Duh...Larry..it was noted...in the Bible! On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is there any independent archeological or historical evidence of these > miracles? For instance something like the Israelites leaving Egypt > after the Egyptian firstborns were killed, turning the Nile to blood, > plagues of frogs, the death of the Pharaoh etc would have merited at > least some mention in any of the stone monuments of the period. There > are none. Similarly the death of the Assyrians army at the siege of > Jerusalem again should have gained some records, given how many clay > tablets they wrote. Again no mention. Both the Romans and the Jewish > priesthood were very compulsive record keepers, yet they did not note > any unusual phenomenon around the time of the crucifixion. > > With all these very impressive events you'd have thought that someone > else would have noted something at least. > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>He was talking about the miracles that were performed in >>>order for Moses to free the Jews from the egyptians. Yet when it came >>>to ww2 and the concentration camps, no miracles were seen. Yet the >>>concentration camps were more of a malevolent threat to Jews than were >>>the Egyptians. >> >> Not sure what the point is here. It certainly doesn't say anything about >> whether God exists or does not, whether miracles happen or not, just because >> he did not step in here. Some may argue that he certainly did through the >> examples of incredible courage of people that helped hide Jews and otherwise >> risk their lives. You will find most, if not all, of the people in these >> cases were led by their religious convictions. >> >> Biblical miracles were not just wily-nily things. They happened during very >> specific times and granted to a very small number of people - major >> prophets. They were always part of times of revelation from God to his >> people. Sure, we have people claim miracles all the time, whether it's >> healing a sickness or seeing the Virgin Mary in their toast. These aren't >> what most Biblical scholars consider true miracles such as seen with the >> Moses, Elijah or Jesus...miracles mainly performed to call attention to the >> revelations given from God. We are obviously not in a time of revelation any >> more...Jesus gave us what we needed to know. So we cannot expect to see >> Biblical-scale miracles. >> >> >> --- Mary Jo >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >
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