Lugubert

I think I finally understand your point. So, if I'm discussing a street, and then refer to something on that street orin it, or using any other applicable preposition, I must automatically mean another street.

lee_merrill

Hi everyone,

Tee hee. Do as you wish…

I’ll trade you one Phoenician wall for one mostly-sunken fort! Howsaboutit?

To you too, Don. And blessings! Being a theist, I get to bless peoples…

Ummm, no. The point is that the Hebrew prefix implies a certain Hebrew meaning, according to the lexicon, not that the English preposition has this type of implication in the English language. But I really don’t want to start up discussing all over again…

Blessings!
Lee

Johnny Skeptic

Message to Lee Merrill: Have you picked out your next Bible prophecy to defend yet? We skeptics are looking forward to some more fun and entertainment. How about let's debate what Josh McDowell said about the book of Daniel in one of his books? You should enjoy that because you admire McDowell, but maybe not because McDowell's OWN SOURCES discredit him in the very books that he quoted. You might be less of an admirer of McDowell than you used to be since he is the person who got you interested in the Babylon prophecy, an interest that caused you to embarrass yourself and withdraw from debating that issue. No skeptic here takes you seriously as a debater. We only oppose you lest you influence the gullible and the unwary.

lee_merrill

Sauron

Oh, please. You've presented no such evidence. As always, you assume whatever conclusion you need, based upon the needs or convenience of the moment.

Haran

Don't listen to Johnny and Sauron. They're both full of hot air and have no understanding of the subjects they post about.

Sauron

For someone who doesn't want to debate, you seem to always find a way to sneak in a sideways barb, Haran. If only you spent that same energy carefully reading the articles that you quote for their *content*, then your performance in debates might improve.

And as I said in the other thread - whenever you think you can prove that I am wrong about biblical history, archaeology, or languages, feel free to do so. But mysteriously, you have so far been unable to.

Finally, I note with some pity that in this post we see that you are reduced to trying to ally yourself with lee_merrill for support. Apparently your list of allies has grown so thin that you now feel the need to try and curry the favor of lee_merrill.

My, my, my. How the (self-supposed) mightly have fallen.

Haran

I read the articles and understand them, Sauron. Wish I could only say the same for you. :Cheeky: You're all rhetoric. Just wish you actually had some content rather than spin. I am sick of your derails.

Johnny Skeptic

You claim that there has been a derail? Fine, then let's get back on track and debate the Tyre prophecy, ok? Or, you can go back to the opening post and discuss any parts of it that you want to discuss, ok? Or, do you actually intend to make any arguments at all about anything that is germaine to this thread? No?, I didn't think so.

Sauron

Apparently you don't.

Ladies and gentlemen, let's look at Haran's most recent episode demonstrating his lack of reading comprension. In that instance, he tried to tell us that there was some honest doubt about the location of Kadesh Barnea, and that another site (i.e., Ein Qudeis) was a valid contender based upon linguistic evidence (Kadesh - Qudeis) and you pointed to the BAR article about the excavation.

Only problem is that the BAR article made it very clear that Ein Qudeis was never a contender for the location, and was championed by one individual who grossly inflated the credentials of the location in an attempt to force-fit Ein Qudeis into being Kadesh Barnea.

In the 1880s, Henry Clay Trumbull suggested Ein-Qedeis, in the northern Sinai, as the site of Kadesh-Barnea. What appeared to be the retention of the Biblical “Kadesh” in the Arabic “Qedeis” was a forceful and appealing argument in favor of Trumbull’s identification. Moreover, Trumbull described Ein-Qedeis as a luxuriant oasis which seemed to fit the Biblical description of the site. Unfortunately, Trumbull’s description of Ein-Qedeis was highly romanticized. In fact, Ein-Qedeis is a shallow pool of water surrounded by a desert wasteland. Ein-Qedeis could not have been a major ancient center like Kadesh-Barnea.

You can. It is only your jealously that prevents you.

There's a full page of content right above here. But as usual, you will complain of a lack of content, only to run like a scalded dog whenever you are actually confronted with some.

Holding you accountable for what you say is not a de-rail, except maybe to your agenda.