Independent Historical Corroboration for Biblical Events

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Mention of a 6 year old leads me to consider the issues of understanding.

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A Grade 6 pupil is about 11-12 years old, not 6. However, while a 12 year old understands more than a 6 year old, I still think that your argument holds to a large extent. Also, when it comes to religion, most children simply repeat what they have heard others (whom they trust) saying, often without fully understanding the impact or implication of the argument or the assersion.------------------
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I agree with your second point. Repeating what others have said without understanding (or investigation) is not confined to religion, nor, alas, to children. It is common everywhere, and seems to be particularly prevalent amongst the Press.

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I think that repeating what others have said is especially prevelent in strong religious circles. More so amongst children who can't read or haven't bothered reading the Bible. You will often find them repeating parts of sermons that they have heard.Unfortunately this could give them a false sense of security when it comes to later life and the discussion turns to religion. They are so used to being able to repeat what others have said and winning (simply because the children they are used to arguing against didn't have the knowledge to point out their errors), that when backed into a corner (or sometimes right off the bat) they try and use the argument from authority or start sprouting Bible versus.I recall a discussion where a creationists was called on an argument from authority and his replay was something like "It would only be wrong if he (the authority) didn't know anything about the subject."------------------
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