Quote:TS, My problem with your statement is that it's treading on the shaky ground of circular argument. You're starting to say that the Old Testament has many facts that are verifiable by reading the Old Testament.
Dude, if your empirical method is as challenged as your reading comprehension appears to be.....then anything I might be persuaded to discuss with you is moot.
What I have said, and I didn't stutter, is that various details in the OT have been corroborated by archaeological findings.
I think you're barking up the wrong tree with your interest in this topic. You obviously won't find anything of value to support your methodology, nor will you persuade we who are accustomed to taking the word of a source we deem to be quite coherent and reliable.
Quote:Any time a biblical story is subject to outside scientific peer review, it doesn't hold up.
Your rather naive blanket statement is categorically untrue. You seem to have difficulty holding to your own advertised methods.....And I would add that although we can hardly blame these 'outside peers' of yours for missing the bigger picture, their condition does not require us to crop ours to fit their frame of reference.
Some of life's greatest challenges are well navigated upon a preponderance of evidence. The rewards sweeter than many, unfortunately, will ever permit themselves to know.
Some of the most arrogant and assumptive people I've ever met, are scientists and preachers. Somewhere in between are the rest of us....who simply understand the value of still believing in a higher power than ourselves.
Did David defeat Goliath just as recorded in the Holy Bible? As demonstrated, he certainly
could have. And I will go so far as to say that I wouldn't be surprised at all if the whole thing wasn't captured on video, and stored in someone's archive. I for one look forward to the chance to peer at it again and again. And review it to heart's content!
TS