Possible Conundrum?

[Steve Petersen]

Do you believe in a Creator G-d?

I am a deist at this point in my life. I started as a fundamentalist Baptist when I was ten years old. I have been slowly moving toward agnosticism for over 50 years. I am sure that is the next step.

 

[Lulav]

Most Diests do believe in a Creator so I was asking to see where you were along those lines.

So what do you think of Ps 19:1 or Romans 1:20 ?

 

[Steve Petersen]

Most Diests do believe in a Creator so I was asking to see where you were along those lines.

So what do you think of Ps 19:1 or Romans 1:20 ?

Nice poetry.

How do you glean that the creator is the God of the Bible by looking at the universe around you?

 

[Radagast]

However, please watch this short video and assess accordingly.

Wake me up if there's any peer-reviewed research indicating that such people exist.

Because a YouTube video has no credibility at all.

The Bible says, "The Lord knows those who are his."

Amen.

 

[cvanwey]

Wake me up if there's any peer-reviewed research indicating that such people exist.

Because a YouTube video has no credibility at all.

If peer review is the litmus test, or your specific industry standard by which you specifically judge the credibility of any such claims, then I'm sure you have fully rejected many of the specific claims from the Bible by now, right? Which in turn, has pretty much rendered the legitimacy of the Bible, as a whole, no longer credible, as a whole, right?

 

[Nihilist Virus]

How do you know it is with out error.
Do remember untill the hitties were found in Turkey the bible was derided for inventing people.

The normal way of treating any book/information is to assume it is trustworthy untill shown not to be.

Right, we found evidence of Hittites and Pontius Pilate. But the same field of study concluded that the story of Jericho is false and that the Jews scavenged a dead city. Why cherry pick?

 

[Tolworth John]

Right, we found evidence of Hittites and Pontius Pilate. But the same field of study concluded that the story of Jericho is false and that the Jews scavenged a dead city. Why cherry pick?

And there archelogists who dispute Kenyons dating of Jericho saying the date fits that of the Israelite invassion of palistine.

 

[Nihilist Virus]

And there archelogists who dispute Kenyons dating of Jericho saying the date fits that of the Israelite invassion of palistine.

It's not about the date of when the invasion occurred. It's about the fact that there was no battle.

 

[Tolworth John]

It's not about the date of when the invasion occurred. It's about the fact that there was no battle.

Walls found flat, storeage jars found full of carbonised grain, evidence of widespread burning, all evidence that fits Joshuas discription.

 

[Nihilist Virus]

Walls found flat, storeage jars found full of carbonised grain, evidence of widespread burning, all evidence that fits Joshuas discription.

Evidence of an actual battle?

 

[Steve Petersen]

Evidence of an actual battle?

There was an article a couple decades ago by Professor Byrant Wood about the archaeology of Jericho seeming to confirm some aspects of the Biblical narrative.

Secrets of the Bible: The Fall of Jericho with Dr. Bryant Wood

 

[cvanwey]

Do you believe in a Creator G-d?

I find this question rather perplexing? He simply states that it's hard to find truth in a specific book, which also speaks about talking animals.

Why not rather instead address why the (Bible) is the one known as truth, while at the same time addressing his very pointed observations -- about talking snakes and donkeys?

On a side note, what is your position about the possibilities of the split brain - (one side believing and the other side opposed)?

 

[Nihilist Virus]

There was an article a couple decades ago by Professor Byrant Wood about the archaeology of Jericho seeming to confirm some aspects of the Biblical narrative.

Secrets of the Bible: The Fall of Jericho with Dr. Bryant Wood

Bryant G. Wood - Wikipedia

It seems this is all he's known for. His own wikipedia page says that his account is contradicted by carbon dating.

 

[Lulav]

It's not about the date of when the invasion occurred. It's about the fact that there was no battle.

Maybe because the battle was the Lords? There is nothing in Joshua about a 'normal' battle with those in Jericho. The city's walls were weakened by the sound waves, after six days of this the walls fell, leaving the city wide open for conquering.

 

[Steve Petersen]

Bryant G. Wood - Wikipedia

It seems this is all he's known for. His own wikipedia page says that his account is contradicted by carbon dating.

Not defending the guy; just highlighting the probable reference by an earlier poster about the biblical account verified by archaeology.

 

[Nihilist Virus]

Maybe because the battle was the Lords? There is nothing in Joshua about a 'normal' battle with those in Jericho. The city's walls were weakened by the sound waves, after six days of this the walls fell, leaving the city wide open for conquering.

Conquering without battle? Did they surrender knowing they'd all be slaughtered mercilessly?

 

[Tolworth John]

Evidence of an actual battle?

Of the destruction of a city.
Joshua discribed a city captured but not plundered. To a subsistance farming or nomadic herders grain was valuable and would not be lightly abandoned.

 

[Nihilist Virus]

Of the destruction of a city.
Joshua discribed a city captured but not plundered. To a subsistance farming or nomadic herders grain was valuable and would not be lightly abandoned.

I'm asking if there is evidence of a battle. Limbs dismembered as though by a sword. Large patches of blood soaked into the ground. Chips of shields. Evidence.

 

[2PhiloVoid]

I'm asking if there is evidence of a battle. Limbs dismembered as though by a sword. Large patches of blood soaked into the ground. Chips of shields. Evidence.

Remember......when reading the Bible, CONTEXT is KING, NV!

From looking at the embedded contexts of what Rahab (the sinner) is reported to have said in the book of Joshua, I'm guessing that if the people of Jericho had initially surrendered to the Israelites in recognition of the presence and truth of God.........................they too would ultimately have been spared and would have been later incorporated into Israel.

As it is, the people of Jericho decided rather, like Pharoah, to unrepentently "hole-up" in their defenses and place their bets on their own false 'gods.'

 

[Nihilist Virus]

Remember......when reading the Bible, CONTEXT is KING, NV!

From looking at the embedded contexts of what Rahab (the sinner) is reported to have said in the book of Joshua, I'm guessing that if the people of Jericho had initially surrendered to the Israelites in recognition of the presence and truth of God.........................they too would ultimately have been spared and would have been later incorporated into Israel.

As it is, the people of Jericho decided rather, like Pharoah, to unrepentently "hole-up" in their defenses and place their bets on their own false 'gods.'

Not relevant. Unless you meant to quote post 36.