How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

[Siggie]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

Was there the ability for a person who lived through the great flood to monitor the entire planet? Were there satellites in orbit? Were they watching CNN for live coverage?

So funny that you think only an eyewitness's account or video recording is evidence. No... There would be geological evidence; just as there is of other events. There just isn't any.

[KarotheGreat]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

I've heard this one and it's pretty funny. My guess is any animal that flew was considered a bird regardless of biological function. I mean, Linnaeus's classification of mammals wasn't around back then.

There is an entire website dealing with bible errancy...

http://errancy.org/

if they cannot get the small things right why should we believe their bigger claims? The book is either inspired by god or it isn't. If it is the first then such mistakes shouldn't be made. Or is it god that was wrong?

[KanadaHye]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

Is there evidence of a worldwide flood that covered all of the land mass simultaneously?

Was there the ability for a person who lived through the great flood to monitor the entire planet? Were there satellites in orbit? Were they watching CNN for live coverage?

[Siggie]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

One at a time....

Are you saying that scientists haven't concluded that there was a huge flood in the Abrahamic region of the world?

Is there evidence of a worldwide flood that covered all of the land mass simultaneously?

[KanadaHye]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

That there was a flood that covered all of the Earth. Or that all of the animals came to exist at the same time? The timeline of things coming to exist. Or that the universe, the matter in it, or anything living was created by any supernatural being.
Or how to treat any of the health issues mentioned. Don't give me the time of the bible's writing as an excuse, if it's divinely inspired, the word or god, etc. then s/he would know how to treat them.
Or the paradox of evil and an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent deity.

One at a time....

Are you saying that scientists haven't concluded that there was a huge flood in the Abrahamic region of the world?

[Siggie]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

That there was a flood that covered all of the Earth. Or that all of the animals came to exist at the same time? The timeline of things coming to exist. Or that the universe, the matter in it, or anything living was created by any supernatural being.
Or how to treat any of the health issues mentioned. Don't give me the time of the bible's writing as an excuse, if it's divinely inspired, the word or god, etc. then s/he would know how to treat them.
Or the paradox of evil and an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent deity.

[KanadaHye]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

How about the fact that bats are called birds?

I've heard this one and it's pretty funny. My guess is any animal that flew was considered a bird regardless of biological function. I mean, Linnaeus's classification of mammals wasn't around back then.

There is an entire website dealing with bible errancy...

http://errancy.org/

[KarotheGreat]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

I keep hearing this but nobody seems to be pointing out what part is false.

How about the fact that bats are called birds?

[KanadaHye]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

Yeh but hopefully yoour car manual does not give u false information but the bible does.

I keep hearing this but nobody seems to be pointing out what part is false.

[Haykakan]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

Yeh but hopefully yoour car manual does not give u false information but the bible does.

No... what I meant was, you can't believe in a book. It's there for information. I don't believe in my car manual, it can't diagnose and fix my car. That is left up to me. However, it can give me information about how to diagnose and fix my car. If I'm smart enough to figure it out without the book, then it stays on the shelf.