Biblical contradictions II

My guess is that he's talking about polonium halos.--Percy

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It's fallacious since we know MANY of the biblical authors.

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Not true, despite the christian apologetics, we know very few of the Bible's authors and even where we suspect to know who the author was, we know little about that person. You really should learn your subject.Take James: Not likely. It wasn't known until the end of the 2nd century, so even if the author were named James, he wasn't James the brother of Jesus as is tradition. JamesRevelation, John I-III:The attribution of these books to John the Apostle was challenged as early as the 2nd century AD-- the second century beginning ten years after the book was written. And ... Psalms: ------------------
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This is fallacious on the ground of Heresay.
Can you provide a source that says Moses did not write the Torah?

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Have you never actually researched your subject? Scholars noted this in the 18oo's. For a quick run-down... No webpage found at provided URL: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbible1.html------------------
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Very well - name ten where the term was employed.

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Are you claiming that (1) Tacitus was referring to some other movement, and/or that (2) the reference was a later interpolation?

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Neither. The suggestion is that Tacitus was relaying what the Christians themselves believed-- that their movement was founded by a real man named Jesus. That the Christians believed this does not make it true. It is pretty simple logic really.

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Doesn't it make more sense that he was simply relying on current (i.e., early 2nd century CE) Christian sources?

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That is exactly the point. This means one now has to drop Tacitus and go about verifying those Christian sources. That is the trick. There aren't any sources outside the Christian movement. We can reasonably expect internal sources to be biased. If there is a car wreck, who do you believe? The person who caused the wreck and who may be trying to save his skin? The victim of the wreck who may be trying to stiff the insurance company? Or the witness who has nothing to gain or to lose?------------------
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Hi CA,I only have a few minutes so I will be brief and if you want to discuss any particular points in greater detail then I would be happy to do so. 1. Simon Bar Kochba
2. Menachem Ben Amiel
3. King David (2 Samuel 2:4)
4. King Saul (1 Samuel 10:1)
5. Solomon (1 Kings 1:9)
6. Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:30)
7. Shabbtai Tzvi
8. Jehu (2 Kings 9:6)
9. Hazael (1 Kings 19:15)
10. Elish (1 Kings:19:16)‘Messiah’ is the English equivalent of the Hebrew,Mashiach which is translated as ‘Anointed’. ‘Mashiach’ refers to a person who is recruited into some particular task for God, and basically means they have been anointed by having oil poured over their head. For example Exodus 29:10 Take the anointing oil and anoint him by pouring it on his head. .As a result, there are numerous ‘messiahs’ in the Bible because every king was anointed with oil to mark the beginning of their reign, even high priests could be messiahs as they were normally anointed too.Take David as an example when he is talking about Saul: But the LORD forbid that I should lay a hand on the LORD's anointed. Now get the spear and water jug that are near his head, and let's go.Therefore, linguistically, pick any anointed person and you have a messiah. The Bible is littered with anointed people.Brian.

This topic is a royal mess, and I strongly suspect that it was a royal mess starting at about message 1.Will be preparing "topic closing message". Anyone that cares, make you closing statements now."Biblical Contradictions III" to follow?Adminnemooseus

As I see it, in the context of the "The Bible: Accuracy and Inerrancy" forum, a "Biblical Contradictions" topic should be confined to discussing contradictions internal to the Bible.Biblical conflicts with matters of science belong elsewhere. Conflicts with geology belong in the "Geology and the Great Flood" forum (although purely theological considerations of the "Great Flood" do NOT belong there). Biblical conflicts with astronomy belong in the "Big Bang and Cosmology" forum. Biblical conflicts with biology belong in one of the biology type forums.Just the sheer number of messages this topic has accumulated (bout 170 in the past 4 days) is indicative that babble is happening. Things seem to range from "off-topic" to "way off-topic".Anyhow, the topic has reached 300+ messages, which is getting into the area of needing to close it before topic technical damage happens.Please note the other forums/topics that I have recently been bumping. They are better places for the various side comments and miscellaneous chit-chat.Closing this topic - On to "Biblical Contradictions III"?Adminnemooseus------------------
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