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pennie hammons wrote:
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> -Caveat Lector-
>
> > > It was Jesus Barabbas who was the political
> > > insurrectionist whom Pilate released to the people instead of Jesus the
> > > Christ. The Jews at that time chose a leader who was opposed to Roman
> >rule
> > > and willing to rise up against them, rather than the peaceableness of
> > > Christ's nature.
> >
> >I know which books you've been reading. Try some that are historical for
> >a change.
> >
> >Joshua2
>
> Hello! That's out of the Bible. And I'm pretty sure you could consider it
> historical...Pennie
Hello! Hello! NO ONE claims that the Bible is historical. The question is,
how much of what is in the Bible is historical and how much is religious
fiction. You also need to separate the OT from the NT when talking about
the Bible because as historians and archaeologists of all stripes make more
discoveries in and around the Middle East, the veracity of the OT is going
up, while the veracity of the NT is going down. That is kind of interesting
considering that verifying the historicity of the original Bible should be
more difficult since it's stories are ( traditionally ) 2000 years older. On
the other hand, you would think that the stories in the New Testament would
be much more easily verifiable considering that the stories occurred fairly
recently, and within and beside other cultures' written histories such as
Roman, Jewish, Copt, Arab, etc. etc.
I'm not talking about the theological or supernatural content of both Bibles.
I'm talking about things like finding places that ceased to exist since
biblical times, or writings of other cultures which corroborate historical
figures, or descriptions of natural events which left their marks in the earth.
I don't envy religionists at this point in time. It could happen at any moment.
Some discovery will be made which will put some people's favorite mythology
to rest. I see this as a good thing.
Joshua2
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