, some did’ because you could trash that by ‘proving’ that most places existed. That would be a strawman of my position which is that Nanareth, …
TRANSPONDER wrote: ↑Fri Feb 04, 2022 6:30 am inerrant doesn’t mean the Bible couldn’t be as reliable (with caution) as any other book recording ancient events. If people accept the Bible as reliable as any other book recording ancient events, I’d be happy with that. The question though next is are those claims historically true? …