On The Reliability of the Old Testament

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Confirmation bias. If you set out to prove the bible is a reliable historical document you are already wrong. While some of the people in the bible certainly existed the original intent of the writers was not to accurately record events that mostly occurred before they were born. They set out to write down oral histories AKA tall tales.

And you know this how exactly? Even Einstein set out to prove his own ideas were correct. However the author of BEN HUR had set out to prove Jesus was a myth and ended up becoming a Christian and writing Ben Hur.

Think about controversial things that happened just a few years ago. We cannot agree what actually happened even though we have most things on video now. Now think about the people we call folk heroes like Paul Bunyan, John Henry etc. These mythic figures were based on real people but no one thinks the stories are factual. The stories in the bible were filtered though a hundred fireside storytellers before they were written down. The Jews have long accepted that their holy scriptures are not factual history and are mostly tall tales. The morals of those stories are the important part that seem to get lost in the irrational mission to make the bible 100% factual.

You forget several key factors. The Bible claims to have been inspired by GOD. The Bible claims to be under GOD's protection. This is the very same GOD who Created the ENTIRE Universe and everything in it. The Old Testament Temple Canon was ENTIRELY in place when Jesus arrived on the scene. And Jesus HIMSELF being the MESSIAH/CHRIST gave full credibility to what the Old Testament revealed. He spoke of Adam, Satan, Noah & Flood, Abraham, Sodom and Gomorrah, Moses, etc., etc., etc...

Paul Bunyan and John Henry and Joseph Smith, are part of an American religion that has nothing to do with either GOD or HIS plan of salvation. They were part of a man made movement to make America relevant and inspire it's citizens. Unfortunately, such is the stuff the founding of ROME was fabricated from (Romulus and Remus).

By any objective measure the bible fails as a historical document. That fact takes away nothing from the moral lessons it is supposed to impart to humanity. As a religious text there is no need prove any of it. You believe in it and that's all that matters. Are you a good person that walks the straight and narrow path of righteousness, humility and grace? If that's so then it's purpose has been fulfilled. Are you an angry hypocrite that treats others like crap? If that's so then you have totally missed the point of the holy scriptures.

I don't see how the Bible fails in anyway. What we know about Belshazzar, Nebuchadnezzar and even ancient Egypt has been because of Biblical research. NO ONE is good enough for GOD. And this is explicitly what the Bible reveals over and over. We all need the SAVIOR. If none of this is true we are all in deep trouble when our lives come to an end and we meet GOD face to face. I don't want to try to get in on my "good" works...

The parts of the bible that tell us how to live in a wicked world are all that matter. The rest is just tall tales, mystical ramblings and tedious genealogies. Make the bible true by your good works or you have missed the point of following Christ. If you have lived your life fearing death and Hell you have wasted it. Jesus told us that if you treat the least of men as you would him and to love your neighbor then death would not have it's sting. You will go him not weighted down by fear hatred and regret.

You roll around on the floor screaming how it's all fake n stuff, then claim you know all about what it says and means? lol lol lol please quit embarrassing yourself with your weird dumbassery. You know zilch about any of it, just parroting rubbish you found somewhere that you think makes you sound 'intelligent' without having to actually know a damn thing.

 

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Confirmation bias. If you set out to prove the bible is a reliable historical document you are already wrong. While some of the people in the bible certainly existed the original intent of the writers was not to accurately record events that mostly occurred before they were born. They set out to write down oral histories AKA tall tales.

And you know this how exactly? Even Einstein set out to prove his own ideas were correct. However the author of BEN HUR had set out to prove Jesus was a myth and ended up becoming a Christian and writing Ben Hur.

Think about controversial things that happened just a few years ago. We cannot agree what actually happened even though we have most things on video now. Now think about the people we call folk heroes like Paul Bunyan, John Henry etc. These mythic figures were based on real people but no one thinks the stories are factual. The stories in the bible were filtered though a hundred fireside storytellers before they were written down. The Jews have long accepted that their holy scriptures are not factual history and are mostly tall tales. The morals of those stories are the important part that seem to get lost in the irrational mission to make the bible 100% factual.

You forget several key factors. The Bible claims to have been inspired by GOD. The Bible claims to be under GOD's protection. This is the very same GOD who Created the ENTIRE Universe and everything in it. The Old Testament Temple Canon was ENTIRELY in place when Jesus arrived on the scene. And Jesus HIMSELF being the MESSIAH/CHRIST gave full credibility to what the Old Testament revealed. He spoke of Adam, Satan, Noah & Flood, Abraham, Sodom and Gomorrah, Moses, etc., etc., etc...

Paul Bunyan and John Henry and Joseph Smith, are part of an American religion that has nothing to do with either GOD or HIS plan of salvation. They were part of a man made movement to make America relevant and inspire it's citizens. Unfortunately, such is the stuff the founding of ROME was fabricated from (Romulus and Remus).

By any objective measure the bible fails as a historical document. That fact takes away nothing from the moral lessons it is supposed to impart to humanity. As a religious text there is no need prove any of it. You believe in it and that's all that matters. Are you a good person that walks the straight and narrow path of righteousness, humility and grace? If that's so then it's purpose has been fulfilled. Are you an angry hypocrite that treats others like crap? If that's so then you have totally missed the point of the holy scriptures.

I don't see how the Bible fails in anyway. What we know about Belshazzar, Nebuchadnezzar and even ancient Egypt has been because of Biblical research. NO ONE is good enough for GOD. And this is explicitly what the Bible reveals over and over. We all need the SAVIOR. If none of this is true we are all in deep trouble when our lives come to an end and we meet GOD face to face. I don't want to try to get in on my "good" works...

The parts of the bible that tell us how to live in a wicked world are all that matter. The rest is just tall tales, mystical ramblings and tedious genealogies. Make the bible true by your good works or you have missed the point of following Christ. If you have lived your life fearing death and Hell you have wasted it. Jesus told us that if you treat the least of men as you would him and to love your neighbor then death would not have it's sting. You will go him not weighted down by fear hatred and regret.

You roll around on the floor screaming how it's all fake n stuff, then claim you know all about what it says and means? lol lol lol please quit embarrassing yourself with your weird dumbassery. You know zilch about any of it, just parroting rubbish you found somewhere that you think makes you sound 'intelligent' without having to actually know a damn thing.

I grew up in an almost cultish Christian family that went to church every time the doors opened. I have read the entire bible and listened to a million sermons. I know the bible and the ways of southern church people better than most. Quit acting the fool.