Current Biblical Archaeology

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:29 am

Hi Leonna - I hear that we might see you in the "other place" soon.

Post by **Minimalist** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:12 am

you have just replaced Jesus and God and their words with dever and finkelstein

Dever and Finkelstein do not CLAIM to be gods....they are merely demolishing your myths so I understand your hatred towards them. You blame them for publishing the evidence that your Emperor god has no clothes. Sad, really.

Leona Conner · Post by **Leona Conner** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:40 am

Save me a stool at the bar.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 2:05 pm

Maybe those of us with scientific minds like the idea that we have to think about things, we like the digging for the truth behind both facts and fiction

you don't have scientific minds, what you have are minds that attribute sin to God. i use science to find the evidence for the Biblical record which i have done so and posted, what most of you have done is try to find a loophole when no loophole exists.

at best you are tabloid journalists because you want the story that you want, not what it is. you hide behind the word science so you can justify your work but the results are typical: God is wrong and humans are right. well i have news for you and as i have illustrated by quotes from a scientist, scientists are wrong, they are fallible and so are their methods.

you just won't accept that fact and look for whatever researcher who will tell you what you want to hear.

Post by **Minimalist** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 2:20 pm

what you have are minds that attribute sin to God.

Well your OT god does seem to be a bit of a prick.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:09 pm

Well your OT god does seem to be a bit of a prick.

typical response. i wouldhave expected no less and no more

Post by **Minimalist** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:36 pm

Glad you are finally catching on.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:17 pm

funny.

First off, only religious establishment has "proven" the Bible true

of course, why would non-believers try and prove something true they don't believe in? especially since the bible operates outside of their restrictions? or they limit the evidence to what arbitrary restrictions they desire? this isn't a level or honest playing field we are talking about.

Post by **Minimalist** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:42 pm

Well if there were anything to it at all one would think that there would be some actual, tangible, evidence.

Instead, what we get are nothing but magical writings relying on each other for support. Seems to be a bit of a closed shop.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:04 pm

Instead, what we get are nothing but magical writings relying on each other for support. Seems to be a bit of a closed shop.

well obviously you are not reading what i write.

then again, the proof you want for you to change your mind is limited to it being delievered in the manner you want. anything else just won't do. kind of the pot calling the kettle black.

Post by **Minimalist** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:06 pm

I want ARTIFACTS that show that there is some validity to any of your bible bullshit.

All you can offer are pious pronouncements from other Jesus Freaks that "Oh, yes....It's all TRUE....Hallelujah."

Your arguments are tiresome because it is always the same dumb shit.

Post by **Minimalist** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:32 pm

See, arch...THIS is archaeology.

http://hnn.us/articles/25292.html

“When we carefully examine ……. the Great Revolt and Masada, a portrait of heroism …… is simply not provided. On the contrary. The narrative conveys the story of a doomed (and questionable) revolt, of a majestic failure and destruction of the Second Temple and of Jerusalem, of large-scale massacres of the Jews, of different factions of Jews fighting and killing each other, of collective suicide (an act not viewed favourably by the Jewish faith) by a group of terrorists and assassins whose “fighting spirit” may have been questionable.” 2

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:51 pm

See, arch...THIS is archaeology.

no that is just another person stating another opinion:

However at least one Israeli academic, Nachman Ben-Yehuda, 1 suggests that the truth may be somewhat less romantic and heroic.

key is the word 'suggests'

From this point, however, the “facts” are open to interpretation

so in other words your viewof archaeology is that it is just more words that cloud the issue instead of finding the truth. very unscientific.

Post by **Minimalist** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:56 pm

I'll still take a reasoned approach to the blind folly of believing anything that is written in your silly-ass bible.

At least these guys are trying to figure things out.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:56 pm

At least these guys are trying to figure things out.

they are not trying to figure anything out except to push their own thinking to justify their time in research. if they don't come up with something new then they have wasted the time and money.

I'll still take a reasoned approach to the blind folly of believing anything that is written in your silly-ass bible.

this isn't reasoned, it is questioning the contemporary writers who recorded the events when they cannot defend themselves. besides masada isn't even in the Bible and is not part of the Christian history. it is part of jewish history