Paulk writes:
If you judge others on previous statements and on their world view then please share the evidence that lead you to believe that those arcaologists who assing the destruction of Hazor to Joshua do so from a desire to deny the Bible rather than from acceptance of the Biblical claim that Joshua destroyed Hazor.
IOW, no archaeologist has an anti-Bible ax to grind. If they succeed in asserting Joshua was responsible and not D/B then the Bible is proven incorrect.
Message 219
From: Cambridge Ancient History, Third Edition, Vol.2, Part 2 [1975] Chapter VII "Archaeological Evidence" pages 331,332:
"One must not forget that the interpretations of these finds {in Palestine} has been and still is largely dependant on the school of biblical exegesis to which the excavator adheres."
This has been explained to you repeatedly and you have evaded the same reply everytime.
IOW, nobody is out to prove the Bible wrong - we/atheists are objective. Honest persons know that no such animal exists - everyone has an ax to grind.
I hope Brian will allow me to exempt him from this, but Paulk is really saying that atheists have no bias against the Bible. That their worldview has zero affect on their conclusions. Only a complete moron would believe that whopper.
Brian and I agreed a long time ago that our respective worldviews are based upon the evidence. That he is an atheist because of the evidence and I am a theist because of the evidence. We argue under these assumptions.
Lets reverse your argument.
How come you reject the conclusions of scholars who are of theist worldview ? Like Dr. Scott or Dr. Rutherford or Josh McDowell ?
Whatever your answer, then for the same reason, is why I reject the sources you accept.
For the record please remember that you brought up this stupid issue first.
You are arbitrarily ignoring the archaeology evidence I have posted.
You are asserting it not to be evidence based on your subjective "expertise".
The rules of debate say to support your claims with evidence - I have.
But when I do my opponents simply assert it not to be evidence hoping the anrgy at WT Admins will go along with this blatant fraud.
Whenever a theist proves and evidences his claims, when this is perceived the opponents simply assert contrary over and over and over.
IOW, any evidence which proves you wrong cannot be valid because you cannot be wrong.
This easy approach is only pursued because you cannot refute with evidence.
For anyone unfamiliar with the issue, here is the evidence which Paulk asserts to not even be evidence.
Message 219
From: Cambridge Ancient History/Chronology, page 62 [1962]
"As might be expected, the Mycenaean pottery of Hazor XIV is still Mycenaean IIIa. In the next level, Hazor XIII, we have Mycenaean IIIb.
Consequently, the city came to an end in the 13th century.
Of outstanding importance for the chronology of the period of the Judges is the fact that there is no subsequent Canaanite level in Hazor. Hence the Canaanite kingdom of Hazor which Barak fought against should be the city of Hazor XIII.
Now the war between Israel and Hazor in Barak's time presupposes a period during which the Egyptian control of Palestine had broken down. In the vicinity of the 13th century we probably have three such periods:
1) before Sethos I
2) between about 1250 and the eighth year of Rameses III, though during part of this interval Merneptah probably re-established Egyptian control;
3) after 1150.
Periods 1 and 3 are excluded by the presensce in Hazor XIII of Mycenaean IIIb.
Hence Barak is to be dated to the second half of the 13th century."
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