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Proof #3 – Study the accuracy of the Bible.
Accurate history -Luke 1:1-4
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You committ the logical fallacy of hazty generalization here: Just because Luke SAYS he carefully studied and examined sources does not prove that other books of the bible are accurate, and doesn't require that luke must therefore be accurate. Luke's changing around and deletion of Mark's material is the first clue that Luke didn't think Mark was the inerrant word of god.
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Accurate eyewitnesses – 2 Peter 1:16-18
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same problem, the statement of accurate eyewitnesses doesn't prove a damn thing, and what's worse, 2nd Peter is the book in the New Testament with the very WORST evidence for Petrine authorship.
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Accurate theology – Deut 13:1-4
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same response, and this is circular too, because, what do you do if you want to check the accuracy of the theology that is given in Deut 13:1-4?
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Accurate predictions Deut 18:21-22
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fallacy of hasty generalization again; just because part A of the bible is accurate doesn't require that parts x, y and z must also be accurate. let's add to this the fact that there are MANY FAILED prophecies in the bible. isaiah and Ezekiel said Tyre would be destroyed and would NEVER be rebuilt. But today, Tyre is not the absolutely destroyed wasteland the biblical prophets insisted it would be.
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Proof #4 – Study the Scientific evidence supporting the Bible
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Didn't know there was any. I DO know that Joshua 10 says the sun 'STOPPED' in the sky, and everyboy on earth at the time of Joshua thought the sun went around the earth. Your problem is that while this verse is written by a man, a sinner, you also say it is inspired by a god that cannot make errors. Would god be willing to inspire a statement that is essentially false, in spite of the fact that this is the normal expression of the times for this phenomena? If god's word is so scientifically accurate, this would have been the prime opportunity for god to inspire the text so it said "and the earth stopped turning so that the part that Joshua lived on would have increased time in the sunlight". This is all stupid anyway, since god has angels that can slaughter Israel's enemies with no problem, why then bother with making Israel fight and thus lose many men's lives?
skepticbud
04-18-2002, 05:17 PM
