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Author Topic:   Re: Skeptics being wrong about the Bible. The Bible skeptics errancy list
ConsequentAtheist
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Message 17 of 58 (89663)
03-01-2004 8:24 PM
Reply to: Message 8 by kendemyer
02-29-2004 2:45 PM


Re: skeptics
"I think Ken wants a list of alleged errors that skeptics held up against the inerrancy of the Bible but evidence discovered later meant that the skeptic had to eat their words."
May I ask (a) the value of such a list, and (b) your reason for avoiding those textual issues, raised by skeptics, to which inerrantists offer nothing but the most absurd and convoluted responses?
[This message has been edited by ConsequentAtheist, 03-01-2004]

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ConsequentAtheist
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Message 20 of 58 (89670)
03-01-2004 9:07 PM
Reply to: Message 19 by kendemyer
03-01-2004 8:52 PM


Re: re: purpose of list
I think such a list would show two things:
We'll see.
1. That the Bible shows itself to be true in the long term as new evidence becomes available.
But it doesn't show that at all. By constructing a thread that admits only those challenges which can be answered, no matter how few, you do nothing but demonstrate a cowardly refusal to engage those issues which you so openly seek to avoid. Since this cowardness cannot be attributed to the bible, an exclusive list says nothing about scripture whatsoever.
2. That many times the critics of the Bible do not have the requisite knowledge to critique the Bible since it often is a multidisciplinary endeavor that requires specialized knowledge.
But who would argue such a claim. Unfortunately, that some critics do not have requisite knowledge is no more an indictment of the remaining critics than is cowardly avoidance an indictment of all Christians.
I do acknowledge that such a post demonstrates a good deal about your methodology, but I rather doubt that you should find that to your advantage.
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ConsequentAtheist
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Message 23 of 58 (89678)
03-01-2004 9:56 PM
Reply to: Message 22 by kendemyer
03-01-2004 9:41 PM


Re: To: ConsequentAtheist
This parting post ...
We should be so lucky.
1. Skeptics denied the existence of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Name them.
2. Skeptics said Belshazzar never existed.
Name them.
3. Skeptics questioned the existence of the Pool of Bethesda.
Name them.
I wonder if there is a forum rule concerning repeated unsubstantiated assertions.

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ConsequentAtheist
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Message 50 of 58 (93940)
03-22-2004 6:40 PM


The points raised in messages 20 and 23 are likewise pending.

  
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