The Bible has been shown to be historically accurate in its statements. While at first blush this would seem to be a less than stellar proof of God's inspiration of the Bible, it is notable that other religious writings often are not.
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Reflective of cultural habits and concepts, yes; accurate in referring to historical EVENTS, not so much -- at least, not in any way that has been verified much. A few incidents and individuals have gotten some evidence to support their veracity, but it is extremely spotty, with little to say whether the biblical account is all that accurate apart from mentioning its existence.
This is to the masses of believers.
It's total bullshit but par for the coarse.
The Bible has no proof of events at all and theres mounting disproof every year.
They hate Bioligists Archeologists, museum currators, Historians etc.... because they're all chipping away at the fables.
Honestly, even Christians have been critisizing the Bible since free speech has been introduced. 200 years or so now.
Okay, a few questions:
-Which king of Persia was Ahasuerus? There are two possible candidates. (And if you pick Xerxes, why does the name Vashti not sound a damn thing like Amestris (Xerxes' wife in Herodotus) even if you factor in a possible dropped digamma (w) at the beginning (*Wamestris)?)
I could go on, and on, and on, and never even touch the internal contradictions...
A complete and total load of manure.
Too bad for your argument that the Bible contains numerous parallels with the myths and legends of other ancient cultures of the region. Hell, the life of Jesus bears a striking resemblance to the ancient Egyptian sun god, Horus.
Tyre Bitch.
"The Bible has been shown to be historically accurate in its statements."
Just keep telling them this, repeatedly, they've accepted much bullshit to date they'll swallow this too. Just one of the mantra methodology lies fundamentalism and other cults hammers at them.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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